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Bang & Olufsen's New Wireless Speaker Looks Just Like a Book - Beosound Emerge
[Product]
2021/04/19 09:04
A sound addition to your bookshelves. If you want a wireless speaker that will tuck neatly away in your bookcase, the latest model from Bang & Olufsen should do the trick. The Beosound Emerge has been designed with a slim silhouette, "taking inspiration from the compact form factor of a book", which the company says allows it to "integrate alongside books and other domestic objects". Like t...
(Infographic) Pandemic Recovery : Have BEACH Stocks Bounced Back ?
[Investing]
2021/04/19 09:03
The travel and entertainment industries have had a volatile ride over the last year.During the initial stages of the pandemic, when panic and uncertainty ran rife, BEACH stocks–booking, entertainment, airlines, cruises, and hotels—were left scrambling. Collectively, $332 billion in market cap washed away.Now, it appears the tide might be turning for these companies, buoyed by vaccine breakthr...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Future of The $1.5 Trillion Wellness Market
[Business]
2021/04/18 09:10
The concept of wellness has been around for a long time. Remember Jane Fonda workout tapes, neon legwarmers, and the “cookie diet”? These days, consumers view wellness through a much broader and more sophisticated lens, encompassing not just fitness and nutrition but also overall physical and mental health and appearance. They also have more choice in the types of products and services they b...
Robotics Developer Vicarious Surgical Nets BD Backing in $1.1B SPAC Deal
[Investing]
2021/04/18 09:09
It’s a common surgeon’s dream: What if you could shrink yourself down, place yourself inside the patient, and fix them from the inside? By combining virtual reality and miniaturized robotics, Vicarious Surgical, with its approach in its name, is looking to do just that.After largely developing its system under stealth since its 2014 founding, the company is now looking to take it public in a...
Recovery Quickens as U.S. Retail Sales Soar, Jobless Claims Ease
[Investing]
2021/04/18 09:08
March retail receipts jump by 9.8%, most in 10 months. Initial jobless claims fell last week to fresh pandemic low.The U.S. economy’s comeback is firing on all cylinders with employment, retail spending and manufacturing exhibiting strong gains.Thursday’s barrage of economic data showed that some parts of the economy, like retail sales, have returned to or exceeded pre-pandemic levels. Applic...
This AI Chess Board Runs Millions of Winning Strategies - The ChessUp Board
[Product]
2021/04/18 09:07
An incredible, connected chess board with a built-in chess instructor that lights up all possible moves according to strength. I’m reminded of a scene from Avengers: Endgame, when Doctor Strange ran 14 million alternate life-or-death strategies before cryptically signaling to Tony Stark that there was only one scenario in which the Avengers could beat Thanos and save the universe. While the Ch...
Israel's Vaccine Rollout Curbs Covid-19 Spread
[Consumer]
2021/04/18 09:06
Israel's quick and effective vaccine rollout has successfully suppressed the spread of Covid-19 with the number of daily new infections continuing to drop despite the economy reopening. New cases peaked on January 27 at 11,934 according to Our World in Data and they have trended firmly downward since then with vaccines quickly breaking the country's third wave. The end of the pandemic now looks...
Playpulse's Smart Exercise Bike Lets You Choose Between Workout Classes and Netflix
[Product]
2021/04/18 09:05
Imagine a connected exercise bike that doesn’t simply exist to sell you on a class-based subscription platform. What if, instead, you could use its 24-inch touchscreen as a way of making your TV and gaming time a little less sedentary. That’s the idea behind the Playpulse One, a smart spin bike that will let you watch Netflix, or play games, rather than just follow along with a preppy gym ins...
The Countries that Pay the Most and Least for LEGO
[Business]
2021/04/18 09:04
LEGO is the world in miniature. From kid-sized construction projects to brick-by-brick replicas of cinematic universes, LEGO offers a way for little hands to get a grip on the world.Key FindingsThe cheapest place in the world to buy LEGO is Hong Kong, where the average price of the sets in our study is $111.12.The most expensive LEGO on Earth is in Ecuador, where a single set costs $672.00.In t...
