People looking to purchase Super Bowl tickets via StubHub's iPhone app will now see a new "AR" option that lets them bring up a 3D model of the stadium and its surrounding area. The idea, according to StubHub CTO Matt Swann, is to give ticket-buyers a way to better plan their Super Bowl experience well before they ever set foot in Minneapolis....
Intel and NBC will bring 30 Olympic events to virtual reality. 18 of those will be streamed live in VR, a first for the Winter Olympics. The remaining 12 events will be available as video on-demand (VOD) the day after the event is over. The live events will be presented in rich,180-degree stereoscopic views thanks to Intel’s True VR system....
Frustrated by the lack of beautiful and quality bedding at an affordable price, Hill House Home founder Nell Diamond decided to create her own luxury bedding to make the process easy, fun, and on-budget. The company's sheets come in either a percale or sateen fabric and are made in a family owned and operated factory in France. Brooklyn-based...
Som as an alternative for the millennial and Gen Z “energy generation” that has become reliant on energy drinks and coffee throughout the day, ultimately wreaking havoc on their sleep cycles. The drinks retail for $9.99 per 4-pack. The company is also in talks with several chain retailers across specialty and mainstream channels. Other brands...
Australian research group CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) will be using aquatic drones to explore the Southern Ocean. The government agency has announced a partnership with San Francisco-based Saildrone, and will be utilizing three of the startup’s unmanned vehicles for the next five years. The Saildrones...
There are probably few things that small businesses hate more than accounting. It’s tedious, time consuming and totally vital to ensure that businesses can remain in business and don’t run afoul of authorities. Well, to make the process of bookkeeping a little bit less painful, a number of investors have joined together to finance botkeeper,...
If you're shopping at Costco, you're already planning on stocking up, so why not go all out? For just $999.99, the warehouse club offers a one-year "emergency food kit" that can get you through a mild apocalypse. The 6,200-serving kit from the brand Nutristore promises to provide "1,200 calories per day on average" with a 25-year shelf life...
Researchers at the UK’s Cosmetic Science Group at London College of Fashion have been exploring the use of additive manufacturing for a whole new industry and application: makeup. In a newly-published study in the Journal of Dermatology and Cosmetology, they describe the use of 3D printing to produce personalized lipstick. The work involves...
Adding solar technology to electric vehicles is an ideal evolution in theory, but for many in the industry, practicality remains an issue. This skepticism hasn’t stopped a Dutch startup from developing Lightyear One, a vehicle that has the ability to be powered by just sunlight. Their revolutionary development earned them the new Climate Change...
the NYC Department of Transportation is launching a two-year citywide pilot to designate about 300 parking spaces in municipal parking facilities and 300 parking spaces on-street in select neighborhoods exclusively for the use of carshare companies.
Carsharing is a service that gives members access to an automobile for short-term use ―...