TREND REPORTS
New Products Help Consumers Sleep Better
[Product]
2019/01/20 09:09
Today’s always-on, digitally-obsessed youth are losing sleep to the endless scroll. With the knowledge that a good night’s sleep is vital for health, modern consumers are reaching for products that can help them attain a restful slumber and prepare them for daytime productivity.klova If ingestible sleep aids aren’t your jam, Klova could be the solution. The company has developed the Sleep ZP...
(PDF) Pew - Facebook Algorithms and Personal Data
[Consumer]
2019/01/20 09:08
About half of Facebook users say they are not comfortable when they see how the platform categorizes them, and 27% maintain the site's classifications do not accurately represent them.Most commercial sites, from social media platforms to news outlets to online retailers, collect a wide variety of data about their users’ behaviors. Platforms use this data to deliver content and recommendations...
(PDF) Feather-Inspired Tech May Give Velcro a Run for Its Money
[Tech]
2019/01/20 09:07
A feather's barbs are pulled apart, in a manner that was replicated using large-scale 3D-printed models.For decades, when people have wanted to stick two things together but later pull them back apart, Velcro has been the answer. In the future, however, the material may get some competition from bird feather-inspired technology.Composed of keratin (our fingernails are also made of the stuff), f...
(Infographic) 1B+ Market Map : The World’s 260 Unicorn Companies
[Investing]
2019/01/20 09:06
There are 260 private companies around the world valued at $1B+ as of 8/13/2018, and they are all tracked on our real-time unicorn tracker. These companies are collectively worth approximately $840B and have raised a combined total of around $201B.- This year, 53 companies have joined the global unicorn club thus far.- Seventy companies joined the unicorn club in 2017, an increase of over 60% f...
Painless Microneedle Patch Provides Month-Long Contraception
[Tech]
2019/01/20 09:05
Researchers have developed a contraceptive patch that can be applied in five seconds and lasts over a month.Contraceptives are rarely convenient – implanted devices are invasive, and you have to remember to take the pill every day. Now a team led by researchers at Georgia Tech are developing a painless, contraceptive microneedle patch that women can apply themselves in five seconds, and only n...
Cosmetics Company Lush Launches a ZERO Packaging 'Naked' Shop
[Business]
2019/01/20 09:04
Cosmetics company Lush launches a ZERO packaging 'naked' shop in the bid to cut down on plastic waste with SOLID shampoo among the products on sale.- Lush is the first cosmetics company to launch a packaging-free store in the UK- The 'Naked' shop will open in Market Street, Manchester on Friday - Customers can expect to find soaps, solid shampoo bars and facial oils Natural cosmetics company Lu...
The Urban Self-Driving Cafe with Robotic Bartender
[Design]
2019/01/20 09:03
Following the launch of the first mass-produced robotic bartender in 2018, carlo ratti associati (CRA) and makr shakr enhance driverless technology to create GUIDO, an urban self-driving cafe.Tthe autonomous vehicle comprises a unit with two mechanical arms that can prepare and serve any drink in seconds. it conceptualizes a dynamic shift in leisure within cities as any location can be temporar...
(매일경제) 글로벌 미래 트렌드 리서치 서비스
[Trendbird]
2019/01/18 00:33
글로벌 트렌드 정보 서비스 트렌드버드(Trendbird)에서 올해의 핵심적인 기술, 비즈니스 동향을 예측한 ‘2019 트렌드 전망 보고서(TRENDBIRD - Annual Trend Report 2019)’를 발간했다.- 글로벌 시장에서 포착된 핵심적인 글로벌 트렌드 및 미래 사업기회”를 주요 Industry와 핵심 Function으로 분류하여 발행하는 보고서 (총12권)- 인공지능, 음성비서, VA/AR, IoT, 로봇, 리테일 2.0, FinTech, 자율주행차 등 핵심 기술을...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Artificial-Intelligence Hardware : New Opportunities for Semiconductor Companies
[Business]
2019/01/17 10:42
Artificial intelligence is opening the best opportunities for semiconductor companies in decades. How can they capture this value ?Software has been the star of high tech over the past few decades, and it’s easy to understand why. With PCs and mobile phones, the game-changing innovations that defined this era, the architecture and software layers of the technology stack enabled several importa...
