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(Patent) BMW Files Innovative 'Transforming Hood' Patent
[Tech]
2020/12/21 09:10
BMW has filed a patent with the WIPO for a hood can change from being flat to having an indent or a bump.Back in 2008, BMW unveiled a concept vehicle unlike anything seen before called the GINA, or Geometry and Functions in "N" Adaptions. The GINA Light Visionary Model, pictured below, may at first look like a regular roadster concept but was radically different it had a highly durable and extr...
(PDF) WEF - Global Competitiveness Report 2020 : How Countries are Performing on the Road to Recovery
[Business]
2020/12/21 09:09
The Global Competitiveness Report series has since its first edition aimed to prompt policy-makers beyond short term growth and to aim for long-run prosperity. The 2020 special edition is dedicated to elaborating on the priorities for recovery and revival, and considering the building blocks of a transformation towards new economic systems that combine “productivity”, “people” and “planet...
Pantone Reveals Color Of The Year 2021
[Design]
2020/12/21 09:08
PANTONE® 17-5104 Ultimate Gray And PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating.Pantone, the global color authority and provider of professional color language standards and digital solutions for the design community, today announced PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray and PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating, as the Pantone® Color of the Year selection for 2021, two independent colors that come together to create an aspi...
Warehouses Lure More Cash Than Offices in Pandemic-Fueled Flip
[Investing]
2020/12/21 09:07
U.S. industrial properties boom as retail, hotels lose value. Covid spurs hunt for safe property in work-from-home age.Warehouses are the hottest corner of commercial real estate - maybe too hot.Investors have poured money into industrial properties in 2020, spending more on U.S. warehouses than office buildings for the first time as social-distancing pushes even more consumers to e-commerce.Wa...
Portable Ultrasound Probe Links with a Smartphone
[Product]
2020/12/21 09:06
Vave wirelessly communicates with an iOS or Android mobile device, which is running an accompanying app.Ordinarily, medical ultrasound imaging systems are big and bulky enough that they have to be pushed along on wheeled carts. The new Vave probe, however, can be carried in a pocket and paired with a smartphone.Created by California-based company Vave Health, the device is the brainchild of CEO...
It’s Full Steam Ahead For Startups Developing COVID-19 Vaccines And Products
[Investing]
2020/12/21 09:05
As the first Americans receive COVID-19 vaccinations this week developed by big pharmaceutical companies, hundreds of startups focused on vaccines, testing kits and other COVID-19 products are riding the momentum–eager to get their own products to market in the next year.As the first Americans receive COVID-19 vaccinations this week developed by big pharmaceutical companies, hundreds of startu...
This Autonomous Single-Rider Pod Connects with Strangers to Encourage Social Interactions
[Design]
2020/12/21 09:04
In the modern-day world, we have got isolated from social interaction especially when we talk of solo drives to the nearest city or the usual commute in your vehicle. Just imagine how interesting it would be to have fellow riders on the highway bubble up in a social swarm of riders for interesting social interaction. A future where autonomous vehicles are designed in such a way that they can fo...
(Infographic) The Race to Save Lives : Comparing Vaccine Development Timelines
[Business]
2020/12/21 09:03
Major advancements in medicine have led to a significant increase in average life expectancy, with vaccines being hailed as one of the most successful interventions to date.[click to enlarge]In fact, the World Health Organization estimates that vaccines have prevented 10 million deaths between 2010 and 2015 alone. But while some were created and distributed in just over four months, others have...
(PDF) PwC - Accelerating The Health Economy of Tomorrow
[Business]
2020/12/20 09:10
Transforming health systems and embracing innovation amid a pandemic.As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, its extensive impact on healthcare is altering the very nature of health systems worldwide. What’s changing? Existing trends, which formerly grew incrementally—such as telemedicine and data-driven models—have accelerated substantially, resulting in a sooner-than-expected arrival...
