TREND REPORTS
(Video) The World's Most Advanced Social Robot - Furhat Robotics
[Tech]
2018/11/14 11:30
The Furhat system uses back-projection to display a human face onto a mask.While a Westworld-ian future of lifelike humanoid robots may still be a long way away, the world of robotics in 2018 is at quite a fascinating point. AI voice assistants are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and large-scale robots are getting more and more dynamically mobile. However, bringing all these disparate elem...
TempTraq Stick-On Wireless Temperature Monitor Cleared
[Product]
2018/11/14 11:29
TempTraq, a Blue Spark Technologies company, won the European CE Mark for its stick-on wireless temperature monitor. The TempTraq device is about the size of a bandage and is stuck to the patient near the armit. It transmits readings wirelessly to a smartphone, if used at home, or a central system, if as part of a clinical monitoring system.Data is streamed continuously from the sensors, allowi...
(Infographic) Will a Robot Take Your Job ?
[Consumer]
2018/11/14 11:29
A recent study by the Mckinsey Global Institute forecasts up to 800 million workers worldwide could lose their jobs to automation by 2030.Industrial machine operators, administrators, and service workers will be the first to take a hit. Meanwhile, poorer countries with lower investment in tech are less likely to feel the pinch.Jobs Out, Jobs InToday’s chart uses data from the Future of Jobs Re...
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...
