TREND REPORTS
(Video) Dynamic Touchscreen Could Display In Braille
[Tech]
2016/01/20 11:14
A special touchscreen tablet, made by a team at the University of Michigan, aims to bring braille into the future, by creating a readably tactile surface.One of the weaknesses of screen-based media is how inaccessible it can be for people with impaired vision, who must instead rely on screen readers and other specialized tools to speak aloud the words in an online article. Developed in the 19th...
IMF Sees Weaker Growth in China and the World in 2016 and 2017
[Investing]
2016/01/20 11:14
- Global growth forecast revised down—3.4 percent in 2016 and 3.6 percent in 2017- Emerging market and developing economies facing increased challenges- Key risks relate to China slowdown, stronger dollar, geopolitical tensions, renewed global risk aversionThe pickup in global growth is weak and uneven across economies, with risks now tilted toward the emerging markets, says the IMF’s latest...
Neura Raises $11M to Create Digital Identities From Consumers’ Connected Lives
[Investing]
2016/01/20 11:14
Neura, an Israeli Internet of Things startup that pulls together data from users’ connected devices, has raised $11 million to expand its “business reach and make the service ubiquitous.” The Series A round was led by AXA Strategic Ventures and Pitango Venture Capital, with participation from Liberty Israel Venture Fund and Lenovo Group.Founded in 2013, Neura launched in the U.S. out of UpWe...
Noria : Modern Window Air Conditioner Features Slim and Compact Design
[Design]
2016/01/20 11:14
The world is getting hotter, during a heat wave, you would feel miserable when you don’t have an AC in the room. Some people prefer window air conditioner because the installation is pretty easy, it doesn’t require professional help. Unfortunately this type of ACs doesn’t change much for decades, they usually big, ugly, and loud. Introducing Noria, it’s a redesigned window air conditioner t...
Fallen Tree Branches Transformed Into Elegant Furniture
[Design]
2016/01/20 11:13
Rather than processing the material into a new, unrecognizable form, New York City-based Chilean designer Sebastian Errazuriz decides to emphasize the original form of fallen tree branches in this set of striking furniture.Whether they are the tallest organism in the world, or the oldest, or show up in our buildings, trees are wonderful and yet sometimes under-appreciated. Even though these sal...
(Infographic) Awesome Airport Hacks to Make Flying Suck Less
[Consumer]
2016/01/20 09:38
Sure, flying gets us from A to B quicker than any other mode of transport, but the whole process can also waste a lot of time. Here are some tips from Toggl to make the airport experience a little less tedious.Infographic : https://toggl.com/images/landing-pages/airport-tips-infographic.jpg[toggl]
(PDF) Marketing in the Moments, to Reach Customers Online
[Business]
2016/01/19 14:48
MOMENTS are having a moment in advertising. Or at least a micromoment.As people flit from app to app online, they have little patience for any interruption, especially a banner ad or, heaven forbid, a 30-second commercial. Moments, whether they come during a 10-second Snapchat video or Twitter’s new collection of real-time news bites — called, fittingly enough, Moments — increasingly are all...
(PDF) How Future Cars Will Predict Your Driving Maneuvers Before You Make Them
[Tech]
2016/01/19 14:48
Prototype car safety systems are learning to watch the driver, as well as the road ahead, to predict future maneuvers more than three seconds before a driver makes them. Buy a new car these days and the chances are that it will be fitted with an array of driver-assistance technologies. These can match the speed of a car ahead, manage lane changing safely, and even apply the brakes to help preve...
(PDF) BCG - Travel Innovated: Who Will Own the Customer ?
[Business]
2016/01/19 14:48
Consider a vision of the travel experience in the not-too-distant future. Olivia, who is 28 and lives in Seattle, decides to add a few days of pleasure travel to a business trip to Sydney. She asks Travel Dreams on the Fly, one of several new travel-concierge apps that all her friends are using, for suggestions. Travel Dreams knows Olivia’s likes and preferences thoroughly—as well as those of...
