TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Next Horizon for Grocery e-Commerce
[Business]
2022/05/10 09:10
Consumers will increasingly shop for groceries online in the years ahead. Retailers must make a series of strategic investments to keep pace.Over the past 24 months, e-commerce in the North American grocery industry has continued to mature and scale. The pandemic served as an accelerator for grocery e-commerce, with much of the sector experiencing the equivalent of more than five years of growt...
(Paper) Watch a Swarm of Drones Navigate a Forest without Crashing
[Tech]
2022/05/10 09:09
A new navigation system for drones reduces the processing power needed to avoid obstacles, even in tricky environments like forests.A new navigation system enables a swarm of 10 lightweight drones to fly together without crashing into one another or obstacles, even in challenging places such as forests.Drones can compute their location and find a path to follow using a panoply of sensors, which...
Gartner - CEOs' Top 10 Strategic Business Priorities for 2022-23
[Business]
2022/05/10 09:08
Workforce issues loom large, while sustainability becomes a mainstream concern.People, purpose, prices and productivity emerged in a recent Gartner survey as key issues for the C-suite in 2022, and looking to 2023, reflecting a radical shift in priorities not seen in 15 years but likely to represent enduring change in the mindset of CEOs.“The last time we saw this type of sharp change in busin...
(Video) MIT - Soft Assistive Robotic Wearables Get a Boost from Rapid Design Tool
[Tech]
2022/05/10 09:07
Scientists have created a design and fabrication tool for soft pneumatic actuators for integrated sensing, which can power personalized health care, smart homes, and gaming.Soft, pneumatic actuators might not be a phrase that comes up in daily conversations, but more likely than not you might have benefited from their utility. The devices use compressed air to power motion, and with sensing cap...
Imagene Nets $21.5M for Cancer Biopsy-Scanning AI
[Investing]
2022/05/10 09:06
Imagene's series A was co-led by Larry Ellison, billionaire co-founder of Oracle; David Agus, director of the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine at the University of Southern California; and Eyal Gura, co-founder of the X-ray AI company Zebra Medical Vision. An artificial intelligence startup aims to help direct cancer patients to the proper targeted therapies using only...
(PDF) Capgemini - How Consumer Products and Retailers Can Accelerate Value Capture from Data
[Consumer]
2022/05/10 09:05
Why aren’t more consumer products & retail organizations tapping into the data goldmine? Data offers vast and unparalleled opportunities for consumer products & retail organizations. They could turn it into a sizeable competitive advantage: getting closer to consumers, optimizing operations, and launching new products/services rapidly. So why are so few of them tapping into the data go...
IKEA City Center De Querkraft
[Design]
2022/05/10 09:04
An urban, car-free furniture store with a hostel in the upper floors and a public roof terrace.at the briefing stage the client already formulated the aim: “we want to be a good neighbour”. querkraft’s response to this objective is shown by a building that also represents an added value for its surroundings. the roof terrace that is open to the public, the wealth of greenery on all facade ar...
Architect Daniel Libeskind Designed an Angular Bottle for Hennessy
[Design]
2022/05/10 09:03
Architect Daniel Libeskind has created an angular bottle for the Richard Hennessy cognac, which is named after the founder of drinks brand Hennessy.The Baccarat crystal bottle has an angular external shape surrounding a curved internal form reminiscent of a traditional cognac bottle. The design was created to evoke a sense of history and the future."I am inspired by the interplay of history and...
(PDF) Goldman Sachs - Electric Vehicles: What’s Next VII : Confronting Greenflation
[Investing]
2022/05/09 09:10
Battery costs now account for around 30% of total EV cost, and a reduction in these costs will be essential if EV businesses are to become viable. Currently, however, prices for battery materials are rising as a result of so-called greenflation. In this report, the seventh installment of our Electric Vehicles: What’s Next series, we outline our new forecast for a slower pace of decline for aut...
(Video) Mouth Haptics in VR Using a Headset Ultrasound Phased Array
[Tech]
2022/05/09 09:09
Using the mouth haptics system, Vivian Shen feels the sensation of liquid on her lips as she takes a virtual drink.Along with providing users with sights and sounds, some VR systems also deliver tactile sensation to the hands. A new ultrasound-based setup, however, lets users feel the virtual world on and in their mouths – without making physical contact.The inexpensive system is being develop...
What Did NFT Sales By Art Galleries Look Like In 2021 ?
[Business]
2022/05/09 09:08
Artsy's 2022 Gallery Insights report found only 11 percent of surveyed galleries sold NFTs in the past year.Key FindingsOnline sales keep growing, even as in-person events return. Of the galleries we surveyed, 64% reported that their volume of online sales increased in 2021 compared to 2020, quelling doubts that online sales models would be temporary measures.Few galleries are selling NFTs or a...
Beam Impact Raises $13.3M to Turn Everyday Purchases Into a Way to Support Social Causes
[Investing]
2022/05/09 09:07
Beam Impact, a company that enables consumers to turn their spending into a way to support social causes, has raised $13.3 million in Series A funding led by Index Ventures. The company’s B2B2C model connects consumers with brands that are supporting social causes and allows them to donate a portion of their purchases to a nonprofit of their choice, at no cost to them. Beam is partnered with 1...
