TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Always On : A Global Perspective of Mobile Consumer Experience
[Business]
2017/06/15 10:32
IAB study claims over 45% of mobile ads generate consumer response.Smartphone users, no matter their location, access the internet via mobile web and mobile apps at least once a day (mobile web: 88% and mobile apps: 84%) according to “Always On – A Global Perspective of Mobile Consumer Experience,” an in-depth survey released today by IAB Global Research. This report was compiled from 18 cou...
Greenlight Raises $7.5M So Parents Can Provide a Smart Debit Card to Their Kids
[Investing]
2017/06/15 10:32
For parents today, a company called Greenlight is offering a smart debit card that can be given to their kids, instantly reloaded with funds from a mobile app, and place restrictions around merchants their children can make purchases.After less than six months in market, the company has already signed up 10,000 paying customers and has attracted $7.5 million in funding from investors that inclu...
Dubai Sets Its Sights on 25% of Its Buildings 3D Printed by 2030
[Tech]
2017/06/15 10:32
Thanks to young entrepreneurs Chris Kelsey and Fernando De los Rios, we can expect to see 3D printing robots on building sites rather than hundred of masons in Dubai, and around the world.[A 3D printing construction robot developed by Cazza, called CazzaX1]The Silicon Valley-based duo has joined forces with the Dubai government, which has set a target for 25% of buildings to be 3D-printed by 20...
(Video) MIT - DermalAbyss : Possibilities of Biosensors as a Tattooed Interface
[Tech]
2017/06/15 10:32
A collaboration between MIT and Harvard has yielded a fascinating new way to monitor dynamic levels in blood using color-changing tattoo ink. Though the team has no plans to pursue clinical trials, the technology could foreshadow the future of blood level monitoring.Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Medical School have developed a tattoo ink that could pro...
Ebb Insomnia Therapy System Cools Front of Head to Help Stop Racing Thoughts
[Product]
2017/06/15 10:31
A new sleep therapy system is coming to market that works by cooling the frontal lobe. The technology is rooted in some evidence that less activity in the front of the brain is linked to better sleep. It seems related to “racing thoughts” that people sometimes experience while trying to sleep, the slowing of which may be induced by slightly reducing the temperature where they originate.The Eb...
Can a Phone-Case Save Your Life ?
[Design]
2017/06/15 10:31
The short answer is… yes it can. The long answer is, while phone cases don’t do much except for accident-proofing your gadget, or occasionally giving it a boost of battery power, it is capable of much more… even of saving a life. Modeled on the classic Realtone walkie-talkie from the 70s, the rugged Walkie-Talkie iPhone case concept by Sejung Oh and PDF Haus does something rather nifty. Not...
(PDF) BCG - Global Wealth 2017 : Transforming the Client Experience
[Investing]
2017/06/14 10:23
This report, The Boston Consulting Group’s 17th annual analysis of the global wealth management industry, includes two topics that we reexamine every year—the global market-sizing review and the wealth manager benchmarking study—as well as a special chapter about the impact of digital technology on the industry.The overall growth of global private wealth picked up momentum in 2016, allowing...
(Video) Gloves Translate Sign Language Into Text - Yingmi Technology
[Tech]
2017/06/14 10:22
A Taiwanese company debuted a pair of black gloves that can translate hand gestures into messages in real-time.At the recently held Computex Global Trade Show in Taipei, a pair of gloves caught everyone’s attention. Unlike what you would expect, they’re not for keeping your hands warm during winter, but rather for helping people with hearing impairment communicate effectively.Taiwan Yingmi Te...
Around The World, Beer Consumption is Falling
[Business]
2017/06/14 10:22
The world appears to have passed peak booze. The volume of alcoholic drinks consumed globally fell by 1.4% in 2016, to 250bn litres, according to IWSR, a research firm. It is the second consecutive year of decline, and only the third since data started to be collected in 1994. The drop-off is caused by people drinking less beer, which accounts for three-quarters of all alcohol drunk by volume....
