TREND REPORTS
(Video) Yomi, The First Robotic Dental Surgery System Now Cleared by FDA
[Tech]
2017/03/08 10:21
Neocis, a company based in Miami, Florida, just announced winning FDA clearance to introduce Yomi, the first robotically assisted dental surgical system. Yomi’s software is used to plan a procedure based on a patient’s CT scan. During the procedure, the system continuously tracks the patient and controls the direction of the drill as the clinician advances it into tissue. This is supposed to...
February 2017 Big, Bad, Wide & International Report
[Business]
2017/03/08 10:21
Print bookselling remains artificially silo’d by country even today, for variety of legacy historical and logistical reasons. But by contrast, the global ebook marketplace is a seamlessly international one.For authors, selling an ebook to a reader in a different country is just as easy as selling to a reader in your home country. Barriers to reaching an international audience no longer exist.T...
Nike is Releasing its First Performance Hijab for Female Muslim Athletes - The Nike Pro Hijab
[Design]
2017/03/08 10:20
Nike has announced the launch of a new and highly anticipated product, and it isn’t a sneaker. It’s a hijab, made of a breathable, lightweight, sport-ready fabric meant to keep the athlete wearing it cool and dry. Nike plans to release it early next year.The hijab caters to the many female Muslim athletes who for years have had little choice but to wear hijabs in traditional fabrics to compet...
LoopMe Raises $10M to Optimize Mobile Video Ads Using Artificial Intelligence
[Investing]
2017/03/08 10:20
LoopMe, a digital advertising firm that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize mobile video advertising, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Impulse VC and Harbert European Growth Capital, with participation from Holzbrinck Ventures and Open Ocean Capital.Founded out of London in 2012, LoopMe unifies all the popular mobile video ad formats, covering pre-roll, HTML5, and the...
(Video) Cobalt Robotics Introduces a (Mostly) Autonomous Mobile Security Robot
[Tech]
2017/03/08 10:20
Cobalt Robotics' security robot uses advanced sensors and AI to navigate autonomously and look for suspicious activity.Finding a viable business case for a commercial mobile robot is very tricky. At this point, the most you can realistically expect from a reliable and affordable autonomous platform is the ability to navigate in a semistructured premapped environment, which Savioke (to take one...
Cuz You’re Hot Then You’re Cold - The DEGRÉ
[Design]
2017/03/08 10:20
Ever sat in a fancy car with seats that both heated and cooled?! There’s almost nothing more luxurious! The DEGRÉ applies the same idea to furniture for your home.Minimalist in form, it’s a perfect entryway piece that you can use to sit on or place items. With its built-in heating/air-conditioner, it will cool or warm anything on or around it! Cozy up after playing out in the snow, warm your...
(PDF) BCG - Moving Beyond the “Milkman” Model in Medtech
[Business]
2017/03/07 09:35
Three years ago, BCG published the results of its landmark global benchmarking study that concluded that medical technology companies had been relying on an outdated commercial model, which we dubbed the “milkman” model. The industry’s high gross margins were masking unsustainably high costs and underdeveloped commercial skills. (See Still Deploying Milkmen in a Megastore World? Fixing the M...
Sedric Forms a Canvas for the Autonomous VW Group Car of the Future
[Design]
2017/03/07 09:35
VW Group has deliberately throttled back the styling on the Sedric.Although the Volkswagen Group has mastered the art of platform-sharing, the seven major car manufacturers under its umbrella go to great lengths to differentiate their vehicles from one another. Sure, the VW Golf and Seat Leon share the same basic chassis and engines, but those elements are wrapped in a very different exterior,...
(PDF) Generation Z : What The World's Young People Think and Feel
[Consumer]
2017/03/07 09:35
Most young people around the world are happy, but the happiest places are not where you'd think.Most young people around the world are happy. Nearly seven out of ten (68%) young people across the world said that they were happy with their lives, but there are wide variations between countries.Those living in more prosperous countries are actually not as happy as those living in low to middle in...
(Video) Oreo Flew 5 Giant Drones Over New York City to Recreate the Famous Milk Dunk
[Business]
2017/03/07 09:35
Cookie brand's latest marketing stunt. It's a bird! It's a plane! It's an Oreo drone! If you’re in New York City today, watch out—a cookie-shaped drone may be floating over your head.For its newest marketing stunt timed for National Oreo Day and the brand’s 105th birthday, Oreo put cookie costumes on five drones and flew them over the skyline. Dubbed the “Drone Dunk,” the drones dropped co...
Moblie Kids : The Parent, The Child and The Smartphone
[Consumer]
2017/03/07 09:34
These days, a kid with a smartphone in their hand is as common as seeing a kid playing with a yo-yo in the years before the digital age.But today’s kids aren’t just carrying smartphones—they’re mastering them. In fact, many are just as skilled as their parents—or even more so in some cases. So whether today’s youth are texting, playing a game, or engaging in the plethora of other activiti...
Saint Single-Layer Motorcycle Denim Weaves Safety Into Fashion
[Product]
2017/03/07 09:34
Saint Motorcycle jeans are up to 200 times stronger than regular denim.Looking cool on your café racer is often at odds with wearing the safest gear possible. If waddling up to order a kale and quinoa salad in full leathers isn't your idea of impressing the locals, there are a growing number of alternatives that put comfort, style and protection in the same package – and Saint motorcycle deni...
