TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Deloitte - Capturing Value from The Smart Packaging Revolution
[Business]
2018/10/28 09:10
Smart packaging offers significant opportunities and a real risk of disruption. Innovative business models and practices can help overcome challenges and maximize the value of smart packaging applications.A shipment of high-end skin care products leaves its offshore production facility, and an embedded multifunction sensor in the pallet tracks the location of the product as it moves through mul...
(Patent) Facebook Confirms It’s Building Augmented Reality Glasses
[Tech]
2018/10/28 09:09
“Yeah! Well of course we’re working on it,” Facebook’s head of augmented reality Ficus Kirkpatrick told me when I asked him at TechCrunch’s AR/VR event in LA if Facebook was building AR glasses. “We are building hardware products. We’re going forward on this . . . We want to see those glasses come into reality, and I think we want to play our part in helping to bring them there.”This is...
Microsoft and NAB Trial Biometrics for Cardless ATMs
[Tech]
2018/10/28 09:08
Facial recognition to allow customers to withdraw funds.The National Australia Bank (NAB) is looking towards a cardless future, unveiling a partnership with Microsoft that sees the companies develop a proof of concept Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) to allow customers to withdraw funds using their face.Announced during Sibos in Sydney on Tuesday, the proof of concept has been developed using Azu...
Portrait Painted by AI Sells For $432,500
[Design]
2018/10/28 09:07
A painting made by an artificial intelligence program sold at Christie’s in New York auction on Thursday for $432,500—far more than the estimated $7,000 to $10,000.An anonymous phone bidder bought the painting, Portrait of Edmond Belamy, which was created by an algorithm developed by the Paris art collective Obvious. The three-person team fed the network 15,000 portraits from the 14th through...
The Digital Transformation of Home Entertainment
[Business]
2018/10/28 09:06
The rise of digital formats has not only transformed the music industry over the past two decades. The home entertainment market has also undergone a complete digital makeover. While the introduction of digital movie downloads via services such as iTunes put a dent in physical format sales and rentals, the rise of Netflix and other subscription-based video streaming services really transformed...
Brands Support The Environment by Planting Trees
[Business]
2018/10/28 09:05
The climate change crisis has reached new heights, with scientists saying that unless the world decreases its greenhouse gas emissions, global warming will reach a point of no return by 2020. Young consumers worry about the state of the world and appreciate brands that help to make it a better place; the following brands have launched initiatives to support the environment by planting trees, wh...
Chinese Scientists Develop Shape-Shifting Robot Inspired by Terminator
[Tech]
2018/10/28 09:04
Palm-sized prototype is powered by liquid metal, which turns wheel as its centre of gravity changes when voltage is altered. Researchers say soft robots could be used for search and rescue missions.The palm-sized robot comprises a plastic wheel, a small lithium battery and drops of liquid metal. The robot’s wheel rolls when the liquid metal changes the centre of gravity, which is controlled by...
The Award-Winning B Drone Concept
[Design]
2018/10/28 09:03
In the unfortunate event of an earthquake, the aftermath can be filled with unparalleled amounts of fear, compromised safety and frantic confusion, as the rush to locate survivors within the 72-hour period, or Golden Time, is carried out! As each hour passes after the 72-hour mark, the person’s chances of surviving dramatically plummets, so locating, and safely extracting them from the situati...
(PDF) EY Study : Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) The Class of 2017
[Investing]
2018/10/25 09:10
ICO portfolio is down by 66% in the first half of 2018, according to EY study.- 86% of tracked ICOs are below listing price; 30% lost substantially all their value- ICOs claim to have raised US$15b in first half of 2018- Top 10 ICOs listed in 2017 account for essentially all of the gains since issuance, with a majority in blockchain infrastructureIn the first half of 2018, 86% of the leading in...
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