TREND REPORTS
(Video) The World's First Virtual Reality Department Store - Brought to You by eBay
[Tech]
2016/05/22 11:07
eBay has teamed up with Australian retailer Myer to let customers shop via a virtual reality store. With delivery drones and instant order buttons, it's getting easier and easier to shop without ever leaving the house, but there's still something nice about actually going to a physical store. Virtual reality might soon become a good middle ground, as online shopping giant eBay teams up with Aus...
Asian-Americans Are Expanding Their Footprint in the U.S. and Making an Impact
[Consumer]
2016/05/22 11:06
From food to technology to entertainment, Asian-American influence continues to rise in the U.S. and is spanning across the country.Still the nation’s fastest-growing population segment, Asian-Americans are about 20.5 million strong and represent 6% of the U.S. population. From 2009-2014, the Asian-American population grew 25%. With immigration from Asian countries continuing to boost the Amer...
Self-Charging Battery Stretches Over Skin to Power Wearables
[Tech]
2016/05/22 11:05
Because the wires connecting the tiles are actually longer than the space between them, the device can be stretched out of shape. While we've seen promising prototypes of computers that conform to the contours of human wrists and forearms, the technology isn't quite ready for mainstream adoption yet. But this hasn't stopped one forward-thinking team of researchers from coming up with a new way...
(Video) The World’s First 3D-Printed Wheelchair
[Design]
2016/05/22 11:04
Up until now, the problem with wheelchair designs has been their one-size-fits all approach to patient needs. GO is an innovative wheelchair design that addresses this problem with the latest 3D printing technology. Like a fine pair of tailor-made shoes, GO is custom fitted to each user’s unique biometrics and functional preferences. No matter the individual’s body shape, weight, and disabili...
(Infographic) How To Become A Digital Nomad
[Consumer]
2016/05/22 11:03
An infographic detailing how online freelancers, called digital nomads, are taking advantage of the technology in working while travelling around the world.Infographic : http://neomam.com/infographics/staticImages/how-to-become-a-digital-nomad.jpg [neomam]
The 2016 Lisf of The World's Top-Earning Hedge Fund Managers
[Investing]
2016/05/19 11:02
According to Institutional Invester's Alpha, the world's 25 highest-earning hedge fund managers made a whopping $12.94 billion with the five best-paid taking home over $1 billion each. Kenneth Griffin and James Simon of Citadel and Renaissance respectively were at the top with their 2015 pay amounting to $1.7 billion. Putting that figure into perspective, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was Wall...
(Patent) Bezel-Free iPhone a Step Closer as Third Apple Patent Published
[Tech]
2016/05/19 11:02
Concept designers have been creating renderings of bezel-free iPhones – where the display extends all the way to the edges of the phone – for years now. One major barrier to realizing this vision has, of course, been the Home button with its embedded Touch ID sensor.Third-party companies have already developed transparent fingerprint sensors capable of being embedded into a smartphone display...
(Video) Allurion Raises $6M to Back Ingestible Weight-Loss Balloon
[Investing]
2016/05/19 10:59
The market for intragastric balloons to enable weight loss is just getting started in the U.S. after a pair of FDA approvals last summer for the first devices in this category--although it's been in full swing in Europe for years. The FDA-approved options are placed and removed endoscopically--but the newest iteration is an ingestible device that is filled with liquid after it's ingested into t...
(PDF) BCG - Digital Technologies Raise the Stakes in Customer Service
[Business]
2016/05/19 10:59
In many ways, digital technologies have had polar-opposite impacts for consumers and companies: For consumers, life has been simplified and empowered by devices such as smartphones and innovations such as social media. For companies, on the other hand, business has been made more complex by the need to manage many more channels and points of interaction—in-store, on the phone, online, e-mail,...
