TREND REPORTS
(PDF) UBS - Global Family Offices' Investment Report 2018
[Investing]
2018/10/14 09:05
In the 2018 Global Family Office Report, 311 online surveys and 25 qualitative interviews were conducted with family offices from around the world between February and May 2018.Welcome to the fifth edition of the annual Global Family Office Report series.Since its inception in 2014, this report provides the most comprehensive analysis of family offices’ investment practices, operational costs,...
This Startup 'Society' is Redesigning The Products Hidden Under Your Sink
[Business]
2018/10/14 09:04
Society, a marketplace for non-toxic home goods, eschews typical packaging and embraces design inspired by artists like Ellsworth Kelly and Josef Albers.Imagine a world where you didn’t hide away your carpet stain remover or insect killing spray because they’re just too ugly.Society, a new marketplace for green home cleaning products that launches today, is designing bottles that its founders...
The Quiett Cooktop - Not Your Mama’s Recipe Book
[Design]
2018/10/14 09:03
My mom gave me a handful of those ancient recipe books that have been handed down in my family for decades.It was a nice gesture and all, but I’ll almost certainly never get around to making any of our heirloom recipes because… well… because who has time for that?? If you’re like me, you probably aren’t going to get around to cooking a new dish unless there’s an easy online instructional...
(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...
