TREND REPORTS
(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...
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...
