TREND REPORTS
New Ink is Made from Car Exhaust Emissions - Graviky
[Product]
2016/09/04 11:06
Bangalore-based startup captures air pollution and recycles the soot into ink.“If you want to control global warming, the first thing to go after is soot” so says Mark Z. Jacobson of Stanford University. Soot in the environment is widely recognised to be damaging to health. The World Heath Organisation estimates that 5 million plus premature deaths are attributable to air pollution both indoo...
(PDF) Pew - Book Reading 2016 Report
[Consumer]
2016/09/04 11:05
A growing share of Americans are reading e-books on tablets and smartphones rather than dedicated e-readers, but print books remain much more popular than books in digital formats.Americans today have an enormous variety of content available to them at any time of day, and this material is available in a number of formats and through a range of digitally connected devices. Yet even as the numbe...
Compass Earns $1 Billion Valuation As New Unicorns Become Rarer
[Investing]
2016/09/04 11:04
New York-based real estate startup Compass Inc. raised new financing that values the company at more than $1 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.The $75 million round was led by mutual fund operator Wellington Management Co. and included venture capital firms Institutional Venture Partners and Thrive Capital, according to the company. It marks the creation of a new unicorn -...
Bontoy Traveller - The Traveling Toy
[Product]
2016/09/04 11:03
Bontoy Traveller is the inanimate traveling companion to make these trips much more enjoyable for both the child and the parents. This happy travel puppy can be ridden on or pulled and even has a compartment for all of your child’s needs.There’s nothing like traveling with children. It can be hectic to keep them entertained while on the go. Trying to keep up with the small child, and all of t...
(PDF) BCG - The 2016 M&A Report : Masters of the Corporate Portfolio
[Investing]
2016/09/01 11:10
Following a strong 2014, the year 2015 will go into the books as a record for global M&A deal making. But in the long run, it may also be remembered as the year in which a sea change in investors’ appetite for deals became apparent. Capital markets have long greeted acquisition announcements with skepticism—and with good reason. Research, including our own, has consistently shown that mos...
(Video) Sony FES Watch U Makes The Most of Its E-Ink Canvas
[Product]
2016/09/01 11:09
The FES Watch U in its various designs .When it was first shown off in 2014, the FES Watch caught our eye with its fully customizable e-ink band and face. Although it was eye-catching, you could argue that the designs on offer never really made the most of its unique potential. The FES Watch U is designed to change that, with a wider range of eye-catching designs for its novel e-ink band and sc...
(Infographic) 105 Cybersecurity Startups In A Market Map
[Business]
2016/09/01 11:08
Many of our categories are domain-focused — including IoT/IIoT Security, Network & Endpoint Security, Mobile Security, Cloud Security, and Website Security — and will include companies focused on various kinds of security tech.The remaining categories have less overlap as they are more focused on a company’s product or process that are representative of an emerging cybersecurity market t...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Digital in Industry : From Buzzword to Value Creation
[Business]
2016/09/01 11:07
From supply chains to production to customer experience, digitization is transforming the way industry functions—and unleashing global opportunities for value creation.In the past few years, we have seen digitization bring its first benefits to the industrial sector, particularly in processing and manufacturing, yet enormous untapped potential remains. Digital capabilities such as e-commerce p...
(Video) Nissan Qashqai Black Edition : The World's Largest 3D Pen Sculpture
[Design]
2016/09/01 11:05
The sculpture is a full-size rendering of the Qashqai Black Edition, measuring 4.4-m (14.4-ft) long and 1.6-m (5.2-ft) tall.Nissan has created what it claims to be the world's biggest 3D-printing pen sculpture. The Qashqai Black Edition model was created to celebrate the car's launch and contains 13.8 km (8.6 mi) of plastic strands.The model comprises 13.8 km (8.6 mi) of plastic strands The scu...
