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This New Starbucks Looks an Awful Lot Like WeWork But Without the Monthly Rent
[Business]
2020/08/18 09:09
The Starbucks cafe inside Circles Ginza features reserved booths and meeting spaces.Japan is home to some of the most beautiful and creative Starbucks cafés in the world. If you’ve already checked out the new Starbucks in Shibuya designed by streetwear icon Hiroshi Fujiwara and the flower-filled Starbucks at Hana Biyori greenhouse, you’ll want to add this new Ginza location to your list.The...
Varjo Raises $54M to Bring VR with ‘Human Eye’ Resolution to More Industries
[Investing]
2020/08/18 09:08
Varjo, a startup developing virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (XR) technologies for the enterprise, has raised $54 million in a series C round of funding. [Above: Varjo said that these are “unedited” pictures shot through a “competitor device” (left) and Varjo (right) when using the DCS World simulator.]The Helsinki-based company also announced Timo Toikkanen will take over as CEO, hav...
(Paper) Photocatalytic Nanowires-Based Air Filter : Towards Reusable Protective Masks
[Tech]
2020/08/18 09:07
A titanate nanowire mask that can eliminate pathogens.Filter 'paper' made from titanium oxide nanowires is capable of trapping pathogens and destroying them with light. This discovery by an EPFL laboratory could be put to use in personal protective equipment, as well as in ventilation and air conditioning systems.As part of attempts to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic, paper masks are increasingly...
Stir-Crazy Travelers Are Ordering Airline Food to Relive the Flying Experience
[Business]
2020/08/18 09:06
Chicken or fish? Surplus snacks and microwavable meals can be purchased online for those who want to re-create the taste of a trip that might have been.When life gives you lemons, the old saying goes, make lemonade. Perhaps no one in the aviation industry is taking that more to heart than Air North.COVID-19 has dealt a lot of lemons to the world’s airlines in recent weeks. But when they got th...
(Infographic) The Stocks to Rule them All: Big Tech’s Might in 5 Charts
[Investing]
2020/08/18 09:05
American’s tech giants have caught the public’s attention as of late.Four of the Big Five recently appeared in front of U.S. Congress to discuss their anti-competitive business practices and privacy concerns.Yet business is booming. Compared to the traditional economy, Big Tech operates within an intangible realm of business. This enables them to move faster, cheaper, and more profitably—wit...
Apple iPhone 12 Concept 2020
[Design]
2020/08/18 09:04
Apple iPhone 12 Concept iOS 14.Designer : Furkan Kasap[behance]
This Two-Seat Foldable Kayak is a Portable, Space-Saving Alternative
[Design]
2020/08/18 09:03
Fina is a plywood kayak designed for better storage – no special parking spot or carriers required! Created out of plywood, this kayak was inspired by the designer’s trip to Venice, Italy, where she wanted to sail the canals with her sister but didn’t have space to store a two-seater kayak without paying for a bigger parking spot. “After all the calculations to achieve my desired aesthetic...
(PDF) Capgemini - The Art of Customer-Centric Artificial Intelligence
[Business]
2020/08/17 09:10
Raising the bar on AI in customer experience.From robots delivering our groceries to the ability to take a car for a virtual test drive, AI offers seemingly countless, innovative ways to meet growing desire to avoid human or touchscreen contact in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s no wonder then that over three-quarters of customers expect to increase the use of touchless interfaces – s...
(Patent) Apple Wins Another Project Titan Patent for a Unique Adjustable Windshield
[Tech]
2020/08/17 09:09
Apple's Project Titan covers a body of patents relating to a future vehicle that the company is working on. The project is massive and you can review Apple's patents on this subject matter here.One of the ongoing Project Titan sub-projects relates to the creation of adjustable windows that have adjustable layers such as adjustable tint layers, adjustable reflectivity layers, and adjustable haze...
