TREND REPORTS
Corning Gorilla Glass 6 will Protect Your Next Phone from 15 Drops in a Row
[Product]
2018/07/22 11:09
Corning's Gorilla Glass covers the displays of phones from Apple, Samsung, LG and many more, and two years after the last refresh, Corning has just unveiled Gorilla Glass 6. Now more durable than ever, the new covering glass is able to survive up to 15 successive drops from a meter (39 inches) high.We wouldn't recommend putting it to the test though – that number of successive survived drops i...
Custom Framing Startup Framebridge Picks Up $30M Series C
[Investing]
2018/07/22 11:08
D.C.-based Framebridge today announced the close of a $30 million Series C financing round led by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. with participation from existing investors SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, Revolution Ventures, and NEA.Launched in 2014, Framebridge offers affordable and convenient custom framing via its website and mobile app. The idea for the company started when founder and...
(Infographic) Intel's Guide to the Internet of Things
[Tech]
2018/07/22 11:07
The “Internet of Things” is exploding. It is made up of billions of “smart” devices—from miniscule chips to mammoth machines—that use wireless technology to talk to each other (and to us). Our IoT world is growing at a breathtaking pace, from 2 billion objects in 2006 to a projected 200 billion by 2020.1 That will be around 26 smart objects for every human being on Earth! Where the Wirele...
Rolls-Royce Is Building Cockroach-Like Robots to Fix Plane Engines
[Tech]
2018/07/22 11:06
DEBUGGING. Typically, engineers want to get bugs out of their creations. Not so for the U.K. engineering firm (not the famed carmaker) Rolls-Royce — it’s looking for a way to get bugs into the aircraft engines it builds.These “bugs” aren’t software glitches or even actual insects. They’re tiny robots modeled after the cockroach. On Tuesday, Rolls-Royce shared the latest developments in it...
Online Furniture Sales Are Booming
[Business]
2018/07/22 11:05
In the early days of e-commerce, people mostly bought products online that were easily packable and shipped.Amazon for example started off selling books, then added CDs and DVDs before eventually starting to sell pretty much everything. No one would have thought of buying furniture online because it would have been outrageously expensive to ship it. These days, buying furniture online is a fair...
Cannabis Is The Latest ‘It’ Ingredient In Beauty Products - MGC Derma
[Product]
2018/07/22 11:04
The beauty business is going green. From toners to facial masks, hand creams to lip balms to perfumes, new beauty products containing cannabis-derived ingredients are hitting the shelves at an ever-rapid pace. After all, the legalized medical cannabis market is changing the world over – and cosmetic brands aren’t about to skip this trend.“All retailers are looking to bring cannabis cosmetics...
Nendo Creates Glass Bottle Capturing The Ripples of Natural Spring Water
[Design]
2018/07/22 11:03
Nendo has created a glass bottle covered with ripples to express the liveliness of fresh spring water. the studio designed the bottle for i-lohas — a coca-cola owned mineral water brand in japan, which utilises high quality water sources found in the country.Nendo‘s design combines practicality, featuring an anti-slip surface, with a minimalist aesthetic which expresses the purity of the wate...
(PDF) Deloitte's 2018 Back-to-College Survey
[Consumer]
2018/07/19 11:06
Our sixth-annual survey takes a closer look at parent planned spending during back-to-college shopping. Could online spend take an unexpected turn, putting in-store sales in the lead?This year, $25.5 billion will likely be spent on back-to-college (B2C) shopping. But will parents be making all of the decisions alone? In order to capitalize on this lucrative shopping season, retailers will likel...
Neymar’s Epic World Cup Fall Hilariously Rolls Into A Typeface - Ney Type
[Design]
2018/07/19 11:06
Soccer star Neymar’s fall at the 2018 World Cup was a drama, spectacle, and meme rolled into one—and now, you can also call it a font. Luciano Jacob, a Brazil-based Art Director at agency Mutato, has created 26 more reasons to celebrate the epic moment through ‘Ney Type’, a typeface he developed using the entire choreography of Neymar’s roll. There were so many poses in the historic fall,...
