TREND REPORTS
London Dominates The Global Luxury Property Market
[Investing]
2015/10/14 11:07
When super rich people search for luxury property, they often set their eyes on London. Last year, more luxury real estate was sold in the British capital than anywhere else in the world. 1,638 properties valued in excess of $5 million were sold in London in 2014 compared to 796 in Manhattan and 596 in Hong Kong, according to a report from Knight Frank.[statista]
(Video) Thermobot : Robot With Bimetal Feet Can Walk in a Frying Pan Forever
[Tech]
2015/10/14 11:06
A bimetal consists of two different kinds of metal stuck together. Bimetals are different than alloys, where the two metals are blended; in a bimetal, the two metals are just layered on top of each other. The reason to do this is to take advantage of the different characteristics of different metals when they’re heated: they expand at different rates, causing your piece of bimetal to deform un...
Big Data Security Startup DataVisor Takes on $14.5M
[Investing]
2015/10/14 11:05
DataVisor, a startup whose founders spent years working on computer security at Microsoft Research, is announcing today that it has raised $14.5 million in new funding.Based on Apache Spark, DataVisor’s technology can analyze great quantities of activity logs — billions of events per hour — to identify fake or stolen accounts and prevent fraud, abuse, and spam.The idea is to keep companies a...
Murata's "Cool Design Smart Glass" Puts Household Appliance Control in Your Face
[Tech]
2015/10/14 11:04
Murata's "Cool Design Smart Glass" concept eyewear feature AR capabilities.Japanese electronics manufacturer Murata, in conjunction with the city of Sabae, showed its "Cool Design Smart Glass" concept eyewear at CEATEC 2015. The smart augmented reality (AR) glasses incorporate what Murata claims is the world's smallest micro PS switch module and are designed to give the wearer the ability to...
(Infographic) The Ultimate Battle - Old vs New - Graphic Design
[Design]
2015/10/14 11:03
Are you an old school or a newbie designer? If you have ever worked in a Design Studio you will have experienced the constant conflict between “Old” and “New” Design... You know the ones: "Quark is better than InDesign", "We didn't have the internet in my day." Here we take a look back at some of the tools that older designers used to use and compare them to todays modern technologies. Info...
Biofuels From Coffee Grounds Could Help Power London - Bio-Bean
[Business]
2015/10/13 11:35
London-based company, Bio-bean, hopes to turn left-over coffee grounds into biodiesel for vehicles and biomass pellets to heat buildings.Biodiesel made from used coffee grounds Coffee pellets are said to produce 150 percent more energy than wood pellets Biomass coffee pellets can be used to heat buildings 200,000 tons of coffee waste are produced in London each year.While using recycled coffee...
How Socially Responsible Companies Are Turning a Profit
[Consumer]
2015/10/13 11:35
In a world of choice, the reasons we purchase one product over another can be driven by a multitude of factors. A recent Nielsen global online survey found that consumers are increasingly willing to pay more for socially responsible products. In fact, 66% of respondents say they’re willing to pay more for products and services that come from companies who are committed to positive social and e...
(Video) 3D-Printed Adidas Running Shoe Should Fit Like a Glove
[Tech]
2015/10/13 11:35
The Futurecraft 3D is designed to provide individualised support and cushioning for the wearer's feet. Custom-made sports footwear is typically the preserve of professional athletes, but perhaps not for much longer. Adidas has unveiled a 3D-printed running shoe midsole concept that it hopes to make publicly available. Futurecraft 3D would be molded to the wearer's foot shape, for improved perfo...
(M&A) Here Are The Biggest Tech Acquisitions of All Time
[Investing]
2015/10/13 11:35
Dell's $67 billion purchase of EMC is the biggest pure tech acquisition ever. (AOL's $162 billion buy of Time Warner in 2000 was larger, but Time Warner was a media company, not a tech company.)This chart from Statista shows some of the largest tech acquisitions of the past decade, measured in 2015 dollars. There are a lot of dogs on the list.HP's deal with Compaq didn't lead to the expected sy...
