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(PDF) BCG - Health Systems Leapfrogging in Emerging Economies
[Business]
2015/02/03 11:52
From Concept to Scale-Up and System Transformation.[click to enlarge]For emerging economies, emulating the development paths of mature health systems is neither feasible nor desirable. There are tremendous challenges?and opportunities?as these countries ramp up investment in health care in the years ahead. Most important, emerging economies clearly see that health is not a cost center. Rather,...
(Video) Robotbase’s "Personal Robot" Could Bring AI to Your Doorstep
[Tech]
2015/02/03 11:52
Personal Robot is a smart assistant that relies heavily on artificial intelligence.New York startup Robotbase is turning to Kickstarter to build a highly ambitious robot that would serve as a smart personal assistant for your home. Referred to simply as "Personal Robot," this device is set to combine image recognition, natural language comprehension and other advances in artificial intelligence...
4 Ways McDonald’s Almost Ruined Chipotle
[Investing]
2015/02/03 11:52
It’s been nearly a decade since McDonald’s sold off its investment in Chipotle, a move it has some cause to regret. The fast-food giant has stagnated while its former subsidiary has exploded in popularity. An exhaustive oral history of the casual Mexican food chain, published by Bloomberg, reveals some of the ways McDonald’s tried to change Chipotle during their eight-year partnership.“I wo...
Electroceuticals : Swapping Drugs for Devices
[Tech]
2015/02/03 11:52
Bioelectronics is the field of developing medicines that use electrical impulses to modulate the body's neural circuits as an alternative to drug-based interventions. How far away are we from having these very targeted "electroceuticals"?Twenty years ago, neurosurgeon and researcher Kevin Tracey was studying whether an experimental molecule called CNI-1493 could limit damage to the brain after...
(Video) Powdered Milk Gets Honored with High-Speed Evocative Dance
[Business]
2015/02/03 11:52
Ordinary consumer good gets an artful update in a ballet-inspired campaign.Powdered milk creamer, which mixes in coffee, tea, or hot cocoa on-the-go, is convenient. It’s uncomplicated. Some even say it’s tasty. But absolutely no one would call it beautiful. Unless you are Campina Friesland Kievit.In order to promote its creamers, the Dutch food company collaborated with agency Norvell Jeffers...
Who’s Driving World Wine Consumption ?
[Consumer]
2015/02/03 11:52
A new industry report has revealed how much wine is being produced each year?and who’s drinking it. The findings may surprise you.HOW MANY BOTTLES of wine do you think were produced last year? A friend and I were trying to figure out an answer to this question over supper the other day. I won’t embarrass myself by revealing how far off I was, but let’s just say it was by a very long way.The...
The Cubitat Shrinks an Entire House Into One Compact Cube
[Design]
2015/02/03 11:51
Those on a quest to rethink small-space living build tiny houses, install pop-up rentals on vacant lots, and design portable 10-square-foot microkitchens tucked inside armoires. Presented over the weekend at Toronto’s Interior Design Show, Cubitat is a 10-by-10-by-10-foot cube that houses a kitchen, bathroom, bed, laundry, and storage. Once plumbing and electric are hooked up, the structure ca...
(Infographic) The Global Creative Trends Of 2015
[Design]
2015/02/03 11:51
With more than 47 million images in the Shutterstock collection, we're able to predict the creative industry's top trends by looking at what our customers are searching for. And with this year's annual global-trends infographic, we take things a step further ? presenting our data for the first time as an exclusive interactive report exploring creative trends in images, video, and music around t...
How the iPhone Changed Apple in Just 8 Years
[Business]
2015/02/02 15:04
In the first quarter of Apple’s fiscal year 2007, the last quarter before Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone, Apple’s revenue amounted to $7.1 billion. Contributing $3.4 billion to that total, the iPod was Apple’s most important product back then. Now, eight years later, the iPod has been rendered all but obsolete as smartphones have taken over most music playback duties. Apple doesn’t...
