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(PDF) BCG - Rewriting the Rules of Software-Defined Vehicles
[Business]
2023/10/23 09:09
Cars today are fast becoming tech products. The emergence of software-defined vehicles (SDVs) will create over $650 billion in value for the auto industry by 2030. With boundaries between the automotive and tech industries blurring, we offer key insights to help players navigate the transition.As the complexity of SDVs increases, auto and tech companies must partner to promote innovation and un...
Red Dot Award : Design Concept for The Year 2023 - The Foldwave
[Design]
2023/10/23 09:08
You’ve got portable grills, induction cookers, and portable stoves, but there’s no portable version of the microwave. Most microwaves today are heavy, bulky, and aren’t designed to be carried around… but what if they were?Designer Park Saun created the Foldwave concept to show what a portable microwave could look like. With a collapsible design that turns into a portable carry case when not...
Bain - How Do Consumers Feel Heading into the Holidays ?
[Consumer]
2023/10/23 09:07
While shoppers are feeling cautious about spending, there is no average consumer. Winning retailers will unwrap the differences.[bain]
MIT Scientists have Discover “Quasicrystals” That Exhibit Superconductivity and More
[Tech]
2023/10/23 09:06
Flexible platform could produce enigmatic materials, lead to new studies of exotic phenomena.In research that could jump-start interest into an enigmatic class of materials known as quasicrystals, MIT scientists and colleagues have discovered a relatively simple, flexible way to create new atomically thin versions that can be tuned for important phenomena. In work reported in a recent issue of...
Social Commerce Sales are Rising Faster Than The Number of Social Buyers
[Business]
2023/10/23 09:05
US annual social commerce sales per buyer will nearly double from $627.8 in 2023 to $1,223.7 in 2027, according to our forecast.Beyond the chart:Sales growth is being driven by a rise in dollars spent per buyer, rather than by new buyers, according to our Social Commerce Forecast 2023 report.Most people aren’t browsing social media with the intent to buy, which means Meta and TikTok need to tu...
This Single Person Electric VTOL Aircraft Leverages AI Assist
[Design]
2023/10/23 09:04
Yacht owners are known for indulging in luxury and the thrill of the open sea. Over the years, this community has indulged in buying submarines and Jet Skis to satisfy their growing desire for new thrills, and it is no surprise that electric VTOL and jetpacks will be on the list soon. In order to create the demand or perhaps be ready for when the need arises, a French company is making a deal v...
The Products Consumers Are Most Price-Conscious About
[Consumer]
2023/10/23 09:03
Despite the push-back against fast fashion, clothing and shoes are the product category that most people around the world are price-conscious about. Clothes and shoes were named as a purchase where low prices are particularly important by more respondents than any other category in 16 out of 18 countries surveyed by Statista Consumer Insights. In China, consumer electronics, defined by the surv...
(Infographic) Piper Sandler - 46th Semi-Semi-Annual Generation Z Survey
[Consumer]
2023/10/20 09:10
Piper Sandler Companies, a leading investment bank, completes its 46th semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens® survey in partnership with DECA. Piper Sandler equity research has more than 60 million data points around teen preferences and spending in the 22 plus years of researching teens.The fall 2023 survey was conducted from September 4 to September 27. To see the full list of key findings, vi...
(Paper) Meta - Towards a Real-Time Decoding of Images from Brain Activity
[Tech]
2023/10/20 09:09
At every moment of every day, our brains meticulously sculpt a wealth of sensory signals into meaningful representations of the world around us. Yet how this continuous process actually works remains poorly understood.Today, Meta is announcing an important milestone in the pursuit of that fundamental question. Using magnetoencephalography (MEG), a non-invasive neuroimaging technique in which th...
