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The Modular Coffee Maker Stacks Inspired by Jenga - Cenga
[Design]
2021/10/13 09:03
Inspired by the build of Jenga towers, Cenga is a modular, handmade coffee set with a grinder, dripper, and canister included in a single unit.Since coffee shops closed due to the pandemic, we’ve brought the coffee shops home–grinders, drippers, travel mugs, galore. With so many supplies needed to make a cup of coffee, storing our at-home coffee shops becomes the hard part.Piled together like...
(Patent) Apple Patents A Rollable Smartphone That Can Work On Expandable iPhone
[Tech]
2021/10/12 09:10
Rumors from various sources keep sharing details about Apple’s purported foldable iPhone. That Apple is developing such a device isn’t at all surprising. Everyone in the industry is developing handsets with foldable displays, with Samsung being the best example. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip 3 also happen to be the best possible foldable handsets that money can buy right now. And reports say t...
(Infographic) The Global Unicorn Club in Data
[Investing]
2021/10/12 09:09
The global unicorn club is bigger than it's ever been, with 800+ private companies topping $1B valuations. We break down the data on this elite cohort.There are more unicorns than ever before, with over 800 private companies topping $1B+ valuations.As the global unicorn club closes the gap to 1,000, we used CB Insights data to visualize the stats on this elite cohort, from valuation distributio...
(Paper) New Virtual Obstacle Courses Are Teaching Real Robots How to Walk
[Tech]
2021/10/12 09:08
A virtual army of 4,000 doglike robots was used to train an algorithm capable of enhancing the legwork of real-world robots. And new tricks learned in the simulation could soon see execution in a neighborhood near you.The simulated army was developed by Switzerland-based ETH Zurich researchers, in addition to engineers at the chip-manufacturing company, Nvidia. Together, they used meandering bo...
Bain - How Sustainable Brands Add Value
[Business]
2021/10/12 09:07
The companies that scored highest on sustainability in our survey also saw the biggest revenue payoffs.There is a science that can help consumer goods companies see the link between sustainable brands and consumer value.To understand what underpins a consumer’s perception of value, we identified 30 fundamental Elements of Value® that fall into four categories: functional, emotional, life-chan...
Ashton Kutcher Group Teams with Bioprinted Alt Meat Startup MeaTech
[Investing]
2021/10/12 09:06
At the forefront of the cultured meat revolution, MeaTech develops 3D bioprinting technologies to produce premium industrial animal cell-based meat cuts as a sustainable alternative to industrialized farming. In just two years, the Israeli company went from startup to becoming a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq exchange. Now MeaTech has announced a partnership with a collective led by two...
Fast Fashion Flourishes in U.S. & Russia
[Business]
2021/10/12 09:05
After a pandemic slump, H&M managed to up its sales in the first nine months by 5.7 percent compared to the first nine months of 2020. As our chart shows, this growth can largely be contributed to three of its key markets.The fashion retailer accumulated $2.3 billion in sales in the U.S. alone, a change of almost 35 percent compared to 2020's first three quarter period. Following closely be...
DSLR-Inspired Smartphones : Apple iPhone 14 Concept
[Design]
2021/10/12 09:04
An Apple iPhone 14 proposed design that challenges the design iteration of the phone’s camera module.Now that the powerful and sleek iPhone 13 series is out there to have, the focus for the tech community shifts to the next smartphone in development by Apple. The iPhone 14 is more than 10 months away from fruition and the speculations about how the device will look are already out in the cloud...
Was Famed Samson and Delilah Really Painted by Rubens ? No, Says AI
[Tech]
2021/10/12 09:03
Long-held doubts about the authenticity of the National Gallery’s masterpiece, bought for £2.5m in 1980, are backed by pioneering technologyThe National Gallery has always given pride of place to Peter Paul Rubens’s Samson and Delilah, listing it among the “highlights” of its collection, since it purchased the picture at Christie’s in 1980 for a then record price.It depicts the Old Testam...
