TREND REPORTS
The KANI Light Aircraft is a Rescue Aircraft for the Year 2030
[Design]
2016/05/02 10:24
The KANI Light Aircraft is a rescue aircraft for the year 2030. Most people think it’s easy designing for the future. The future is uncertain, vague… you could make anything and pass it off as futuristic. However actual human centric design for the future is one tough nut to crack. Imagine dealing with a scenario you know nothing about. Combine futuristic design with medical design, and I dou...
Monthly Trend Report - May. 2016 Edition
[Trendbird]
2016/05/02 10:24
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - May. 2016 Edition Released !"TRENDBIRD (What's the Next Big Thing ?) is a Global Trend Research & Consulting Service that Instantly Delivers Industry Expert Information on Emerging Trends & Future Business Opportunities from Around the World, Ahead of The Curve." * 글로벌 리딩 기업의 C-Level 경영진 및 경영전략, 기술연구소, 신사업, 마케팅, 디자인 등 핵심 전략부서에...
Where The World's Fake Goods Originate
[Business]
2016/04/26 11:10
The global trade in counterfeit goods accounts for 2.5 percent of the world's imports and is worth almost half a trillion euro, according to a report from the OECD and EUIPO. US, Italian and French brands suffer the most from the lucrative global trade in knockoffs. The report analyzed customs seizures around the world between 2011 and 2013, finding that China accounted for the most fake goods...
Apple’s Watch Outpaced the iPhone in First Year
[Product]
2016/04/26 11:09
Despite sizable sales, Apple’s latest product has plenty of challenges to overcome. One year after its debut, the Apple Watch is critical to the company's fate. Apple Inc. sold twice as many Watches as iPhones in each device’s debut year. Yet the smartwatch is dogged by a perception that seems premature given the history of Apple’s most popular devices: disappointment.As the Watch marks its...
(Video) Designers Created a Sliding Glass Door That Can Turn Around Corners
[Design]
2016/04/26 11:08
The Vitrocsa Turnable Corner Window System is a design for a sliding glass door that can turn around corners. It runs on a rolling system that eliminates the need for bulky rails, and the panels can slide into walls and leave the entire space open.TURNABLE CORNERThe latest product developed by Vitrocsa. Sliding glass panels designed to slide around corners. Developed to optimise space by comple...
Global Smartphone Market Forecast
[Business]
2016/04/26 11:07
The global smartphone market is expected to slow considerably over the next few years. Despite a record-setting holiday quarter, 2015 was likely the last year of double-digit growth for smartphone shipments. Mature markets were at the heart of this year’s deceleration. Adoption has reached new highs in key markets in the United States, Europe, and China. The pool of first-time buyers in these...
Games Deals Rebound in Q1, But Rocks Below The Surface
[Investing]
2016/04/26 11:06
Last year was the worst games deals ice age in a decade, but the topline numbers in Digi-Capital’s Games Report for Q1 2016 make it look like there has been a thaw. However, the buoyant waters of the first quarter hide rocks beneath the surface, and games deal makers should look carefully before they dive back in.The topline figures for games investment in Q1 make it look like a recovery, with...
GE Uses 3D Printing to Create Mini Turbine That Can Power 10,000 Homes
[Tech]
2016/04/26 11:05
Doug Hofer of GE Global Research holds a 3D printed prototype of the turbine [Image: GE Global Research]‘Bigger isn’t always better’ is a maxim the truth of which is increasingly convincing to people in the modern world. We’ve seen computers go from the size of a room to the size of a fingernail, telephones move from bulky, murder-weapon-size devices to sliding into your front pocket, and e...
Japanese Teenagers and Purikura Photo Booths
[Product]
2016/04/26 11:04
In England photo booths are a rather boring affair solely used to take passport and driving license pictures, and you aren’t even allowed to smile or wear glasses! However in Japan there are a lot of different photo booths to use, in Japan these are called “purikura”.The booths may seem quite overwhelming if you don’t have good kanji or Japanese reading skills, however they are usually quit...
(Infographic) How Women Want to Interact With Brands Online
[Consumer]
2016/04/26 11:03
Women interact digitally with beauty and clothing brands the most. According to a new study conducted for Adweek by product review and discovery platform Influenster, brands need to move even further toward mobile if they want to make meaningful connections with women. "Digital consumption, especially of visual content, is happening at such a rapid pace on handheld devices marketers should push...
(PDF) Bain - The Math, the Magic and the Customer
[Business]
2016/04/25 11:10
Today’s marketers plumb the depths of Big Data with advanced analytical toolsand seekto measure return on investment on every campaign.Forget Mad Men. Today’s marketers are more likely to be math men and women. They plumb the depths of Big Data with advanced analytical tools. They buy and use dazzling new software—some spend more on technology in a given year than their companies’ IT depart...
(PDF) Ultrasonic Signals Transmit Data Through Meat at HD Video Quality
[Tech]
2016/04/25 11:08
Researchers achieved data rates as high as 30 megabits per second through this pork loin suspended between two transducers.Modern medical implants are hobbled by slow download speeds. Most medical devices transmit data over radio frequencies at the relatively glacial pace of fewer than 50 kilobytes per second. At that rate, it can take ages for physicians to transfer data or reprogram devices.N...
