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With More Time at Home, Work Days and Media Habits Merge
[Consumer]
2020/09/09 09:04
In more ways than have yet to be realized, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the day-to-day lives of nearly every consumer the world over. This is especially true for office workers with traditional nine-to-five day jobs, where in-person meetings were the standard and the dress code called for something more formal than leisurewear. In the U.S., the country’s quarantine for...
Put a Snapchat Filter on Everyday Life with This Augmented Reality Goggles Concept
[Design]
2020/09/09 09:03
If you think the world look better with a pair of snapchat-tinted glasses, then you’ll love this fun and whimsical project conceived by swift creatives.The scandinavian design studio has unveiled an augmented reality snapchat goggle concept designed to transform everyday situations into funny moments. the proposed AR goggles combine the latest mixed reality technology with well-known snapchat...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Improving Battery-Electric-Vehicle Profitability Through Reduced Structural Costs
[Business]
2020/09/08 16:15
As sales of battery electric vehicles increase, OEMs need to focus on R&D excellence, flexible manufacturing, and value-chain integration to improve profitability.Electric mobility was just about to reach a tipping point in core markets when COVID-19 hit, disrupting automotive sales worldwide. With battery electric vehicles (BEVs), as with other categories, the impact varies widely by regio...
(Video) NDB Says Its Nuclear-Waste Fueled Diamond Batteries Could Last Thousands of Years
[Tech]
2020/09/08 16:15
A cellphone power source that lasts nine years. An auto-battery pack that lasts nearly a century. A pacemaker that is powered to last 28,000 years.These surreal claims are being made by a California-based battery company that says successful early test results recently competed on a nano-diamond battery brings them closer to realizing such claims.The key to their revolutionary batteries is radi...
(PDF) BCG - CPG Companies Face an E-Commerce Tsunami
[Business]
2020/09/08 16:15
As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many grocery shoppers took to the safety of the web. Rather than risk catching the virus in physical stores, wary consumers let their fingers do the shopping on e-commerce sites in unprecedented numbers—and with that, the grocery landscape will never be the same. Nor will the future of the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector, which makes its living from w...
(Video) Battery-Free Game Boy Runs Forever on Kinetic Energy
[Tech]
2020/09/08 16:15
The device, powered by button mashing and solar energy, could be a precursor for space technologies.While Nintendo is busy re-releasing old games at premium prices, scientists at Northwestern University have pushed the boundaries by using the company's iconic Game Boy design to build a device that can run forever without a battery.Josiah Hester, who co-led the research, says the proof-of-concep...
Benchmarking the Global 5G User Experience
[Business]
2020/09/08 16:15
Opensignal has analyzed the real-world 5G experience of our users across mobile operators in a number of countries globally, including Australia, the U.S. and South Korea. As part of those country reports, we developed a measure to understand the overall mobile experience of 5G users, Download Speed Experience – 5G Users, which takes into account their average 5G and 4G download speeds as well...
This Professional VR Headset is Used by Pilots in the US Airforce for Training - XTAL
[Design]
2020/09/08 16:15
There are only a handful of professional VR headsets available in the market today for industrial applications but, the only one to receive a Red Dot Award for its design is Czech firm VRgineer Inc.’s XTAL. Designed by Stedina Design Studio, the XTAL is an enterprise grade VR headset made for professionals in the automotive, architecture, industrial design, and training sectors.The latest vers...
At Least 463 Million Students Cut Off From Remote Learning
[Consumer]
2020/09/08 16:14
As students around the world are returning to school after the summer break, the debate over whether or not in-person classes are a safe and sensible option in face of the COVID-19 pandemic is raging on. While those in favor of a regular return to school point out the limitations of remote learning, others fear that the risk of students getting together in often badly ventilated classrooms outw...
