TREND REPORTS
How People and Companies Feel About Working Remotely
[Consumer]
2020/06/02 09:08
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly one-third of the U.S. workforce, and half of all “information workers”, are able to work from home. Though the number of people working partially or fully remote has been on the rise for years now, the COVID-19 pandemic may have pressed the fast-forward button on this trend.With millions of people taking part in this work-from-home experiment, it’s...
(Paper) MIT CSAIL Teams Propose Grippers with a Humanlike Sense of Touch
[Tech]
2020/06/02 09:07
In a pair of recently published technical papers, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) propose new applications of soft robotics — the subfield dealing with machines made from tissue-like materials — that aim to tackle the challenge of grasping objects of different shapes, weights, and sizes.One builds on an existing work that employs a cone-sh...
Study Shows 70% of Consumers Would Rather Watch New Movies at Home (
[Consumer]
2020/06/02 09:06
A new consumer survey reveals deepening dread over public venues — and some surprising changes in popular taste.For weeks now, as COVID-19 restrictions across the country begin to ease (or, in some cases, even where they haven’t), national and local news outlets have relentlessly reported on a seeming torrent of people streaming into public spaces. The coverage points to a common sense unders...
Snake Skin-Inspired Shoe Grips Designed to Save Seniors
[Product]
2020/06/02 09:05
A commercialized version of the grips could soon be available.A couple of years ago, Harvard University scientists copied the structure of snake skin to create a soft-bodied robot that gripped the ground as it moved. Now, they've applied that same thinking to shoe grips that could help keep seniors from falling.Developed in partnership with MIT, the grips take the form of thin, flexible steel s...
Tesla Model M : Tesla's e-Bike would Help Rapidly Electrify the Two-Wheeler Industry
[Design]
2020/06/02 09:04
The ubiquity of electric vehicles can undeniably be attributed to Tesla. Had it not been for Elon Musk’s vision to make battery-powered four-wheelers the gold standard, We wouldn’t see the entire automotive industry scramble towards competing in this new field… however, there’s an exception that can be directly linked to Tesla’s non-involment. Two Wheelers.Tesla has dabbled in most section...
(Infographic) How Gen Zers’ and Millennials’ Mobile Viewing Habits Differ
[Business]
2020/06/02 09:03
Video is quickly becoming the most consumed kind of content on the internet. Users prefer it over text and other formats to learn about a product/service, and even from the brands they support. The result is that marketers are banking heavily on it.Indeed, 59% of non-video marketers plan to start leveraging it in 2020. And a whopping 95% of video marketers will either increase or maintain their...
(PDF) Bain - Back to Work : Recovery from Covid-19
[Business]
2020/06/01 09:10
Recovery from Covid-19 will require resilience as companies advance, retreat, adapt—and repeat as necessary.Recoveries have always mattered in business. Some of the biggest shifts in market share occur coming out of downturns, when new industry leaders—and new industries—often emerge. Rarely, though, has recovery meant putting people’s lives at risk. Yet that’s where we are today.The post...
(Video) Sick of Zoom Calls ? Try This Sims-style Virtual World Instead - Teooh
[Business]
2020/06/01 09:09
Teooh wants to use video game-like avatars for professional meetings and conferences in an effort to mimic in-person interactions.If you’re getting tired of Zoom meetings and Houseparty get-togethers, a London company called Teooh has introduced a new way to connect with colleagues, friends, and family that looks more like a video game than a virtual conference room.Teooh’s software invites a...
The World Is Still Far From Herd Immunity for Coronavirus
[Consumer]
2020/06/01 09:08
The coronavirus still has a long way to go. That’s the message from a crop of new studies across the world that are trying to quantify how many people have been infected.Official case counts often substantially underestimate the number of coronavirus infections. But in new studies that test the population more broadly, the percentage of people who have been infected so far is still in the sing...
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