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(PDF) Mckinsey - Product Sustainability : Back to The Drawing Board
[Business]
2022/02/11 09:05
Up to four-fifths of a product’s lifetime emissions are determined by decisions made at the design stage. By building on proven cost-optimization techniques, companies can get those choices right.Across industries, the great cleanup is underway. Driven by tightening regulations, pressure from investors, and shifting customer preferences, companies are striving to reduce the burden of their act...
Automated Vehicle Damage Inspection Relies on Imaging
[Tech]
2022/02/11 09:04
Two Israeli companies, Click-ins and Spinframe, are making strides with technologies that don’t rely on the human eye for assessing exterior damage.Got into a minor fender bender in your rental car? If the inspector doesn’t notice the damage when you return the car, you’ll dodge that bullet. But the rental-car agency will be forced to pick up the repair bill.Considering the number of cars ow...
Polestar Duo is an Itinerant Vehicle That Merges Autonomous Drone Technology
[Design]
2022/02/11 09:03
Polestar Duo is an itinerant vehicle that merges autonomous drone technology with a hybrid modular building to provide emergency relief.In the age of COVID-19, one thing’s for certain—the need for autonomous, mobile emergency services is more urgent than ever before. When faced with unprecedented crises, dwindling resources make it hard to respond with tact. Considering the modern world’s te...
(PDF) Capgemini - Making The Case for Video Edge in the Connected Car
[Business]
2022/02/10 09:10
Video cameras in the connected car are becoming a mainstream technology providing safety-related services for both drivers and passengers. Forward, reverse, 360-degree view, split views, blind-spot monitoring, lane monitoring, night view and other features are increasingly becoming standard options in new cars. They are also an exciting source of differentiation.All of this means that the next-...
Swiss Startup Scandit Hits Unicorn Status with $150M Series D
[Investing]
2022/02/10 09:09
Zurich-based Scandit closed a $150 million Series D led by Warburg Pincus that gives the scanning and data capture company a valuation of more than $1 billion — making it Europe’s latest unicorn.Others participating in the round include existing investors Atomico, Forestay Capital, G2VP, GV, Kreos, NGP Capital, Schneider Electric, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV and Swisscom Ventures. The company...
(Patent) Motorola Patents a Flip Phone Design That Folds Outwards
[Tech]
2022/02/10 09:08
The Motorola brand has not been a stranger to flip phones, and the new patent showcases a modern take on the folding display format.Motorola has been granted a new patent for a flip phone design, by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The global patent body showcases sketches of a concept design that uses a folding display to fold outward — instead of the inward folding design...
Electric Cars Fend Off Supply Challenges to More Than Double Global Sales
[Business]
2022/02/10 09:07
Sales of electric cars hit 6.6 million in 2021, more than tripling their market share from two years earlier.In the world of clean energy, few areas are as dynamic as the electric car market. In the whole of 2012, about 130 000 electric cars were sold worldwide. Today, that many are sold in the space of a single week.Growth has been particularly impressive over the last three years, even as the...
Olympic Skier Eileen Gu Is China’s Hottest Commodity
[Business]
2022/02/10 09:06
Skier Eileen Gu is such a unique talent, many believe she’ll become the “savior” of the scandal-ridden celebrity branding market in China. In today’s celebrity-obsessed age of social media, Eileen Gu is every marketer’s dream. She is a freestyle skiing phenomenon with a multicultural background and a squeaky clean image — and she also happens to look like a runway model. Plus, it doesn’t...
(Infographic) American Companies That Failed in China
[Business]
2022/02/10 09:05
For decades, China has been a top priority for American companies looking to expand.This is because the country’s middle class is simply enormous, growing from 3.1% to 50.8% of the country’s total population between the years 2000 and 2018. According to Brookings, there are now at least 700 million people in China’s middle class, and this group has never had more disposable income to spend o...
