TREND REPORTS
3D-Knitted Furniture Arrives at IKEA
[Product]
2016/12/19 10:28
After appearing in trainers and high-end furniture, 3D-knitting has arrived at IKEA in the form of its PS 2017 armchair.Created for the Swedish furniture giant's experimental PS collection, the chair has a mesh back and sides stretched across a powder-coated steel frame.The lightweight chair is produced through a digital knitting process most commonly associated with Nike's Flyknit, which was f...
(Video) See Tokyo From Up Above and Enjoy Innovative Attractions at SKY CIRCUS
[Product]
2016/12/19 10:28
A must-visit tourist site in Tokyo is SKY CIRCUS Sunshine60 Observatory – an observation deck located in Sunshine City in Ikebukuro – which is a traveler’s delight. If you have ever experienced any views from other observation decks maybe in Tokyo or around the world, let me assure you that you haven’t seen anything like this yet. SKY CIRCUS does not only offer you a fantastic view from the...
(Infographic) The Current State of Machine Intelligence 3.0
[Business]
2016/12/18 11:10
Watching the appeal and applications of machine intelligence expand.[click to enlarge]Almost a year ago, we published our now-annual landscape of machine intelligence companies, and goodness have we seen a lot of activity since then. This year’s landscape has a third more companies than our first one did two years ago, and it feels even more futile to try to be comprehensive, since this just s...
How Self-Driving Cars Work
[Tech]
2016/12/18 11:09
Autonomous cars have arrived — Uber has fleets in Pittsburgh and San Francisco, Google’s parent company is spinning off its driverless car project in a sign it is closer to coming to market, and the federal government has begun to issue guidelines on how the cars should work. How a Car Drives ItselfWhat the Car SeesThe car’s sensors gather data on nearby objects, like their size and rate of...
(PDF) BCG - Productivity Now : A Call to Action for US Manufacturers
[Business]
2016/12/18 11:08
Productivity growth—output growth that exceeds the growth of the workforce and capital employed—has been the lifeblood of the US manufacturing sector for much of the recent past. From 1972 through 2010, the sector’s output more than doubled, while its workforce decreased by more than 30%. These steady gains in productivity have been a major factor in the renaissance of US manufacturing. Howe...
Which P&C Insurers Have Filed Patents Related to Autonomous Vehicles?
[Tech]
2016/12/18 11:07
CB Insights patent search engine identified filed patents relating to autonomous vehicles from insurers including State Farm and The Hartford.This week, Allstate announced a new partnership with Stanford University’s Intelligent Systems Lab to research the implications of connected cars and autonomous vehicles. But according to an analysis of CB Insights Patent Search Engine & Analytics, A...
Plume Labs Raises $4.5M to Expand Its AI-Driven App That Helps People Avoid Air Pollution
[Investing]
2016/12/18 11:06
Paris-based Plume Labs announced today that it has raised $4.5 million to deepen the impact of an air pollution service it hopes will improve health, and even save lives.Launching last year, the Plume Air Report is a free mobile app for the iPhone and Android phones that allows consumers to measure their exposure to heavy pollution and get pollution forecasts. The service plugs into publicly av...
(Video) Virtual Reality Biking Sports Gym Cycle & Studio R Opens in Shibuya in March 2017
[Product]
2016/12/18 11:05
New and exciting virtual reality services just keep on appearing in Tokyo.After the announcement of VR Park Tokyo now comes another virtual reality center. And this time it is sports-themed.Cycle & Studio R will open its first branch in the heart of Shibuya on March 19th, 2017, featuring the VR cycling program The Trip as well as other exercise and training systems that use video and music....
BMW’s HoloActive Touch In-Car Interface Offers Tactile Feedback on a Floating Display
[Design]
2016/12/18 11:04
BMW is doing something pretty sci-fi with the interior of its vehicles at CES – it’s showing off a new HoloActive Touch system, which is a touch sensitive display for showing the driver information about music, navigation and more, which appears to float in air, and which also provides actual felt, tactile feedback in response to interactions.The new interactive holograph-style display is par...
