TREND REPORTS
How Marathons Became Fashion Shows
[Business]
2024/11/14 09:06
This year’s New York City Marathon will witness an unprecedented slew of fashion-related activations like branded run clubs, sneaker drops and even a beauty sponsorship as the industry goes all in on running culture.Key insightsWith fashion and running culture increasingly intersecting, major marathons provide perfect venues for brands to market both performance and lifestyle products to a poo...
Fleek, A Marketplace for Wholesale Second-hand Clothes, Sews Up $20.4M
[Investing]
2024/11/14 09:05
Second-hand clothing has exploded as a category over the past couple of decades. A London startup that’s built a first-of-its-kind platform to improve how this very fragmented industry operates is now announcing funding to double down on the opportunity. Fleek, an online marketplace that connects second-hand clothing wholesalers with those who sell it at retail, has raised a $20.4 million ($14...
How American Households Have Changed Over Time
[Consumer]
2024/11/14 09:04
The composition of American households has shifted significantly since 1960 as fewer people have kids and the scale of economic resources has declined.Today, the number of households without kids exceeds those with kids, a trend that first emerged in 2014. In addition, single-person households have broadly continued to incline, reaching 29% of the total last year. This figure has more than doub...
This New Solar-Powered Scooter is Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before
[Product]
2024/11/14 09:03
The Lightfoot scooter comes with two large solar panels so it doesn’t have to plug in.With a typical electric bike, charging the battery can be a little annoying—you have to remember to bring the battery or the whole bike inside, plug it in, and wait hours for a full charge. If you live in an apartment, it might mean carrying a heavy bike upstairs. Some apartment buildings no longer allow e-b...
(PDF) 2024 State of OpenCloud Report - The Battery Ventures
[Business]
2024/11/13 09:10
Inside the Coming AI Market “Supercycle” and How Cloud Startups Can Benefit: The Battery Ventures 2024 State of OpenCloud Report.Has it finally happened? Have fledgling AI “experiments” inside companies finally morphed into real technology deployments, paving the way for big new efficiencies and streamlined workflows across all manner of industries and business processes?The answer, accordi...
Apple’s Next Device Is an AI Wall Tablet for Home Control, Siri and Video Calls
[Product]
2024/11/13 09:09
Apple is planning on launching a wall-mounted display that can control appliances, handle video conferencing and use artificial intelligence to navigate apps, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the effort.The product, code-named J490, could be announced as early as March, the report said, adding that it will spotlight the new AI platform, Apple Intelligence.Appl...
Red Dot Winner 2023 - 3D Vein Viewer Locator
[Design]
2024/11/13 09:08
The Adison vein viewer features a tiltable screen so that it can be used in a variety of positions.If a medical professional has ever had a hard time getting a needle into your veins, you'll welcome this new gizmo from Adison Technology. By effectively turning your skin transparent, it makes needle sticks more accurate and therefore less painful.Blood draws are often one of the first tests a do...
AI Takeoff Turns Data Centers Into America’s New Building Boom
[Business]
2024/11/13 09:07
US companies are plowing money into building data centers as they race to get ahead in artificial intelligence.Private construction spending on data centers has surged close to $30 billion a year, according to the most recent numbers from the Census Bureau, more than double what it was in late 2022 when OpenAI’s ChatGPT was released to the public.Corporate America now allocates a bigger buildi...
(Video) EpiBone Raises Funding Round for Regenerative Medicine
[Investing]
2024/11/13 09:06
EpiBone, a NYC-based regenerative medicine company, raised an undisclosed amount in funding.The round was led by Kendall Capital Partners, with participation from LifeSpan Vision Ventures, EMV Capital, and others.The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its ongoing pipeline development efforts.Led by CEO Dr. Nina Tandon, EpiBone is a regenerative medicine company focused on skeletal r...
(Infographic) The World’s Most Valuable Media Brands in 2024
[Business]
2024/11/13 09:05
Over the last decade, the top of the global ranking for the most valuable media brands has shifted from broadcast media operators, such as Disney, Fox, and NBC, to tech companies.In this graphic, we present the most valuable media brands in the world as of September 2024, according to Brand Finance.TV Brands Lose Ground to StreamersAccording to Brand Finance, TV brands have been losing both bra...
New AI Startup Authenticates Sneakers by Smell
[Business]
2024/11/13 09:04
Osmo debuts AI-enabled scent authenticator, Jacquemus turns to digital for holiday campaign, and Cartier's AI-fueled Shanghai exhibition.With counterfeit goods becoming increasingly sophisticated in make and quality, sniffing out the fakes has become a near-impossible task.However, a new AI-powered startup believes it has cracked the code for identifying the real deal from its knockoff counterp...
(Video) Clam-shaped Kinetic Sound Sculptures Sing of The Quality of Water
[Design]
2024/11/13 09:03
CLAMS, designed by Marco Barotti, is a series of kinetic sound sculptures that translate data from water quality sensors into sound and movement. Inspired by the natural function of clams as water purifiers, each sculpture is constructed from recycled plastic and incorporates a speaker. The sculptures respond to real-time data from water purity sensors placed in bodies of water such as rivers,...
