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(PDF) Bain - Delivering What Consumers Really Value
[Business]
2018/10/11 11:20
Excelling on the Elements of Value® leads to revenue and market share growth.- Companies are using the Elements of Value approach to solve challenges such as growing revenue, earning customer loyalty and designing offers.- Bain’s new survey of more than 45,000 US consumers shows how the elements link to revenue, market share, customer loyalty and willingness to pay in 22 consumer categories.-...
Dyson’s Latest Product is a $550 Hair Curler - The Airwrap
[Product]
2018/10/11 11:20
The British engineering company’s new styling tool, the Dyson Airwrap, aims to combat this problem by using tightly controlled streams of air that never go above 300 degrees. Similar in form to Dyson’s Supersonic blow-dryer, the Airwrap uses a clever piece of physics called the Coanda Effect–the same phenomenon that creates aerodynamic lift in airplanes. In the Airwrap, high pressure air com...
Chinese Investment Into Computer Vision Technology and AR Surges as U.S. Funding Dries Up
[Investing]
2018/10/11 11:20
Last year, 30 leading venture investors told us about a fundamental shift from early-stage North American VR investment to later-stage Chinese computer vision/AR investment — but they didn’t anticipate its ferocity.Digi-Capital’s AR/VR/XR Analytics Platform showed Chinese investments into computer vision and augmented reality technologies surging to $3.9 billion in the last 12 months, while...
MIT’s ‘Deep Angel’ Erases Anything (or Anyone) from Old Photos Using AI
[Tech]
2018/10/11 11:20
MIT’s Media Lab has created a photo editing tool called ‘Deep Angel’ that can erase people and objects from an image in a jiffy with the help of AI. Users can upload a photo, define what they wish to be removed, and ‘Deep Angel’ will conveniently execute the task. The project, fronted by Matt Groh, doubles as an experiment that prompts users to reevaluate what it means to have the power to...
Varjo Raises $31M for Industrial VR Headset with Human-Eye Resolution
[Investing]
2018/10/11 11:19
Helsinki-based virtual reality (VR) hardware startup Varjo has raised a new $31 million Series B round of funding led by Atomico, the venture capital company of Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstroem. Other investors include Next47, EQT Ventures and Lifeline Ventures.Including the new cash infusion, Varjo has now raised a total of $46 million. The company has been working on its own VR headset, whi...
Smart Home Technology Poised for Blockbuster Growth
[Business]
2018/10/11 11:19
All Categories of Smart Home Devices Forecast to Deliver Double-Digit Growth Through 2022, Says IDC.Among the devices Google announced at its big hardware event on Tuesday was the Google Home Hub, a Google Assistant device that resembles Amazon’s Echo Show by adding a screen to create what is essentially a smart speaker on steroids. As its name suggests, the Google Home Hub is supposed to be a...
Vegan SeaStar Seaweed-Based Tuna and Sashimi Launches in the Netherlands
[Product]
2018/10/11 11:19
A new brand of plant-based seafood called Vegan SeaStar has launched in the Netherlands. The company is a collaboration between Dutch plant-based product commercial agent, Vegan XL, and the Amsterdam-based comfort food restaurant, Vegan Junk Food Bar.According to Vegan SeaStar, the product is already available at the Marie Heinekenplein location of Vegan Junk Food Bar. It will also soon be avai...
MINI Arc Concept Features Transparent Roof and An Interactive Holographic Display
[Design]
2018/10/11 11:18
MINI Arc is a personal project as part of research in new transportation design by Grigory Butin. This concept proposal was inspired by the original MINI and a vision of possible future design of this car without losing its iconic design DNA. In the future, MINI would be all electric car, the new design would feature timeless, recognizable, and stylish characteristics.Grigory Butin explains tha...
(PDF) Edelman - 'Millennials With Money 2018' Report
[Consumer]
2018/10/10 10:42
Millennials With Money, a follow-up to our first deep-dive in 2016 on this generation’s relationship with money and financial services, revisits these dynamics now that they’re beginning to approach their 40s, starting and growing families and paying more attention to growing their wealth. This research is based on a survey of 1,500 affluent Millennials (defined here as having at least $50K i...
