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A Wholly Digital Whole Foods
Whole Foods Market, an American supermarket chain offering natural foods, is leveraging cloud-based software to completely revamp the customer shopping experience.
Disrupting the Construction Industry Through the Use of Digitization
Construction has traditionally lagged behind other industries in terms of productivity rates because the variable nature of the work limits the standardization of tasks and the introduction of innovative technologies. However, the access to more reliable real-time data may change that in the near future.
Remitly: Making Remittances Available to Everyone
The burdensome process of sending money abroad to families has historically left low-income migrants vulnerable to the high fees and transaction costs required for cross-border money transfers. Banks, the oldest players in the industry, continue to charge the highest fees […]
Whoop There It Is – Is Wearable Technology the Next Frontier in the NBA?
Can wearable technology help reverse the recent increase in injuries to NBA players?
The Onslaught of Digital unto Nuclear Dinosaurs
Digital technology represents a serious of very specific challenges to the nuclear industry based on its regulatory structure and current market pressures.
Idolizing nerds: Putting the “e” in sports
Sports have traditionally been defined as competitive athletic activities that require physical prowess and skill. Digitization has driven the rapid growth of a new category of competitive, skill-based activity that parallels many of the features of conventional sports if we […]
Pump the Breaks: Progressive Insurance using IoT to Snitch on your Bad Driving Habits
A few weeks ago, when I borrowed by sister’s car, she warned me to not make any short stops. Her insurance provider was tracking her driving, and frequently hitting the breaks too hard would disqualify her from potential premium discounts. […]
With automatic trains, why are train strikes in New Jersey still a thing?
In March 2016, the New Jersey Transit was held hostage by unions, representing over 1,000 train conductors and 400 engineers, to negotiate health insurance premiums in order to avert strikes in the region. With people as a key risk in New Jersey Transit’s operating model, should New Jersey Transit look to automated train lines as a solution?