Although vital, many of the usual topics and trends affecting consumer packaged goods companies are well-trodden. It’s time to start a new conversation.Companies are navigating significant demographic, political, environmental, technological, and cultural shifts. Key drivers, including deglobalization and artificial intelligence, are hitting the industry at speed. Accepted truths, such as the...

At a time when memories are increasingly flattened into folders, feeds, and cloud backups, a new experimental device from MIT Media Lab proposes a far more intimate archive: scent. Developed by Cyrus Clarke, the Anemoia Device is a speculative yet functional prototype that translates photographs into bespoke fragrances using generative AI, inviting users not to view memories, but to inhabit the...

New contraceptive methods are in trials, but can companies get men to buy in?Akash Bakshi spends his days staring at sperm counts. As co-founder of San Francisco startup YourChoice Therapeutics, he’s trying to do something that has eluded researchers for decades: bring a hormone-free male birth control pill to market. YourChoice’s candidate, YCT-529, works by blocking a vitamin-A-dependent pr...

Gartner’a top strategic technology predictions for 2026 and beyond.1. By 2028, organizations that leverage multi-agent AI for 80% of customer-facing business processes will dominate.2. By 2028, 90% of B2B buying will be AI agent intermediated, pushing over $15 trillion of B2B spend through AI agent exchanges.3. Through 2026, atrophy of critical-thinking skills, due to gen AI use, will push 50%...

Meta may have discontinued the Quest for Business program intended for its Quest 3, but Horizon OS v85 is planning to introduce some niche features to the VR headset. These changes begin with the replacement of Horizon Feed with the Navigator UI as the default interface. In addition, if the Horizon OS v85 Public Test Channel (PTC) is any indication, the Meta headset will be able to turn any fla...

Recently, I have developed a conflicted relationship with Lego. I love it. There’s so much Lego in our apartment that you can remove the brick and mortar, and I would still have a standing home. But lately, I’m getting fed up with how hard the Danish company is pushing it. Pushing the absurd licensing deals. Pushing nostalgia. Pushing the gigantic sets that adults want, kids dream of, but so...

When it comes to gen AI, the habits, attitudes, and ideas of Gen Z are a harbinger of the future of work.A new survey of nearly 2,500 U.S. adults between the ages of 18 and 28 years old revealed some surprising findings. Most members of Gen Z use gen AI and, contrary to conventional wisdom, Gen Z’s relationship with these tools is more pragmatic than personal. Moreover, they use it even in sit...

Your desk probably looks like everyone else’s. You’ve got the same black stapler, the same boring paper clip holder, maybe a pen cup that once held something else. There’s nothing wrong with functional, but there’s also nothing memorable about it. That’s precisely what makes Shearing Magnetic Absorption so refreshing. Designed by Xin Se and awarded the Golden A’ Design Award in 2025, this...

1. (Paper) EPFL - 인간의 손을 초월한 혁신적인 탈착식 로봇 손 개발인간의 신체적 한계를 넘는 혁신적 설계: 두 개의 엄지와 대칭 구조를 갖춘 가역적 손바닥 디자인을 통해 기존 로봇 손의 비대칭성과 팔의 가동 범위 제한을 극복하고 고도의 조작 능력 확보독립적 이동과 조작 기능의 결합: 로봇 팔에서 분리되어 거미처럼 독자적으로 이동하며 물체를 집어 나르는 '로코-매니퓰레이션(Loco-manipulation)' 기술을 통해 산...