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Walt Disney Comes Back To Life As Hologram For Company’s 100th Anniversary
[Business]
2023/02/20 09:03
A dose of Disney magic swept the stage as Walt Disney himself manifested to deliver an address to fans 57 years after his death. No fairy godmothers or tears that brought back people to life were involved in this feat—just sophisticated imaging technology.As part of its 100th anniversary, the Walt Disney Company is hosting a retrospective called the Disney100: The Exhibition, reliving precious...
(Patent) Apple Patents Hint at Folding iPhone, Waterfall Display
[Tech]
2023/02/17 09:10
New patents filed by the Cupertino company point to touch sensor layers along practically every end of its devices.Apple’s patent showed a foldable device that appears to include curved side walls, which could point to touch sensors along most parts of the product.It seems like every year, we get a new prediction that a folding iPhone is on the way. According to some new patents, part of the r...
(PDF) Bain - Looking Ahead to M&A in 2023
[Investing]
2023/02/17 09:09
In an uncertain market, executives are making the bold moves that will define the future.In 2023, savvy executives will keep their feet on their M&A accelerators, even as competitors slam on the brakes in the face of turbulence.Experienced dealmakers are familiar with the cyclical nature of the M&A market. Deal values and deal multiples decline as sellers hold back and acquirers lose co...
The Promise of Batteries That Come from Trees - Stora Enso
[Tech]
2023/02/17 09:08
As demand for electric vehicles soars, scientists are searching for materials to make sustainable batteries. Lignin, the stuff that makes trees woody, is shaping up to be a strong contender.About eight years ago, a major paper producer in Finland realised the world was changing. The rise of digital media, a fall in office printing and the dwindling popularity of sending things by post – among...
SendOwl Raises $9M to Help Creators Sell Any Digital Product Anywhere Online
[Investing]
2023/02/17 09:07
SendOwl, a technology company that provides the infrastructure to transfer, manage, protect and collect payment for digital products, today announced it has secured $9M in series seed funding in a round led by by new investor TheGP, with participation from returning investors defy.vc and Alumni Ventures, and new backer Authentic Ventures.The new funding will be used to accelerate the product ro...
(Paper) The Billion Dollar Breather In, Breathe Out Routine
[Business]
2023/02/17 09:06
On February 13, researchers at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University released an in-depth empirical report on how data brokers in the U.S. are willing to sell sensitive data linked to telehealth and therapy apps to the highest bidder. Out of the 34 companies contacted by the author of the study, ten were ready to sell exhaustive lists with details on the app customers' "depress...
Stretchy Devices Spin Electricity from Body Heat
[Tech]
2023/02/17 09:05
This prototype device, patterned in the form of a zebra, is made from materials that could be integrated into fabrics, allowing for body heat-powered wearable sensors, or temperature-detecting disposable face masks. Phones, appliances, and humans all generate heat that usually escapes into the environment as waste energy. Thermoelectric generators, which convert temperature differences into ele...
Channel Your Inner Dora the Explorer With MSCHF's Big Red Boots
[Product]
2023/02/17 09:04
American art collective, MSCHF, has outdone itself with its latest release — and we’re sure you’ll agree.Inspired by Dora the Explorer and her best friend Boots, the outlandish offering comes in the form of a pair of Big Red Boots, in a bid to bridge the gap between the cartoon world and reality. Citing the cartoon world as “an abstraction that frees us from the constraints of reality,” th...
Luminous Rice-Shaped Balloons Invite Sake Lovers to Taste The Brew in Open-Air Bar
[Design]
2023/02/17 09:03
In celebration of Tokyo’s renowned Sake Jump festival, Japanese architecture office OKDO transforms the city’s bustling business district into an open-air sake-tasting bar with a pavilion of luminous balloon clouds. Amid the towering skyscrapers lining the Otemachi Naka-dori Avenue, the event brings the taste of 41 sake breweries from across the country to the metropolitan alley, gathering en...
