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(Patent) Sony Patented a Method For Wirelessly Sucking Power From Your Friend's Phone
[Tech]
2017/03/19 10:09
You’re probably already accustomed to mooching free wi-fi whenever you visit a friend, but according to a new patent Sony filed just last Friday, the company wants you to be able to steal power from a friend’s phone as well, without having to connect a single cable.Before you get too excited about the prospect of your smartphone getting a jumpstart from another mobile device, or even an appli...
(Video) Sherwin-Williams Color Chips Come Alive as Leopards, Giraffes and Flamingos
[Design]
2017/03/19 10:08
In the latest installment of its “Color Chips” campaign, Sherwin-Williams creates a captivating African jungle teeming with bright, bountiful, beastly life.It took nearly 30,000 paint chips, along with 24 production artists working a total of 5,600 hours, to bring this majestic menagerie to life for 30 seconds:“We know people aren’t inspired by paint itself. What people really care about is...
(PDF) IAB - Economic Value of the Advertising-Supported Internet Ecosystem
[Business]
2017/03/19 10:07
Ad-Supported Internet Brings over $1 Trillion to the U.S. Economy, Representing 6 Percent of Country's Total GDP, According to IAB Study Led by Harvard Business School Professor. Industry Responsible for 10.4 Million American Jobs, or 7.3% of Total U.S. Nonfarm Employment, and Doubles Its Economic Contribution Since 2012The ad-supported internet ecosystem generated $1.121 trillion for the U.S....
(Video) Storytime Magic with Novel Effect
[Product]
2017/03/19 10:06
The Hachette Book Group has teamed up with Seattle startup Novel Effect, which specializes in technology that pairs music with text, to launch a pilot program using titles from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.The resulting app, called Novel Effect, was named one of five finalists in the SXSW Accelerator Competition.The Novel Effect pilot program will launch on March 10 with four LBYR titl...
(Video) Online Gaming System Provides a Fun New Way to Work Up a Sweat - SymGym
[Business]
2017/03/19 10:05
SymGym Studio makes getting a workout fun, allowing people to compete on a leaderboard and play online games with others that mimic real-life motions.No more staring at a wall, trying to maintain the motivation to get through a workout. SymGym Studio’s new online gaming system with resistance provides a fun new way to work up a sweat. Full body controllers use independent arm bars and foot ped...
Gravity
[Investing]
2017/03/19 10:04
Apple is doomed. So are you. As mortals we are used to the idea of death. We do not dwell on it even though it’s inevitable. We do know that we’ll die but what we don’t know is when we’ll die. That certainty/uncertainty makes us, more or less, do everything that we do. And so we carry on. But companies die too. And when they die is also a mystery but it’s not at all clear that their inevit...
The Zippo of Toothbrushes - Banale’s Travel Toothbrush
[Product]
2017/03/19 10:03
I don’t smoke, but I find Zippo’s lighters really charming. They just look so cool, the way you flip them open with one hand while looking undeniably cool (smoking isn’t cool though).Banale’s travel toothbrush has swag of similar proportions, but instead of nurturing a tobacco habit, it keeps your teeth clean and your mouth fresh! The kit is roughly the size of a lighter, and comes in an ab...
(PDF) PwC - 20th CEO Survey : Healthcare Industry Key Findings
[Business]
2017/03/16 10:56
In this year’s Survey, we canvassed the views of 56 Healthcare CEOs from 27 countries about three imperatives: managing man and machine to create a workforce that’s fit for the digital age; preserving organisational trust in a world of increasingly virtual interactions; and making globalisation work for everyone. Globalisation: Underway but under siege?CEOs’ long-held scepticism has been amp...
(Video) Memphis Meats Serves Up Chicken Produced From Cells in Lab
[Business]
2017/03/16 10:56
A food technology startup in San Francisco has grown a chicken strip from self-reproducing cells in a lab, making it the first to produce this type of lab-grown meat.Memphis Meats, located in the Bay Area, is planning to reveal its creation on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reports. But ahead of the release, the company invited a few lucky people to taste-test the chicken. Duck meat was als...
