TREND REPORTS
The $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life With Diabetes
[Tech]
2018/11/18 09:06
DIYers used a security flaw to bypass the $8.3 billion insulin delivery business with a cobbled-together artificial pancreas.When her daughter, Sydney, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 8, Kate Farnsworth stopped sleeping through the night. She’d set the alarm for 3 a.m. so she or her husband, Dave, could prick the girl’s fingers and check her blood sugar. If the results were worrisom...
Young Adults Keep Pressing Play - Binge Watching
[Consumer]
2018/11/18 09:05
Binge-watching a series is becoming a common way for people to consume TV. According to a Morning Consult/Hollywood reporter poll, young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 were more likely to change their social and personal habits to accommodate a show that they are diving into. About three-quarters of young adults reported pulling all night-ers to find out what happens to their favorite cha...
Lego Forma Targets Stressed Adults
[Product]
2018/11/18 09:04
The Danish company is breaking its traditional mold with the new Lego Forma line, a set designed to empower your creativity and mental wellbeing.Lego is one of the most popular brands in the world, known and loved by children and nostalgic adults alike. But few grown-ups buy Lego for themselves. The Danish company wants to change that with a new type of construction toy that is half Lego, half...
(Video) L'Oréal La Roche-Posay My Skin Tracks UV Exposure, Without Batteries
[Product]
2018/11/18 09:03
The Danish company is breMy Skin Track UV is currently available at US Apple stores, and on the company's retail website.While we all appreciate the importance of limiting our exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays, actually keeping track of the amount can be difficult. L'Oréal's new My Skin Track UV is designed to help. It's described as "the first battery-free wearable electronic to measure...
(PDF) IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report - 1H. 2018
[Business]
2018/11/15 11:24
Digital ad revenues could exceed $100 billion for first time in 2018. Growth continues, driven by mobile. Social and video see double-digit, if flattening, growth.Overall, U.S. digital ad revenues grew by 23.1 percent o $49.5 billion in the first half of 2018, adding more than $9 billion compared to the first half of 2017. That put digital on track to exceed $100 billion in annual ad revenues f...
(Video) James Dyson Award 2018 Winner : O-Wind Turbine
[Tech]
2018/11/15 11:24
Beating out a fascinating list of other entries, the O-Wind Turbine has taken out the UK£30,000 (US$39,000) first prize in this year's James Dyson Awards. This crooked, vented spherical device is designed to hang from skyscraper balconies and generate electricity in the chaotic wind conditions of a high-rise metropolis.Traditional wind generators are very efficient, but only when they're point...
New York Is a Genuine Tech Hub (and That Was Before Amazon)
[Business]
2018/11/15 11:24
In 2003, Craig Nevill-Manning, a computer scientist at Google, wanted to set up an engineering outpost in New York. Google’s top leaders were skeptical, but they told him that he could go ahead if he could find 15 “Google-worthy” software developers in the city.“The attitude was that pretty much all the good software engineers were in Silicon Valley,” Mr. Nevill-Manning recalled. “It seem...
Cars could be Powered by Water with New Israeli Technology - Electriq Global
[Tech]
2018/11/15 11:24
In the Electriq-Global system, liquid fuel reacts with a catalyst to release hydrogen from water. The spent fuel can be replenished for re-use.Could cars someday run on water, not oil? Australian-Israeli startup Electriq-Global is giving a wet thumbs-up to a new fuel technology that extracts hydrogen from water and turns that hydrogen into electricity to power the vehicle.ue to Electric-Global;...
Alternatives to Single-Use Plastic Straws Populate the Market
[Product]
2018/11/15 11:24
Since brands started committing to the anti-straw movement, the eco-friendly initiative has gone even further, with the EU parliament voting to ban single-use plastics, including straws and other cutlery, and a societal shift toward eliminating single-use cups, too. For consumers who like using straws, there’s no reason to fear—alternatives to plastic are popping up as a greener alternative....
