At SXSW, algorithms and machines whip up foundation and serum. The beauty brand is showing off custom makeup at SXSW.If you’ve ever stepped into a drug store or specialty shop for makeup, you know how daunting it is to find the right foundation shade to match your skin tone. The colors are only made to match a sampling of skin colors, and are often too dark or too light.L’Oréal is aiming to...

From autonomous driving to third-party access, here's what blockchain could mean for drivers.Last year marked what might very well be the greatest single year for an asset class in history. Cryptocurrencies, which began the year with a combined market cap of $17.7 billion, gained nearly $600 billion by year's end, which was good enough for a better than 3,300% increase in value. Though there ar...

One of the many appeals of video streaming services is the fact that you can watch shows and movies pretty much wherever you go as long as you have an internet connection.Many people enjoy watching a sitcom on their evening commute, while others like to finish a long movie on their tablet in bed or watch a documentary to kill some time at the airport. Despite the possibility to watch pretty muc...

Getting your blood pressure checked typically involves going to a clinic or pharmacy, and having an inflatable cuff applied to your arm. Thanks to technology being developed at Michigan State University, however, the process may soon be as simple as putting your finger on your smartphone case.The prototype system consists of a 1-cm-thick case that's attached to the back of a standard smartphone...

I often daydream of the day I can ditch my phone, computer and tablet. It’s not that I don’t want to be connected or anything. I would just prefer to have one device that can do it all! That’s the idea behind Vision X. It utilizes a futuristic and flexible OLED screen system to instantly transform from tablet to phone in seconds.Imagine the possibilities: Need to see more on your maps app? W...

The level of investment in CMI fintech is gaining. For providers, the key is to view fintech not as a strategy in itself but as a means to reach strategic priorities.Technology has long been the engine driving capital market efficiency—both for investors in the markets, and for the capital market infrastructure providers (CMIPs) that operate the exchanges and other trading venues, central coun...

Someday your self-driving car could react to hazards before you even see them, thanks to a laser-based imaging technology being developed by Stanford researchers that can peek around corners.A driverless car is making its way through a winding neighborhood street, about to make a sharp turn onto a road where a child’s ball has just rolled. Although no person in the car can see that ball, the c...

New Accenture Strategy research shows large companies are now pursuing more mergers and acquisitions to gain digital capabilities. With digital fueling new business growth, they are supplementing their organic digital growth with inorganic deals.As companies consider the acquisition of other organizations for their digital prowess, a second layer to the digital deal conundrum reveals itself. It...

Mercedes-Maybach's Digital Light can paint all sorts of useful symbols on the road in bright, high-resolution light from the headlamps.New S-Class Maybachs will soon get an impressive intelligent headlight upgrade. Digital Light puts a million pixels of resolution into each headlight, and works with the car's sensors and computers to display a bunch of driver-assist information right there on t...