TREND REPORTS
Lego’s Spike Prime Brings New Programmable Bricks to the Table
[Product]
2019/04/11 11:25
Lego is announcing its new Spike Prime robotics kit, which is designed to introduce a younger, middle school-aged customer to robotics, engineering, and coding in a way that’s simpler and more goal-oriented than its Mindstorms kits.The new $330 Spike Prime kit is targeted toward children in grades 6–8. It includes over 500 Technic pieces, and it’s programmed using a Lego-made app built off t...
Breaking Down Mobile Video Ad Spending
[Business]
2019/04/11 11:25
Video remains the only digital ad format that isn't majority mobile.This year, US advertisers will spend two-thirds of their digital budgets on mobile placements. Mobile ad spending has taken the majority of digital spending every year since 2015, and both search and display spending skew heavily mobile. But even though it falls under the display umbrella, video is the only digital ad format wh...
Teamlab Fills Former Oil Tanks with 'Digital Universe of Water Particles' in Shanghai
[Design]
2019/04/11 11:24
Art collective teamlab will inaugurate the opening of a new art museum in shanghai this weekend with an immersive exhibition that explores water through digital manipulation. Entitled ‘universe of water particles in the tank’ the exhibition will transform five massive former oil tanks that constitute a new ambitious and long-awaited museum project aptly named ‘tank shanghai’.Located inside...
(Infographic) The State of Influencer Marketing 2019 : Benchmark Report
[Business]
2019/04/11 11:24
Instagram’s Popularity has Grown Phenomenally over the Last Few Years.Two years ago, we conducted our first influencer marketing survey. We thought it was time to update our statistics and discover how perceptions about the industry have changed between 2017 and 2019. We partnered with Viral Nation and NeoReach to survey 800 marketing agencies, brands and other relevant professionals to determ...
(PDF) PwC - Opportunities for the Global Semiconductor Market
[Business]
2019/04/10 10:42
Growing market share by embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI). Semiconductor sales totaled US$481bn in 2018.We expect the market for AI-related semiconductors to grow from a current US$6bn in revenues to more than US$30bn by 2022. Of the US$67.9bn global automotive electronic-component market, AI’s impact will be most felt in infotainment at US$8.5bn.Strong semiconductor industry growth set t...
The Big Business of Japan’s Cherry Blossoms
[Investing]
2019/04/10 10:42
There’s a popular saying in Japanese: dumplings over blossoms—meaning substance is better than beauty. But that might sell short the phenomenon of cherry-blossom season in Japan. Over the course of a few weeks, cherry trees across the country burst into bloom, painting the country in shades of pink and white. It’s become a national obsession with growing global appeal—and it’s a boon to Ja...
Venture Capital In Q1 2019: The World Pulls Back From Record Highs
[Investing]
2019/04/10 10:42
In venture, there are two tables, and VCs are the go-between. There’s one where VCs listen to founders hawk their shares and make deals to gain purchase in growing companies, all for a cut of the eventual upside.And then there’s the table where venture capitalists negotiate subscription agreements with limited partners—the institutional money managers and (ultra) high-net-worth folks who, mo...
(Paper) Color-Changing Threads could Find Use in Gas-Detecting Clothing
[Tech]
2019/04/10 10:41
Threads prepared with bromothymol blue (top thread), methyl red (middle thread) and MnTPP (bottom thread) are exposed to ammonia at concentrations of 0 ppm (left panel) 50 ppm (middle panel) and 1,000 ppm (right panel).While there are already electronic devices that detect toxic gases, they can be expensive, and require training to properly use. Soon, though, there could be a cheap and simple a...
Piper Jaffray Completes Semi-Annual Generation Z Survey
[Consumer]
2019/04/10 10:41
Piper Jaffray Companies, a leading investment bank and asset management firm, completed its 37th semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens® survey, which highlights discretionary spending trends and brand preferences amongst 8,000 teens across 47 U.S. states with an average age of 16. - Overall teen spending up 6% from fall 2018 and up 1% from a year ago- Athletic brands remain strong; Vans and lulu...
