Super packable and easy to inflate, Lamzac Hangout($72) acts as an air hammock that you can take with you wherever you go – no trees or posts required."The Lamzac Hangout is a new product from the Netherlands. The Hangout is a comfortable seat or sofa for two that you can fill with air within seconds using our unique filling technique (see our videos for a demonstration). While the hangout is...

A whopping 89 percent of millennials say they couldn't live without YouTube. Media consumption habits of the younger generation are increasingly relevant to marketers as Gen Zers begin to overtake millennials as the demo du jour. In its annual Acumen Report, Defy Media studies how Gen Z and millennials consume media."While last year's report revealed YouTube's clear reign over TV and the rising...

The Collaborative Economy enables people to get what they need from each other. Similarly, in nature, honeycombs are resilient structures that enable access, sharing, and growth of resources among a common group. [click to enlarge]Our latest version of the Honeycomb framework, Honeycomb 3.0, shows how the Collaborative Economy market has grown to include new applications in Reputation and Data,...

General Motors (GM) continues its self-driving car push today with the news that it has acquired Cruise Automation, a San Francisco-based self-driving car company that develops an autopilot system for existing cars.The news comes two months after GM first revealed its autonomous vehicle aspirations with a $500 million investment in Lyft, followed by acquisition of Sidecar’s technology and asse...

As traditional sources of revenue are further shrinking an outsider to the magazine world might be tempted to conclude that mag makers must be a pretty gloomy bunch. In truth, many publishers seem to have regained a positive outlook, at least those who have managed to transform their businesses.Indeed there has been an ongoing industry-wide transformation driven by digitalisation: Whereas it us...

The massage industry is getting a rubdown. Soothe has raised $35 million to bring on-demand massages to the masses.It’s one more example of how an on-demand app service can outmaneuver brick-and-mortar businesses, as Soothe says its costs can beat rivals in the traditional $14 billion U.S. massage market (according to the International SPA Association poll conducted by PwC). Therapists can be...

The unmanned Boeing Echo Voyager can remain at sea for months, without any need for a surface support ship.When you hear the name "Boeing," chances are you think of aircraft. The fact is, however, the company has also been developing underwater vehicles since the 1960s. Its latest such creation, the Echo Voyager, is designed to operate autonomously for months at a time.The 51-foot (15.5-m)-long...

A crate subscription service reroutes unsightly produce to your doorstep.Edible fruits and veggies go directly to waste bins for being ‘too ugly’ to sell in well-lit, air-conditioned supermarkets, resulting in up to 40% produce waste. To fight this loss of good greens, a UK-based service is repacking vegetables and skipping the judgmental retail space by delivery the odd vegetables directly t...

The phone may be named Mercury, but it would certainly be a whole lot helpful to our stranded Martian friend, Matt Damon. It comes in a rugged design that looks great for extraterrestrial ventures. The upper module comes in two variants, the basic, with a 17mp camera and a loop for clipping the phone to your self. The Advanced module has a 25mp camera and a pretty huge flash… Huge enough to se...