TREND REPORTS
Alphabet’s Smart City - Sidewalk Labs
[Design]
2018/08/20 11:29
Timber towers and smart pavement: Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs is sharing an early glimpse of its Toronto development.Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto—the entity formed by Canada, Ontario, and the city of Toronto—have shared an early peek of design plans for Sidewalk Toronto, the much-hyped waterfront revitalization project that’s been touted as “the world’s first neighborhood...
Japan’s Start Today Gives Clothes Retailers a Glimpse of the Future
[Product]
2018/08/20 11:29
A million or so Japanese are using the firm's “Zozosuit”ONE problem plagues the business of selling clothes online—predicting how a garment will fit without trying it on. Behemoths such as ASOS, a British internet platform that sells its own and others’ apparel, try to overcome this by allowing people to buy several sizes to try on at home and return items free of charge—at huge cost to th...
The Irresistible Rise of Internet Dating
[Consumer]
2018/08/20 11:28
Meeting a mate online is fast becoming the default in America.FOR most of human history, the choice of life partner was limited by class, location and parental diktat. In the 19th and 20th centuries those constraints were weakened, at least in the West. The bicycle increased young people’s choices immeasurably; so did city life. But freed from their villages, people faced new difficulties: how...
How Paper Batteries Charged by Bacteria Could Power Internet of Things
[Tech]
2018/08/20 11:28
By integrating bacteria into paper batteries, researchers create a cheap, sustainable way to power billions of sensors and devices.Suddenly, office paper is turning heads. Well, at least as far as electronics and batteries are concerned.The explosive growth of miniaturized electronics and batteries to power everything from ingestible healthcare devices to sensors for intelligent transportation...
Drone Delivery of the Future - Toyota Gamaru
[Design]
2018/08/20 11:28
Gamaru is a smart cargo solution that aims to take the middleman out of the equation. Drones get your package from the warehouse, you get your package from the drones. It’s that simple!The system relies on tracking containers in the shape of barrels that house and protect packages of varying size as they make their way from the warehouse to consumer. The barrels are loaded on wheeled robotic p...
(Infographic) 5G : The Next Generation of Mobile Connectivity
[Business]
2018/08/20 11:28
Just before the smartphone revolution, Nokia was by far the world’s most popular mobile handset manufacturer.However, despite selling 250 million units of its two most popular block-shaped models in the mid-2000s, the Finnish company ended up being woefully late to the smartphone party. Not only was the company ill-equipped to match the iPhone and Blackberry in terms of technology and design f...
(PDF) Deloitte - Volatility in Emerging Economies : Is Contagion Too Harsh a Word ?
[Investing]
2018/08/19 10:43
Emerging economies are facing challenges such as capital outflows and financial market losses, raising fears of a contagion. But such fears may be unfounded as these economies have moved to more flexible currency practices, preventing sudden depreciation.IN May, Argentina reached out to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a line of credit to tide over a period of sharp fall in the peso...
Apple Could Launch Glasses in 2020, Apple Car in 2023, Predicts Analyst
[Business]
2018/08/19 10:43
Apple could release a pair of augmented reality smartglasses in 2020, highly respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts. Apple could also release an "Apple Car" by 2023, according to the note.The note is speculative, but Apple does have hundreds of employees working on both automotive projects and augmented reality prototypes.Apple could release augmented reality glasses by 2020, and a car t...
(PDF) LiveTag : Sensing Human-Object Interaction Through Passive Chipless WiFi Tags
[Tech]
2018/08/19 10:43
"Smart" internet-connected devices could indeed make life easier for us, but the things do typically have to be equipped with battery-powered electronics. That may not necessarily be the case for much longer, however, if the Wi-Fi-based LiveTag system reaches fruition.Developed by a team at the University of California San Diego, the system incorporates simple low-cost tags that can be adhered...
