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(PDF) China’s Debt Situation is Genuinely Scary?and Getting Worse
[Investing]
2015/03/19 11:18
China’s leaders face a challenge: they must allow economic growth to slow steadily enough that they don’t trigger a financial shock. Yet the best bet for achieving this feat?i.e. bank lending?also happens to be their biggest threat. At 125% of GDP, China’s corporate debt is already perilously huge.Here’s another sign of just how unmanageable that debt has become: China’s debt service ratio...
Volvo Trucks Cuts Production Time By 94% & Costs with Stratasys 3D Printing Systems
[Tech]
2015/03/19 11:18
Volvo Trucks is a global truck manufacturer based in Gothenburg, Sweden, owned by AB Volvo, and the company is the world’s second largest heavy-duty truck brand. The first Volvo truck was produced in 1928, and by 2011, the firm employed some 19,000 people around the world who manufacture and assemble trucks in 15 countries. The company produces and sells more than 100,000 units every year.And...
(Video) Bird-Scaring Drone Startup Scores $1.7M to, Well, Terrorize Birds
[Investing]
2015/03/19 11:18
Clear Flight Solutions has won ?1.6 million (about $1.7 million) to invest in “robird” drones that mimic the flight of peregrine falcons in order to scare other birds away from damaging private property.This modern scarecrow startup has come out of the University of Twente in the Netherlands, and it wants to prevent the “billions of dollar” damage made by birds at airports every year, which...
The New Materials That Are Revolutionizing Helmet Safety, Right Now
[Tech]
2015/03/19 11:17
Modern helmet construction hasn't changed significantly since the adoption of styrofoam impact absorption in the 1960s. But new materials and construction methods are improving safety, in some cases absorbing 30 percent more energy than their styrofoam equivalents. And you can buy helmets made from them today.Wait, styrofoam? Yes, your bicycle helmet, motorcycle helmet or helmet you use for mos...
Joystick Door Handle
[Design]
2015/03/19 11:17
Ever tried operating a door handle with occupied hands? Nightmare! No matter what you use, your elbow, feet, mouth, you’re never going to get it open till someone has some mercy and opens it for you. The Joystick door handle throws light on how inaccessible conventional door knobs/handles are for the disabled. The new design just needs a nudge in any direction to unlock the door. We’re just o...
(Infographic) What Millennials Want From Native Ad Content
[Consumer]
2015/03/19 11:17
U.K. survey finds 57% are OK with sponsored articles.With more marketers putting their eggs in the native advertising basket, it's always good to hear that the tactic might actually be working.According to the infographic below, based on interviews of 1,000 U.K. residents ages 18 to 33 by native ad platform Adyoulike, 57 percent are willing to check out sponsored online content, as long as it's...
(PDF) KPCB - Design In Tech Report 2015
[Business]
2015/03/18 11:49
Design has become a game changer in Silicon Valley. Last year, John Maeda joined KPCB as the firm’s first Design Partner, joining from his role as the President of the Rhode Island School of Design.Now, in his inaugural #DesignInTech Report, Maeda highlights the rising importance of design in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Drawing on extensive research and his own conversations with hundreds o...
(Video) Carbon3D Unveils Breakthrough CLIP 3D Printing Technology, 25-100X Faster
[Tech]
2015/03/18 11:49
3D printing isn't short of advocates in the design and engineering world, because of its ability to easily produce prototypes?but it can be slow. A new company called Carbon3D hopes to change that, though, with a new 3D printing method that claims to be 25-100 times faster than other resin printing techniques.The start-up has just emerged from stealth, 3Dprint reports, announcing its new techni...
(Patent) Google’s New Patent could Turn Any Flat Surface into a Virtual Keyboard
[Tech]
2015/03/18 11:49
The keyboard has more or less remained unchanged from its original design at the advent of the personal computer, itself essentially an update of the typewriter keyboard. Although some companies have tried over the years to update the design, most laptops and computers?and some tablets?still sport the same space-consuming design. Google, however, may have hit on a new solution: no physical keyb...
