TREND REPORTS
(PDF) The Proximity Paradox : Balancing Auto Suppliers’ Manufacturing Networks
[Business]
2015/03/05 13:11
The past few years have been relatively good ones for the world’s leading automotive suppliers. Thanks to an industry recovery from the global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 and successful cost-cutting initiatives, earnings and return on capital for the ten largest automotive suppliers are approaching their highs of about a decade ago. Global auto sales remain strong, powered by robust grow...
How Apple Can Overcome Dropping iTunes Revenue
[Business]
2015/03/05 13:08
Although Apple's software services are a drop in the bucket compared with its iPhone business, analysts believe they can boost the company’s total operating income by as much as $4 billion by 2017. Based on Morgan Stanley Research data charted for us by BI Intelligence, new services, including Apple’s mobile payments solution Apple Pay, will provide more sources of software revenue for Apple...
(Video) Stratos is Not Just Another All-in-One Smart Card
[Business]
2015/03/05 11:09
Where a number of startups have recently failed, Stratos hopes to succeed. The mobile payment startup from Michigan just announced a new smart card that combines all your accounts to make mobile payments easier. It has plenty of competition, and the odds might be against it considering the rise of integrated services like Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Android Pay. But it has a chance to thanks to...
Audi Chairless Chair Part of Exoskeleton for Worker Trend
[Tech]
2015/03/05 11:08
Audi is testing a new technology that eases many assembly activities: the so-called “chairless chair.” This high-tech carbon-fiber construction allows employees to sit without a chair. At the same time, it improves their posture and reduces the strain on their legs.* Three prototypes in use on assembly lines in Neckarsulm* Carbon-fiber construction supports employees in assembly workAudi AG i...
(Video) Prototype Fujitsu Smartphone Unlocks with The Blink of an Eye
[Tech]
2015/03/05 11:06
At MWC Fujitsu is displaying a smartphone prototype with an iris-scanning authentication system.Most smartphones require some sort of password or pattern input to unlock them, whilst some have voice print recognition, and a few ? such as Apple's iPhone 5S and Samsung's Galaxy S5 ? even use fingerprint scanning. But Fujitsu claims to have gone one better by introducing iris pattern recognition o...
(Video) The First Stick and Shoot Camera - Podo
[Product]
2015/03/05 11:05
Podo is the world’s first 'stick and shoot,' app-controlled cameraThe portable Podo camera sticks to any solid surface, using its magnet or suction pad, and connects wirelessly with smartphones via Bluetooth to take photos, videos and time-lapse GIFS. Consumers can use the device to take group photos from unique vantage points (like ceilings), but it’s intended for any situation when photos m...
Swirl, Dip, Splash!
[Design]
2015/03/05 11:04
Bathroom faucets have evolved from the lowly status of being tools to wash our hands to status symbols. Taking the design evolution a step in the direction of engineering, the Swirl Faucet focuses its attention on the flow of the water. It features beautiful flow with intricate swirls, giving you the kind of hand wash that makes you feel like the rich and famous, even if you’re not!Designer :...
Evolution of the Vacuum
[Design]
2015/03/05 11:03
Whether you’re all about the ease of a vacuum or like things the old school broom-in-hand way, tidying up where the wall meets the floor can be tricky either way. The ingenious Vacuum Band stretches out, attaches to any wall and even flexes to the walls unique curves and corners to pick up stubborn lint, dirt, hair and other small debris. Set it and forget it to effortlessly clean those hard t...
Apple Passed Samsung In Q4 Smartphone Sales, 1.9B Mobiles Sold Overall In 2014
[Business]
2015/03/04 17:48
If 2014 goes down as the year when smartphone sales globally passed the 1 billion mark (1.2 billion, to be exact, from a total of 1.9 billion mobile phones overall), Q4 will go down as the quarter when Samsung lost its footing as the world’s leader in the category for the first time since 2011. Today, Gartner published its figures for smartphone sales for the year and final quarter of 2014, an...
