TREND REPORTS
(M&A) If Apple Buys Tidal, Then It Won't Be for The Subscribers — It Has Only 3 Million
[Investing]
2016/07/04 11:36
Apple is in "talks" to buy Tidal, the music-streaming service founded by Jay Z, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday.The talks may not lead to a deal, but if Apple is interested in buying Tidal, then it's sure not for the customers. As this chart from Statista shows, Tidal is one of the smallest music-streaming services out there, with only 3 million subscribers. Apple M...
Wireless Generation : Why Sports Bras & Bralettes Are Disrupting Women's Underwear
[Business]
2016/07/04 11:35
Women across all age groups, but especially millennials, prioritize comfort. Move over, lingerie—and make way for "leisurée."The athleisure apparel trend, hardwired into millennials’ shopping habits, even extends to underwear these day—and its having a major affect on the lingerie industry.A new study shows that today’s youth have overthrown the yoke of body-poking wire bras for seamless a...
Baubax Creates Clothes to Wirelessly Charge Your Phone
[Product]
2016/07/04 11:35
A whole line of smart clothing and accessories that charge your smartphone, smartwatch and bluetooth earphones wirelessly.Less than a year after the Kickstarter campaign for his BauBax jacket raised a whopping $9.2 million, he's debuting his next project -- clothes that wirelessly charge your devices. The project launched Tuesday on Kickstarter with a goal of raising $100,000.With this line, hi...
The End of Root Canals ?
[Tech]
2016/07/04 11:35
What if damaged teeth could heal themselves? That's the inspiration behind a new project from Harvard and the University of Nottingham to create stem cell stimulating fillings.Dentists treat hundreds of millions of cavities each year by drilling out the decay and putting in a filling.But 10 to 15 percent of those fillings fail, says Adam Celiz, a therapeutic biomaterials researcher from Univers...
(Video) The Extraordinary Expanding Chair - FlexibleLove
[Design]
2016/07/04 11:35
Such a remarkable natural furniture as FlexibleLove is just available at our shop or exclusive traders in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. You want to know which shops in your surroundings offer FlexibleLove? You love it easy? You can order your own FlexibleLove at unit price plus freight charges at our FlexibleLove shop or at one of our exclusive online sellers. If you like to look at, touch a...
(Video) Pill-Dispensing "Robot" Knows Who You Are - Pillo
[Product]
2016/07/03 11:10
Imagine a pill-dispensing, health-focused version of Amazon Echo, and you'll get an idea of what Pillo is designed to be. Utilizing facial and voice recognition software, the internet-connected device can reportedly recognize multiple family members on sight, giving them their daily medication while also addressing their health and wellness-related inquires.The tamper-proof dispenser can store...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Evolution of Social Technologies
[Business]
2016/07/03 11:09
Leading companies have passed through three distinct phases of organizational usage. What should we learn from them?Since the dawn of the social-technology era, executives have recognized the potential of blogs, wikis, and social networks to strengthen lines of company communication and collaboration, and to invigorate knowledge sharing. Many leaders have understood that by harnessing the creat...
Modern Meadow Collects $40M for Real Leather With ‘No Cow Involved’
[Investing]
2016/07/03 11:08
Modern Meadow, a New York-based company that has developed a method of turning living cells into materials used to make leather that mimics animal hide, has received a $40 million Series B funding to begin manufacturing and commercializing its leather products.The company has developed a line of cells that produce collagen, a protein that gives structure to animal tissue and is used to form the...
Sharing and On-Demand Services Attract a Small But Active Group of ‘Super Users’
[Consumer]
2016/07/03 11:07
From ride-hailing apps to shopping services, the sharing and on-demand economy has grown in the U.S., yet a relatively small minority of the public is incorporating shared and on-demand services deeply into their day-to-day lives. Still, some Americans are “super users”: 7% have used six or more services (out of a total of 11).Some of the services measured in our survey – though by no means...
SmartRecruiters Raises $30M for Hiring Software
[Investing]
2016/07/03 11:06
SmartRecruiters is arming itself with a $30 million funding round, led by Insight Venture Partners. This is in addition to the $25 million already raised.Because managing a large pool of job applicants can be cumbersome, SmartRecruiters thinks its software has the right tools to keep you organized in your candidate search. The team counts clients like Square, Atlassian and Equinox gyms, who use...
(Video) New Bionic Arm Design Also Features a Torch, Laser, Charger and a Drone
[Tech]
2016/07/03 11:05
James Young, a London local, met with an awful accident four years ago, leaving him with an “ugly- peach-colored and obvious” prosthetic arm and leg. But to his fortune he soon turned ‘part cyborg’ in a unique experiment which gave him a prototype bionic arm. This new futuristic-looking arm feels realistic, and is also more funtional in some ways than a real hand. Although I don’t recommen...
(Video) The Ameo Powerbreather
[Design]
2016/07/03 11:04
Look at the snorkel design and you’ll realize one thing. There’s just one pipe that serves as an inlet as well as outlet. In most situations this wouldn’t be a problem, but in high-performance sports you’d face one nagging problem. A combined inlet-outlet means that there’s always residual air in the tube, and after a few breaths, you end up breathing primarily residual exhaled air. This a...
