TREND REPORTS
New, Simple ‘Buy’ Buttons Aim to Entice Mobile Shoppers
[Business]
2015/07/07 11:31
Denise Chapman, a director at a San Diego advertising agency, is afraid to count how many hours of each day she spends on her mobile phone, browsing for clothes or gifts. But when it comes time to actually buy something, instead of using her iPhone, she fires up an aging Dell computer that sits on a desk in her family’s kitchen.“I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t even try” to make onli...
Americans Spend 37 Hours a Month Using 27 Apps
[Consumer]
2015/07/07 11:31
According to research from Nielsen via Statista, American iPhone and Android phone users spent an average of 37 hours and 28 minutes using smartphone apps in the fourth quarter of 2014.More than double the figure of 18 hours and 18 minutes from the last quarter of 2011. But the number of apps used has barely budged, moving from 23.3 to 26.7.Americans are spending more than twice as much time us...
Russia's Armata Spurring a Revival in Main Battle Tanks
[Tech]
2015/07/07 11:31
Germany plans to update their Main Battle Tank (MBT), the Leopard 2, less than three weeks after the Russians debuted their new Armata tanks. The Germans will be conducting joint capability studies with France, set to run through 2018, before deciding on a design.Germany will modernize and put back into service 100 mothballed Leopard 2 tanks.During the Cold War, the former West Germany bought 2...
Mormedi Develops Innovative Self-Serve Gourmet Vending Machine
[Design]
2015/07/07 11:30
Developed by spanish design consultancy brand mormedi for grupo azkoyen, ‘button gourmet‘ is seen as the next step evolution of the self-service machine. providing 24/7 healthy food, the user-friendly interface aims to highlight and improve the aspirational character of the self-serving experience. fitted with a touch screen display, dispensing coffee, cold drinks and hot food, its modular an...
How Do Europeans Feel About A Grexit ?
[Consumer]
2015/07/06 10:47
Months of negotiations between Greece and its creditors have tested the patience and sympathy of its European neighbours. According to a YouGov poll, many people across Europe care little about whether Greece leaves or stays in the eurozone. In Germany, 53 percent of those polled would prefer Greece to leave. In Finland and Denmark, that number is 47 and 44 percent respectively.[chartofday]
From MIT's Neri Oxman, The (Far-Flung) Future Of Wearables
[Tech]
2015/07/06 10:47
OXMAN USE MICROORGANISMS AND 3-D PRINTED VESSELS TO CREATE FOOD, ENERGY, OXYGEN, AND LIGHT FOR INTERPLANETARY TRAVELERS.Fitness trackers, email-alert rings, bracelets that tell you how much sun you've gotten: your average wearable is good at conveying information and not much more. But in the hands of Neri Oxman, an architect and founder of the Mediated Matter research group at Massachusetts In...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Why Emerging-Market Companies Acquire Abroad
[Investing]
2015/07/06 10:47
Long focused on deals to acquire technology, brands, or know-how, more emerging-market companies have begun using M&A to tap into new markets.After years of using cross-border deals to acquire strategic and natural resources, multinational companies headquartered in emerging markets are increasingly looking to penetrate new markets—just like multinationals in developed markets do.Growth in...
(PDF) The Rise of the Digital Omnivore
[Business]
2015/07/06 10:47
Marketing used to be so simple. In the not-toodistant past, when marketers had to decide how to best reach consumers, they were faced with just a few options. They could use one or more of the three television networks, run advertisements newspapers and magazines, or rely on the U.S. Postal Service and direct mail. The advent of digital technologies, however, has made an advertiser’s life much...
(Video) Interactive 3D Fog Display
[Tech]
2015/07/06 10:47
This work is submitted to SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Emerging Technologies.We present a novel 3D display that applies projection mapping to a non-planar and reconfigurable fog screen, thus enabling interactive visual contents to be displayed at multiple depth levels. Users can perceive three-dimensionality naturally and interact with the unencumbered images by touching them directly in mid-air. The dis...
Humorous Graphs Chart The Emotions You Feel When Watching Disney Pixar Movies
[Consumer]
2015/07/06 10:46
In honor of the heartwarming nature of the newly-released animated film, Inside Out, the team at Oh My Disney has created a fun series of graphs detailing the full spectrum of emotions experienced when watching a Disney Pixar movie. Navigating the various emotional responses encountered by viewers during a Disney Pixar film screening, the graphs candidly chart the volume of tears shed, the shee...
Smart Insulin Patch Could Replace Painful Injections for Diabetes
[Tech]
2015/07/06 10:46
Patients with both type I and type II diabetes keep a check on their blood sugar levels through regular finger pricks and often require regular insulin injections. Apart from being painful and repetitive, injecting the wrong dose of medication could lead to several complications. Researchers from the University of North Carolina and NC state have now developed a smart patch that could eliminate...
Dubai to Print World’s First 3D-Printed Office Building
[Design]
2015/07/06 10:46
The United Arab Emirates likes to be first when it comes to amazing feats of construction and technology, and architecture in Dubai is constantly pushing the envelope. The world’s tallest building already towers over Dubai’s skyline, and now the city is planning to build the world’s first fully 3D-printed office building. It’s a cool, space-age structure that will save a bundle on construct...
