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Maxime Louis-Courcier Uses Paper Clay to Design Non-Electric Household Appliances
[Design]
2019/10/01 11:02
Through two new products, industrial designer maxime louis-courcier explores materials to propose a sustainable approach to household appliances. The project, which consists of the woven air-conditioner and the paper clay air humidifier, forgoes the use of electricity to provide functional objects designed for the home environment.Used during the summer, the woven air-conditioner by courcier is...
(Infographic) Visualizing Social Media Use by Generation
[Consumer]
2019/10/01 11:01
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s population is plugged into the matrix, with over 4.4 billion internet users across multiple device types. We use these devices for work and for play—and social media has altered the way we interact both online and offline.Today’s infographic from Global Web Index compares key generational and regional differences of social media use based on data from nearly...
(PDF) AUDI & Ipsos - The Pulse of Autonomous Driving
[Business]
2019/09/30 09:10
Audi study shows 5 user types of autonomous driving. Suspicious driver or tech-savvy passenger? The initiative &Audi has examined what people think about autonomous driving. A total of 21,000 respondents from three continents gave insights into their attitudes towards self-driving cars.What is the study about?In the representative online study “The Pulse of Autonomous Driving”, Audi produ...
(M&A) Facebook to Buy Startup for Controlling Computers With Your Mind
[Investing]
2019/09/30 09:09
Facebook acquires neural interface startup CTRL-Labs for its mind-reading wristband. The deal is reportedly worth between $500 million and $1 billion.Using CTRL-Labs’ wristband prototype required intense concentration, but not actual muscle movement. CEO Thomas Reardon, left, led development of the Internet Explorer browser before co-founding CTRL-Labs in 2015. Facebook today announced that it...
Stanford Trounces B-Schools Competitors in MBA Alumni Survey
[Business]
2019/09/30 09:08
Our survey of 126 business schools around the world asked MBA grads to rate the power of their school’s alumni network, reputation, academic quality, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Stanford—Bloomberg Businessweek’s No. 1 business school—scored highest in four of the five questions.The only school to outscore Stanford was Chicago’s Booth, on the quality of its academic program. That ques...
100,000 Free AI-Generated Faces Without Copyright - Generated Photos
[Business]
2019/09/30 09:06
It’s getting easier and easier to use AI to generate convincing-looking, yet entirely fake, pictures of people. Now, one company wants to find a use for these photos, by offering a resource of 100,000 AI-generated faces to anyone that can use them — royalty free. Many of the images look fake but others are difficult to distinguish from images licensed by stock photo companies.The project’s P...
Apple is the Most Preferred True Wireless Hearable Brand for Future Purchase in the US
[Product]
2019/09/30 09:06
Greater democratization of wireless technology and reduction in prices will help wireless hearables become mainstream in the next two-three years. The findings of our Consumer Lens survey reveals that Apple remains the top of the mind for most US consumers for a future purchase.Apple’s AirPods, a true wireless hearable device, turns out to be the preferred choice for future purchase due to fac...
MIT Engineers Develop “Blackest Black” Material to Date - Vantablack
[Tech]
2019/09/30 09:05
Made from carbon nanotubes, the new coating is 10 times darker than other very black materials. With apologies to “Spinal Tap,” it appears that black can, indeed, get more black.MIT engineers report today that they have cooked up a material that is 10 times blacker than anything that has previously been reported. The material is made from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, or CNTs — micros...
World's First Subscription-Only Electric Vehicle - Canoo
[Product]
2019/09/30 09:04
LA-based startup canoo wants to change the way cars are built, sold and used, with its subscription-only electric vehicle. the company unveiled its model — also called canoo — at its headquarters in los angeles tuesday evening, sept. 24. The canoo‘s pod-like design sits atop a proprietary ‘skateboard’ architecture, that directly houses the batteries and electric drivetrain in a slim platfo...
