TREND REPORTS
1 in 8 U.S. Adults Have Taken Ozempic or Similar Drugs
[Consumer]
2024/06/07 09:07
Most adults (62%) say they have taken a GLP-1 drug to treat a chronic condition including diabetes or heart disease, while 43% say they have taken a GLP-1 primarily to lose weightAs GLP-1 medications continue to make headlines as an increasingly popular tool for weight loss, a new survey reveals that one in eight adults in the United States has taken a GLP-1 drug like Ozempic or Mounjaro at som...
China’s New Luxury Marketing Frontier : Mystic Jewelry
[Business]
2024/06/07 09:06
Stressed young Chinese white collar workers are buying hard luxury items they believe bestow good luck.Consumers in China are increasingly ascribing luxury goods like Vivienne Westwood’s Saturn and Tiffany’s Smile necklaces with fantastical powers thanks to a growing interest in astrology, divination, superstition and other esoteric beliefs.One netizen shared online that she was able to get r...
The World’s Biggest Tourism Spenders
[Consumer]
2024/06/07 09:05
China is yet to fully recover from its pandemic-induced travel slump, with projections forecasting outbound tourism to be back on track by the end of 2025. According to the latest available data from the UN World Tourism Organization, the Asian nation lost its position as the world’s leading tourism spender in 2022, after having held the position since 2013.Although China still saw an increase...
Dual Screen Laptop Proposes a Unique Design to Solve The Laptop Monitor Problem
[Design]
2024/06/07 09:04
In exchange for portability and mobility, laptops give up some power and flexibility, especially when it comes to things you can connect to. Sure, you can still connect plenty of peripherals, but you’re limited not only by the amount of ports available but also by the space you have around your laptop. A dual monitor laptop, for example, is inconvenient and even impossible in some circumstance...
AI Household Waste Tracker Uses GPT to Tell You How to Correctly Dispose of Trash
[Design]
2024/06/07 09:03
While companies like Google and OpenAI have been showing their AI’s multimodal capabilities at identifying the color of objects, or human expressions, an AI hardware company is putting the power of LLMs to good use by having them identify trash. Binit, a Finnish startup, has developed a tiny hardware device that scans your trash and then tells you how to accurately dispose of it. It doesn’t j...
(PDF) BCG - Building the Travel Company of the Future
[Business]
2024/06/06 09:10
Future-ready travel industry leaders produce superior financial and nonfinancial outcomes by improving their customer experience, commercial excellence, operational innovation, and cost and resilience. Travelers influenced by social media expect more from travel-company services. That plus cost pressures are redefining the competition, pushing companies to change how they operate:According to o...
Coca-Cola Welcomes Street Art Versions of Its Logo
[Business]
2024/06/06 09:09
Coca-Cola, a brand known for its iconic logo and global presence, has embarked on a unique campaign that celebrates the creativity of local artists and businesses worldwide.The global campaign "Every Coca-Cola is Welcome" showcases street-art versions of the Coca-Cola logo created by shopkeepers and artists in various countries.It's a departure from traditional brand strategies, as it embraces...
(Paper) AI Headphones Filter Out Noise So You Hear One Voice in a Crowd
[Tech]
2024/06/06 09:08
They could help wearers focus on specific voices in noisy environments, such as a friend in a crowd or a tour guide amid the urban hubbub.Modern life is noisy. If you don’t like it, noise-canceling headphones can reduce the sounds in your environment. But they muffle sounds indiscriminately, so you can easily end up missing something you actually want to hear.A new prototype AI system for such...
When Do We Stop Finding New Music ? A Statistical Analysis
[Consumer]
2024/06/06 09:07
When does our taste in music stagnate?I recently tried Spotify's new DJ feature in which an AI bot curates personalized listening sessions, introducing songs while explaining the intention behind its selections (much like a real-life disc jockey). Every four or five pieces, the bot interjects to set up its next block of music, ascribing a theme to these upcoming works. Here are some of my examp...
