TREND REPORTS
5 Companies Working On Driverless Shuttles
[Business]
2016/07/24 11:07
As an alternative to building fully autonomous passenger cars, a number of private companies are working to field self-driving electric shuttles and buses.Momentum in auto tech is at an all-time high, with investors on pace to pour a record level of deals and dollars into private companies in the space. Of course, much of the buzz has revolved around autonomous driving software, with startups l...
Why This Group of Brands Should Pay Attention to McDonald's Roll Out of Pokemon Go Ads
[Business]
2016/07/24 11:06
Pokemon Go's first sponsored locations reportedly went live today in Japan, offering retailers the chance to create "gyms," which let players battle or train characters in the mobile game. According to TechCrunch, McDonald's is the launch brand and will use the ads for its some 3,000 restaurants in Japan. Well, Hot Topic and Red Robin should keep an eye on how sponsored locations perform for Mc...
Smart Sutures Integrate Microfluidics and Nanosensors
[Tech]
2016/07/24 11:04
The role of nanomaterials in textiles has evolved from comparatively simple hydrophobic materials to the creation of textile electrodes that leverage graphene and the weaving of nanowires into t-shirts to make them into supercapacitors.Now researchers at Tufts University have taken nanomaterials for wearable systems to a new level with the development of a “smart” thread consisting of nanosca...
(Video) Condom Material Becomes Sportswear for Skynfeel Long-Jump Suit
[Design]
2016/07/24 11:03
Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has created experimental athletics apparel from the same material that contraceptives brand Skyn uses to make its condoms.Van Dongen's proposal re-appropriates the company's Skynfeel material, which is made from polyisoprene – an alternative to latex that is claimed to provide the same strength but with a softer, more natural feel.It is used to create...
(Patent) Nike Patents AR System For Designing Clothes
[Tech]
2016/07/21 10:09
You might not consider a company like Nike to have much use for the likes of virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies. As it turns out, they’ve been looking at them for at least two years.The iconic sportswear company has recently been granted a patent for a new AR system that lets people design clothes. According to the document’s description, the system allows a person to virtually...
(PDF) BCG - The Private-Sector Opportunity to Improve Well-Being
[Investing]
2016/07/21 10:08
Leaders around the world increasingly recognize that GDP alone cannot give a full picture of a country's performance. The well-being of citizens is an even more important measure. The Boston Consulting Group’s Sustainable Economic Development Assessment (SEDA) is a powerful diagnostic designed to provide government leaders with a perspective on how effectively their countries convert wealth, a...
(M&A) Unilever Buys Dollar Shave Club for Reported $1Billion Value
[Investing]
2016/07/21 10:08
Unilever creates and captures a unicorn with its plans to acquire Dollar Shave Club. Announced this evening, the $130 billion dollar multinational consumer goods company is speculated to be paying $1 billion, all cash, for the startup, according to reports from Fortune.If the pricing is true, the transaction will be the third largest ever in e-commerce, only beaten by zulily and Wayfair.E-comme...
DeepMind's AI Will Be in Every Google Data Centrer by the End of 2016
[Tech]
2016/07/21 10:08
Google has adopted a DeepMind AI system in several of its data centres over the last few months as a way of reducing the amount of energy the server farms consume. However, the full extent of Google's plans for the software are only just becoming clear."It [DeepMind's AI] will be in the entire fleet by the end of the year," DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman told Business Insider on Wednesday....
Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal of the Day, But The Way We Eat It Is Changing
[Consumer]
2016/07/21 10:08
Learning to pour yourself a bowl of cereal is a time honored part of growing up. It’s the first meal you can finally make for yourself, and as parents, it means the constant “But I’m hungry!” comments can be met with, “Go pour yourself a bowl of cereal.” Plus, who can pass up the prize at the bottom of the box?So it should come as no surprise that for children, cereal is a breakfast of ch...
