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A $10 Covid-19 Test ? Walmart Heirs Back Startup Developing At-Home Tests - NowDiagnostics
[Business]
2020/11/22 09:09
Startup is one of many seeking FDA approval for tests that could be sold in Walmart, other stores.The billionaire Walton family that controls Walmart Inc. is among a group of investors backing a startup aiming to design at-home Covid-19 tests to sell for as little as $10 at the retail giant's stores and elsewhere.NowDiagnostics Inc., based 20 miles south of Walmart's corporate headquarters, has...
(Video) James Dyson Awards 2020 Winner - The Blue Box
[Product]
2020/11/22 09:08
Point-of-care biomedical device for pain-free, non-irradiating, non-invasive, low-cost and in-home breast cancer testing.A simple home test for breast cancer and a solar energy-harvesting window made of recycled materials are the big winners of this year’s James Dyson Awards. The annual competition encourages university students to develop innovative solutions to current problems.Judit Giró B...
(PDF) BCG - The Consumers Behind Fashion’s Growing Secondhand Market
[Consumer]
2020/11/22 09:07
Increasingly, consumers are realizing that it is possible to shop affordably and sustainably for exclusive, high-quality, and on-trend items. A new fashion and luxury market is growing fast: secondhand apparel, footwear, and accessories represent $30 billion to $40 billion in value worldwide. And although the number of fashion purchases and the size of closets have decreased during the pandemic...
Don’t Turn a Blind Eye to Animal Cruelty
[Design]
2020/11/22 09:06
The Swiss foundation "Tier im Recht" (which means: Rights for Animals) fights for animal-friendly laws and their consistent enforcement in Switzerland. The campaign was originally published in German, the most widely-spoken language in Switzerland. For the international community, the motifs were translated in English.[adsoftheworld]
Reliability Problems Plague Newer Electric Cars, Consumer Reports' Latest Survey Shows
[Consumer]
2020/11/22 09:05
EVs from automakers like Audi, Kia, and Porsche are no longer recommended by CR.A key promise of electric car ownership is that a simpler design provides improved reliability, in addition to energy efficiency. Last month, a Consumer Reports study showed that electric vehicles (EVs) generally cost less to repair and maintain than their gasoline-powered counterparts. However, CR’s latest reliabi...
Pharrell Williams Launches Vegan Skincare Line - Humanrace Skincare
[Product]
2020/11/22 09:04
The famed musician Pharrell WIlliams is sharing his beauty secrets with the world through his new vegan skincare line, Humanrace, which will launch on Wednesday, November 25. The moment has arrived: Pharrell finally reveals the secrets to his age-defying beauty and radiant appearance! Now, those vampire conspiracy theories can be put to rest as the artist, aged 47, launches his own skincare lin...
An Electric NASA Motorcycle for Moon Traveling
[Design]
2020/11/22 09:03
Since NASA announced its return to the moon in 2024 with the artemis mission, a plethora of projects around this have surfaced. From BIG’s lunar habitat to toyota’s self-driving moon rover, creatives, researches, engineers and scientists around the world are imagining ways to inhabit earth’s satellite. the turn is now for andrew fabishevskiy who has envisioned a motorcycle concept designed f...
(Patent) Toyota Patents Autonomous Battery Drone That Recharges Your Car
[Tech]
2020/11/19 09:10
Toyota Patent Shows Self-Driving Drone Tankers for Car-to-Car Recharging and Refueling. Robots helping humans—and possibly other robots.Being stuck on the side of the road has been a problem since cars were invented, and indeed it still happens today. Toyota seems to be especially tired of it, though, because we recently came across a patent that outlines a system by which an autonomous drone...
(PDF) MIT - The Work of the Future
[Consumer]
2020/11/19 09:09
Don’t Fear the Robots, and Other Lessons From a Study of the Digital Economy. A task force assembled by M.I.T. examined how technology has changed, and will change, the work force.L. Rafael Reif, the president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, delivered an intellectual call to arms to the university’s faculty in November 2017: Help generate insights into how advancing technology has c...
