TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Mckinsey - Automotive Revolution Perspective Towards 2030
[Business]
2016/01/21 11:44
Technology-driven trends will revolutionize how industry players respond to changing consumer behavior, develop partnerships, and drive transformational change.Today’s economies are dramatically changing, triggered by development in emerging markets, the accelerated rise of new technologies, sustainability policies, and changing consumer preferences around ownership. Digitization, increasing a...
(Video) Augmented Reality For Trying On Makeup Is A Booming Business
[Business]
2016/01/21 11:43
“Sure, that looks great on a model, but how will it look on me?” Now you can find out thanks to ModiFace, an augmented reality startup that’s quietly grown to power apps for 55 of the top makeup brands like Sephora, P&G and Unilever.Fire up the camera on your phone or a store makeup counter’s tablet, choose different styles of lipstick, eye shadow or whatever else, and ModiFace applies...
Right Now, It's All About Oil
[Investing]
2016/01/21 11:43
Are low oil prices good or bad?On one hand, you might think low oil prices are good as the resulting low energy costs are good for the businesses and consumers that buy it. Ideally, they'll take those newfound savings and throw it right back into the economy.On the other hand, very low oil prices make can cause all sorts of problems for producers, which include the drillers who bleed money and...
Using Patient Fingerprints to Break Down Medical Record Silos - CrossChx
[Business]
2016/01/21 11:43
A startup uses encryption and fingerprint authentication to compare medical records across providers—and aims to make them easier to move, too.For the over 40 million people served by the more than 300 health systems working with startup CrossChx, checking in for a doctor’s appointment is much like unlocking an iPhone. All you need is your right index finger. Touch it onto a fingerprint reade...
(Video) Biometrics Could Become Standard Practice for Dating Apps
[Business]
2016/01/21 11:43
If your heart skips a beat, a genuine connection is not far off.In dating apps, the first connection happens based on a photo and a clever description. But Once wants to make that connection more organic by measuring a user’s excitement about a potential date through their heart rate.When it first debuted, Once emphasized its careful process of choosing just one match for users per day. This c...
The Biggest Hurdles for Hyperloop Are Still Land Rights and Bureaucracy, Not Tech
[Tech]
2016/01/21 11:43
Today Hyperloop Transportation Technologies filed a permit to build a 5-mile prototype in Quay Valley — a utopian, eco-friendly community planned for Central California. And while we’re rooting for them to succeed with their test track, it still doesn’t change the Hyperloop’s largest challenges. Because the biggest hurdle isn’t the tech behind Hyperloop, it’s the land rights and every oth...
Trend Watch : Apartment Farming
[Product]
2016/01/21 11:42
Hands-off farming brings the locavore movement closer to home.In 2007, the term “locavore” was added to the Oxford American Dictionary as the word of the year. The term was defined as: “locavore (n.): a person whose diet consists only or principly of locally grown and produced food.” According to a study by the Food Marketing Institute, shoppers often prefer these items as they support the...
(Video) Signature Touch Smartphone for Bentley
[Product]
2016/01/21 11:42
Introducing the Signature Touch smartphone for Bentley. An upgrade from the previous sans touchscreen model, Bentley has continued its partnership with Vertu to make the more luxurious smartphone in the world. Even at first glance the handmade Signature Touch sets itself apart. Underneath the beautiful leather casing is the Snapdragon 810 processor to make navigating the 1080p touchscreen displ...
Deloitte - Virtual Reality Market to Hit $1 Billion This Year
[Business]
2016/01/20 11:15
Virtual reality (VR) will have its first billion dollar year in 2016, with about $700 million in hardware sales, and the remainder from content, a report said.Sales of about 2.5 million VR headsets and 10 million game copies are estimated for the year, according to the 15th edition of the report entitled Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Li...
(PDF) BCG - The Design-to-Value Advantage
[Business]
2016/01/20 11:15
To survive in today’s environment of low growth and rapid product life cycles, companies need to consistently deliver products and services that provide both the greatest total value to customers and the most attractive economics over the entire life cycle. Design to value (DTV) is a cross-functional development process that achieves these dual objectives by translating top-level strategy into...
(Video) Dynamic Touchscreen Could Display In Braille
[Tech]
2016/01/20 11:14
A special touchscreen tablet, made by a team at the University of Michigan, aims to bring braille into the future, by creating a readably tactile surface.One of the weaknesses of screen-based media is how inaccessible it can be for people with impaired vision, who must instead rely on screen readers and other specialized tools to speak aloud the words in an online article. Developed in the 19th...
IMF Sees Weaker Growth in China and the World in 2016 and 2017
[Investing]
2016/01/20 11:14
- Global growth forecast revised down—3.4 percent in 2016 and 3.6 percent in 2017- Emerging market and developing economies facing increased challenges- Key risks relate to China slowdown, stronger dollar, geopolitical tensions, renewed global risk aversionThe pickup in global growth is weak and uneven across economies, with risks now tilted toward the emerging markets, says the IMF’s latest...
