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This Conceptual Dyson Racecar is a 3D Mashup of Its Most Famous Products
[Design]
2020/03/18 09:07
This Dyson car isn’t intended for the road, but if it were, it would surely ‘blow’ its competitors away! Now that I got that joke out of my system, let me present to you the Dyson EV, by Graham Hutchings. Designed as a fun exercise, Hutchings took Dyson’s brand and products and rather than using them as inspiration, turned them into building blocks. What you’re seeing is an EV that was lit...
Remarkable Announces New e-Paper Tablet, Starting at $399
[Product]
2020/03/18 09:06
Remarkable has announced the second generation of its “digital paper” tablet, one that’s thinner, cheaper, and faster, with longer battery life.Founded out of Oslo, Norway in 2013, Remarkable has so far been targeting writers and sketchers with a low-latency tablet that replicates paper in digital form, minus all the usual internet-enabled distractions. With its own Linux-based operating sys...
The Economic Indicators That Shaped Three Generations
[Consumer]
2020/03/18 09:05
A look at how the Dow, housing and other indicators fared when baby boomers, Generation X and millennials were coming of age.For many millennials, the early experiences that shaped their attitudes toward money were generally rockier than for previous generations. Here’s a look at housing prices, the stock market and other economic indicators starting when the oldest cohort of each generation—...
Toilet Paper Hoarding Boosts Bidet Sales - Tushy
[Product]
2020/03/18 09:04
As stores limit toilet paper purchases in response to customers buying it in large quantities, some people are turning to an alternate method of cleaning: bidets.For those who don’t know, a bidet is an attachment used for cleaning oneself with water after using the restroom. While they’re popular in other countries, they’re not standard in the United States, a country with an affinity for to...
This Conceptual Dyson Air Purifier Reduces 95% Fine Dust in Urban Farms - Ventila
[Design]
2020/03/18 09:03
Breathing is such an automated bodily function that it doesn’t even occur to us to think about what we are actually inhaling. Fine dust is not seen by the human eye but we very well know when that same speck of dust goes in our eye, it wreaks havoc. Similarly, for any living organism to be breathing in fine dust is harmful because at the moment we won’t see its effects and it will keep accumu...
Visualizing The Coronavirus Stock Market Meltdown
[Investing]
2020/03/17 09:10
Coronavirus panic is sweeping the world, forcing governments to take unprecedented steps to slow the pandemic. Schools are closed, bars are shutting down and public events are called off. The world is likely headed into a severe recession, causing stock prices to plummet as people cash out and sell everything. Here’s the latest on the extent of the damage for the share prices for several key c...
(Patent) Apple to Patent Snoop-Proof Screens
[Tech]
2020/03/17 09:09
Secret digital intrusions into our computers and mobile devices have garnered increasing attention in recent times. But a decidedly lower-tech assault has also been troublesome: shoulder surfing. You know the types: friends, work colleagues and assorted passers-by who walk by you and can't resist quietly peeking over your shoulder at the content of your screen while you're blasting the boss, wa...
Key Consumer Behavior Thresholds Identified as Coronavirus Outbreak Evolvs
[Consumer]
2020/03/17 09:08
A Nielsen investigation has identified six key consumer behavior threshold levels that tie directly to concerns around the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The thresholds offer early signals of spending patterns, particularly for emergency pantry items and health supplies, and we are seeing these patterns being mirrored across multiple markets.Correlating COVID-19 news events, such as pub...
(Paper) A New AI Chip can Perform Image Recognition Tasks in Nanoseconds
[Tech]
2020/03/17 09:07
A new type of artificial eye, made by combining light-sensing electronics with a neural network on a single tiny chip, can make sense of what it’s seeing in just a few nanoseconds, far faster than existing image sensors.Why it matters: Computer vision is integral to many applications of AI—from driverless cars to industrial robots to smart sensors that act as our eyes in remote locations—and...
