TREND REPORTS
Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama, Stained Glass Brain Dead, And Marni Workwear
[Business]
2023/01/06 09:04
Following on from 2022’s crazy collab overload, 2023 has started off strong already. After a decade apart, Louis Vuitton has been reunited with the Japanese “Princess of Polka Dots” Yayoi Kusama; the trending collaboration will launch worldwide this Friday, January 6.Other fashion highlights of the week include stained glass artist Kerbi Urbanowski’s second project with Los Angeles-based ar...
(CES 2023) This New Baby Car Seat Combines Military-grade Tech - Babyark
[Product]
2023/01/06 09:03
From the minds of an aeronautical engineer and a luxury car designer, Babyark’s convertible car seat is designed to be an ultra safe piece of baby equipment.Having spent more than a decade designing impact-absorbing seats for military planes and armored vehicles, aeronautical engineer Shy Mindel was a bit surprised to find himself outside a hospital a few years ago asking strangers for help in...
(CES 2023) Tech Trends to Watch
[Business]
2023/01/05 09:10
CES will present us with a tsunami of products, but Steve Koenig, vice president of research at the Consumer Technology Association, the group that puts on the big tech trade show in Las Vegas, helped sort it out by pointing out key trends to watch.Among the things he foresees: Enterprise technology will drive innovation forward and help pull us out of a recession. We’ll turn to robotics, AI,...
(PDF) BCG - 5 Strategies for A Successful Software Partner Program
[Business]
2023/01/05 09:09
Modern partner ecosystems offer multiple advantages to software firms—but many struggle to build one. Here are five critical strategies for success.As technology becomes ever more crucial for business, companies face many challenges in realizing its benefits. Buying centers proliferate across their enterprise, data security and privacy face increasingly sophisticated threats, and modernizing l...
(Paper) MIT - Paper-Thin Solar Cell Can Turn Any Surface Into a Power Source
[Tech]
2023/01/05 09:08
MIT researchers have developed a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be stuck onto any surface. It has been 70 years since modern solar panels were invented, and their fundamental design hasn’t changed all that much. Yes, their efficiency has more than doubled since then, and the price has dropped by 89% since 2010. But recent innovations aside...
(CES 2023) Withings U-Scan Wants You to Pee on Its Latest Device
[Tech]
2023/01/05 09:07
The U-Scan is a noninvasive device that you stick in your toilet to monitor metabolic and reproductive health.The U-Scan is a noninvasive urinalysis test that you stick in your toilet. Image: WithingsWithings is generally known for its sleek smartwatches, but it also shows up at CES each year with ambitious health gadgets. Last year, it was a smart scale that could also take EKGs and segmented...
(Infographic) The World’s Wealthiest Cities, by Number of Millionaires
[Consumer]
2023/01/05 09:06
How many millionaires, centimillionaires, and billionaires live in the world’s wealthiest cities?While such metrics are not all encompassing, these measurements of private wealth do help put the financial health and economic activity of some of the world’s wealthiest cities in perspective.This infographic uses information from the Henley Global Citizens Report, in partnership with New World W...
Pressure on Google as Microsoft Plans to Add ChatGPT to Bing
[Tech]
2023/01/05 09:05
While it may sound intriguing, there are a number of “buts” around the news, first reported by The Information, that Microsoft is planning to add OpenAI’s generative AI-powered ChatGPT to its Bing search engine rather than just showing link results.The new feature, with an eye toward more full-sentence answers to queries, could reportedly launch by the end of March. Google still fields vast...
Automotus Raises $9M to Scale Automated Curb Management Tech
[Investing]
2023/01/05 09:04
The new mobility landscape has made curb space in cities a hot commodity. No longer are curbs just for buses, taxis, deliveries and parking. Now those traditional use cases have to contend with bike lanes, ride-hail, same-day deliveries, dockless vehicles and more. As a result, cities and investors are starting to prioritize software that helps manage curb space.Enter Automotus, a four-year-old...
