TREND REPORTS
Japanese Taxis Are Using Facial Recognition to Target Ads to Riders
[Business]
2019/04/25 09:09
Cameras in the back seat guess your age and gender — and then use them to serve you with advertisements.If you took a cab in Japan this year, you may have come face-to-face with a tablet that scanned your face in order to learn your gender, age, and other characteristics — and used that data to target you with relevant advertisements.The facial recognition system made the rounds on Twitter on...
KeepTruckin, A Unicorn Valued At $1.4B, Raises $149M Series D
[Investing]
2019/04/25 09:08
KeepTruckin, a platform focused on helping truck companies manage their fleets, has raised a $149 million round of funding.An unlikely unicorn, San Francisco-based KeepTruckin was co-founded by Shoaib Makani, a former VC at Khosla Ventures and ex-Googler. The trucking industry probably joins the construction industry in being among the least traditionally “sexy” companies, which makes it ripe...
(PDF) BCG - The Next Frontier in Digital and AI Transformations
[Business]
2019/04/25 09:07
Is your company transforming into a butterfly, or is it just training to be a faster caterpillar ?That metaphor—coined or at least popularized by George Westerman, principal research scientist at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy—captures the challenges of digitization. In other words, has your digital program actually been transformational or merely incremental?To explore this questi...
Low-Profile Assistive Ankle Exoskeleton Can Be Worn Under Clothes
[Tech]
2019/04/25 09:06
A new lightweight, low-profile and inexpensive ankle exoskeleton could be widely used among elderly people, those with impaired lower-leg muscle strength and workers whose jobs require substantial walking or running.Developed by Vanderbilt mechanical engineers, the device is believed to be the first ankle exoskeleton that could be worn under clothes without restricting motion. It does not requi...
Culture and Cuisine: The Opportunity for Fresh Produce
[Consumer]
2019/04/25 09:05
Catering to the traditions, attitudes and shopping behaviours of multicultural consumers is a sizeable growth opportunity for Australian fruit and vegetable growers and retailers. This group of shoppers is expected to become even more important over the next few years driven by increased immigration and the influence that multicultural consumers have on the cuisines Australians eat.Ethnic house...
Nestlé Japan Opens Temporary Kit Kat Sake Pairing Bar Staffed by AI
[Product]
2019/04/25 09:04
Nestlé Japan have enjoyed immense success with its range of exclusive Japanese Kit Kat snacks. Many of these use unique regional ingredients, such as sake or matcha. Others feature innovative special tastes that are not necessarily Japanese but are tested exclusively in the local market first, like the recent Kit Kat Sublime Volcanic snack, made with ingredients from exotic locations around As...
NIKE and Tom Sachs Reveal Exploding Poncho as Part of Upcoming NIKECRAFT Collection
[Design]
2019/04/25 09:03
NIKE and tom sachs have revealed their latest collaboration with the NIKECRAFT transitions collection, whose highlight is a transformative poncho that packs into a slimline waist pack. Developed together with jarrett reynolds, NIKE’s senior design director for apparel special projects, over the course of four years, the poncho took dozens of prototypes, countless tests and innumerable hacks, b...
(Patent) Apple Granted a Patent for Next-Gen Hybrid Animoji System
[Tech]
2019/04/24 11:11
Apple Granted a Patent for Next-Gen Hybrid Animoji System that keeps your Background & body while having an Animoji Head.The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 54 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we briefly cover a single granted patent that takes Animojis to the next level by allowing a user to replace their head and face...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Digital identification : A Key to Inclusive Growth
[Business]
2019/04/24 11:08
An increasing number of governments and businesses are implementing digital identification programs. What makes a digital ID beneficial to both the user and the institution?Good digital ID is identification that is verified and authenticated to a high degree of assurance over digital channels, unique, established with individual consent, and protects user privacy and ensures control over person...
