A design student, Lilian van Daal, created this 3D-printed chair which borrows design from cellular structures. Adapting cellular structure into a piece of furniture to meets human needs is the result of a design practice called bio-mimicry . The purpose of this project was to challenge current manufacturing choices behind an everyday object, like a chair, that accounts for a huge amount of logistical and materials resources- a chair While bio-mimicry thought has been aro

Since the financial crisis of 2008, economic recovery has returned optimistic sentiments to the auto market, allowing for auto lending practices which give way to easy access to new cars for the average consumer. In a bullish market where economic indicators look healthy, it's much easier for lenders to justify loans which can be over-extended and offered without much verification. On the Wall Street side, these loans can be pooled together then used as assets in packaged fi

Qualcomm partnered with Techstars in 2015 to launch a 16 week, 10 team Robotics Accelerator boasting an eclectic collection of ideas ripe for commercialization. Some projects stand alone as consumer products for lifestyle and entertainment, but many fit into puzzles of emerging infrastructure models from drone systems to medical applications. The convergence of these ideas in the near future is as exciting as the individual groups alone. SkySense develops a wireless, g