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Visualizing How Much Americans Spend on Holidays
[Consumer]
2019/12/05 10:13
Winter is the season for sleigh rides, chestnuts roasting on an open fire--and lots of holiday shopping. Holiday spending in November and December has seen a dramatic upswing since the 2008 recession. But how does spending for the winter holidays like Christmas stack up against spending for other holidays and events throughout the year? That’s the subject of our latest visualization.The winter...
Voxon's US$10,000 Hologram Table – No Glasses Required
[Product]
2019/12/05 10:12
Interactive 3D images that appear to float in the air, above a table that a group of people can stand around without needing any special headsets or glasses: that's what South Australian company Voxon Photonics has built with its US$10,000 VX1 table.Fiction has promised us holograms for decades, with one of the most famous examples appearing in 1977's Star Wars: A New Hope. On board the Millenn...
Older Women Are the Beauty Industry’s Next Potential Gold Mine
[Business]
2019/12/05 10:12
Demand for cosmetics among seniors in Japan is growing fast.At 99 years old, Kikue Fukuhara knows a thing or two about selling makeup to old people: She’s been talking about lotions, lipstick, and foundation for six decades. Fukuhara works for Pola Orbis Holdings Inc., one of Japan’s top cosmetics companies, and was recently recognized by Guinness as the world’s oldest beauty adviser. Her st...
(Infographic) 22% of Americans Will Be Heavy Buyers of DTC Brands
[Consumer]
2019/12/05 10:12
The number of Americans buying direct-to-consumer will grow nearly 20% in next 5 years. Both DTC and legacy brands have to reinvent themselves, advises Diffusion.More shoppers will buy from direct-to-consumer brands. Purchases are expected to grow in the next few years as Americans cut down on traditional retail in favor of DTC companies—especially in health, wellness and beauty (35%). Diffusi...
(Video) CES Las Vegas 2020 : Rinspeed’s “MetroSnap” Displays Innovative Solution
[Design]
2019/12/04 11:33
Rinspeed’s “MetroSnap” displays innovative solution for the key question of modular vehicle systems and mobility options.Frank M. Rinderknecht: “The crucial step towards series production has now been taken.”As the first company in the world, Swiss powerhouse of ideas Rinspeed demonstrated the “Snap” and the “microSNAP” at the CES in Las Vegas in the past two years, vehicles whose chas...
(PDF) Bain - Navigating the Route to Innovation
[Business]
2019/12/04 11:33
Leading companies pursue a process of constant innovation, fueled by openness, risk tolerance and an explorer’s mindset.- The most innovative companies have rapidly increased their market value relative to innovation laggards, according to Bain’s recent research.- Highly innovative companies take an ambitious portfolio approach, combining internal programs that cultivate new ideas with extern...
(Video) Star Wars-style 3D Images Created from Single Speck of Foam
[Tech]
2019/12/04 11:33
You have to see this "volumetric display" to believe it.This is tricky to explain: Imagine that one of the pixels on your monitor could jump right off of the screen, and float in front of your face. Just one pixel wouldn't be much use for conveying information. But imagine if that pixel could then zig and zag through the air, fast enough that it could draw letters or images you can read.That's...
The Billion-Dollar Content Race
[Business]
2019/12/04 11:33
The rapid rise of video streaming services over the past few years is affecting TV networks, pay-tv providers and other industry players in more ways than one. Not only do Netflix, Amazon and other online companies lure viewers away from traditional TV, they also shake up the status quo in the content market. Between 2014 and 2017, prices for distribution rights of independent films shown at th...
What Is Next in CAR-T Cell Therapy ?
[Tech]
2019/12/04 11:33
Immunotherapy is a mainstay in cancer treatment along with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. One promising approach is the use of adoptive cell transfer (ACT) utilizing T cells genetically engineered ex vivo to express either a T cell receptor (TCR) or chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), or Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) to target tumor antigens. Multiple tumor antigens are under...
