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IKEA and More Iconic Brands Store Renders That Draw Inspiration from Their Products
[Design]
2021/04/15 09:03
Eslam Mohamed is a graphic designer whose collection of work has piqued my interest and quite honestly captivated me! He creates 3D renders of conceptual stores and booths of famous brands. But these aren’t ordinary store models, these little concepts draw major inspiration from the product range, soul and essence of the brand itself! For example, he modelled a Starbucks booth after the quinte...
(PDF) BCG - The Next Generation of Climate Innovation
[Business]
2021/04/14 09:10
By acting now and working together, we can develop the solutions to avoid a climate disaster and make sure everyone has access to clean, affordable, and reliable energy. — Bill GatesGlobal momentum is building to achieve net zero in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—and to do so more quickly than previously envisioned. Getting there will require unprecedented levels of innovation. While a fast-r...
Google Starts Rolling Out “Heads Up” in Digital Wellbeing to Stop Distracted Walking
[Tech]
2021/04/14 09:09
New ‘Heads Up’ feature nags distracted Android users to look up while walking.In November last year, XDA’s Mishaal Rahman spotted an upcoming feature, called Heads Up, in a teardown of the Digital Wellbeing app. At the time, we’d learned that the feature would alert users to keep their heads up while walking to avoid any accidents. The feature has now started rolling out to Google Pixel use...
NFTs : Is The Spotlight-Stealing Blockchain Tech A Cash Grab Or The Next Big Thing ?
[Business]
2021/04/14 09:08
A $560K New York Times column. Beeple’s $69M JPEG. A $7M Cryptopunk icon. Jack Dorsey’s $2.9M tweet. Non-fungible tokens have applications beyond selling funky JPEGs and in-game items. Here’s what they are and what’s next for the tech.Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are blowing up, driving huge prices and explosive hype and earning comparisons to the 2017 ICO (initial coin offering) mania. By...
Microsoft's New Cooling System Dunks Data Servers in Boiling Liquid
[Tech]
2021/04/14 09:08
Microsoft's experimental new data center cooling system immerses electronics in tanks of boiling liquidGene Twedt for Microsoft.Liquid cooling is one of the most effective ways to keep computers from overheating. While the natural first choice might be a liquid that runs cold, Microsoft has now done the exact opposite, demonstrating a system to cool its cloud servers by dunking the computers in...
The World’s Top 10 Hedge Fund Managers by Earnings
[Investing]
2021/04/14 09:07
The top 10 hedge fund managers take home an average of $1.3 billion a year in earnings. - The hedge fund industry manages over $3 trillion in assets- Hedge funds often have a two-and-twenty fee structure, charging 2% on all assets under management (AUM), and 20% on profitsThe Top 10 Hedge Fund Managers by EarningsThe world of hedge funds has recently garnered notoriety during the GameStop/WSB d...
German Beauty Studio Develops a Digital Fragrance
[Product]
2021/04/14 09:06
The physical perfume includes a bottle with an OLED label and head notes of juniper berry, lemon, bergamot and pepper.A digital fragrance has been developed as an NFT, which could point the way towards a method for preventing counterfeitingFirst it was digital art, then it was digital clothing, and the most recent item to be digitised using blockchain is a fragrance, which has been turned into...
In 2020, Two Thirds of Google Searches Ended Without a Click
[Consumer]
2021/04/14 09:05
In August of 2019, I published research from now-defunct clickstream data provider, Jumpshot, showing that 50.33% of all Google searches ended without a click to any web property in the results. Today, thanks to new data from SimilarWeb, I’ve got a substantive update to that analysis.From January to December, 2020, 64.82% of searches on Google (desktop and mobile combined) ended in the search...
(Video) Autonomous Electric Ferry for The Future of Public Water Transport - CAPTN Vaiaro
[Design]
2021/04/14 09:03
Mobility and transportation are rapidly changing to become greener in an effort to reduce carbon emissions. From electric cars to sustainable yachts, talented teams are working in every transport category to provide a better alternative. One such project is the CAPTN Vaiaro which proposes two autonomous electric ferry concepts that offer a glimpse into the future of the industry. The team of de...
