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This Company Recycles Shipping Containers Into Backyard Swimming Pools - ModPool
[Product]
2021/08/16 09:08
This company recycles shipping containers into backyard swimming poolsSome shipping containers are single-use, making just one trip across the ocean filled with goods. Modpools gives them a second life as swimming pools.Like many curious children, Paul Rathnam’s kids love to play with cardboard boxes, building creative structures out of the empty packaging. Rathnam sees a parallel between thei...
(PDF) BCG - B2B Distributors Can Survive the Age of Amazon
[Business]
2021/08/16 09:07
The threat may be virtual, but it’s starting to feel very real.On the one hand, companies around the world are increasingly waking up to the advantages of switching to e-commerce in the B2B market. The internet’s relevance is already high—and still rising—at every stage of the customer buying journey—from comparing product information, to ordering, paying, and scheduling, and even procurin...
Xos, Inc. Unveils Xos Hub™, a Mobile Charging Station for Commercial Fleets
[Business]
2021/08/16 09:06
Electric fleet mobility company Xos, Inc. has just introduced a mobile charging solution for electric fleet vehicles called Xos Hub that avoids waiting for infrastructural installation. Xos Hub sits alongside Xos Serve as two new services offered through Xos Energy Solutions, a new business unit within Xos, Inc.Xos, pronounced “ex-ose,” is a Southern California-based fleet manufacturer specia...
Will Nvidia’s Huge Bet on Artificial-Intelligence Chips Pay Off ?
[Investing]
2021/08/16 09:05
The unassuming chipmaking giant was early to the AI revolution—and remains ahead of rivals.“We’re always 30 days away from going out of business,” is a mantra of Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder of Nvidia. That may be a little hyperbolic coming from the boss of a company whose market value has increased from $31bn to $505bn in five years and which has eclipsed Intel, once the world’s mightiest c...
(Paper) Robot Shows How Simple Swimming Can Be
[Tech]
2021/08/16 09:04
Undulatory swimming appears complex—though not to an eel robot. Lots of robots use bioinspiration in their design. Humanoids, quadrupeds, snake robots—if an animal has figured out a clever way of doing something, odds are there's a robot that's tried to duplicate it. But animals are often just a little too clever for the robots that we build that try to mimic them, which is why researchers at...
This New AirPods Pro Case Takes on a Barrel Shape
[Design]
2021/08/16 09:03
Antón visualized an AirPods Pro case concept that holds each AirPods Pro in vertical placement, swapping out a rectangular build for a barrel-shaped case.The new case for AirPods Pros is even wider than the previous generation of AirPods. Wedging that case into your pocket between your keys, wallet, and other EDC items is uncomfortable and makes our pockets too bulky. Iván Antón, a product a...
(PDF) BCG - Will Car Subscriptions Revolutionize Auto Sales ?
[Business]
2021/08/12 09:10
For years, automakers have been looking for business models beyond car sales to diversify their profit pools. While pay-per-use models—car sharing, ride hailing, and other mobility modes—have become more common, the alternatives to outright ownership have been limited to short-term rental (not always cheap) or leasing, with typically longer-term commitments and restrictive terms.With the rise...
How Figma Became Design’s Hottest Startup, Valued At $10 Billion
[Investing]
2021/08/12 09:09
As Google Docs did for word processing and GitHub for code, so Dylan Field’s Figma is doing for design. Employees at companies like Netflix, AirBNB, Zoom and Discord are all users.In April, Dylan Field had his craziest day since he skipped out on Brown University to try his hand at startups nearly a decade ago. At the virtual conference of his design software company, Figma, popular with custo...
What’s in Store For Korean IPOs ?
[Investing]
2021/08/12 09:08
IPOs are having a real blockbuster year in South Korea with many prominent ventures looking to raise money through the stock market.After the long-awaited IPO of ecommerce retailer Coupang on the New York Stock Exchange in March exceeded expectations, yesterday’s initial public offering by games developer Krafton saw share prices tumble on the first day of trading.Krafton nevertheless raised t...
