TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Disney Made A VR Jacket That Can Simulate Hugs, Snakes Crawling On Your Back
[Tech]
2018/05/01 10:09
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be punched in VR? Me neither. Well, you may get your chance anyway. Because Disney — the company behind your favorite childhood movies like The Lion King and Tarzan — has teamed up with MIT Media Lab and Carnegie Melon to make this a real thing.By hooking up 26 independent airbags inside a modified life vest, the team created what they call the “F...
China is Closing the Gap on U.S. in Technology IP Race
[Investing]
2018/05/01 10:08
China’s rising investment in research and expansion of its higher education system mean that it is fast closing the gap with the United States in intellectual property and the struggle to be the No.1 global technology power, according to patent experts.While U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of punitive tariffs on high-tech U.S. exports could slow Beijing’s momentum, it won’t turn back t...
MoMA’s Design Chief: VR Needs Fewer Gamers, More Castiglioni
[Design]
2018/05/01 10:07
Four insights from MoMA’s senior design curator Paola Antonelli about what a much-hyped medium could learn from design.The Museum of Modern Art’s senior design curator is getting into VR. In collaboration with the production company Sibling Rivalry Studio, Paola Antonelli has created a new 360-video series called & Design, where she explores her conviction that design is intertwined with...
The Highest Paid Athletes in The World, in One Chart
[Investing]
2018/05/01 10:06
Two of the three highest-paid athletes in the world last year played soccer, and combined they made $173 million.That’s according to a chart from HowMuch.net, based on figures from Forbes. As you can see, the highest-paid athlete last year was Cristiano Ronaldo, a 32-year-old soccer player from Portugal who has been named the best player in the world by FIFA, the international governing body f...
(Video) The Winner of the 2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
[Tech]
2018/05/01 10:05
The winner of the 2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize thinks he can drastically cut the pesticides we use, by making them stickier.By 2050, there will be 2 billion more people on planet Earth. Because everybody has to eat, the latest science suggests we may need 70% more crop production to meet demand. But right now, all the tricks we have to boost yields–pesticides, fertilizer–also do incredible...
A Nespresso That Knows You
[Design]
2018/05/01 10:04
What do you do when you first get to work in the morning? For most of us, it’s not starting up our computers or looking at our meeting schedules, rather, we head straight for the company coffee machine. I know this is especially true for me. Don’t even LOOK at me unless I’ve had my first sip. Designed with this sentiment in mind, Marmik Patel’s Nespresso concept gets to know each and every...
Monthly Trend Report - May. 2018 Edition
[Trendbird]
2018/05/01 10:03
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(PDF) Mckinsey - How Industrial Companies Can Respond to Disruptive Forces
[Business]
2018/04/24 09:10
A survey of 300-plus executives from the automotive, aerospace, and diversified-industrial sectors generated insights that can help traditional players reckon with change.The industrial sector will see more disruption within the next five years than it has in the past 20. Revenues will grow, but incumbents are ill equipped to capture their fair share. They will need to shake up their business m...
(Patent) Bose Patent Filing Points to Sport Earbuds That Can Keep Themselves Cool
[Tech]
2018/04/24 09:09
Bose has been moving forward with its products in quite a few ways recently, adding Google Assistant to its QC35 headphones, introducing its first fully wireless earbuds, and even crowdfunding earbuds specifically designed to help you sleep. Now it appears that the company is focusing on making sport earbuds that actually help keep you comfortable during your workout.A patent application filed...
