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Polaroid x ‘Mickey Mouse’ Roll Out Adorable, Vintage-Style Camera
[Design]
2018/11/27 09:04
You might have noticed numerous 2018 ‘Mickey Mouse’-themed collections being rolled out by brands this year. In case you haven’t heard, they are in celebration of 90 years of the Disney mascot, which first appeared on 15 May 1928. In addition to Swatch’s reimagination of the iconic character and Vans’ collaboration with four artists for its tribute collection, Polaroid has unveiled its own...
(Infographic) The Top Brands That Are Truly Capitalizing on Influencer Marketing
[Business]
2018/11/27 09:03
78% of fashion companies are implementing the tactic.Anyone with an Instagram account can see that brands are utilizing influencer marketing, but which brands are really capitalizing on it? Influencer marketing platform Mavrck analyzed the categories and brands dominating the trend as well as the growth of the influencer industry overall since 2014.iStock PhotoAnyone with an Instagram account c...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Generation Z and Its Implications for Companies
[Consumer]
2018/11/26 09:10
The influence of Gen Z—the first generation of true digital natives—is expanding.Long before the term “influencer” was coined, young people played that social role by creating and interpreting trends. Now a new generation of influencers has come on the scene. Members of Gen Z—loosely, people born from 1995 to 2010— are true digital natives: from earliest youth, they have been exposed to t...
(Patent) Amazon’s Drones will Obtain Depth Information with a Single Camera
[Tech]
2018/11/26 09:09
Majority of the drones nowadays are equipped with cameras that allow you to capture high resolution cinematic shots from unique perspectives. However, despite high resolution images captured by the drones, these images are two-dimensional and lack depth information.For capturing depth information, modern drones must be equipped with two or more cameras. Just like having two eyes gives us the ab...
(Infographic) Visualizing the Bear Market in FAANG Stocks
[Investing]
2018/11/26 09:08
Over recent years, there hasn’t been a safer bet than big tech – specifically the FAANG stocks, which include Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google’s parent company Alphabet. But in the financial world, this feeling of euphoria can be turned upside-down very quickly.Since the summer, the five tech giants combined have lost close to $1 trillion in market capitalization from their peaks...
Inside Nike’s Store of the Future
[Design]
2018/11/26 09:07
The new flagship in New York is a template for cities around the globe. Nike Inc. has seen the future of brick-and-mortar shopping, and it revolves around your phone.The company on Thursday opened a new flagship store in New York City, the culmination of years of internal research into personalized, experiential shopping. The six-floor building, a template for locations Nike has planned for cit...
Next Generation of Biotech Food Heading for Grocery Stores
[Tech]
2018/11/26 09:06
The next generation of biotech food is headed for the grocery aisles, and first up may be salad dressings or granola bars made with soybean oil genetically tweaked to be good for your heart.By early next year, the first foods from plants or animals that had their DNA “edited” are expected to begin selling. It’s a different technology than today’s controversial “genetically modified” foods...
(PDF) BCG - Will Flexible-Cell Manufacturing Revolutionize Carmaking ?
[Business]
2018/11/26 09:06
More than a century after the conveyor belt revolutionized manufacturing by ushering in mass production, it remains the dominant feature on most shop floors, especially in the automotive industry. Yet much has changed since Henry Ford famously declared about the Model T that “any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.”As Ford’s remark tacitly acknowle...
This Tiny Device Can Grow Your Salad Ingredients in 20 Days - SproutsIO
[Product]
2018/11/26 09:04
SproutsIO has been used by top chefs as a compact way to grow specialty ingredients faster. Now it’s coming to home cooks.The produce space is shrinking. SproutsIO, a device that resembles an old-school iMac G4 with swooping overhead light, is the brainchild of architect Jennifer Broutin Farah. She came up with the idea for a compact, veggie-growing device while working on rooftop gardens for...
