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(PDF) Mckinsey - Air-Mobility Solutions : What They’ll Need to Take Off
[Business]
2019/02/25 09:09
Innovators are designing air taxis and delivery drones. But these won’t take flight unless stakeholders accelerate investment in air-mobility infrastructure.Traffic congestion forces US drivers to waste more than three billion gallons of fuel and keeps them trapped in their cars for almost seven billion extra hours each year.1 Much of that time might involve dreaming of a trip to work that doe...
How Self-Driving Cars Might Transform City Parking
[Tech]
2019/02/25 09:08
Autonomous vehicles could use parking lots more efficiently, but also worsen gridlock.Autonomous vehicles could transform parking as well as driving, new research suggests. Parking lots could house more driverless cars than human-driven ones, but autonomous vehicles could also lead to nightmarish gridlock if they slowly cruise the streets waiting for their owners, instead of paying to park.The...
(Infographic) Where Investors Put Their Money in 2018
[Investing]
2019/02/25 09:07
For most investors, 2018 was both an eventful and frustrating year.Between the looming threat of trade wars and growing geopolitical uncertainty, the market also skipped a beat. Volatility took center stage, and the S&P 500 finished in negative territory for the first time in 10 years.Although many asset classes finished in negative territory, a look at fund flows – essentially where inves...
Just Inc. Raising $200M Amid Controversial Past
[Investing]
2019/02/25 09:06
Plant-based food maker Just Inc. is raising $200 million in growth funding, according to Bloomberg. CLSA, the international affiliate of Beijing-based Citic Securities, is reportedly participating in the round, as Just Inc. is said to be gauging preliminary interest from Chinese investors.The news of the fundraise comes despite a history colored by a string of scandals, and it marks Just Inc.'s...
Brewing Disruption : 65+ Startups Could Revitalize The Industry
[Business]
2019/02/25 09:05
Self-poured drinks, AI-driven brew, connected kegs — here are the startups coming to disrupt your pint of beer.[click to enlarge]Dry January may be over, but beer is still struggling.Brewers sold 0.3% less beer in stores in the US in 2018 compared to the previous year, according to research firm IRI.Challengers such as hard seltzer may be partially to blame, along with health-conscious consume...
LEGO Launches Eight AR-Focused Sets Brian Heater
[Product]
2019/02/25 09:04
LEGO’s long been a leader among traditional toy companies when it comes to embracing tech trends, from mobile apps to robotics. The toy maker’s been talking up its plans to embrace augmented reality since a couple of WWDCs ago, and now it’s finally ready to go all-in with the launch of eight AR-focused sets.All are part of Hidden Side, a new series of sets designed to skirt the line between...
A Winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award 2018 - The Median AMB
[Design]
2019/02/25 09:03
How does an ambulance reach a victim in a road/highway accident when there are more than a dozen cars stuck in a traffic jam between the ambulance and the site of the accident? Up until now the only solution was to drive in the opposite lane, weaving through oncoming traffic to get to the victim. A band of Korean designers created the Median AMB, a special ambulance that can directly reach the...
(PDF) PwC : Making 5G Pay
[Business]
2019/02/24 09:10
Monetizing the impending revolution in communications infrastructure.The next generation of cellular mobile communications technology has arrived. 5G, which is set to succeed the 4G standard over the next few years, offers an exponential improvement in functionality over 4G — it is 100 times faster and has 1,000 times more capacity. The results will be mobile networks that offer far higher cap...
A Controversial Treatment Allows Older People to Fight the Effects of Aging with Young Blood - Ambrosia
[Tech]
2019/02/24 09:09
The agency warns that plasma treatments costing thousands of dollars, which supposedly treat the infirmities of old age, have not been proven “safe or effective.”The US Food and Drug Administration is warning those who would seek infusions of young blood to ward off the afflictions of aging to not buy into the hype, according to a statement from Commissioner Scott Gottlieb yesterday (February...
