TREND REPORTS
The Oxfam Report is Important, But There’s More to the Story
[Investing]
2017/01/23 10:51
Prior to the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Oxfam International made waves with its latest report on global inequality. In particular, one “shock value” finding made headlines: eight men now combine to have the same wealth as half of the world’s population, or 3.6 billion people.Today’s chart breaks down who these men are and how much they own in terms of assets. But, it...
Hi-Tech Pods That Allow Human Beings to Hibernate for Long-Distance Space Travel
[Tech]
2017/01/23 10:51
On Oct. 7, 2006, Mitsutaka Uchikoshi left a barbecue on Mt. Rokko in western Japan, deciding to walk down the mountain rather than taking a cable car with his friends. He lost his way, slipped, broke his pelvis and, with nobody around to help, eventually lost consciousness. Twenty-four days later, a passing climber found Uchikoshi. His body temperature had fallen to 22 degrees Celsius (normal i...
(Video) Nike Has Found a Novel Use for AR for Marketing Shoes - SmartPixels
[Business]
2017/01/23 10:33
Augmented and virtual reality are slowly but surely being integrated into shopping experiences worldwide. At CES for example, Gap and Asus teamed up for an AR shopping app that may point toward the future of mobile shopping engagement.And previously we covered Adidas and their promotion of a new soccer shoe using virtual reality throughout Europe. Now, a Nike store in Paris is letting customers...
Canadian Ski Resort Now Has Ski-Through ATM
[Product]
2017/01/23 10:33
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce recently installed its first ski-through ATM as part of its five year sponsorship of the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort.With warming lights and pole and glove holders, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s (CIBC) first ski-through automatic teller machine (ATM) is now open in the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort. Having agreed to a five year partnership wi...
Entrepreneurs Launch Racially Inclusive Beauty Boxes
[Product]
2017/01/23 10:33
Multicultural consumers are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, yet they remain underserved by traditional beauty brands, which are just beginning to increase their nude offerings to match the skin tones of customers of diverse ethnic origins. They may soon see competition from these upstarts, which are making it their mission to promote racial inclusivity.hues As Black women or...
3D Printed Vases Turn Your Recycled Water Bottles Into Design Objects
[Design]
2017/01/23 10:32
Giving a new sense of purpose to otherwise unused plastic water bottles, italian designer libero rutilo blends the trends of upcycling and 3D printing for this series of flower vases. designed for half liter PET water and soft drink bottles, the collection includes four different pattern styles that can be easily screwed into the cap. the 3D printed structure dresses the container and conceals...
(PDF) WEF & Accenture - The Digital Transformation Initiative
[Business]
2017/01/22 10:10
In a world where game-changing innovation has become the norm, the Digital Transformation Initiative (DTI) provides a unique insight into the impact of new technology on business and society over the next decade.The past 12 months brought such an array of exciting new ideas to market that it is now almost ‘normal’ to expect game-changing innovations to come off the product line every week.The...
(Patent) LG Files Patent for Possible Folding Smartphone-Tablet Hybrid
[Tech]
2017/01/22 10:09
LG is the latest to file a patent for a foldable device, but this time rumors claim that the company really does plan to launch such a product in the near future.In its patent, which was recently filed in its home country of South Korea, LG’s diagrams seem to show that this display wraps around the outside of the actual phone/tablet hybrid. There’s a place on the side of the device when in ph...
DigiLens Grabs $22M from Sony, Foxconn as It Looks to Print Next-Gen AR Displays
[Investing]
2017/01/22 10:08
The hype behind augmented reality tech has been giving a lot of display manufacturers the motivation to rethink how modern displays work.Current optics technologies being used by HoloLens, Vuzix and Magic Leap all rely on a complicated high-end type of waveguide display technology that utilizes lenses with etched structures that capture and diffract light being projected into the edge of the gl...
(PDF) BCG - Report from Davos : Board Oversight of Cyberresilience
[Business]
2017/01/22 10:07
Cyberattacks, cyberbreaches, cybercrime. These are not new problems, and they are universally acknowledged to be costly, pervasive, and increasingly sophisticated. Each week new breaches become public, most recently an incident at a large internet service provider that had gone unnoticed for more than two years. The best defense against such intrusions is cyberresilience—building in both the c...
Sci-Fi Medical Clinic Opens in San Francisco - Forward
[Business]
2017/01/22 10:06
San Francisco health startup Forward recently opened its first medical clinic promising a look at the gadget-filled, AI-driven, doctor's office of the future.The reception area in a Forward medical clinicThe exam room on-screen display integrates all the patient's data into an AI controlled touchscreen interfaceEvery member can access all their medical data through a smartphone app which also a...
Robot Nannies Look After 3 Million Chickens in Coops of the Future
[Tech]
2017/01/22 10:05
“Problems sometimes involve human error, so full automation enhances the safety level.”In a nation where food safety is so elusive that even some chicken eggs have been found to be fake, China’s consumers have good reason to be skeptical about their groceries. That’s forced many food processors to look for novel ways to highlight the wholesomeness of their products. But few have gone to suc...
