Five core components industry and government stakeholders can consider in the shift to health and well-being.Expanded connectivity and the exponential growth of technology are enabling smart health communities, which could offer a modern take on community-based well-being and disease prevention.HISTORICALLY, health care was delivered in the community. Physicians made house calls; birth and deat...

Facebook filed a patent for an unusual drone that would use kites to stay aloft. The “dual-kite aerial vehicle” is composed of two kites tethered together and floating at different altitudes. Each kite could be directed independently, and the drone could generate its own energy to extend its flight time. As with all patents, we don’t know whether Facebook is building this system. But it indi...

IKEA has partnered with American start-up Ori on Rognan, a shape-shifting furniture system that moves robotically to create more flexible living areas in compact homes.Unveiled this week at Democratic Design Days, IKEA's annual conference, the system is a combination of Ori's robotic platform and IKEA's existing Platsa storage solution.By touching a button, the system retracts on wheels to prov...

As the following chart, based on results from Statista’s Global Consumer Survey, shows, other services have long overtaken iTunes when it comes to (paid) digital media consumption.For many years, Apple iTunes Store was the first choice for Americans looking to buy digital music, TV shows or movies online. When the iTunes Music Store debuted in 2003, it marked the beginning of the digital music...

Volkswagen’s Golf is getting some R2-D2 action, with the Golf GTI Aurora concept debuting a new hologram control system. The floating 3D interface demands no special glasses or screens; instead, it simply shows a set of media controls that hover in mid-air.The play, pause, and track skip buttons, along with animated playlists and more are all floating icons and graphics, selected by “tapping...

For the first time, Amazon today showed off its newest fully electric delivery drone at its first re:Mars conference in Las Vegas. Chances are, it neither looks nor flies like what you’d expect from a drone. It’s an ingenious hexagonal hybrid design, though, that has very few moving parts and uses the shroud that protects its blades as its wings when it transitions from vertical, helicopter-l...

Compass Pools has unveiled a concept for a four-sided infinity pool atop a London skyscraper, accessed via a submarine-style door.Called Infinity London, the project is described by the swimming pool manufacturer as "only building in the world to incorporate a 360-degree infinity pool".The pool is imagined atop a 220-metre-high, 55-storey skyscraper. Containing 600,000 litres of water, it would...

China’s economic surge is one of the biggest stories of the 21st century. Hundreds of millions of people have been lifted out of poverty, and China’s swelling middle class has attracted the interest of Western companies.As many American companies have discovered, doing business in China is far from straightforward. Recent history is littered with examples of companies that entered the Chinese...

Once drivers become passengers, a new “fifth-screen” economy focused on the in-car experience will flourish.If someday you no longer need to drive when you’re in your car, what will you do instead? Comfort, convenience, and entertainment already matter to drivers. But when drivers become passengers, these aspects of the in-car experience — centered on a new screen built into vehicles that w...