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Health On-Demand : 42 Mobile Startups Disrupting Healthcare
[Investing]
2015/06/22 11:24
These mobile-centric digital-health startups have collectively raised over $1.3B. Patients can now text doctors, request house visits, and consult therapists — all from their phones.[click to enlarge]The multi-trillion dollar healthcare industry is getting a makeover from mobile apps.Many of these startups are bringing the on-demand phenomenon to healthcare, providing app-powered services such...
(Video) Samsung Wants to Make "See Through" Trucks That Are Safer to Pass
[Business]
2015/06/22 11:24
Here’s a thought: Wouldn’t passing a big truck be an awful lot safer if a video display on the vehicle’s back showed drivers what was happening up front? The “transparent truck” concept isn’t exactly new, but Samsung is now trying to bring the idea to life, with a prototype truck whose display-covered caboose transmits feed from a wireless camera.According to The Verge, Samsung is current...
The 10 Most Profitable Industries of Tomorrow
[Business]
2015/06/22 11:24
Direct-to-consumer businesses and traveler accommodation services are among the 10 industries growing profitability the fastest.As trucking goes, so goes the U.S. economy.The freight trucking industry is growing profit margins at the fastest rate of all industries, according to financial information company Sageworks. Using an analysis of the financial statements of privately held companies, Sa...
(Video) BBC Develops Mind-Controlled TV
[Tech]
2015/06/22 11:23
The BBC sees potential in mind-controlled TV for improving accessibility and for developing a new type of user interface.Mind-controlled prosthetics, drones and exoskeletons are all very forward-thinking, but what about a more mundane use for the technology? The BBC's "Mind Control TV" prototype hints at a future where couch potatoes need not even lift the remote. Users can open an app and sele...
(Patent) Google Wants to Pair Your Keys with Your Phone
[Tech]
2015/06/22 11:23
A new Google patent published today describes a system that allows you to pair frequently lost or left-behind items like your wallet or your glasses to be paired with your mobile device.If the device senses that it’s leaving the house without those devices coming along, it gives the user an alert.The mobile device might connect to the paired objects using short-range wireless technologies like...
Solar-Powered Device Lets First Responders Communicate Without Signal
[Product]
2015/06/22 11:23
Reachi is a solar-powered device that can send signals from person to person even when phone lines and power go down, using a mesh network.In the wake of natural disasters, communication between first response units can mean the difference between life and death. But as we saw during the Nepal earthquake, these situations are prone to power and internet losses, leaving victims dangerously isola...
(Video) This Undulating Cabinet Is Like Joy Division's Album Cover Come To Life
[Design]
2015/06/22 11:23
If you ever wanted to own a cabinet that channels the cover art of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures, here's your chance: the Wave Cabinet, a sideboard created by New York artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz, is a piece that collapses and expands like a waveform made out of wood.Made out of baltic birch in both white lacquered and unlacquered finishes, the Wave Cabinet consists of roughly a...
(PDF) The State of The Cloud Industry 2015
[Business]
2015/06/21 11:10
Bessemer Venture Partners’ Byron Deeter just published a stunning presentation on the state of the cloud industry. In the report, he identifies some interesting trends and metrics that will help you understand how fast the space is growing.Over the past decade, cloud services — the term used to describe things like software and infrastructure enabled over the web, instead of physical installa...
The Sony Talkman Smartphone
[Design]
2015/06/21 11:09
From the designer of the uber-hip Macintosh Phone comes another tribute to devices past. The Sony Talkman Smartphone takes inspiration from the brand’s iconic 1979 Walkman. Although the concept sports a 5″ screen & has dimensions comparable to today’s flagship models, it sets itself apart from the more “minimalist” competition through the use of chunky & tactile buttons within an a...
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