GLEANINGS

With artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, and 5G networks, holographic interactive receptionists and even a holodeck—like in Star Trek— are becoming a not-sodistant idea according to interestingengineering.com.

Nancy Volpe Beringer uses a technique called nuno felting, which uses an electric sander and water in a pressing motion on fabric, to create her signature futuristic and liquidlooking designs.

$89B

According to the Federal Reserve Board Survey of Consumer Finances, loans from family and friends amount to $89 billion each year in the U.S. Debt.org reports 6 percent of first-time home buyers use money from family to buy a house.

Bits Worth Keeping

In Japanese culture, the concept called ikigai (pronounced eye-kaguy) loosely translates to one’s reason for being. It is believed that every person has an ikigai and once it is found, you devote your life to it.

In making this issue of VESTED we found ourselves studying up on the Large Hadron Collider and pondering what it’s like to be greeted by a holographic receptionist. From bits about autonomous vehicles and a look at family financing, we’ve gathered up the issue’s best gleanings and placed them here for you.

According to insider.com, contestants on Bravo’s Project Runway are filmed for 18 hours a day and often wake up with cameras looming over them.

3X

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the percentage of household budgets spent on health expenses is nearly 3 times as much for retirees on Medicare as for working households.

by 2030 the use of autonomous taxis could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 87 to 94 percent per mile. Entrepreneuer.com reports Bill Gates has a passion for touring things with his kids. They’ve seen the Large Hadron Collider, power plants, garbage dumps, and missile silos, to name a few.

Lifehack.org says that

A long life is not synonymous with good genes. In fact, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says the length of life spans is more than 75 percent dependent on non-genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors.