TREND REPORTS
Top 25 Countries to Retire In
[Consumer]
2022/11/25 09:08
Our global population is getting older. By 2050, the OECD predicts that 30% of people worldwide will be aged 65 or over.While some countries are relatively prepared to handle this increase in the elderly demographic, others are already feeling the squeeze and struggling with the challenges that come with a rapidly aging population.Which countries are the best equipped to support their senior ci...
Popup Grabs $3.5M for No-Code Way to Personalize Online Storefronts
[Investing]
2022/11/25 09:07
Two former Shopify employees think they have cracked the code — through no-code actually — for small e-commerce merchants to go beyond the one-size-fits-all marketplace tools and provide personalized customer experiences.Corey Holmes and Matteo Grassi started Popup in 2021 after watching merchants selling through marketplaces (e.g., Shopify and BigCommerce) use the homepage and few product pa...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Global Flows : The Ties That Bind in an Interconnected World
[Business]
2022/11/25 09:06
Economic and political turbulence have prompted speculation that the world is already deglobalizing. But the evidence suggests that global integration is here to stay, albeit with nuance.Ours is an interdependent world, connected by global flows of goods, services, capital, people, data, and ideas. Global value chains have been built on these flows, creating a more prosperous world. However, in...
This Shoe Styler Concept Helps You Put Your Best Foot Forward Every Day
[Design]
2022/11/25 09:05
A good number of people pay very close attention to the shoes they wear, day in and day out. They make sure the shoes are not only comfortable but also stylish, matching whatever look you might have going for that day. A bit ironically, however, most people don’t give their shoes a second thought after taking them off. Most of us take special care of the clothes we wear but are content to just...
What Do You Want to be When You Grow Up ?
[Consumer]
2022/11/25 09:04
Becoming an astronaut has seemingly lost some of its glamor, at least in the United States and the United Kingdom, where children are three times more likely to want to be a social media influencer than to jet off into space. In China, the opposite is true, with more than half (56 percent) of 8 to 12-year-olds saying that they would most like to become an astronaut when they grow up and only 18...
(Video) HaptX’s Latest Haptic Gloves Are Smaller and Cheaper, But Still Bulky
[Product]
2022/11/25 09:03
HaptX, the company known for its haptic gloves, today announced it’s launching pre-orders for HaptX Gloves G1, a cheaper and more refined haptic glove device that’s squarely targeted at businesses.The company says the new device includes a number of improvements over its HaptX Gloves DK2, which it launched in early 2021 for enterprise. It’s said to include improved ergonomics, multiple glove...
(Patent) Apple Refines Its Control Rings for its Augmented Reality Headset
[Tech]
2022/11/24 09:10
The US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to systems and methods of detecting skin-to-skin contact, and more particularly, to detecting contact between two hands or between two fingers for input in virtual reality or augmented reality environments. While the patent is titled "skin to skin," the patent places emphasis on the use of smart rings us...
Bain - How Retailers and Shoppers Are Weathering Holiday Inflation
[Business]
2022/11/24 09:09
Strategic pricing and focused promotions will benefit retailers and consumers alike.Stubborn inflation will likely push nominal holiday sales within range of our forecasted 7.5% year-over-year growth, but retailers are grappling with skyrocketing input costs and cautious shoppers.Some retailers are increasing revenue, margins, and transactions amid inflationary pressure. These growth leaders ar...
(Video) 2022 James Dyson Awards Winner : 'SmartHEAL' Infection-Sensing Wound Dressing
[Product]
2022/11/24 09:08
A trio of PhD students from the Warsaw University of Technology have been named the grand prize winners of this year's James Dyson Awards for their SmartHEAL sensor, which is integrated into a dressing to detect how well a wound is healing.The smart sensor, designed by Tomasz Raczyński, Dominik Baraniecki and Piotr Walter, measures the pH balance of a wound to detect possible infections withou...
