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Theatrical robots. 3D printers that churn out cells. Wearables for infants. These types of technologies might be “out there,” but they show off key enabling technologies that are pushing the future of design forward These types of technologies were highlighted at Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s Design Conference in San Francisco on Monday. While these technologies are paving new paths for design practices, designers will be the ones that make sure these new infrastructures and platforms deliver a valuable experience to the user.

Last week the U. S. unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.7% in February, up from 6.6% the month prior — but the labor force participation rate remained unchanged at 63% and the economy added 175,000 nonfarm jobs, beating economists’ expectations. A new survey released today by employment services firm Manpower Group offers more good news.

If you've been watching stocks lately, the you know the hottest sub-story in the market is the incredible rise of the fuel cell stocks like Plug Power, Ballard Power, and Fuel Cell Energy, all of which were hot names during the last bubble. They're going bonkers again today in the pre-market.

This tweet from China-based angel investor Rui Ma shows how powerful China's social networking app WeChat is becoming: Wechat integrations: 1. Print out photos. 2. Control ur smart Haier air con. 3. Buy fr vending machine. All via QR pic.twitter.com/9nygXaMzAQ — Rui Ma (@ruima) March 11, 2014 As you can see, with WeChat integration a user can print out photos, control a smart air conditioner, and buy from a vending machine, all through QR codes with the app.

Here's some good news for PIMCO, which has been realing in the departure of Mohamed El-Erian and some bizarre statements made by Bill Gross: The Newport Beach, CA-based bond firm has just hired credit guru Harley Bassman from Credit Suisse. From Bloomberg: Bassman, who calls himself “The Convexity Maven,” told clients in a note obtained by Bloomberg News that he was ending his 30-year career on Wall Street’s “sell side” and joining the “buy side” so he could “more directly implement my ideas for broad-minded investors.” He’ll start at Pimco’s Newport Beach, California, headquarters in July, reporting to Josh Thimons and Steve Rodosky, the firm said in a statement yesterday.