TREND REPORTS
(Video) Motion-Sensing Wall Panels Animate Boring Interiors
[Design]
2016/12/22 10:11
ENESS is looking to add touch sensors to the Lumes system.Interior walls can be a bit on the boring side, but Australia's ENESS has developed a new light-emitting wall panel that aims to change that. Until activated by motion, the Lumes wall panel looks pretty standard. But once brought to life, an integrated LED array can display images and relatively complex animations.The hospital installati...
(Infographic) Are American Consumers Taking On Too Much Debt ?
[Investing]
2016/12/22 10:11
How much consumer debt is too much? Today’s infographic uses extensive data from Equifax to try and answer this question.We put consumer debt in a historical context, while providing an in-depth look at the latest numbers on different categories of debt such as student loans, credit cards, and mortgages to see how they compare.Infographic : http://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/20...
Fast-Fashion Brands Defy Slowdown in China's Apparel Market
[Business]
2016/12/21 10:46
Popularity of global casualwear brands rises in second- and third-tier cities. Growing popularity in second- and third-tier cities is cementing the leading position of Uniqlo, H&M and Zara in China, according to FT Confidential Research's latest quarterly brand survey.Growing demand in the provinces may justify the aggressive expansion plans of international brands, though these may be toug...
The Next Big Thing In Your Next Device Could Be This Ultra-Thin Lighting
[Tech]
2016/12/21 10:46
With micro-LEDS, Rohinni aims to advance product lighting, starting with laptops.As usual, Cody Peterson is talking about making something thin—unimaginably thin. Peterson, who started out developing skinny computer keyboards and went on to found Rohinni, a company devoted to paper-thin lighting, is explaining the micro-light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at the heart of the company’s new technology...
(PDF) Who Rules the Online Travel Market ?
[Business]
2016/12/21 10:46
As the holidays are quickly approaching, many people around the world are thinking about taking a last minute trip to escape the stressful festivities and spend the holidays somewhere warm and relaxed. These days, it doesn’t take more than a web browser and a credit card to find and rent everything from a cabin in the Alps to a five star resort in Miami Beach. According to Statista’s Digital...
Teva to Distribute Pharmaceutical Grade Marijuana Dispenser
[Product]
2016/12/21 10:45
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, a famous Israeli pharma, is entering the medical marijuana industry by partnering with Syqe Medical, a company based in Tel Aviv, to distribute the Syqe inhaler. The Syqe inhaler is marketed as being the “world’s first selective-dose pharmaceutical grade medicinal plants inhaler,” capable of delivering marijuana to within 100 micrograms. There are two versions...
SRI Spinoff SuperFlex Raises $9.6M to Pursue ‘Powered Clothing’
[Investing]
2016/12/21 10:45
A spinoff from the robot veterans at SRI is making a big bet on ubiquitous soft robotics: SuperFlex aims to establish a new product category with what it calls “powered clothing.” The company, which initially split off in April, hopes to have a product to show in a few months, and has raised nearly $10 million to develop it.Powered clothing, or “intelligent wearable strength” as the company...
NASA's New Technology Could Help Track Firefighters for Safety
[Tech]
2016/12/21 10:45
This new electromagnetic tracking device might just make firefighters' lives safer by letting them track teammates' whereabouts inside buildings that block radio signals.While technology has given firefighters such advances as thermal imaging masks and high-tech heat resistant fabrics, it has yet to come up with a satisfactory solution to an urgent problem: How to track and locate first respond...
Big Utility Sees Pathway to $10 Oil
[Investing]
2016/12/21 10:45
The oil industry must brace for five energy “tsunamis” that threaten to drag prices as low as $10 a barrel in less than a decade, according to Engie SA’s innovation chief.The falling cost of solar power and battery storage, rising sales of electric vehicles, increasingly “smart” buildings and cheap hydrogen will all weigh on crude, Thierry Lepercq, head of research, technology and innovati...
(Video) Tokyo Airport Now Has Toilet Paper for Smartphones
[Design]
2016/12/21 10:44
Talk abut some slick marketing. NTTDoCoMo one of Japan’s largest mobile operator has developed a smartphone only toilet paper. These special rolls are installed at the toilets of Tokyo’s Narita airport. Their purpose, well, to clean your smartphone screen and rid the phone of germs. The toilet paper is printed with vital information which include WiFi service instructions, travel information...
(PDF) Pew - Online Shopping and E-Commerce
[Consumer]
2016/12/20 10:21
New technologies are impacting a wide range of Americans’ commercial behaviors, from the way they evaluate products and services to the way they pay for the things they buy.Americans are incorporating a wide range of digital tools and platforms into their purchasing decisions and buying habits, according to a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults. The survey finds that roughly eight-in-ten...
(Video) MIT Hyperloop - The Future of Levitating Transportation
[Tech]
2016/12/20 10:20
It might not look like anything fancy, but the MIT Hyperloop Project aims to revolutionize the way we move. Using electromagnetic levitation, it offers fast, efficient and weatherproof travel.The droplet-shaped pod would be capable of carrying 28 passengers. Unlike maglev transit systems which require a large power infrastructure, the stripped-down Hyperloop Project is much less expensive to pr...
