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(Patent) Apple Wins a Patent That Provides the Foundation for Their Future 'Tabletop' Device
[Tech]
2024/10/10 09:10
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to the foundation of the future tabletop device as forecasted by Mark Gurman. The patent dives into a HomePod with one or two cameras, gaze controls and a Smart Assistant, likely to be Siri with AI to control home devices like lamps, appliances while acting as a FaceTime device.HomePod with Built-in Camera that...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Truth About Chinese Consumption
[Consumer]
2024/10/10 09:09
Despite low consumer confidence, pockets of growth in China’s vast consumer market remain. Looking back over the past few months since our last China Brief update in April, not much has changed.China’s GDP grew at a steady 5 percent during the first half of the year, while retail sales ticked modestly upward by 3.7 percent during this period.We see few signs that this picture of single-digit...
Does 3D Printing have a Place in Luxury ?
[Design]
2024/10/10 09:08
3D printing techniques are having a moment among fashion’s risk-taking players. But can the tech play a bigger role in the luxury industry?Coperni, a brand now synonymous with runway tech spectacles, unveiled its latest breakthrough at its fairytale-inspired Spring 2025 Paris show last Tuesday: a 3D-printed handbag.The Ariel Swipe Bag, developed in collaboration with Boston-based manufacturing...
(Paper) MIT Develops 3D-Printed Glass Bricks for Sustainable Construction
[Tech]
2024/10/10 09:07
The interlocking bricks, which can be repurposed many times over, can withstand similar pressures as their concrete counterparts.What if construction materials could be put together and taken apart as easily as LEGO bricks? Such reconfigurable masonry would be disassembled at the end of a building’s lifetime and reassembled into a new structure, in a sustainable cycle that could supply generat...
(Infographic) The Rise of Short Video Content
[Consumer]
2024/10/10 09:06
With the advent of short video content, social media usage has changed entirely. For example, platforms like Instagram and TikTok switched to it. This drastic rise in the acceptance of such content has led companies to redesign their tactics to reach out to their audience. Middle Eastern businesses need to keep up with these changes.In the following infographic from Go-Globe, see the developmen...
CyberTruck-Inspired Treadmill Targets an Unobtrusive At-Work Workout
[Product]
2024/10/10 09:05
Research showing that sitting for extended periods is bad for your health led to an explosion in the popularity of standing desks. And for those looking to get in some cardio while chained to the desk, under-desk treadmills let you do just that. Urevo offers a range of treadmills and has taken to Kickstarter with its most compact unit yet, with a design inspired by the “iconic Tesla CyberTruck...
There are Signs of Overheating in The Red-Hot Housing Market
[Investing]
2024/10/10 09:04
Following in the footsteps of NFL star Tom Brady, Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, and the mayor of Flavortown, David and Victoria Beckham have reportedly purchased a Miami Beach mansion for a posh $60 million.The couple’s rumored new stateside “Beckingham Palace” features 9 bedrooms, as well as the run-of-the-mill pool, spa, gym, and cinema that come almost as standard among the area’s sprawling w...
Worknic is A Portable Work Station If You Need Outdoor Inspiration
[Design]
2024/10/10 09:03
Ever since employees discovered that they didn’t always have to be in the office to still be productive, there has been an increase in people who prefer working in another space instead of their cubicle. That also means there are more product designers thinking of furniture, tools, and accessories that would cater to this segment of digital nomads.Worknic is a portable desk that was developed...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Real Value of A Digital and AI Transformation in CPG
[Business]
2024/10/09 09:10
A new McKinsey analysis quantifies the impact that digital and AI can have on consumer goods businesses and where consumer-packaged-goods executives should focus their efforts.The narrative surrounding generative AI (gen AI), a moon shot, once-in-a-generation innovation, is that it could utterly reinvent how businesses—consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) companies among them—are run.CPG leaders are...
Whatsapp - "Privacy Swap"
[Business]
2024/10/09 09:09
Overpopulation and an unprecedented rise in residential developments has made privacy scarce in major U.S. cities. Leading to exposed windows, and exposed lives. To WhatsApp, privacy is everything. [click to enlarge]With proprietary end-to-end encryption, interlocking layers of protection and countless other privacy measures, no other messaging application is doing it quite like they do.So to s...
Apple Releases Depth Pro, An AI Model That Rewrites The Rules of 3D Vision
[Tech]
2024/10/09 09:08
Apple’s AI research team has developed a new model that could significantly advance how machines perceive depth, potentially transforming industries ranging from augmented reality to autonomous vehicles.The system, called Depth Pro, is able to generate detailed 3D depth maps from single 2D images in a fraction of a second—without relying on the camera data traditionally needed to make such pr...
Fashion’s Plastic Addiction in 4 Charts
[Business]
2024/10/09 09:07
Cheap and versatile polyester has underpinned both the fashion industry’s growth and its worsening environmental footprint. Efforts to switch to recycled fibre are stalled, new data show.Last year, global textile production grew to a record 124 million tonnes. The increase was largely the result of higher volumes of virgin polyester, which now accounts for nearly two-thirds of the total market...
