Ever run in sand for a high-intensity workout? This concept shoe replicates the feeling.Most of us want running shoes that help us run faster and longer. But if you’re a hardcore runner, you might be looking for a way to make it more difficult to put one foot in front of the other.That’s why people frequent Sand Dune Park in Southern California, a giant hill that’s–you guessed it–made of s...

It is that time. Summer is in the air, the greatest competition in the world is about to begin, and we at Goldman Sachs Research have published the sixth edition of our book on the World Cup and Economics.This traditionally eccentric mix of economic insight, tenuous correlations and footballing views remains one of our most popular publications, and we invite you to use it as a guide and compan...

Last but not least is a patent that could help make the iPhone much more durable. The patent is called “Drop Countermeasures for Electronic Device,” and describes the use of a motion sensor and processor dedicated to determining the direction that the phone is being dropped in. After determining the direction, the phone can use an “actuated member” to move a component in the phone and redir...

Using artificial intelligence for supply chain planning. AI is driving the evolution of interconnected digital supply networks. This change can help supply chain managers be more dynamic, flexible, and efficient in their planning and execution.Growing complexity in supply chain planningA restaurant can be a complex business to run. Anticipating demand to order the right amount of ingredients at...

There are plenty of ways to manipulate photos to make you look better, remove red eye or lens flare, and so on. But so far the blink has proven a tenacious opponent of good snapshots. That may change with research from Facebook that replaces closed eyes with open ones in a remarkably convincing manner.It’s far from the only example of intelligent “in-painting,” as the technique is called whe...

Market boom has been good to Bitmain’s Jihan Wu, Micree Zhan. The Chinese company is open to an overseas stock listingWith his baby face, eyeglasses and go-to outfit of T-shirt, jeans and sneakers, Jihan Wu looks more like a geeky teenager than a self-made billionaire.But thanks to an early foray into cryptocurrencies, the soft-spoken 32-year-old is sitting on what may be one of the industry’...

Agency Y&R Paris has come up with a nifty print campaign for Pronto Café that shows how coffee makes people go from sleep mode to work mode. The four-ad series shows a businessman, a traffic policewoman, a fisherman and a baker sipping on coffee, and in the process, their outfits change from nightwear to workwear. The tagline reads “Pronto Cafe – Ready in an instant.” Check it out below...

The ReCIVA Breath Sampler detects the kinds of volatile organic compounds that are early markers for disease.The ReCIVA (as in “respiration collector for in vitro analysis”) breath sampler can detect the kinds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in people’s breath that are early indicators of lung cancer, colon cancer, and other diseases. It’s meant to substitute for costlier, more invasiv...

For athletes and sport enthusiasts alike, an injury can drastically hinder their ability to partake in the activity that they love, and staggeringly, they are 400% more likely to injure themselves again after the initial injury, the prospect of this may lead to uncertainty and a loss of enjoinment.Ara is a smart rehabilitation device that, using a plethora of senses, provides the user’s therap...