TREND REPORTS
SPUD Puts a 24-Inch Display In Your Back Pocket
[Product]
2016/03/24 11:16
The SPUD promises ultra-sharp images made by rear projection on a vinyl-composite screen.Sure there are portable monitors you can take along with you to increase the screen real estate of your laptop. You can even use your iPad as a second monitor with an app like Duet. But neither of those options will give you what you're really craving – a take-with-you display that expands to a full-sized...
(Video) The Future of Coffee is Here - Chewable Coffee, Go Cubes
[Product]
2016/03/23 10:48
As The New York Times noted, this year’s SXSWi underscored the extent to which technology is no longer just a product category but rather is now a lifestyle. One indicator of such was the buzz surrounding Go Cubes, a “chewable coffee” product intended to overcome traditional java’s shortcomings, like caffeine inconsistency and jitteriness. The portable stimulants deliver a carefully calibra...
(PDF) China Is On an Epic Solar Energy Binge
[Business]
2016/03/23 10:46
It’s worth taking a minute to appreciate the sheer scale of what China is doing in solar right now. In 2015, the country added more than 15 gigawatts of new solar capacity, surpassing Germany as the world’s largest solar power market. China now has 43.2 gigawatts of solar capacity, compared with38.4 gigawatts in Germany and 27.8 in the United States.According to new projections, it seems that...
Barefoot Series Turns Bodily Extremities Into Fleshy Footwear
[Design]
2016/03/23 10:46
Dubai-based designer jyo john mulloor has completed his latest series of body artworks. ‘barefoot’ is a collection of digital images depicting hybrid-human images that turn bodily extremities into fleshy footwear. at the base of each male or female foot, mulloor has digitally sculpted soft, cushion-like forms that mimic the texture, shape and style of rubber sneaker soles. skin is ‘grafted’...
iPhone 6 Series Now Represents Majority of U.S. iPhone Installed Base
[Product]
2016/03/23 10:46
Nine years since the introduction of the first iPhone, Apple remains America’s most popular smartphone original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in 2016. In light of Apple’s product event yesterday where they unveiled the latest iPhone SE, it seemed like the perfect time to look back at how iPhone ownership has evolved over the past year with respect to its different device families.The graphic b...
To Drive, or Not to Drive: The Youth Perspective on Self-Driving Cars
[Consumer]
2016/03/23 10:46
There’s little doubt that driverless cars are headed to a roadway near you. In fact, they’re already out and about in select towns in California, Texas and Washington. For some, the idea of surrendering the controls might sound like a dream come true. Driving-loving auto enthusiasts, on the other hand, might fight tooth and nail to stay behind the wheel. But what about young people—those who...
(Video) World’s First Use of its Miniaturized Robot in Human Surgery
[Tech]
2016/03/23 10:45
First-in-Human Feasibility Trial for Robotically Assisted Colon Resection Procedures Successfully Completed in Paraguay.Virtual Incision Corporation today announced the successful first-in-human use of its miniaturized robotically assisted surgical device (RASD) for colon resection, a procedure performed to treat patients with lower gastrointestinal diseases. These diseases include diverticulit...
Sales Research Startup Mattermark Raises $7.3M, Now Valued at $42M
[Investing]
2016/03/23 10:45
Mattermark, which has evolved rapidly from a database to help investors rank startups to a sales intelligence service, today announced that it has raised $7.3 million in series B funding and is valued at $42 million. The equity investment was led by Foundry Group and Jon Hallett, with participation from existing investors. (Disclosure: VentureBeat occasionally publishes opinion pieces from Foun...
(Video) TetraPOD - Greener Sea Defense
[Design]
2016/03/23 10:45
Sheng-Hung Lee has submitted his latest project, Tetrapot. This project is about creating structures that can act as sea defense by creating a natural habitat. You can read the explanation from Sheng-Hung Lee below.It started with a vision to create a stronger yet greener sea defense. Since we were in kid’s age, we have been wondering what these concrete blocks are and why these artificial sea...
Silicon Valley May Want MBAs More Than Wall Street Does
[Business]
2016/03/22 10:49
Never mind the trash talk. More tech companies are hiring MBAs.[click to enlarge]PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel said MBAs are predisposed to “herdlike thinking and behavior.” Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen dubbed them a contrarian indicator, saying “if they want to go into tech, that means a bubble is forming.” In a post on the question-and-answer website Quora, Facebook Chief Operating...
(PDF) BCG - The Digital Revolution Is Disrupting the TV Industry
[Business]
2016/03/22 10:49
The global television industry is in the midst of a digital revolution. Online video has been spreading like wildfire, empowering consumers to watch what they want when they want it, sometimes cutting TV out of the equation altogether. Networks, with their long legacy of linear programming (that is, airing news, sports, and entertainment at set times), are fighting to stay relevant. Cable and s...
(Video) Harvard - A 3D Material that Folds, Bends and Shrinks on its Own
[Tech]
2016/03/22 10:49
Using thin polymer sheets, the team created 64 individual cells to make a 4 x 4 x 4 cube capable of growing, shrinking, changing its entire shape, altering the orientation of its microstructure, and folding to become totally flat.Harvard researchers have created a 3D programmable mechanical metamaterial that can be programmed to change shape, volume and size on command, making it ideal for buil...
