TREND REPORTS
Brands are Eliminating Plastic Straws in an Environmental Initiative
[Product]
2018/07/25 11:14
Millennials and Gen Zs are highly eco-conscious consumers and they expect companies to innovate around environmentally friendly products and practices, from food to fashion to furniture. The #StopSucking movement encourages consumers to cut back on their use of single-use plastic straws, and big brands are accepting the challenge, too by reducing, eliminating, and replacing this ubiquitous uten...
Gen X Rebounds as the Only Generation to Recover the Wealth Lost After the Housing Crash
[Consumer]
2018/07/25 11:14
Few American homeowners were spared from the broad housing collapse a decade ago, but Generation Xers were hit particularly hard. Newer to the housing market, more likely to be buying at peak prices and taking on more mortgage debt to buy their homes, they lost more wealth than other generations. But a new Pew Research Center analysis of Federal Reserve data finds that Gen Xers are the only gen...
CityHawk eVTOL Flying Car Entering "Full-Scale Development"
[Product]
2018/07/25 11:14
Urban Aeronautics is going into "full scale development" of its CityHawk flying car, an urban getabout vehicle with VTOL capabilities.Israel's Urban Aeronautics (UA) has announced it's going into full-scale development of its CityHawk VTOL flying car. The first manned flights of this hybrid-powered, 170 mph six-seater will take place in 2021-22, after which it'll be converted to run on hydrogen...
This Installation is a Blank Canvas Inviting the Visitors to Express Themselves
[Design]
2018/07/25 11:13
As part of the festival of the fallas of valencia, a team formed by spanish studios nituniyo and memosesmas, has designed a sculpture that acts as a blank canvas on which different artists express their ideas, A ‘falla’ with an indefinite shape that seeks to respond to a changing reality. on the last day of the festival, the monument was burnt along with hundreds of other monuments in the cit...
(PDF) Capgemini - Growth in the Machine
[Investing]
2018/07/24 11:13
How financial services can move intelligent automation from a cost play to a growth strategy.Financial services firms around the world are using automation on transform their operating models as they target process efficiency and reduced operational costs. The economics of this efficiency play are compelling: a 10–25% increase in cost savings, potentially reaching 30–50% with cognitive automa...
Arrivo Partners with a Chinese Infrastructure Developer to Commercialize Hyperloop Tech
[Tech]
2018/07/24 08:41
Arrivo, the upstart high-speed mass transit technology developer launched by a former co-founder of Hyperloop One, has inked a massive partnership with a Chinese state-owned infrastructure developer to help finance mobility projects around the world.Genertec America, an affiliate of the China National Technical Import and Export Corp., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the General Technolog...
(PDF) Breakthrough Stanford Wearable Detects Stress Levels Through Sweat
[Tech]
2018/07/24 08:41
A team from Stanford University has developed the first wearable skin sensor that can measure a person's cortisol levels from their sweat. Cortisol, a hormone that spikes in response to stress levels, is an important biomarker for scientists that can help measure everything from emotional stress to metabolism and immune function.Our perspiration contains a goldmine of valuable information on th...
(Infographic) The Best and Worst Paid Jobs in the Tech Sector
[Consumer]
2018/07/24 08:40
Most people think getting into the upper middle class is straightforward: go to school, study technology, and get a job somewhere in the tech sector. But is it really that simple? We did some research and discovered that there are plenty of great high-paying gigs out there, but there are also several positions with relatively low pay.Our data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which trac...
Feminine Hygiene Products Go Organic
[Product]
2018/07/24 08:40
As consumers reexamine the products and services that meet some of their more intimate needs through a new lens of both empowerment and an increased knowledge of undisclosed chemicals in many commercial products,Brands are offering feminine hygiene products made with organic materials and eco-friendly initiatives that aim to support women both during and outside of their cycles.Blume Navigating...
