TREND REPORTS
Global Smartphone Sales Growth Hit as Chinese Market Saturates
[Business]
2015/08/23 11:08
300 mn units sold in quarter; Samsung still top of the pile, but sees 4.3 percentage point decline in market share.Global smartphone sales saw a 13.5% growth in the three months ended June over a year-ago period, the slowest recorded growth rate since 2013, research firm Gartner Inc. said on Thursday.The drop in the growth rate was mainly due to declined sales in China. In the second quarter of...
Infant Breathing Smartphone Monitor Sartup Nabs $7M for Consumer Launch
[Investing]
2015/08/23 11:07
Owlet Baby Care has expanded its Series A round by $6 million. It also picked up another $1 million in a National Institutes of Health grant--to bring its fundraising total to $9.2 million. The startup will use that cash for a fall launch of its Owlet Baby Monitor that is intended to alert parents via smartphone if their baby stops breathing.The startup is walking a very fine line between consu...
Apple's Marc Newson Designs A Space-Age Fountain Pen
[Design]
2015/08/23 11:06
It even features the magsafe of pens. A magnetic cap that automatically aligns with the montblanc logo. Now that he's joined Apple, famed industrial designer Marc Newson seems like he'd be more likely to design an iPad stylus at this point than a pen. But there's no rubber tip to be found on Marc Newson's latest creation, the Montblanc M fountain pen; it looks designed to write a love letter to...
(Video) Mediated Matter & MIT Glass Lab Develop Advanced Glass 3D Printer
[Tech]
2015/08/23 11:05
When it comes to the selection of materials compatible with 3D printing, things seem to really be picking up as of late. From plastics to metals to clays, concrete and biological material, researchers are devising methods of printing with just about everything these days.Just a couple months back we covered an Israeli company called Micron3DP, which had managed to create a process to 3D print g...
Fatty Water Could Be the Next Big Health Drink
[Product]
2015/08/23 11:05
From the makers of Bulletproof coffee, comes FATwater, a drink laced with coconut oil extracts and a punch of energy.Oil in water conjures images of an upsetting ocean spill rather than effective rehydration, but a diet hack thinks otherwise. Startup Bulletproof thinks oily water could be the next big thing in health trends. The product page for it’s latest product, affectionately named FATwat...
World's First Glass-Bottomed Sky Pool Set to Bridge South London
[Design]
2015/08/23 11:03
Labeled as a ‘world’s first’, a 27 meter-long (90 feet) glass bottomed swimming pool is set to be installed at nine elms, a riverside district under construction in south london. suspended ten storeys above ground, the pool will bridge two apartment buildings making it possible to swim between the two structures.glass bottomed sky pool embassy gardens legacy buildings london HAL architects a...
(PDF) Pew - Mobile Messaging and Social Media 2015
[Consumer]
2015/08/20 11:59
According to a new survey, 36% of smartphone owners report using messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Kik or iMessage, and 17% use apps that automatically delete sent messages such as Snapchat or Wickr.Both of these kinds of apps are particularly popular among young adults. Half (49%) of smartphone owners ages 18 to 29 use messaging apps, while 41% use apps that automatically delete sent messages....
(Video) The Drinkable Book Uses Silver Nanoparticles to Filter Water
[Tech]
2015/08/20 11:59
Theresa Dankovich at Carnegie Mellon University had a nifty idea of bringing high quality water filtration to just about anywhere thanks to filter paper that can screen out waterborne bacteria. The technology works like coffee filters, but the actual filter paper comes in the form of a book. Simply tear out a sheet and stick it inside a funnel for immediate filtration.The paper has silver nanop...
Star Power : Ashton Kutcher and Other Celebrities Ranked As Tech Investors
[Investing]
2015/08/20 11:59
With their built-in PR, marketing, capital, and networks, celebrities make for powerful angel investors.Celebrities know that to make the most out of their investments, they should diversify their portfolios, and it looks like they’re setting their eyes on tech and venture capital. While some celebrities are making investments as angels betting on very early-stage companies, others have formed...
