TREND REPORTS
The Cubitat Shrinks an Entire House Into One Compact Cube
[Design]
2015/02/03 11:51
Those on a quest to rethink small-space living build tiny houses, install pop-up rentals on vacant lots, and design portable 10-square-foot microkitchens tucked inside armoires. Presented over the weekend at Toronto’s Interior Design Show, Cubitat is a 10-by-10-by-10-foot cube that houses a kitchen, bathroom, bed, laundry, and storage. Once plumbing and electric are hooked up, the structure ca...
(Infographic) The Global Creative Trends Of 2015
[Design]
2015/02/03 11:51
With more than 47 million images in the Shutterstock collection, we're able to predict the creative industry's top trends by looking at what our customers are searching for. And with this year's annual global-trends infographic, we take things a step further ? presenting our data for the first time as an exclusive interactive report exploring creative trends in images, video, and music around t...
How the iPhone Changed Apple in Just 8 Years
[Business]
2015/02/02 15:04
In the first quarter of Apple’s fiscal year 2007, the last quarter before Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone, Apple’s revenue amounted to $7.1 billion. Contributing $3.4 billion to that total, the iPod was Apple’s most important product back then. Now, eight years later, the iPod has been rendered all but obsolete as smartphones have taken over most music playback duties. Apple doesn’t...
The Technology Coming in 2015 : A Realistic Analysis
[Tech]
2015/02/02 15:04
In the 2015 of “Back to the Future II” there were flying cars and auto-drying clothes, and now that the future of 2015 has arrived and it is real, the year has started with a technology fair (the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas), packed with inventions as characteristic of this science fiction film as the cartoon “The Jetsons”. The manufacturers try to entice consumers with sma...
Self Powered "Smart Keyboard" Identifies Users Through Keystrokes
[Tech]
2015/02/02 15:03
Combining passwords with biometrics authentication could raise the security of our sensitive data. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed an innovative keyboard that can accurately identify users based on their typing patterns. On top of that, the dirt- and water-resistant device can power itself by harvesting the static electricity on your fingertips.Passwords have l...
This is a Hotel Room. No, Really
[Product]
2015/02/02 15:03
Courchevel ski resort in France is giving four guests the chance to spend the night in one of their cable cars, 2,738 metres above sea level.Ordinarily, ski lifts are a useful indicator of impending, marrow-level panic for even the mildest acrophobic. Nevertheless, Airbnb thought it'd be a good idea to convert a cable car suspended 2700 metres above French ski resort, Courchevel, into a hotel r...
Skin-Based Generators Scavenge Muscle Motion to Power Wearables
[Tech]
2015/02/02 15:03
Using human skin as one of its charge-collectors, a new flexible generator converts muscle movements into enough power for small electronics. The postage-stamp-sized device takes advantage of static electricity to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.Such friction-powered generators could usher new types of wearable sensors that don’t require batteries but instead are powered by th...
Internet of Things (IoT) : The Third Wave
[Business]
2015/02/02 15:03
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects accessed through the Internet. These objects contain embedded technology to interact with internal states or the external environment. In other words, when objects can sense and communicate, it changes how and where decisions are made, and who makes them. For example Nest thermostats.The Internet of Things (IoT) is emerging as the...
At Amazon, It’s All About Cash Flow
[Business]
2015/02/02 15:03
In a few days, Amazon will report its quarterly earnings. If recent quarters are any indication, there will be a lot of worried talk before and after the announcement about the company’s minuscule or perhaps even negative profits.If its stock price continues to slide downward, the story will probably be that investors are losing patience with Amazon’s persistently low profit margins.Maybe tha...
