Air New Zealand has filed a patent application for the Skynest sleeping pod, which would allow economy passengers to stretch out and during long-haul flights.One pod contains a total of six beds, arranged into two bunks with three levels each. The beds themselves are 200 centimetres long, 58 centimetres wide and are completely flat.Skynest was developed over three years of research and developm...

Worldwide, the working-age population will see a 10% decrease by 2060. With a rapidly aging global population due to declining birth rates and increased life expectancy, a smaller workforce will slow down economies and raise healthcare costs.The implications of an aging populationThe world is experiencing a seismic demographic shift—and no country is immune to the consequences.While increasing...

NASA records huge drop in China's pollution after coronavirus outbreak.[Nitrogen dioxide values across China from January 1-20, 2020 (before the quarantine) and February 10-25 (during the quarantine)]As sections of China's workforce grind to a halt to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus, it appears to be having a dramatic effect on the country's notorious pollution levels. Satellite dat...

Full-stack quantum computing company Rigetti Computing is on the fundraising trail, according to an SEC filing submitted by the company on Friday.According to the filing, the company has raised a little over $71 million of a round aiming to raise up to $83.85 million in fresh capital for the company. Rigetti Computing disclosed in its filing that the total amount raised and the total offering a...

A new device allows children to listen to music and stories without being exposed to screens.London tech startup Yoto has developed an interactive audio device that allows children to play music and listen to stories without being exposed to a screen. The company worked with industrial designers Pentagram to develop a product that lets children easily control what they listen to.The Yoto Player...

The motorsport is seeing more female fans and women in the C-suite. Each Nascar Cup Series event draws 1.2 million female TV viewers.Nascar is making an effort to be more diverse at all levels.With Nascar just kicking off its season with this month’s Daytona 500, a growing number of fans scattered across the country are tuning in. More women are watching, too, with 1.2 million female TV viewer...

Foldable smartphones, which entered our lives in 2019, continue to appear in the market in 2020 as well. Although companies like Samsung, Motorla and Huawei released their foldable smartphones, we haven’t seen such an initiative yet from Apple. However, a graphic designer has designed a foldable iPhone for Apple.It is almost certain that Apple will make a great design change on iPhone 12 devic...

The findings of our latest consumer survey suggest that although life is good for many, the middle class may be struggling.More and more people feel good both about their current financial situation and about the future, especially in fast-growing economies. At the same time, a growing minority of middle- and lower-income households is struggling to make ends meet. The latest wave of McKinsey’...

Coca-Cola has adopted an “invisible” branding of its bottle in its latest ad.Produced by creative agency Publicis Italy, the optical illusion ad features a curved variation of the company’s logo accompanied with a “Feel It” tagline measured at a bottle-neck width.The distance between both lines of text make it feel as if there’s an actual bottle there. The minimalist campaign comes comple...