The Tesla Model 3 Owner Survey
[Consumer]
2019/11/04 00:10
5,000 Tesla Owners Told Us What Elon Musk Got Right and Wrong.The biggest survey of Tesla drivers ever conducted shows that the automaker has finally figured out how to deliver cars with fewer problems, cutting the rate of defects nearly in half.Tesla Inc. has sold more than 350,000 of its best-selling Model 3 sedans since 2017, and many of those cars have rolled out of the factory marred by de...
Vitamin-Based Vaping Products Proliferate Online
[Product]
2019/11/04 00:09
Alternative vaping products that include vitamins and essential oils fly under the regulatory radar; ‘it’s not hurting me’.[Ripple sells Juul-shaped vaporizers loaded with flavored, nicotine-free liquids and suggests its products can help with nicotine addiction.]Sherry Musso doesn’t like swallowing pills. To take her vitamins, she inhales them from a penlike device that vaporizes them.“I...
(Infographic) How Google Went From A Search Engine To An $800B Global AI Powerhouse
[Business]
2019/11/04 00:08
Alphabet is disrupting healthcare, auto, government contracts, and more with AI. We look at how it got here, where it’s headed, and what this means for incumbents.[click to enlarge]Google was relentless in its pursuit of artificial intelligence even before the current wave of AI commercialization took off.It may be hard to imagine a time when neural networks — AI algorithms initially inspired...
(Paper) A Stretchable Stopwatch Lights Up Human Skin
[Tech]
2019/11/04 00:07
Imagine a runner who doesn't need to carry a stopwatch or cell phone to check her time: She could just gaze at the glowing stopwatch display on the back of her hand. Such human-machine interfaces are no longer science fiction, but they still have a way to go before becoming mainstream. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Materials Letters have developed a stretchable light-emitting device that op...
An Air Purifier You Can Wear as a Necklace - Breathe
[Design]
2019/11/04 00:06
Today clean air is becoming more of a luxury than a bare necessity needed to survive. With the Earth’s atmosphere deteriorating by the minute, the health hazards are increasing manifolds. Lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of death in the world. 6 million people die annually from smoking, 500,000 of those due to passive smoking. Pollution in large cities can take aw...
Nielsen - The 2020 Vision for U.S. Retail and Beyond
[Business]
2019/11/04 00:05
Here’s a look at how U.S. retail will look in 2020 and beyond.In the future, will your wearable device recommend what to add to your grocery list? Will you be able to order a new chair from a mobile 3D printer that can deliver it to you in the next hour? When you reach for your favorite brand on the shelf, will it automatically communicate to the manufacturer to re-stock the shelf faster? We a...
The Butterfly Tea Bags
[Design]
2019/11/04 00:04
Designer Yena Lee has come up with a way of setting your tea cup aflutter. Her lovely butterfly tea bags are designed to do more than just be pleasing to the eye. The black and yellow butterfly actually holds your tea bag in place.Designer : Yena Lee[yenalee]
Monthly Trend Report - November. 2019 Edition
[Trendbird]
2019/11/04 00:03
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - November. 2019 Edition Released !TRENDBIRD (What's the Next Big Thing ?) is a Global Trend Research & Consulting Service that Instantly Delivers Industry Expert Information on Emerging Trends & Future Business Opportunities from Around the World, Ahead of The Curve." Browse By TOPIC AI 5G Blockchain VR/AR Retail 2.0 Millennial China Robot Car Marketing HealthBrows...
(PDF) Deloitte - 2019 Holiday Retail Survey
[Business]
2019/10/29 00:10
It’s looking like another cheerful holiday season for retail in 2019. Explore what our 34th annual holiday retail survey, which polled 4,410 respondents across the United States, reveals about consumers’ perceptions, attitudes, and holiday shopping behaviors.Download PDF Report : https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/us/articles/6382_2019-holiday-survey/DI_2019-holiday-survey.pdf[del...