TREND REPORTS
(CES 2024) Belkin's Auto-Tracking iPhone Stand is About to Make Tripods Obsolete
[Product]
2024/01/09 09:04
Belkin's Auto-Tracking Stand Pro uses Apple's DockKit technology to follow you during Zoom meetings, video recordings, and much more.Whether you're a budding TikToker, an established YouTuber, a teacher recording lessons for class, or a fitness instructor recording virtual workout sessions, you know that it can be hard to make high-quality videos when you don't have a camera crew at the ready t...
‘Melting Organs’ Ice Cubes Encourage Public To ‘Drink To Life, Not To Death’
[Design]
2024/01/09 09:03
To spread awareness of its core value of “doing the right thing,” the Shanghai Pilot Health Promotion Center has partnered with advertising agency BBDO China on a brand-new campaign, this time targeting drinkers.Using ice cubes carved in the shape of bodily organs, including the liver, heart, and stomach, the Melting Organs initiative hopes to educate and engage locals on the importance of ma...
(PDF) CES 2024 Tech Trends to Watch Report
[Business]
2024/01/08 09:10
The Consumer Technology Association has kicked off their research briefing with claims that retail revenues for the consumer technology industry will grow 2.8% in 2024 to $512 billion alone in the USA, up $14 billion from 2023.One of the key contributors are new products many that could not be launched in 2023 because of manufacturing and design problems in China due to COVID issues.CTA’s One-...
(Paper) Google DeepMind Introduces Mobile ALOHA Humanoid Technology
[Tech]
2024/01/08 09:09
Researchers at Google DeepMind and Stanford University on Wednesday announced Mobile ALOHA, a low-cost open-source hardware system for bimanual teleoperation.It is a humanoid robot that can be remote operated by a user and perform autonomously by imitation learning.Further, through user-controlled teleoperations, it can do laundry, self-charge, use a vacuum cleaner, water plants, load and unloa...
Perplexity AI Raises $74M to Take on Google and Microsoft Bing with AI-Native Search
[Investing]
2024/01/08 09:08
California-based Perplexity AI, the year-old startup looking to reinvent knowledge discovery with an AI-native search engine, announced it has raised $73.6 million in a series B round of funding.The investment comes from IVP with participation from NEA, Databricks, Nvidia, Bessemer Venture Partners and Kindred Ventures.Notably, several tech visionaries also joined the list of backers, including...
Subtl Beauty Secures $5M Investment from Cult Capital
[Investing]
2024/01/08 09:07
Subtl Beauty, a NYC-based company which specializes in compact, convenient makeup, closed a Series A funding round with an investment from Cult Capital.The amount of the deal was $5M.The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach.Founded by Rachel Reid in 2018, Subtl is a convenience-focused compact makeup brand. Its products are packaged in a travel-friendly s...
AI-Powered Tech Boom Fuels 2023 Stock Market Rally
[Investing]
2024/01/08 09:06
Despite banking jitters, stubbornly high inflation and lingering recession fears, the U.S. stock market rebounded in 2023, recovering most of the losses incurred in the 2022 market rout. Having been the main driver behind the previous year's downturn, the tech sector returned to its more familiar role as market motor in 2023. Fueled by excitement over the potential of AI, companies such as Micr...
Digital Avatars Set to Disrupt Fashion. Is Luxury Ready ?
[Business]
2024/01/08 09:05
Eclipsing other metaverse-related markets, digital avatars are poised for explosive growth in 2024. How can the industry avoid another boom and bust?The global digital avatar market is expected to reach $156.19 billion by 2032, developing from niche metaverse communities to mainstream acceptance.Transcending their initial gaming origins, digital avatars, also known as a graphical representation...
Solar-Powered Streetlights Spin and Move to Chase The Sun - The Sunseeker
[Design]
2024/01/08 09:04
We see plenty of solar-powered products today, ranging from simple lamps to complicated electronics. But despite the sustainability benefits these offer, there’s no escaping the fact that they do need to soak up the rays to actually work. That’s not much of a problem if the devices have large batteries that can be used when the sun is out, but not so much for smaller objects that have to be s...
