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Zero Heroes : Brands Aim for Carbon-Neutrality
[Product]
2019/09/16 09:05
Modern youth are passionate about pursuing zero waste on a personal level, and it follows that they hold brands to a similar—if not higher—standard. Knowing this, the following brands are aiming to go carbon neutral (if they haven't already) and introducing various initiatives to support this endeavor, essentially putting their money where their mouth is and taking meaningful action on this i...
This 'Blue Pill' Will Get You Shiny Teeth on the Go
[Design]
2019/09/16 09:04
If there was a guessing game for ‘what’s in your travel bag’, then I know mine would be an easy win for most. I carry my shampoo, face wash, toothbrush, moisturizer… you get the drift. You name it, and it’s packed into travel-sized minion bottles, and are ready to go for their ride. However, most people are not like me – and one of the most common things that people tend to forget to pack...
(Infographic) The Most Innovative Economies in the World
[Investing]
2019/09/16 09:03
South Korea retained the global crown in the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index, though improvements by Germany in research and education brought Europe’s largest economy to near-parity in the annual ranking.Cancer research, meat alternatives and smart home technologies are among the major developments of our time. But which countries are world leaders in research and development, patent activity...
(PDF) Deloitte - Automation with Intelligence
[Business]
2019/09/15 09:10
Reimagining the organization in the ‘Age of With’.In their embrace of more digitised ways of working, many organisations have adopted robotics to automate repetitive processes. They are now seeking to scale these solutions with artificial intelligence.The journey to scaleIN May 2019 Deloitte surveyed 523 executives in a range of industries in 26 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia a...
(Patent) Amazon Patents Pressure-Based Object Placement for AR Applications
[Tech]
2019/09/15 09:09
US patent 10,410,425 discloses adjusting the position of virtual objects in artificial reality content by applying varying amounts of pressure to a sensor to control the distance between the virtual object and a virtual camera rendering the AR scene. An increase in pressure can cause the object to move "away" from the user, while a decrease in pressure can cause the object to move "toward" the...
IDC : Smartphone Market will Improve in 2020 as a Result of 5G
[Business]
2019/09/15 09:08
Smartphone sales are predicted to increase in 2020 as a result of 5G, but 2019 will remain flat, with Android seeing increased sales but iOS and Apple's iPhone still facing challenges.The smartphone market is showing signs of recovery in the second half of 2019, and is expected to ramp up in 2020 thanks to 5G, according to the latest forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC's Wor...
Syte Snaps Up $21.5M for Its Smartphone-Based Visual Search Engine for e-Commerce
[Investing]
2019/09/15 09:07
Visual search has become a key component for how people discover products when buying online: If a person doesn’t know the exact name of what he or she wants, or what they want is not available, it can be an indispensable tool for connecting them with things they might want to buy.Now, one of the companies building technology to do this has raised a round of funding to expand its business furt...
(M&A) McDonald’s is Acquiring Dynamic Yield to Create a More Customized Drive-Thru
[Investing]
2019/09/15 09:06
McDonald’s is announcing an agreement to acquire personalization company Dynamic Yield.The announcement does not include a price, but a source with knowledge of the deal said that it’s more than $300 million. This is the fast food chain’s largest acquisition in 20 years.Dynamic Yield works with brands across e-commerce, travel, finance and media to create what’s been described as an Amazon-...
(Paper) Mind-Blowing Drug Trials Show It’s Possible to Reverse Biological Age
[Tech]
2019/09/15 09:05
In a small trial, drugs seemed to rejuvenate the body’s ‘epigenetic clock’, which tracks a person’s biological age.The relentless march of time will eventually claim all of our lives — or at least that’s the reality we’ve all come to expect. Short of finding the mythical Fountain of Youth, there’s not much any of us can do about getting older, but new drug trials suggest that might even...
