TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Mckinsey - Global Trends : Navigating a World of Disruption
[Business]
2019/02/06 09:07
Global trends are creating ever-larger winners and losers.We live in an era of disruption in which powerful global forces are changing how we live and work. The rise of China, India, and other emerging economies; the rapid spread of digital technologies; the growing challenges to globalization; and, in some countries, the splintering of long-held social contracts are all roiling business, the e...
(PDF) Hologram Technology Finally Advances to Blade Runner Levels
[Tech]
2019/02/06 09:06
Get ready for images projected in mid-air to start appearing in the next few years. According to pop culture, weren't there supposed to be more holograms by now? The 1970s and '80s were full of holographic wishes. Back to the Future II told us that we'd have holographic movie trailers. A major Star Wars plot point involved a holographic Princess Leia. Even erstwhile cartoon pop star Jem's backu...
The Latest Trend in Mobile Gaming : Stock-Trading Apps
[Consumer]
2019/02/06 09:05
Apps such as Robinhood and Webull are drawing in young and often inexperienced investors; ‘bringing the ability to make foolish decisions to an ever-broader swath of people’Morgan Snipes downloaded the Robinhood Markets Inc. app on his phone nine months ago with a plan to leave his day job behind.The stock market has turned into a game for inexperienced investors like 35-year-old Mr. Snipes,...
The Next Big Innovation in Japan’s Aging Economy is Flushable Adult Diapers
[Product]
2019/02/06 09:04
Caregivers in Japan could find their workload a lot lighter if the country successfully moves ahead with plans to reinvent the adult diaper.Japan’s ministry of land and infrastructure devised a road map for the development of the first flushable adult diaper last year, with a prototype possibly becoming a reality this year, according to local media reports (link in Japanese).“If the plan is r...
(Infographic) Visualizing 200 Years of U.S. Stock Market Sectors
[Investing]
2019/02/06 09:03
If you could travel back in time to the 19th century, it would be very difficult to convince anyone that railroad investments were not the future of the stock market.Governments were offering subsidies and land grants to stimulate rapid industry growth – and in the period of 1868-1873, just after the American Civil War, an astonishing 33,000 miles of new railroad track were laid.Entrepreneurs...
(PDF) Deloitte - Tempering The Utopian Vision of the Mobility Revolution
[Consumer]
2019/01/28 09:10
As global consumers start to critically evaluate advanced vehicle technologies and whether they are willing to pay for them, utopian visions of future mobility systems may not be as close as we thought, leaving OEMs in the precarious position of needing to push forward on costly R&D programs with little assurance of ROI.MOST scenarios involving future transportation systems center on the hy...
(Patent) Nintendo Eye-Tracking Patent Hints at 3D Gaming on the Switch
[Tech]
2019/01/28 09:09
Nintendo may have abandoned true 3D gaming with the 2DS and the Switch, but it appears the company isn’t finished with the technology entirely. A patent application just published in January points to Nintendo’s potential plans to turn your television into the ultimate 3D gaming display.Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on January 24, a patent application for “Eye Tr...
The World’s Biggest Brands Want You to Refill Your Orange Juice and Deodorant
[Business]
2019/01/28 09:08
P&G, Nestlé and others try to curb plastic waste; Tropicana in glass bottles, Tide in metal cans.The world’s biggest makers of shampoo, detergent and packaged food will test selling their products in reusable containers, adopting a milkman-style model to address mounting concerns about plastic waste.Procter & Gamble Co., Nestlé SA, PepsiCo Inc. and Unilever are among 25 companies tha...
VR for Your Ears : Dynamic 3D Audio Is Coming Soon
[Tech]
2019/01/28 09:07
Audio in VR sucks. Here’s how to fix it to create truly immersive experiences.Put on your virtual-reality headset and be transported to a distant planet, ducking the crossfire in a battle between alien species. Laser rifle shots whiz by your head; military shuttles hover before you; the frantic calls of comrades hail from all directions.Now you are courtside at a basketball game. You hear play...
