TREND REPORTS
Monthly Trend Report - October. 2017 Edition
[Trendbird]
2017/10/01 09:10
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - October. 2017 Edition Released !TRENDBIRD (What's the Next Big Thing ?) is a Global Trend Research & Consulting Service that Instantly Delivers Industry Expert Information on Emerging Trends & Future Business Opportunities from Around the World, Ahead of The Curve." * 300여개 리딩 글로벌 기업의 C-Level 경영진 및 경영전략, 기술연구소, 신사업, 마케팅, 디자인 등 핵심...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Savvy and Sophisticated : Meet China’s Evolving Car Buyers
[Consumer]
2017/09/26 10:10
Our 2017 survey of Chinese auto consumers shows they’re demanding more from carmakers. How can companies keep up with shifts in this must-win market?After registering its lowest growth since 2011, China’s automotive market rebounded strongly in 2016 (Exhibit 1). Car sales jumped 20 percent, nearly twice the rate of increase in 2015. Much of this vigorous expansion resulted from the country’s...
(Patent) Will Microsoft’s New Augmented Reality Patent Kill The Keyboard?
[Tech]
2017/09/26 10:09
The future of typing may no longer include a keyboard. This week, Microsoft’s newly granted patent, titled “Holographic keyboard display,” describes what the future of text input could look like. Using a virtual keyboard plane to sense a user’s inputs, the AR/VR system will function like a normal keyboard and read users’ gestures to simulate typing.The grant mentions gaming as a first appl...
We May Have Hit Peak Apple
[Product]
2017/09/26 10:08
When a new iPhone is available to pick up in stores, we usually see photos of lines stretching blocks long, as customers around the world proudly walk out with their shiny new rectangles. But today, as the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and Apple Watch Series 3 hit the shelves, the usual lines were few and far between. While some stores—sorry, “Town Squares”—had large lines, some had none at all, The Ve...
Artificial Intelligence Will Create New Kinds of Work
[Consumer]
2017/09/26 10:07
When the first printed books with illustrations started to appear in the 1470s in the German city of Augsburg, wood engravers rose up in protest. Worried about their jobs, they literally stopped the presses. In fact, their skills turned out to be in higher demand than before: somebody had to illustrate the Growing number of books.Fears about the impact of technology on jobs have resurfaced peri...
Disneyland is the Most Instagrammed American Attraction
[Consumer]
2017/09/26 10:06
Disneyland in California is the most instagrammed tourist atttraction in the United States. According to online tourism portal TravelBird, 14.6 million hashtags make it the number one spot. Florida has two well-instagrammed destinations: Walt Disney World and South Beach. There's a little generational bias in this data because, "Instagram is a barometer of where Millennials are travelling", as...
Medicine of the Future : New Microchip Technology Could Be Used to Track Smart Pills
[Tech]
2017/09/26 10:05
Caltech researchers have developed microscale devices that relay their location in the body.Researchers at Caltech have developed a prototype miniature medical device that could ultimately be used in "smart pills" to diagnose and treat diseases. A key to the new technology—and what makes it unique among other microscale medical devices—is that its location can be precisely identified within t...
Disruptive Devices - Nolii
[Design]
2017/09/26 10:04
We believe in doing more with the tools you have, so you can be more focused on the important things in life.From chaotic cords and broken cables to limited charging solutions, our lives are too often interrupted by everyday tech challenges. We believe technology should improve your lifestyle, not complicate it. Driven by insightful market and user observations, nolii delivers a versatile syste...
(Infographic) The Everything Bubble
[Investing]
2017/09/26 10:03
It wasn’t always this way. We never used to get a giant, speculative bubble every seven to eight years. We really didn’t.In 2000, we had the dot-com bubble.In 2007, we had the housing bubble.In 2017, we have the everything bubble.I did not coin the term “the everything bubble.” I do not know who did. Apologies (and much respect) to the person I stole it from.Why do we call it the everything...
