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World’s 1st ‘Virtual Axis’ Cycle Seat Offers Extra Butt Comfort - Ataraxy BSC
[Product]
2024/06/19 09:09
The VabsRider cycling saddle has two sides that swivel simultaneously with your pedaling action.Looking to rejuvenate your body and mind? Cycling might be the answer.Cycling enthusiasts understand the pleasure of going long miles through parks or lake areas in the peaceful morning hours.Cycling is a low-impact workout that has several health advantages. It is regarded as a wonderful cardiovascu...
Naver's Webtoon Entertainment Aims Up to $2.67 bln Valuation in US IPO
[Investing]
2024/06/19 09:08
The online comics platform has filed to go public. Here’s what you need to know.Entertainment, one of the top online platforms for comics, they could soon be worth hundreds of millions of dollars as it prepares to go public.On Monday, the Los Angeles-based company filed an S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), announcing plans to raise up to $315 million...
(Paper) Transformative Polymer-Based Metamaterial Enhances Sustainability in Construction
[Tech]
2024/06/19 09:07
Researchers develop a transparent metamaterial for energy-efficient light and temperature regulation in buildings.Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) introduce a polymer-based material with unique properties in the latest issue of the journal Nature Communications. This material allows sunlight to enter, maintains a more comfortable indoor climate without additional energ...
Business Travel Comeback Pushes Global Spending Past $1.5 Trillion
[Business]
2024/06/19 09:06
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) significantly upgraded its profitability projections for airlines in 2024. The trade group now expects net profits to reach $30.5 billion, an increase from $27.4 billion in 2023.This surge in profitability is accompanied by record-high traveler numbers and revenues. A new record number of passengers is expected to fly in the U.S. this summer. F...
What Do Heytea, Pepsi and Luckin Coffee have in Common ?
[Business]
2024/06/19 09:05
Leveraging subcultures, star appeal and collectors items, beverage brands in China are in the collaboration spotlight this week.Coffee culture has established its own sought-after social capital over the years. As a result, artists frequently design limited edition packaging to attract social media attention, and fashion brands curating cafés has become the norm in China – Zegna opened one in...
Escape Camping Kitchen System – All in One Portable Camping Kitchen
[Design]
2024/06/19 09:04
Based on user’s camping kitchen behavior, Escape Camping Kitchen System promises it will deliver practical and efficient kitchen system. Through multiple observations, it is realized that some meal preps can be difficult to handle and include some cumbersome tasks. This kitchen system has been designed to optimize the way we cook while camping, it solves many pain points and will significantly...
Musipple Music Player Blends Eastern Aesthetic with Western Styling
[Design]
2024/06/19 09:03
Inspired by a poetry from the Tang Dynasty, Musipple Music Player combines Chinese culture and modern technology to bring this music device to you. Wei Yingwu once wrote a beautiful poem that mentions trees near the water cause ripples as they touch the water while birds on the trees are singing. Water ripples are considered as beautiful, natural phenomenon in the East. They represent how one l...
The Starbucks Story : From Beans to Billions
[Business]
2024/06/18 09:10
In the heart of Seattle, near the smell of fresh coffee and the busy Pike Place Market, a small coffee shop opened its doors in 1971. Named after a character in Herman Melville's book "Moby Dick," Starbucks aimed to provide top-quality coffee to Seattle's coffee lovers. What started as a small retail venture has since grown into a global phenomenon, transforming the way the world drinks coffee....
An Exclusive Look Inside the Lego Group's Super Secret Lab Dreaming Up the Future of Play
[Business]
2024/06/18 09:09
How Creative Play Lab's unconventional team of creatives are using technology to reimagine play five to 10 years in the future..The Lego brick might be the most popular and beloved toy in the world. It's hard to imagine that when the Lego Group, founded by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, first started making toys in 1932, there were no plastic bricks. Kristiansen, a carpenter by trade, started making woo...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Tech Services and Generative AI
[Business]
2024/06/18 09:08
The rapid emergence of generative AI has the potential to disrupt a dynamic the sector has relied on for decades, but it also offers an opportunity to tap a lucrative new market.Through most advances and innovations in enterprise technology, IT or technology services providers (also known as system integrators1 [SIs] or managed services providers [MSPs]) have, for the most part, been able to re...
A Market Research AI Platform That Extracts Insights from Video Interviews, Raises $34.5M
[Investing]
2024/06/18 09:07
GetWhy, a consumer research tech company that helps businesses carry out market studies and extract insights from video-based interviews using AI, has raised $34.5 million in a Series A round of funding from California-based VC firm, PeakSpan Capital.The substantial Series A highlights investors’ fervor to back the next big thing in AI, particularly companies that already have traction with bi...
Most Trusted Brands 2024
[Consumer]
2024/06/18 09:06
Gen Z and millennials have very different ideas about what makes a brand ‘trustworthy’. TikTok, Band-Aid, and . . . Philip Morris? Here’s how brand trust stacks up along generational lines.Which brands are most trustworthy? It depends on the generation you ask.A new Most Trusted Brands survey from Morning Consult Intelligence found that across generations, a few brands reign supreme when it...
