Companies can determine whether they should invest in blockchain by focusing on specific use cases and their market position.Speculation on the value of blockchain is rife, with Bitcoin—the first and most infamous application of blockchain—grabbing headlines for its rocketing price and volatility. That the focus of blockchain is wrapped up with Bitcoin is not surprising given that its market...

It's a slow-driving pod, but that should be good enough for corporate campuses.A self-driving vehicle can avoid a lot of problems by just going slowly. A slow bot hurts a lot less when it hits you, and cheap sensors are good enough when you don’t have to see far to avoid a collision.And cheap is more than a feature, it’s a strategy. Make a costly product cheaply, and it’s not the same produc...

A hot summer has sparked a rise in sales for both beer and wine in New Zealand. Over the 16 weeks to 25 February 2018, beer generated almost $379.3 million in sales across supermarkets and liquor stores - an increase of 6.3% ($21.3 million) on last summer. In the same period, wine recorded an additional $5.2 million, bringing the total category value to $354.3 million (up 1.5% versus previous y...

ROLLOVA is a pocket-sized digital rolling ruler, it allows you to measure different surfaces easily and quickly without having to deal with problems that you usually encounter when using conventional measuring tool. This device works one easy roll at a time, giving you an accurate image of the distance that is rolled through its digital, high-contrast display.ROLLOVA by HOZO Design offers sever...

Mobile phones have changed a staggering amount in the past decade, the incredible advancements in technology have at times made it difficult for us to be separated from the devices.And for people who are less familiar with mobiles phones, the task to learn their plethora of features seems borderline impossible and extremely daunting.Designer, Pierrick Romeuf set out to solve these issues by fin...

Foldable phones are coming, in fact the long-rumored Samsung Galaxy X could arrive as soon as early 2019, but one of the main problems any folding handset will have to overcome is the fact that actually folding the screen repeatedly would likely leave a visible crease in it.That’s not a good look, but it’s one that Motorola might have come up with a solution for.In a patent spotted by LetsGoD...

Italian architect Carlo Ratti and his company Makr Shakr have launched a mass-market robotic cocktail maker. Nino is an updated version of Makr Shakr's existing Bionic Bar, which debuted at Milan design week in 2013 and has since been put into use in cruise liners and hotels.Nino has the capacity to mix an infinite variety of cocktails from up to 170 bottles of different spirits stored in its o...

Social Media Use Continues to Rise in Developing Countries but Plateaus Across Developed Ones. Digital divides remain, both within and across countries.In recent years, there have been doubts raised about the overall benefits of internet access and social media use. Concerns or no, the share of people who use the internet or own a smartphone continues to expand in the developing world and remai...

Chad Rudnick, M.D., an affiliate professor at FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine and founder of Boca VIPediatrics administers an injection to a child wearing a 3D virtual reality headset.The scenario is all too familiar for the majority of parents. The crying, the screaming and the tantrums as they try to coax their children into the doctor’s office for routine immunizations. After...