TREND REPORTS
(Infographic) Do You Believe in the Santa Claus Rally ?
[Investing]
2019/01/02 12:18
Just like children eagerly anticipate the arrival of the big man in the red suit, stock traders have a similar holiday tradition of importance.According to the 2019 Stock Trader’s Almanac, there’s an average 1.3% market rally in stocks that occurs every year during the holidays. Dubbed the “Santa Claus Rally”, it’s happened about 75% of the time since 1969.And this year in particular, afte...
(PDF) Forrester - Predictions 2019 : Transformation Goes Pragmatic
[Business]
2019/01/01 15:12
What do we mean by pragmatism? A sense of realism, practical steps, a desire for tangible outcomes. It’s a good description for what we are seeing in a market that carried ambitious strategies into 2018 but ran afoul of internal headwinds.Don’t get me wrong, the external market is neither easy nor forgiving — the combined forces of empowered customers, hyper-digital advancement, and new and...
The Wing Gets $75 Million to Expand Its Working Women Collective
[Investing]
2019/01/01 15:12
Sequoia Capital leads the latest funding round for the two-year-old company to scale its network physically and digitally.On a recent Monday evening in New York’s Flatiron district, dozens of women in pantsuits and pumps, beanies and bandannas, materialize as if conjured from the sidewalks. They gather upstairs in an airy 12th-floor penthouse to hear Rebecca Traister, a New York magazine staff...
(PDF) IBM’s Tiny Fingernail Sensor Monitors Diseases & Movement Disorders
[Tech]
2019/01/01 15:11
Grip strength, as well as walking speed and gait length, can be indicators of a person’s physical and mental health. A variety of conditions and treatments can be monitored from the grip strength, but such measurements are typically only performed infrequently at the doctor’s office. IBM Research has just developed a sensor that is attached to a fingernail on the index finger, that can measur...
(Infographic) A Picture of Probabilities
[Business]
2019/01/01 15:11
The world has experienced a rollercoaster ride in recent years. That journey is a reminder, if any were needed, that the future is uncertain. How might 2019 pan out? We turned to the wisdom of crowds (including prediction markets, financial futures, expert panels) to gauge the likelihood of certain events. So take your pick: you can see the future as lying in the lap of the gods—or in our map...
Autonomous Rice Transplanter Set to Head for the Paddies - Yanmar's YR8D
[Product]
2019/01/01 15:11
It was just this July that Japan's Yanmar Agri Corporation unveiled a line of driverless agricultural tractors. Now, as part of the same Smartpilot system, the company has announced an autonomous rice seedling-transplanter.Known as the YR8D, A, the new diesel-powered vehicle is wirelessly programmed/monitored via an included waterproof 10.1-inch tablet. It can operate in either of two modes, de...
Feelreal Multi-Sensory VR Mask Lets You Smell the Virtual Roses
[Product]
2019/01/01 15:10
The FeelReal Multi-Sensory VR Mask is designed to add a sense of smell to VR videos and games.Our sense of smell is often overlooked, but it plays a bigger part in our perception of the world around us than we might give it credit for. Now it's being used to help sell the illusion of virtual reality with the FeelReal VR Mask, which not only wafts certain scents your way but can also simulate ra...
A Scooter for Navigating Our Crowded Cities - The Unicorn Scooter
[Design]
2019/01/01 15:10
Our cities are nearing their limits for the number of vehicles on the road, and navigating their overpopulated streets is as difficult as ever. The demand for a compact and maneuverable form of transport has never been greater. The team behind the Unicorn Scooter has identified this need, and seized the opportunity to create a unique mode of transport!On the first glance, you will probably noti...
(Infographic) How Much Copper is in an Electric Vehicle ?
[Business]
2019/01/01 15:10
Copper’s special relationship with electricity has been apparent since ship designers first regularly began installing copper to protect the masts of wooden ships from lightning in the early 19th century.Today, of course, you might be more used to seeing copper’s electrical applications through the use of power lines, telephone wires, and wiring in practically every major home appliance you o...
