TREND REPORTS
Millennials on Millennials: In the Know…On the Go
[Consumer]
2018/09/20 10:26
Millennials, defined here as adults ages 21-37, are the most-coveted consumer demographic from a marketer-engagement perspective, yet they’re often the most stereotyped as well. This generation has spending power and influence, and marketers are eager to reach them.The current media landscape in the U.S. is fragmented, resulting in multiple ways for people to consume news and current events. O...
The Animal Ringer - Making Hospitals A Little Less Daunting
[Design]
2018/09/20 10:26
Hospitals are a daunting and unfamiliar environment that can be especially intimidating for young children. Having a product that makes the situation a little less unsettling is always going to be welcome, and that’s exactly what the Animal Ringer is intended to do!The Animal Ringer is exactly what you think it is, an animal inspired ringer that’s aimed at pediatric patients. Not only do they...
(Infographic) 7 Facts That Will Free You From the Fear of Stock Market Crashes
[Investing]
2018/09/19 10:49
The current bull market in stocks is closing in on an astounding 10 years in length, making it the longest bull market run in all of modern history.Everyone remembers the mayhem of 2008 – and with stock prices at all-time highs, the fear of a market meltdown is a valid concern for many investors.How to Become UnshakeableToday’s infographic is from Tony Robbins, leveraging data and talking poi...
(PDF) Nvidia Develop AI System That Generates Synthetic Scans of Brain Cancer
[Tech]
2018/09/19 10:48
Artificially intelligent (AI) systems are as diverse as they come from an architectural standpoint, but there’s one component they all share in common: datasets. The trouble is, large sample sizes are often a corollary of accuracy (a state-of-the-art diagnostic system by Google’s DeepMind subsidiary required 15,000 scans from 7,500 patients), and some datasets are harder to find than others.R...
(PDF) Bain - Experience Is the New Product : Here's How to Manage It
[Consumer]
2018/09/19 10:48
Organize around customer episodes, improving them through Agile teams.- More companies now emphasize the entire experience surrounding a product or service. But how do they improve the experience, or fix a broken one?- For many, the key unit of management has become the customer "episode," and the core method is Agile. An episode consists of all the activities involved to successfully fulfill a...
Innovation Around the World
[Tech]
2018/09/19 10:43
They say that necessity is the mother of invention—and inventors have always been working to solve all of life’s little (and big) problems. Can you imagine, for example, a life without countless types of machinery, the lightbulb, sliced bread, the iPhone, or Google? Thanks to the cleverness of inventors, life continually improves.But on the way to making their inventions available to the gene...
Never Miss a Package Again
[Design]
2018/09/19 10:43
For anyone who regularly receives packages (which is just about everyone thanks to Amazon), securing your packages once they’ve arrived is problematic if not entirely stress inducing! You don’t leave your house unlocked, so why would you trust your items to stay on your doorstep? The time is approaching for homes and apartments to be equipped with personal package drop-offs. Designed with thi...
(Infographic) How to Cater Your Marketing Messages to Your Consumers
[Consumer]
2018/09/19 10:43
Most across all age groups vastly prefer email over any other medium.[click to enlarge]Toluna and Movable Ink’s new research analyzed the effectiveness of marketing messages by age group.Consumers across all age groups strongly prefer email over any other marketing medium, and they consider irrelevance and oversaturation to be the two worst elements of bad marketing messaging. Those are two of...
(Video) Bluenero Smart Aquarium Automatically Feeds Your Fish
[Product]
2018/09/19 10:42
It was inevitable. Everything in the connected home is smart these days, from vacuums to appliances to lights. Why not a smart aquarium?That’s the concept and coming product from a small company called Bluenero, operating largely out of the Republic of Armenia. The company has launched an Indiegogo campaign that’s already raised over $35,000 on a $25,000 goal and Founder and CEO Vahe Tumanyan...
