TREND REPORTS
Space Shaker Collapsible Bottle
[Product]
2018/11/14 11:29
Space Shaker has launched the Space Shaker Lux on IndieGoGo, a collapsible hydration bottle designed to be used as a protein shaker bottle.According to the company, the hydration solution was originally created to make mixing and sipping protein powders more pleasurable, but can now also be used as a naturally flavored water infusion bottle. Users can fill the twist-n-click mixer attachment wit...
‘Net Guard’ Concept Imagines Drones Saving Humans from Burning Buildings
[Design]
2018/11/14 11:29
A group of Chinese students have designed a concept drone that transforms from a regular quadcopter into a flying safety net.Appropriately named Net Guard, the drone would be capable of rapidly expanding from a single piece into four distinct flying corners with the net held taut in the middle. You can watch a video (resembling a cutscene from a 90s Playstation game) showing the group’s vision...
(PDF) Skincare Industry Trends : Anti-Pollution Products
[Business]
2018/11/13 11:15
Big Beauty has been all about skincare lately, and that part of the industry is thriving, thanks in large part to its ballooning anti-aging category. But another category of skincare might be the next growth area: As air quality declines in cities around the world, “anti-pollution” products are making their way into the mainstream, holding new appeal for urbanites trying to protect their skin...
How America Became a Nation of Yoga Pants - Lululemon
[Business]
2018/11/13 11:15
What was once a simple stretchy legging has become an engineering marvel. Not too surprising, though, when about $48 billion is being spent on this activewear in the US every year.The first pairs of yoga pants Lululemon sold in 1998 were a simple item for women to wear at the studio. They were a mix of nylon and Lycra — synthetic elastic fibers that provided the stretch and softness needed to...
(Infographic) Israel’s Artificial Intelligence Startup Exits
[Investing]
2018/11/13 11:15
Israeli machine learning, computer vision and artificial intelligence technologies at large have been created and sold dating back to 1998, which can be a testament to the country’s leading position in the global podium for AI development.[click to enlarge]A common question circulating the global ecosystem: which country is the strongest in developing AI. Which country is winning the race to A...
ROBO ADVISOR : $40 Billion Per Month Goes from Active to Passive, But Robo Performance Mixed.
[Investing]
2018/11/13 11:14
One part of the digital investment management story is the shortening of the value chain in wealth and asset management. As active asset managers (fund manufacturers that pick investments to create alpha) face compression driven by asset flows into passive products -- indexes packaged in ETFs -- one answer form asset managers have been to build out their own distribution channel, where they con...
Corneas Could Be the First Mainstream Application of Bioprinting - Precise Bio
[Tech]
2018/11/13 11:14
The startup Precise Bio says it can replace donated eyes with 3D-printed corneas.Here’s a futuristic problem that may not have occurred to you: If self-driving cars really catch on and the number of traffic fatalities plunges, so will the number of organs available for transplant. Currently, about 20 percent of donated organs come from people who die in car accidents. Luckily, there’s a futur...
Amazon Echo Has 23% Share of Smart Speakers in Use
[Product]
2018/11/13 11:13
According to a major new consumer survey, the most popular smart speaker model in the US is the Amazon Echo, which accounts for 23% of all smart speakers in use. Including all its models, Amazon accounts for 63% of smart speakers in use, while Google accounts for 17% and Apple 4%. These findings have been published by Strategy Analytics in its report “ Smart Speaker User Survey – US Results...
EcoLogicStudio Fights Global Climate Change with Bio-Digital Urban Curtain
[Design]
2018/11/13 11:13
London-based architectural and design studio ecoLogicStudio has revealed during dublin’s climate innovation summit 2018 a large-scale installation dubbed photo.synth.etica. Created in collaboration with climate-KIC — EU’s most prominent climate innovation initiative — the urban curtain aims to accelerate solutions to global climate change by capturing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it...
