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(Paper) Glowing Dye Lights Up Leftover Cancer Cells in Dogs, and Maybe Humans
[Tech]
2020/07/21 09:07
Scientists have demonstrated how a a dye can be used to light up breast cancer cells in dogs, with possible benefits for treatment in humans.Surgery is an indispensable tool when it comes to treating cancer, but those performing the procedures have fine margins to work when cutting away cancerous cells, needing to extract as much as possible while leave healthy tissues intact. University of Pen...
Elon Musk Says Neuralink Will Stream Music Straight Into Your Brain
[Tech]
2020/07/21 09:06
Elon Musk’s brain-hacking startup Neuralink is gearing up for a long-awaited reveal on August 28.And Musk himself can’t seem to help himself from teasing the brain-computer interface. On Sunday afternoon, when computer scientist Austin Howard asked Musk on Twitter if we could one day listen to music directly through such an interface — streaming it directly into the brain, in other words, wi...
(Infographic) How COVID-19 Shutdowns Impact the Gold Supply Chain
[Investing]
2020/07/21 09:05
Chains are only as strong as their weakest link—and recent COVID-19 shutdowns have affected every link in the gold supply chain, from producers to end-users. Chains are only as strong as their weakest link—and recent COVID-19 shutdowns have affected every link in the gold supply chain, from producers to end-users.Increased investor demand for gold coupled with a constrained supply has led to...
Design-Forward DTC Air Conditioners are a Breath of Fresh (and Cool) Air
[Product]
2020/07/21 09:04
Not only are traditional air conditioning units difficult to install, they’re also just plain ugly, and consumers have been resigned to merely tolerating both factors for far too long. But fear not: as the summer heat swells, the following direct-to-consumer (DTC) AC startups are here to provide modern consumers with refreshingly-designed units that offer consumers a cool new tool—literally.1...
(Video) Smart Cradle Gives Waking Babies the Bounce - Cradlewise
[Product]
2020/07/21 09:03
Getting a good night's sleep is not normally listed among the joys of parenting, and anything that could help your baby and yourself catch some extra rest is worth a look. The Cradlewise cradle is designed to do just that, by automatically bouncing waking babies back to sleep.Utilizing a built-in night-vision camera and microphone, Cradlewise monitors baby and, over time, its artificial intelli...
Here Are 8 Industries Being Disrupted By Elon Musk
[Business]
2020/07/20 09:10
Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has plans to colonize Mars, and thinks AI may turn humans into its pets. But beyond the hype and his enormous net worth and Twitter presence, here's how Musk's companies are actually taking on ... virtually every industry.Elon Musk thinks and acts on a larger, more cosmic scale than we’re accustomed to from entrepreneurs. Elon Musk has become a household n...
Openpath Raises $36M to Bring Keyless Building Access to More Industries
[Investing]
2020/07/20 09:09
Openpath, a company that builds keyless and contactless building access systems, has raised $36 million in a series C round led by Greycroft. Openpath had previously raised around $27 million, and the company said its latest cash injection will be used to accelerate product engineering, hardware, and software development and “support its client base across new verticals.”Demand for contactles...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Beyond COVID-19 : The Next Normal for Packaging Design
[Business]
2020/07/20 09:08
The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped industry megatrends in ways that will have major short- and long-term implications for packaging design.The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the megatrends buffeting the $900 billion-a-year packaging industry. As the world manages through—and begins to emerge from—the great public-health and economic crisis, we expect these megatrend shifts to change packag...
Muji is Launching a Furniture Subscription Service
[Product]
2020/07/20 09:07
For those who can’t wait to check MUJI’s hotels off their bucket lists, this might be the closest alternative you can get until the COVID-19 situation subsides—but that’s not to say it’s any less superior. Those of us suffering from a post-lockdown urge to redecorate can now take out a Muji furniture subscription.The retailer will be offering monthly and annual options, which will cover of...
