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(Video) Enko's Energy-Returning Running Shoes
[Product]
2015/01/26 11:08
I'm skeptical, but very curious to see how these Enko shock-absorbing, energy-storing, foot-boosting running kicks come out. Skeptical because of...well, watch the quick video below:The camera doesn't go down below the waist, does it? But if they do actually work, well, who wouldn't like to get better mileage on less gas?The developed is France-based Christian Freschi, a longtime runner who's b...
World's Top Cities : Zurich. Paris. Hartford ?
[Investing]
2015/01/26 11:07
It's a capital on a winding, scenic river and it's among the world's elite cities in one key category. Jay-Z and Kanye West were once there too.Nope, not Paris. We're talking about Hartford, the pride of Connecticut. The capital of the nutmeg state has more economic activity per person than Geneva, Paris and basically the rest of the world's great cities, according to a new report by the Brooki...
CareMessage Raises $6M for Text-Based Patient Outreach Platform
[Investing]
2015/01/26 11:06
CareMessage, a nonprofit, operates a technology platform that allows medical providers to connect with those patients via SMS messages to send things like appointment reminders, personalized information about their health problems, and reminders to check their glucose levels. SMS messages are the communication medium of choice, because unfortunately low-income and elderly people are the most li...
First Germanium-Tin Semiconductor Laser Directly Compatible with Silicon Chips
[Tech]
2015/01/26 11:04
A germanium-tin laser prototype has the potential for providing super-fast light-based data transmission on computer chips.Swiss scientists have created the first semiconductor laser consisting solely of elements of main group IV (the carbon group) on the periodic table. Simply, this means that the new device is directly compatible with other elements in that group ? such as silicon, carbon, an...
(Video) Naoto Fukasawa Designs INFOBAR A03 Smartphone for au by KDDI
[Design]
2015/01/26 11:04
The au by KDDI ‘INFOBAR A03′ smartphone, created by japanese product designer, naoto fukasawa, includes tricolored, simple usability, touch sensor keys. the fine aluminum body which can be anodized in four sophisticated colors ? nishikigoi, pool, mochabrown and sakura iro, has a beautiful form illustrated by its curves. this, as well as its pleasant hand-fitting size, makes the mobile suitabl...
(Infographic) Marketing Technology Innovation Exploding : 1,876 Companies in 43 Categories
[Business]
2015/01/25 11:10
Martech guru Scott Brinker recently released his latest marketing technology supergraphic, with almost double the number of marketing technology vendors of last year.[click to enlarge]The biggest surprise?Exactly that: the massive and continuing growth in vendors.“I honestly did not expect it to double in density,” he says. “It viscerally demonstrates just how much marketing has become a tec...
(Video) The Car Windshield Is Turning Into a Computer Screen
[Tech]
2015/01/25 11:09
Cars are running out of screens. The dashboard is a jumble of numbers, icons, indicator lights, and gauges. In some vehicles, the display built into the center console is bigger than our televisions in certain rooms at home. But drivers' and passengers' appetite for more information isn't subsiding, so the dashboard and entertainment console are about to get a companion: the windshield.At the D...
2014's 10 Biggest VC Deals Were Worth Nearly $50 Billion
[Investing]
2015/01/25 11:08
In 2014, venture capital funding in the United States hit its highest mark since 2001. Even though deal growth was a modest 8 percent higher than in 2013, investment skyrocketed 62 percent. $47.3 billion was invested in 3,617 deals with the tech sector accounting for three out of every four of them. Unsurprisingly, Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp was the largest venture-backed exit last year...
MIT's Planning Algorithms are Like Siri, Except Creative and Helpful
[Tech]
2015/01/25 11:07
Software that knows the risks - Planning algorithms evaluate probability of success, suggest low-risk alternatives.Imagine that you could tell your phone that you want to drive from your house in Boston to a hotel in upstate New York, that you want to stop for lunch at an Applebee’s at about 12:30, and that you don’t want the trip to take more than four hours. Then imagine that your phone tel...
