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Ambulance Stretcher Design – A Wheelchair, A Scoop Stretcher, and A Cart Wheel in One
[Design]
2022/08/08 09:03
Studio Rotor designed and developed Ambulance Stretcher Design as medical equipment that transforms from a lightweight wheelchair into a scoop stretcher. It’s a concept project for Retter Medical which then further developed by IDP Amsterdam for manufacturing. It’s a flexible equipment to transport patients with light injuries, whether using a wheelchair or a scoop stretcher. The patented mec...
(PDF) Mckinsey - US Summer Travel Trends 2022
[Consumer]
2022/08/05 09:10
McKinsey’s recent US travel survey shows that leisure travel is booming, and this summer many people are planning to take their vacations “no matter what.”Summer 2022 is likely to be a good one for travel and tourism in the US. The following five key trends are shaping the industry, with implications for hotel owners.Revenue per available room (RevPAR) in the US is outstripping not just 2020...
Smarter Sorting Raises Additional $7M for Consumer Goods Data
[Investing]
2022/08/05 09:09
Smarter Sorting, a Boulder, Colo., Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles-based consumer goods data and sustainability company, raised an additional $7m in funding.Regeneration.VC made the investment and Michael Smith, Regeneration.VC’s General Partner, joined Smarter Sorting’s board of directors with this deal. This capital comes as an extension to the recent $25M investment round led by G2 Venture...
Benedict Evans - Back to The Trend Line ?
[Investing]
2022/08/05 09:08
The Covid Rotation turns, and ecommerce penetration is back to the trend line. But which trend line, and which penetration?Back in 2020, as we were all locked down and forced to do everything online, we got very excited about ecommerce penetration. All sorts of charts went viral showing that we’d jumped forward anything from three to five years in a couple of months. This was a big part of the...
The National Gallery Kicks Off Its First Immersive Experience In Roblox
[Design]
2022/08/05 09:07
An adaptation of the museum's first AR project, The Keeper Council marks the National Gallery's debut in the metaverse. Earlier this year, the National Gallery, London released its first augmented reality experience. The mobile-based The Keeper of Paintings and the Palette of Perception invited young visitors on an AR-powered quest through the London institution to locate the lost “Palette of...
TikTok to Overtake Facebook in Influencer Marketing Spend This Year, YouTube by 2024
[Consumer]
2022/08/05 09:06
Instagram may be worried about TikTok’s threat to its business, but in the near-term, it’s still far ahead when it comes to the influencer marketing dollars spent on its platform in the U.S. According to a new analyst report, Instagram is on track to capture nearly 3x the amount of influencer marketing spend compared to TikTok in 2022 — or $2.23 billion spent on Instagram compared with the $...
(Video) 1,200 km/h TransPod FluxJet : Canadian Hyperloop Reels in Half a Billion
[Tech]
2022/08/05 09:05
The TransPod FluxJet, a vacuum-tube mag-lev pod allegedly capable of 1,200 km/h speeds.Faster than a jet plane and about half the price. Yes, it's another hyperloop-style vacuum-tube train – this time from Canada. TransPod says it's started preliminary construction on a tube that'll fire you from Calgary to Edmonton in 45 minutes.Unveiled last week in Toronto, the TransPod FluxJet is more than...
Q2 Bank Earnings Reveal Common Themes and a Spark of Hope
[Investing]
2022/08/05 09:04
Trends in bank earnings: Banks’ Q2 2022 earnings offer insight into how they're preparing for the economic uncertainty they’ll face during 2H. Here are the common themes we saw in US, UK, and Canadian reports.Trend 1: Profits decreased. (Mostly.)Most major banks in the US reported steep declines in profits YoY from Q2 2021 to Q2 2022.JPMorgan’s profit was down 28%.Wells Fargo saw its profit...
CAKE Kibb Agricultural Vehicle Concept to Support Farmer’s Lifestyle
[Design]
2022/08/05 09:03
In collaboration with CAKE, Fanny Jonsson has designed CAKE Kibb as part of her thesis project. It’s a concept proposal of an agricultural vehicle as mobility solution for farmers. It’s a large yet non-disturbing vehicle that is physically and chemically can support farmer’s lifestyle in a diverse and modular manner. It is believed that the power lies in biodiversity, we must harness the gen...
(PDF) Capgemini - How Sustainability is Fundamentally Changing Consumer Preferences
[Consumer]
2022/08/04 09:10
For CPR organizations, green is the new black.As the hands of the Doomsday Clock inch towards midnight and consequences of climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, and resource scarcity become impossible to ignore, people are waking up to the urgent need for change. Together with governments, public-interest groups, investors, competitors, and employees, consumers are increasingly calling...
Olfactory Technology Brings Classical Painting to Life Through Bespoke Scents
[Business]
2022/08/04 09:09
The ten scents bring additional richness to the sensory experience of an art exhibition.Spotted: Visitors to a recent exhibition at Museo Nacional del Prado in Spain had the opportunity to experience the classical painting ‘The Sense of Smell’ in an innovative new way. Using fashion company Puig’s AirParfum technology, the painting—part of ‘The Five Senses’ series by 17th century Flemish...
The Countries With the Best Digital Quality of Life
[Consumer]
2022/08/04 09:08
According to VPN provider Surfshark, Denmark has the best digital quality of life in the world. The country achieved 0.83 index points in 2021 on the company’s Digital Quality of Life Index, taking first place among the 110 nations it compared.South Korea and Finland follow in a joint second place at 0.76 points. With Singapore in rank 4, the top 8 consists of two Scandinavian and two Asian na...
