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(PDF) Scientists Invent an Eye Patch Covered in Drug-Delivering Needles
[Tech]
2018/11/19 11:02
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Singapore has developed an eyepatch with dissolvable needles for use in treating eye diseases. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group describes their eyepatch and how well it worked in mice.Sometimes, the treatment sounds worse than the disease. Case in point: A team of researchers in Singapore has d...
5 Robotics Companies Driving Retail’s DTC Future
[Tech]
2018/11/19 11:02
Here’s a look at five of the key vendors behind the technology that is allowing brands and retailers to streamline their distribution processes in order to operate more nimbly and deliver upon shoppers’ increasing desire for speed and convenience.In the Future of Retail 2019 report, PSFK identified Bossa Nova Robotics, Kindred AI, Ocado, Takeoff Technologies and Persado as some of the leading...
What Smartphone Buyers Really Want
[Consumer]
2018/11/19 11:02
Experts say high smartphone saturation entices manufacturers to focus marketing on artificial intelligence, virtual reality, facial recognition- 55% of owners say newer smartphones’ screens are the right size; 24% say it’s too big.- 31% say they spend most of their phone time for texting; 17% say updating social media.While smartphone makers such as Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and LG...
EyeQue VisionCheck At-Home Eye Test for Self-Prescription of Glasses
[Product]
2018/11/19 11:02
EyeQue, a company based in Newark, California, is releasing a vision testing system that you can use at home to test your eyes with the help of a smartphone.The EyeQue VisionCheck personal vision tracker snaps onto the screen of a smartphone and the user simply places it against the eye to perform the testing. The accompanying app displays various images on the screen and while the user looks a...
Bringing Independence Back to Sufferers of Parkinson’s
[Design]
2018/11/19 11:01
ALBERT is an ideal companion for individuals with Parkinson’s disease as well as their loved ones. The design harnesses the power of haptic feedback in order to prevent a problem known as FOG (Freezing of Gait) in which the individual becomes stuck and immobile for no apparent reason.One interesting trick that sufferers have learned is to create a type of rhythm (whether it’s haptic, visual o...
(PDF) Deloitte - 2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey
[Consumer]
2018/11/18 09:10
Once again, smartphones are at the center of the connected universe. Our survey revealed that consumer habits—from smartphone and smartwatch adoption and increased use of digital voice assistants to demand for data and anticipation for 5G—continue to dictate telecommunications trends.Mobile trends at a glanceThe 2018 global mobile consumer survey marks the eighth-consecutive year that Deloitt...
(Patent) A Facebook Patent would Use your Family Photos to Target Ads
[Tech]
2018/11/18 09:09
Facebook has filed a patent that would make it easier to target whole families with ads by analyzing the photos they post. The application, filed on May 10th and published today, covers an algorithm that would identify elements of photographs — like faces or other details— and cross-reference them with other data to build a profile of an entire household. If Facebook chose to implement the sy...
New Automated Grocery-Pricing System from Israel - Wasteless
[Product]
2018/11/18 09:08
New Automated Grocery-Pricing System from Israel promises to slash food waste, cut prices for consumers, and increase profits for supermarkets. Wasteless enables automatic dynamic pricing based on expiration date. That’s about two billion tons of food, worth billions of dollars. It’s a shocking statistic, and at the end of the day, it’s not just the supermarkets or food producers that pay th...
Breaking Through the Crowded Craft Beer Segment
[Business]
2018/11/18 09:07
Crowding is a phenomenon that tends to be created by burgeoning trends and can happen in any fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) category or segment. Here’s how it often materializes:- Consumer tastes and preferences evolve and new trends emerge.- To win over shoppers, retailers and manufacturers innovate around these trends.- Sometimes the initial rush to innovate adds copy-cat items to the she...
