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(Video) Plastique Fantastique Makes iSphere Mask Informed by 1950s Sci-Fi Comics
[Design]
2020/05/07 09:04
Berlin-based art collective Plastique Fantastique has created an open-source, retro-futuristic face shield shaped like a fish bowl to protect wearers against coronavirus.The helmet-like design, called the iSphere, comprises two transparent, hollow hemispheres that have been secured together and cut to create a hole for the user to fit their head through.Plastique Fantastique founders Marco Cane...
(Infographic) The COVID-19 Impact on App Popularity
[Business]
2020/05/07 09:03
Pandemic-induced social isolation has altered the relationship consumers have with technology.With the physical world now slowly receding, consumers are suddenly more reliant on apps for communication, shopping, staying healthy, and entertainment.Today’s graphic pulls data from a new report by MoEngage and Apptopia, and it plots the winners and losers of the pandemic from the app world in Nort...
Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting 2020 Highlights
[Investing]
2020/05/06 09:10
Warren Buffett spoke to the world Saturday at Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK-A, BRK-B) 2020 Annual Shareholder Meeting. Circumstances were different this year, and investors from around the world tuned in to seek investing wisdom from the “Oracle of Omaha” and guidance on how to navigate the highly uncertain environment amid one of the worst public health and economic crises in history.Saturday m...
(Patent) Foldable iPhone Could Beat Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 with This Breakthrough
[Tech]
2020/05/06 09:09
The Galaxy Fold 2 won't be able to fight Apple's foldable iPhone battery design. The Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 is rumored to be a big upgrade over the original, but it might have some serious competition from Apple's future foldable iPhones, thanks to Apple's latest battery patent.The patent is titled Flexible Battery Structure, and features a series of potential designs for how Apple could make a...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The B2B Digital Inflection Point : How Sales have Changed During COVID-19
[Business]
2020/05/06 09:08
COVID-19 is changing how B2B buyers and sellers interact. Savvy sales leaders are learning how to adapt to the next normal.COVID-19 has destroyed lives and livelihoods and continues to do so in many communities around the world. Although the full implications of the pandemic are far from certain, it is already clear that its economic consequences are dire.For sales leaders contemplating how to...
(Paper) Wireality : Novel 'Marionette' Accessory Might Enable VR Users to Touch and Feel Objects
[Tech]
2020/05/06 09:07
Virtual reality technology is here; however, there are some reasons why it hasn't completely caught on by the people yet.One reason is that while today's systems can create immersive visual experiences, they don't appeal to all of our five senses — in this case, specifically, we cannot touch and feel objects. However, that seems to be changing soon. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University...
COVID-19 May Trigger A Technology Revolution
[Business]
2020/05/06 09:06
Prior to COVID-19, there were some new technologies poised to completely reshape their markets, but they were hindered by resistance to change.Prior to COVID-19, there were exciting new technologies in the early stages of adoption. Most of these were proven and demonstrated extraordinary benefits, but they were encountering significant resistance from entrenched ways of doing things. That's typ...
Touch-Free Access for Games and Elevators in a Post-Covid World - Sonarax
[Business]
2020/05/06 09:05
Israeli startup Sonarax is ready for a touchless new world with its ready-to-install ultrasonic data-transmission technology.The Covid-19 crisis will pass, but some things will never go back to normal. We will remain wary of elevator buttons, ATM touchpads, intercoms, fingerprint scanners, employee timeclocks and all other surfaces touched by countless hands.The Israeli startup Sonarax is ready...
Pura-Case Uses "Ozone Power" to Sanitize Clothes
[Design]
2020/05/06 09:04
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has designed a concept for a battery-powered wardrobe purifier that uses ozone to remove bacteria and viruses from the user's clothes.The portable case can be placed in a hallway or inside a closet and will be made from recycled fibres, which will be coated to keep the ozone inside the case during the sanitisation process.According to the studio, the case us...
