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IKEA's STARKVIND Smart Air Purifier Doubles as Side Table
[Product]
2021/08/04 09:06
IKEA continues the journey towards providing solutions that enable people to purify the air in their homes. Aiming to combine high performing air purifying solutions with design and technology, IKEA is stepping into the air category of IKEA Home smart by launching the first smart air purifier, STARKVIND. From October 2021, STARKVIND air purifiers will start to be available in IKEA retail channe...
What are Millennials and Gen Z Investing In ?
[Consumer]
2021/08/04 09:05
When you think of millennials (born between 1980 and 1995) and Gen Z (born from around 1996 to sometime in the 2010s, depending on who you ask)—altogether about 170 million in the US—do you think of an investing powerhouse? You should. Eighteen- to 35-year-olds make up the majority of users of the Robinhood stock trading platform/app. (Remember when Robinhood wouldn't let you join in on the f...
Tesla Autopilot Saves Unconscious Drunk Driver’s Life
[Tech]
2021/08/04 09:04
The man was seemingly unconscious, but the autopilot was able to bring the vehicle to a stop.Companies like Tesla are creating software that can make highways safer, even when human drivers are incapacitated. And, this is one of those stories where autopilot saves the day.A 24-year-old Tesla owner in Norway’s eastern region ended up passing out while driving his Model S on Friday, July 30. Thi...
This Autonomous Delivery Robot Comes with Its Own Little Trailer
[Design]
2021/08/04 09:03
The age of Amazon Prime same-day delivery and Instacart grocery shopping has turned instant gratification into an expectation. For better or worse, modern delivery services have redefined priority mail, bringing goods to our doorsteps the same day we put in the order. As delivery operators streamline their services, designers are thinking up automated delivery bots to do the magic for us. Olive...
(Patent) Intel Aims to Patent a Wireless Charging Pad for Electronic Devices
[Tech]
2021/08/03 09:10
U.S. patent application, US20210234403, discloses an electronic device comprising wireless charging pads coupled to its body by a hinge. The wireless charging pads are rotatable about the hinges between a first position in which the wireless charging pads are closed and a second position in which the wireless charging pads are open. The wireless charging pads comprise wireless power transmittin...
(Infographic) How Reputable Are 100 Major Brands in the US ?
[Business]
2021/08/03 09:09
Whether you’re a country or a company, brand reputation is crucial. For corporations trying to stand out amongst an array of competitors, name recognition can be make or break.The Axios Harris Poll polled a nationally representative sample of nearly 43,000 Americans to find out which 100 companies emerge as top of mind—for better or for worse.How is Brand Reputation Measured?The polling proce...
(Video) BeachBot, an AI-Enabled Robot - Cigarette Butts Have Finally Met Their Nemesis
[Tech]
2021/08/03 09:08
Cigarette butts are poisoning shoreline animals. This beach rover may help clean all that up.Every year, 4.5 trillion cigarette butts end up in the environment. Edwin Bos and Martijn Lukaart, cofounders of TechTics, came up with a human-robot interaction concept for a world without litter: BeachBot. BeachBot, or “BB” for short, can spot cigarette butts, pluck them out of the sand, and dispose...
INKR Draws in $3.1M to Make More Comics Accessible to Worldwide Audiences
[Investing]
2021/08/03 09:07
INKR is a digital comics platform that crosses cultural and language divides, enabling creators to reach global audiences with its proprietary localization technology. Previously bootstrapped, the company announced today that it has raised $3.1 million in pre-Series A funding led by Monk’s Hill Ventures, with participation from manga distributor TokyoPop founder and chief executive Stu Levy.He...
Tech Giants Crush Profit Records in Q2
[Investing]
2021/08/03 09:06
Amazon was the last of the big five U.S. tech companies to report its earnings for the three months ended June 2021 on Thursday. And like the other four GAFAM companies before it, Amazon reported another record-breaking quarter, despite falling just short of Wall Street expectation in terms of sales and Q3 guidance.The e-commerce behemoth saw net sales grow 27 percent to $113 billion in the pas...
