TREND REPORTS
(Infographic) The 20 Countries With the Lowest Fertility Rates in 2024
[Consumer]
2024/10/22 09:06
Worldwide, fertility has fallen from an average of 5 births per woman in 1950 to 2.3 births per woman in 2021.With fewer children being born, concerns have arisen that there may soon be ‘too few’ people to sustain economies.This graphic lists countries with the lowest fertility rates as of 2024, based on data compiled by Statista. All figures are estimates.Understanding Fertility RateThe fert...
Autonomous Driverless Scooter Offers a Smart Ride Through City Streets
[Design]
2024/10/22 09:05
Increasing traffic in cities has led to a market for personal commuters that are becoming more interesting with every new development. On the same lines, industrial design house OfMyImagination (OMI) has reimagined what a city commuter of the future will be like.Meet Hop, a multi-person scooter platform designed to offer an alternative to urban transportation. A two-person scooter is the norm b...
Water-Injected Hydrogen Combustion V6 Doubles Up Power
[Tech]
2024/10/22 09:04
Alpine reveals the all-new V6 it's developed from the ground up to run on compressed hydrogen gas.Following a concept world premiere in 2022 and a track demo at Le Mans a couple months ago, the Alpine Alpenglow is back, this time serving as a spectacular highlight of the 2024 Paris Motor Show. Alpine has equipped the latest Alpenglow with an all-new "Hy6" twin-turbo V6 engine developed from the...
Sleek Coffee Machine Concept for Porsche
[Design]
2024/10/22 09:03
Sleek coffee machine concept has the elegance of a high-performance sports car.Gone are the days when kitchen tools and appliances were simply seen as utilitarian objects. With a greater awareness of product design, consumers have become more meticulous in picking products that do more than just serve their advertised functions. Aesthetics and tactile experiences have also become important buyi...
(PDF) Accenture Life Trends 2025
[Consumer]
2024/10/21 09:10
A window into people's behaviors and attitudes to the world around them, including business, technology and societal shifts. This year, five emerging trends explore the cost of hesitations as people go after a healthier, more balanced relationship with technology—for themselves and for the next generation.People are rebalancing key behaviors, shifting their priorities and figuring out how to m...
(Video) Two People Just Communicated Through Their Dreams for First Time Ever
[Tech]
2024/10/21 09:09
California-based start-up REMspace conducted the experiment last month. Yet another huge scientific breakthrough has been achieved - and this time it involves dreams.A start-up company in California say that they have proven that lucid dreams can unlock a new type of communication.Using specially designed equipment, REMspace - a neurotechnology company specializing in sleep enhancement and luci...
(Infographic) 10 Years of AI Venture Capital Deals and Exits
[Investing]
2024/10/21 09:08
Globally, AI startups have raised more than $650 billion in venture capital in the last decade. But how has the industry grown and changed over time?For this graphic, we partnered with Fasken to explore the change in AI venture capital deal and exit values, along with how these changes have impacted potential investor returns.Despite recent declines, the sector’s frequent growth up to 2021 hig...
NASA's Moon Suit Gets Runway Treatment in Prada Partnership
[Design]
2024/10/21 09:07
In one of the strangest partnerships we've come across, Axiom Space and Prada (yes, that Prada) have teamed up to produce the space suits NASA astronauts will wear when they return to the Moon as part of the space agency's Artemis program.NASA has not had a new space suit since 1982 when the current EVA suits were made, and there have been no new Moon suits since the Apollo program that ended i...
Sports Streaming has Become the Wild West - And It’s Infuriating for Fans
[Consumer]
2024/10/21 09:06
For die-hard NFL fans, the streaming landscape has become a nightmare. Long gone are the days of flipping a few channels with the occasional jaunt over to ESPN on Monday nights, or even just catching pretty much every game on Sunday Ticket. Now football rights are smeared across a litany of broadcasters — including several streaming services — leaving fans to grab their remotes, log into Amaz...
Non-Invasive ECG Device for Diabetics Live-Monitors Your Blood Sugar
[Tech]
2024/10/21 09:05
A new continuous glucose monitor (CGM) that is not only non-invasive but that predicts blood sugar levels from ECG data promises to shake up diabetes management. The device is being showcased at the 2024 Taiwan Innotech Expo.Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) have revolutionized diabetes management by providing around-the-clock blood sugar levels and trends, as well as access to comprehensive d...
Booking.com's Trending Destinations for 2025
[Consumer]
2024/10/21 09:04
Booking.com has named its top trending destinations for 2025 based on the year-on-year growth rate of some of the most booked locations on the platform. Vacation hotspots that make their way onto the top list include Brazil's João Pessoa, known as the "Sun Gate". Admired as one of the greenest locations in the world, travelers can marvel at the city’s natural beauty by visiting Jardim Botâni...
Singing Bottle Concept Rewards Kids When They Take Their Pills
[Design]
2024/10/21 09:03
According to my friends who are already parents, one of the most difficult things to get their young kids to do is to drink medicine. Aside from the fact that most of the pills actually taste bad and may be too big for their little throats, it’s also hard to convince them to do something if they don’t really understand why they need to do so. Some actually use rewards just to get the kids to...
