TREND REPORTS
(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...
(PDF) Earning Report - LVMH Q3 2024 Sales Fall 3%
[Investing]
2024/10/19 09:10
Fashion and leather goods division sees 5% sales decline. Chinese consumer confidence at pandemic era lows, CFO says. But says company still believes in the market's futureFrench luxury giant LVMH (LVMH.PA), opens new tab reported a 3% fall in third-quarter sales on Tuesday, undershooting estimates in its first decline in quarterly sales since the pandemic as demand in China and Japan weakened,...
Removable Fabric Bathtub ‘Bathtope’ at DESIGNART Tokyo 2024
[Design]
2024/10/19 09:09
At DESIGNART Tokyo 2024, LIXIL Corporation debuts Bathtope, a removable fabric bathtub for the shower room.The design is inspired by origami, as the material is cut from a single sheet of fabric and then folded. Visitors to the design and art event can see the fabric bathtub between October 18th and 27th in World Kita Aoyama, Japan.Users can fill Bathtope with hot or cold water, and once they’...
(PDF) BCG and CO2 - AI Carbon Emissions Survey Report 2024
[Business]
2024/10/19 09:08
Our fourth annual survey on carbon emissions found that the overall pace of decarbonization has slowed—but that leaders are realizing significant financial value.Of the nearly 2,000 companies we surveyed in 2024, just 11% reported emissions reductions in line with their set ambitions, lower than reported in 2023.A leading source of financial benefits was a reduction in operating costs—often f...
(Video) "World's First Multi-Modal Biped Robot" Could Soon be Yours - The Tron 1
[Product]
2024/10/19 09:07
The Tron 1 one can be fitted with Sole, Point-Foot or Wheeled foot-ends (left to right) for different types of locomotion.How would you like to have your own AT-ST walker from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi? Well, the just-announced Tron 1 biped robot is the next-best thing. It's just a wee bit smaller than a walker, plus you can't ride inside of it.Manufactured by Chinese robotics company LimX...
