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The Xiaomi Effect on the Chinese Smartphone Market
[Business]
2015/10/25 11:05
In 2011, Xiaomi released its first phone in China. Over the course of the next few years, it became the most popular smartphone maker in the largest smartphone market in the world.Though many Chinese consumers have a taste for luxury—the country’s been a huge driver for Apple’s growth—Xiaomi’s strategy has focused on offering high-end hardware at low prices. The company, which now controls...
(Video) A Baby’s Breathing and Heartbeat as Told By a Sock - Owlet
[Product]
2015/10/25 11:04
The Owlet kit keeps close eyes on your baby’s vitals so you can sleep better at night.The Owlet kit brings pulse oximetry used in many hospitals to your home’s nursery through an adorable baby sock. The kit can keep track of heart rate and oxygen levels in the baby’s circulation; if the numbers fall out of the safe range, alarms will sound from both the device and your iPhone.The device work...
Renault Design Teams Celebrate Le Corbusier with Coupé C Concept Car
[Design]
2015/10/25 11:03
Design teams at renault regularly work on future looking topics unrelated to any of their consumer range of car models. the exercise helps them to explore new ways forward and brings the creative staff entertaining design sessions. the teams decided to investigate the topic of french cultural objects, and through their research and studies, it led them back to the gold age of automobiles in the...
(PDF) Disney Research - Real-Time High-Fidelity Facial Performance Capture
[Tech]
2015/10/22 11:45
Walt Disney was always looking for new ways to make animated films. First, he just wanted to make them talk and sing. Then, he really wanted to bring them to life with visually stunning characters that seemed to leap right off the screen. Next came animation in color, rather than black and white. He even tried to create surround sound for his animated films, but technology wasn’t where it shou...
Starbucks' Store of The Future Bets on Tech, Luxury and Alcohol
[Business]
2015/10/22 11:45
Starbucks stores are designed to feel welcoming and instantly familiar. In most locations, you know exactly what to do -- a long bar sits against one of the walls and you slowly work your way down, explaining your order, paying and finally waiting for your chosen beverage(s) at the end. Not so in London's Starbucks Reserve Bar. A first for Europe, this new establishment on Upper St. Martin's La...
Survey : One in Three People Would Pick a Phone Over a Car
[Consumer]
2015/10/22 11:45
Cars, it seems, are no longer the machines people covet the most.A recent survey of 1,199 people across four major countries—China, Denmark, Germany, and the US—aimed to peek into the future of the automobile industry, which is currently struggling to keep its footing in an era of lightweight travel and disposable gadgets. The survey, conducted by design and strategy agency Frog, polled peopl...
(Patent) Amazon Wants to Bring Augmented Reality to the Streaming Services Game
[Tech]
2015/10/22 11:45
With its recently-published patent for AR smart glasses, the Internet giant introduces a new, disruptive element to watching video.There’s no doubt as to the potential for augmented reality to change how we interact with our future world. Just ask Facebook, Google and Microsoft. With its promising application to video games and other in-real-time experiences, its no wonder the biggest tech pla...
The Toyota FCV Plus Concept is a Car and Giant Portable Emergency Generator
[Design]
2015/10/22 11:45
Toyota is looking to make a splash with a trio of three unusual cars at this year’s upcoming 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. The first being the SF-R concept, a spiritual successor to the 1960’s Toyota Sports 800 roadster, aimed at taking on the driving enthusiast’s favorite, the Mazda MX-5. The second the steampunk-ish KIKAI Concept, which looks every bit the part of a car from a Miyazaki animated f...
Top 10 Unicorns by Valuation
[Investing]
2015/10/22 11:45
On Tuesday, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said he was resisting pressure to take his company public, adding "give it a few years."But here's a reminder of why people are thinking it might be time for Uber to pull the trigger. As this chart from Statista shows, it's the largest venture-backed private tech company in the world, valued at $51 billion as of its most recent round having raised more than...
