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(Video) Honda's 'Vertical Bike' Climbs Trees to Prevent Deforestation
[Product]
2022/05/09 09:06
Helping Native Communistes In Peru To Harvest The Aguaje Fruit Every year in the Peruvian Amazon, more than 1 million trees are felled to harvest the aguaje fruit. The fruit, which is known to have a high content of vitamin A, grows on palm trees that measure up to 35 meters high, making it difficult to reach, therefore easier to cutting them down. As the illegal logging keeps getting the Amazo...
Luxury Items Account for Bulk of Fake Goods Seized in the U.S.
[Product]
2022/05/09 09:05
As the world celebrates World Intellectual Property Day on April 26 to “highlight the role that IP rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs and copyrights) play in encouraging innovation and creativity,” we’re taking a look at the other side of intellectual property, namely the illegitimate trade in counterfeit goods. Global trade with fake products amounts to hundreds of billions of...
reCircle is Making Sustainable Packaging for Fast Food Takeaways
[Product]
2022/05/09 09:04
A Swiss startup has developed a circular model that provides reusable containers to takeaway restaurants.Plastic fast-food packaging is a scourge. In the UK alone, it is estimated that consumers generate 11 billion items of food packaging waste per year – and that’s just from takeaway lunches. And most of that is non-recyclable. Swiss startup reCircle wants to eliminate this mountain of takea...
Apple AirPods Pro 2022 Design Will Lose The Stems
[Design]
2022/05/09 09:03
Apple’s earbuds debuted in October 2019, and since then music lovers have been longing for the next version that brings more features and design improvements.Whether at the price tag of $249, the in-ear earbuds are worth the money, given all the other better options, is totally questionable – but still, it’s an Apple…The next version of the AirPods Pro is slated to come our way this fall or...
(PDF) Mckinsey - State of Fashion Technology Report 2022
[Business]
2022/05/06 09:10
As technological innovation accelerates, fashion companies have an opportunity to serve customers better while also creating a more efficient, responsive, and responsible business.In 2021, fashion companies invested between 1.6 and 1.8 percent of their revenues in technology. By 2030, that figure is expected to rise to between 3.0 and 3.5 percent. Behind the predicted increase is a conviction a...
Microsoft and Volkswagen Collaborate to Put Augmented Reality Glasses in Motion
[Tech]
2022/05/06 09:09
With their HoloLens 2 project, Microsoft and Volkswagen collaborate to put augmented reality glasses in motion.Imagine putting on a pair of augmented reality glasses as you head out in the morning and get into your vehicle. As your self-driving car takes you to your destination, you get holographic displays of traffic information, weather conditions, shopping recommendations and architectural h...
Peak NFT : NFT Sales Are Flatlining
[Investing]
2022/05/06 09:08
Not Fussed Thanks. We might have had peak NFT (non-fungible token).The latest data from aggregator nonfungible.com shows that the volume traded in NFTs has dropped steeply in recent weeks, as NFT-mania slows down. Daily traded volumes in the "NFT art" category are down more than 94% in the last 30 days, compared to the busiest 30 day period from last year, while Google search interest for the t...
Womp Raised $4.7M for Collaborative Cloud-based 3D Creation Software
[Investing]
2022/05/06 09:07
Womp, a New York-based Collaborative cloud-based 3D creation software company, raised $4.7M in Seed funding.The round was led by Female Founders Fund and Haystack, with participation from NEO Investment Partners, Director Ari Aster, and A24 CEO Daniel Katz.The company intend sto use the funds to refine its core technology, making it faster and easier for all creators to use.Led by CEO Gabriela...
(PDF) The Emerging Degree Reset
[Consumer]
2022/05/06 09:06
How the Shift to Skills-Based Hiring Holds the Keys to Growing the U.S. Workforce at a Time of Talent Shortage.Employers are resetting degree requirements in a wide range of roles, dropping the requirement for a bachelor’s degree in many middle-skill and even some higher skill roles. This reverses a trend toward degree inflation in job postings going back to the Great Recession. And while the...
