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This Week Made Real

August 19, 2016

Our top reads this week on things we care about—topics of design, service innovation, product development, technology, and healthcare #madereal.

Finance Needs Humans
Finance is becoming more automated, but can we really afford to lose that human touch? This interview from The Atlantic discusses why we need humans.

Brands Sell Directly to Consumers
More designers are moving to the direct-to-consumer model of sales, according to Racked.

Medical Device Gets Brainy
A technology entrepeneur experiments with implanting a chip into the brain, to help people suffering from neurological diseases. The Washington Post has the story.

Scientists Predict the Future
Scientists predict the future-from where we'll live to what diseases we'll mitigate-in this Scientific American article.

West Coast Sees a Nouveau Fast-Food Wave
Fast-casual pizza is the new category of food, as consumers become dissatisfied with the pizza status quo. Buzzfeed talks with one of the category's biggest names.

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