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Bike Sales Boom During Coronavirus Pandemic
[Business]
2020/05/24 09:06
The United States is facing a shortage of bicycles as anxiety over public transportation and a desire to exercise has sent the demand surging.Some bicycle shops in Brooklyn are selling twice as many bikes as usual and drawing blocklong lines of customers. A chain of shops in Phoenix is selling three times the number of bikes it typically does. A retailer in Washington, D.C., sold all its entry-...
This Inclusively Designed Electric Mobility Vehicle is Tony Stark’s Hoverboard
[Design]
2020/05/24 09:05
You know the bright future is here when we see design concepts like MÜV (pronounced “move”) – a purely electric, self-balancing, hands-free assistive mobility vehicle concept that grants you true omnidirectional maneuverability. To simplify it, think of it as a hoverboard with a seat but you don’t have to worry about balancing it! MÜV may have started as inclusive design but it quickly ad...
Reebok’s Fitness Masks Point to an Even More Dystopian Future
[Design]
2020/05/24 09:04
Reebok’s fitness masks point to an even more dystopian future.If you’re someone who likes to run or bike, you’ve probably been searching for a mask that allows you to work out comfortably and safely in the midst of the pandemic.That can be a tough find, because most fitness masks currently on the market aren’t designed to filter out particles, but rather to simulate low oxygen levels to hel...
(Infographic) How U.S. Consumers are Spending Differently During COVID-19
[Consumer]
2020/05/24 09:03
In 2019, nearly 70% of U.S. GDP was driven by personal consumption. However, in the first quarter of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has initiated a transformation of consumer spending trends as we know them.By leveraging new data from analytics platform 1010Data, today’s infographic dives into the credit and debit card spending of five million U.S. consumers over the past few months.Let’s see ho...
(PDF) Mckinsey - How Restaurants can Thrive in the Next Normal
[Business]
2020/05/21 09:09
After weeks of quarantine and physical distancing, what does the future hold for US restaurants—and for the more than eight million restaurant workers across the country who have been laid off or furloughed since March? How quickly will US consumers feel comfortable eating out again?COVID-19 has not only been a devastating public-health crisis; it has also been the restaurant industry’s great...
Brooklyn's Domino Park Painted Circles on the Grass to Ensure Social Distancing
[Design]
2020/05/21 09:08
To avoid crowds and ensure social distancing, new york city authorities have painted white circles on the grass of brooklyn’s domino park. the initiative gives visitors visual guides that delimit safe socializing areas, making sure they can sunbathe and enjoy time outdoors while maintaining the required distance.Opened to the public in 2018, brooklyn’s domino park is a quarter-mile waterfront...
(Patent) Google Patents Smartwatch with Soli Sensor for Hand Gestures
[Tech]
2020/05/21 09:07
Google Reveals in Patent Filing that Hand and Wrist Gesturing Commands could be coming to Pixel Smartwatch & Wear OS. There's been a lot disappointment with Google being unable or unwilling to launch the ever-secret 'Pixel Watch.' Google's Watch partners like Fossil and Huawei that are using their Wear OS are probably pushing Google to stay out of the market. Though with Pixel Phone in the...
(Video) Boston Dynamics Robot Herd Flock of Sheep in New Zealand
[Tech]
2020/05/21 09:07
Boston Dynamics' four-legged robot Spot herds sheep in a video from Rocos who just announced a partnership with the robotics company to automate field and crop management on rugged terrain.Boston Dynamics put their four-legged robot Spot to the test in a YouTube video from New-Zealand-based robotics company Rocos — in which the robot herds a flock of sheep — amid a new partnership between the...
The Crypto Price-Innovation Cycle
[Investing]
2020/05/21 09:06
People who’ve been in crypto for a long time view the space as evolving in cycles, alternating between periods of high activity and “crypto winters.” There have been three cycles so far. The first peaked in 2011, the second in 2013, and the third in 2017.These cycles appear chaotic but have an underlying order, roughly characterized as 1) the price of Bitcoin and other crypto assets goes up,...
