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Researchers Create Robots That Can Transform Their Wheels Into Legs
[Tech]
2020/11/04 09:04
Concept illustration of the adaptable Wheel-and-Leg Transformable Robot currently being developed under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract. A team of researchers is creating mobile robots for military applications that can determine, with or without human intervention, whether wheels or legs are more suitable to travel across terrains. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Ag...
This Electric Scooter + Cleaning Trolley Is the Public Sanitation Solution Your Community Needs
[Design]
2020/11/04 09:03
Here’s the problem. Street cleaning is a physically demanding job that calls for longer hours compared to indoor cleaning jobs and farther distances to travel (sometimes up to 16 km per day). The work is essential yet under-appreciated. It’s unfair to expect these workers, especially if they are older, to cover these distances on foot and pull a trolley of their cleaning supplies behind them....
LG May Launch a Smartphone with Rollable Display within its Explorer Project
[Tech]
2020/11/03 09:10
In the Explorer Project, LG recently launched its first device, the LG Wing that arrived with an innovative and bold design. Now, the company might also be working on another new device within this project as a recent patent suggests that the South Korean tech giant is making another innovative smartphone with a rollable display.According to a LetsGoDigital report, LG filed a new patent with th...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Turning Private Labels Into Powerhouse Brands
[Business]
2020/11/03 09:09
Consumers have recently been snapping up private-label goods at grocery and mass retailers. Will this trend last? Only if retailers develop a compelling private-label strategy and operating model.Private labels, or store brands, are having a moment. Early in the COVID-19 crisis, many consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) brands disappeared from store shelves due to panic buying and pantry loading. Some...
Facebook Future Reality Lab is Developing a Way to Type Using VR on Tabletops
[Tech]
2020/11/03 09:08
Facebook Reality Labs' VR typing research is working, but with specialized marker-gloves for now. Eventually it could be on headsets.Hand tracking and VR, typing away with no keyboard.Doing office work in VR isn't easy. It isn't just the lack of software plugins for VR and most productivity apps, since VR headsets can already transform into wearable monitors. The keyboard part is what gets real...
(M&A) Nestlé Acquires Freshly Prepared-Meal Delivery Service for $950 Million
[Investing]
2020/11/03 09:07
Food and beverage giant Nestlé announced Friday that it has acquired Freshly, a leading fresh-prepared meal delivery service, for $950 million, with potential earnouts up to $550 million contingent to the successful growth of the business.Launched in 2015, Freshly delivers more than 1 million healthy meals to subscribers each weekFounded in 2015, Freshly delivers a menu of fresh, chef-cooked m...
(Paper) MIT Engineers Produce a Fish-Eye Lens That’s Completely Flat - Metalenses
[Tech]
2020/11/03 09:06
The single piece of glass produces crisp panoramic images.To capture panoramic views in a single shot, photographers typically use fisheye lenses — ultra-wide-angle lenses made from multiple pieces of curved glass, which distort incoming light to produce wide, bubble-like images. Their spherical, multipiece design makes fisheye lenses inherently bulky and often costly to produce.Now engineers...
(M&A) Business Insider Buys Morning Brew, The Business Newsletter Publisher for Millennials
[Investing]
2020/11/03 09:05
Insider Inc., the parent company to Business Insider, closed an all-cash deal Thursday to buy a majority stake in Morning Brew, a media startup that focuses on business newsletters and podcasts.Why it matters: It's an unusual success story amid a bleak media landscape. Morning Brew's co-founders, both under 30, raised very little capital upfront to launch their business but still managed to be...
Dyson Award - LUNE : A Smart Monitoring and Training System for Sleep Apnea Patients
[Design]
2020/11/03 09:04
Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and begins again. During sleep, when throat muscles are too relaxed, they expand and obstruct airways, disrupting the flow of oxygen throughout the body.There are assistive devices such as CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure), whose purpose is to increase air pressure in your throat so that the muscles surrounding it do n...
