TREND REPORTS
Gartner - Top 10 Trends in Digital Commerce
[Business]
2019/10/22 10:58
Innovations in customer experience, business models and technology will transform digital commerce in the next few years.Much has changed since the first products were sold online in the 1990s. Early instances of e-commerce focused on the transaction, with little emphasis on improving fulfillment, customer service or loyalty.Then, organizations began to hone commerce operations in response to c...
Highest-Throughput 3D Printer is Future of Manufacturing
[Tech]
2019/10/22 10:58
HARP could reportedly be used to print parts for medical devices, cars, airplanes, construction and more.While it's now quite common to see 3D-printed prototypes or other one-off items, the use of 3D printers for large-scale commercial manufacturing is still limited. That could be about to change, though, thanks to a new model that's being heralded as "the largest and highest throughput printer...
Winnow Raises $12M Series B for Its Food Waste Solution for Commercial Kitchens
[Investing]
2019/10/22 10:58
Winnow, the U.K. startup that has developed smart kitchen tech to help commercial kitchens reduce food waste, is disclosing $12 million in Series B funding.Backing the round is Ingka Group (a strategic partner to the Ikea franchisee system), Mustard Seed, Circularity Capital, D: Ax and The Ingenious Group. It follows a recent $8 million loan from The European Investment Bank (EIB), meaning that...
Automated “Order by Voice” Is The Next Big Thing for Restaurants
[Consumer]
2019/10/22 10:58
64% of Americans Interested in Ordering Food Via Voice Assistant.The MDR Group of Overland Park, Kansas engaged Progressive Business Insights of Dallas (bizinsights.com) to assess the potential degree of interest for restaurant “Order By Voice” systems, that use intelligent voice-based assistants (similar to Amazon’s Alexa) to accept orders from consumers who simply say what they want to ord...
Red Dot Design Concept Award Winner 2019 - The Harbour Fishbowl
[Design]
2019/10/22 10:57
You know one of those ‘kick myself for not having thought of it first’ ideas? This is a prime example. The function of the Harbour fishbowl is explained in one simple image above. The fishbowl comes with a smaller volume attached to its side. When you want to change the water, tip the bowl over so that the water gently spills out. The water level should gradually recede and the fish should fi...
(Infographic) Where Will The Top 10 Cities Be in 2035 ?
[Investing]
2019/10/22 10:57
Cities are the engines of the modern economy. Over half of the world now lives in urban areas, and urbanization continues to shape the trajectory of global growth in unprecedented ways.However, the most important cities of today may be quite different than those leading the charge in the future. This week’s chart looks forward to 2035, using a report by Oxford Economics to forecast the top 10...
The 2019 Drunk Shopping Survey - Drunk Shopping is 45 Billion Industry
[Consumer]
2019/10/21 11:10
There are plenty of surveys about online shopping but one of the more overlooked trends is the amount people spend while inebriated. Given that we can now make major purchases from our sofas with the click of a button, this has happened to most of us at one stage or another. After a few glasses of wine or a couple of beers, we come home, whip out the laptop and purchase something we barely reme...
(Paper) A Mobile Device Covered with Human Skin ? Skin-On Interfaces
[Tech]
2019/10/21 11:09
Human skin is the best interface for interaction. I propose this new paradigm in which interactive devices have their own artificial skin, thus enabling new forms of input gestures for end-users.We’re all too happy to scroll aimlessly on our phones for hours on end, but have you ever once stopped to think and ask that little device in your hands whether it feels held?Of course not. Because it...
(PDF) RIAA - 2019 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report
[Business]
2019/10/21 11:08
Total revenues grew 18% to $5.4 billion in the first half of 2019.The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today released a report that shows that in the first half of 2019, the U.S. recorded music market continued the overall trends and double digit growth rates of 2018. Revenue increases were driven by the number of paid subscriptions exceeding 60 million for the first time. Total...
