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IBM '5 In 5' - 5 Big Technology Innovations Of 2019
[Tech]
2019/02/13 10:54
IBM researchers are working to transform the food supply chain as we know it.Within the next five years, the Earth’s population will cross the eight billion mark for the first time. Our complex food supply chain—already stressed by climate change and a finite water supply—will only be tested further. To meet the demands of this crowded future, IBM researchers are exploring new technologies a...
Luxury Skincare is Driving Record Profits in the Beauty Industry
[Business]
2019/02/13 10:54
2018 was the year of expensive skincare for Big Beauty. Per recent earnings reports from beauty industry giants, and analyses from several research firms, skincare has overtaken makeup and is showing no sign of slowing down.On Feb. 5, Estée Lauder reported second-quarter sales of just over $4 billion, a new quarterly high for the cosmetics company. Its rival, L’Oréal, beat analyst expectatio...
(PDF) New 3D Printer Uses Rays of Light to Shape Objects, Transform Product Design
[Tech]
2019/02/13 10:54
A new 3D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in only a matter of minutes.Nicknamed the “replicator” by the inventors — after the Star Trek device that can materialize any object on demand — the 3D printer can create objects that are smoother, more flexible and more complex than what is possible with traditional 3D printers. It can also encase an already...
Burgernomics : The Price of a Big Mac in Global Comparison
[Investing]
2019/02/13 10:54
Invented by The Economist in 1986, the Big Mac index has ever since been the go to guide for burger connoisseurs to check purchasing-power parity around the globe. Even though it was never intended to be a precise economic parameter, burgernomics somehow emerged as a promising niche field of economic studies. The Big Mac index has become a global standard and is subject of at least 20 academic...
(PDF) Around 40% of American Couples Now First Meet Online
[Consumer]
2019/02/13 10:54
It is one of the most profound changes in life in the US, and in much of the rich world. Instead of meeting our partners in school, at work, or through friends and family, many of us now meet them online.Some 39% of heterosexual couples that got together in the US in 2017 met online, according to a recently released study (pdf) by sociologists Michael Rosenfeld and Sonia Hausen of Stanford Univ...
The Sound Project - A Different Method of Listening to Music
[Design]
2019/02/13 10:53
Music is a powerful medium, it harnesses the power to alter our emotion, and thus have an impact on our lives. The Sound Project, by Pascal Grangier, offers a new way of interacting with music using color tones.Colour and emotion are directly linked to one another, from subtle, pastel blues which are associated with calmness and a state of relaxation, through to vibrant reds which symbolize exc...
Evolutions in User Interface Design - “The World’s Gone Flat!”
[Design]
2019/02/13 10:53
“The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.”- Steve Jobs, AppleWhat’s GUI?When the first IBM personal computer was introduced in 1981, it came with Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system that required users to key in command prompts that would execute specific tasks on their PC. Needless to say, it was boring-looking, tedious and required users to...
(PDF) PwC - Approaching Robotic Process Automation with Confidence
[Business]
2019/02/12 10:41
Approaching Robotic Process Automation with Confidence.Download PDF Report : http://bit.ly/2DvOAOj[pwc]
Trending Topics in the Consulting Industry
[Business]
2019/02/12 10:40
Since quantifying facts lies at the core of our business and to stay on top of what our clients are talking about, Statista researchers analyzed over 150 white papers, articles, and reports from the leading consulting firms. By categorizing the publications according to common topics, we created a map of what consultants are currently researching. One in five publications surveyed by Statista d...
