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US v China : Who are the Consumers of the Future ?
[Consumer]
2015/10/18 11:10
China’s new consumer class is on the rise. With a larger working population than the US and Europe combined, China has a growing bastion of consumers who will have a powerful effect on the global economy.A new report by Goldman Sachs looks at the current and future patterns of the Chinese consumers, and how they compare to the US.Who are China’s consumers?Source: 2013 figures from China NBS,...
The Slightly Bizarre Fantasies of the 2015 Electrolux Design Lab Challenge
[Design]
2015/10/18 11:09
Every year, Electrolux asks design students to stretch their already alarmingly flexible imaginations and develop concepts around a theme that's intended to “raise questions about what design will be like in the future.” This year's theme is “Healthy Happy Kids.” And as per usual, the concepts the students dreamed up are mostly (or entirely) unconstrained by things that are often inconvenie...
GOLDMAN SACHS : Welcome to the 'Third Wave' of the Financial Crisis
[Investing]
2015/10/18 11:08
The financial disaster, which started seven years ago with the US real estate and investment banking collapse, has entered its third phase according to a team of Goldman Sachs analysts.This wave is characterised by rock bottom commodities prices, stalling growth in China and other emerging markets economies and low global inflation, Goldman Sachs analysts led by Peter Oppenheimer said in a big-...
(Video) Garmin BabyCam Merges GPS Navigation and Back Seat Video Monitoring
[Product]
2015/10/18 11:07
Garmin's babyCam puts a live feed of rear passengers on compatible Garmin GPS navigation displays.Cameras have made it easy for drivers to keep a recording of the road ahead and reverse without craning their necks around. Now Garmin is letting drivers more easily keep an eye on the back seat with its new babyCam. While in-vehicle video monitors aren’t new, Garmin’s is the first to work in con...
(Infographic) Most Worker Ants Are Slackers
[Tech]
2015/10/18 11:06
Ants and bees have reputations as efficient team players. In Temnothorax rugatulus—a small brown ant found in pine forests in North America—division of labor is common, with workers specializing in tasks like foraging, building, and brood care. But new research shows that many ants in a colony seem to specialize in doing nothing at all. To get a closer look at how these ants filled their time...
The Cities With The Highest & Lowest Taxi Fares
[Consumer]
2015/10/18 11:05
How much would it cost you to take a three-mile taxi ride? The answer to that question depends heavily on which city you're visiting. Take Oslo for instance. For about $32, you could travel three miles in one of the city's cabs. Pretty expensive, right? For the same amount of money in Cairo, you could travel 41 miles, according to the 2015 UBS Prices and Earnings report.[statista]
RoBoHoN Robot Smartphone for Everyone
[Design]
2015/10/18 11:04
Sharp, a Japanese electronics company has launched its latest cute concept, RoBoHoN. It looks like robot but actually a smartphone. Yes, the unique form represents a phone in human shape where you can hold it up next to your ear just like any other phone, awkward … yeah, that’s for sure. This phone can play different roles for different people, for babies, it’s a robotic toy, for younger gen...
(infographic) Pumpkin Spice Everything
[Business]
2015/10/18 11:03
How many of the 200,000,000 (yeah, you read that right, two hundred million) Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes sold in the last 11 years did you purchase?Our fresh fall infographic chronicles the exponential growth of pumpkin-flavored products – with sales up 79 percent since 2011.Good old pumpkin pie filling still dominates market share, with $135 million in 2014 sales. But other innovative prod...
Uber Is Taking Millions Of Manhattan Rides Away From Taxis
[Business]
2015/10/15 11:10
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio took aim at Uber this summer, trying (and failing) to set a cap on the number of its for-hire cars operating in the city. The ride-share service has drawn criticism on a number of issues — including its labor practices — but the mayor said his main concern was traffic congestion.The number of yellow and green taxis on New York’s streets is carefully control...
