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This Modular Product System Reuses Parts of a Product to Create New Devices
[Design]
2022/04/11 09:08
We’ve seen our fair share of modular designs, both in practice and in theory, and almost all of them have one common goal. Modular systems are primarily intended to allow people to customize the product, whether by expanding its scope or even just rearranging parts. In some cases, that modularity has the beneficial side effect of making it easier to replace broken parts to prolong a product’s...
(Paper) Deep Learning to Enable Color Vision in the Dark
[Tech]
2022/04/11 09:07
Conventional visible-spectrum photographs are composed of red, green, and blue channels in the visible spectrum. The authors used infrared images of three different wavelengths and deep learning to predict the visible-spectrum image. Night-vision systems that use infrared light to see in the dark typically render views as monochromatic images. Now, in a new study, with the help of deep-learning...
The Costco Membership Model Just Keeps Working & Working
[Business]
2022/04/11 09:06
A "boring" business, worth billions.This week Costco, the membership-only big-box retailer, announced that the company's revenue had jumped almost 19% in March, relative to the year before. That's fast growth for a sleepy retailer that doesn't pay for advertising and is most famous for huge no-frills warehouses and $1.50 hot dogs.Members onlyTechnically, Costco is a private club. It's just not...
(Video) E Ink Launches E Ink Kaleido 3, the Next Generation of Print Color ePaper Technology
[Product]
2022/04/11 09:05
Kaleido 3 could be useful for more than just e-readers and e-notes.After revealing a new and improved version of its e-paper color displays for use in signage and digital posters a few weeks ago, E Ink is now giving us a look at a new version of its color e-paper designed for use in e-readers and e-notes. The latest upgrades could make the new display tech an interesting alternative to LCDs and...
Stylish and Sustainable Furniture Rental Companies to Shop This Earth Month
[Business]
2022/04/11 09:04
There’s been a boom in online furniture rental companies lately. These are sites where, instead of buying items like chairs, beds, and couches outright, you have the option to pay month-by-month, and, if you wish, eventually return your items. Why? Some of it has to do with lifestyle. The Gen-Z and millennial generation, especially those in urban areas, are predominately renters, making a flex...
MTA's Fare-Capping Pilot Program Proves to be Successful After First Month
[Tech]
2022/04/11 09:03
In its first month, the MTA’s OMNY fare capping pilot had more than 168,000 people hit a 13th ride, earning an unlimited pass for the rest of that week. The agency said this group of straphangers had gone on to ride enough to save more than $1 million in fares. MTA Chairman Janno Lieber said at last week’s monthly MTA board meeting that these were the kind of results that could ensure the pro...
(Patent) Apple's Project Titan Team Expands on a Rear Window Lighting and Messaging System
[Tech]
2022/04/08 09:10
The US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that expands on this same subject matter that now includes adding icons and messaging to following cars. Apple's patent covers a vehicle or other system that may be provided with light-based devices that emit light. The light may serve as illumination for the interior or exterior of the device. For example, the light...
(Video) The Future of an Autonomous : GOGO Ride Sharing System
[Design]
2022/04/08 09:09
The GOGO Ride Sharing is a concept that is designed especially for the commuters of Chicago, the system requires users to use and access an app connecting riders that travel similar routes.The future of an autonomous world may be possible with inventions, innovations, and ideas like this. The GOGO Ride Sharing is a concept that is designed especially for the commuters of Chicago. However, if th...
(PDF) Bain - The Working Future: More Human, Not Less
[Consumer]
2022/04/08 09:08
In 1964, the RAND Corporation predicted that we would be breeding intelligent apes to perform manual labor by 2020. In 1959, the US postmaster general predicted that today’s mail would be sent by rockets (email turned out to be a more cost-effective option). In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that continued economic growth over the course of the coming century would reduce the workweek to...
