TREND REPORTS
Virginia's Fusion Power Plant : A Step Toward Infinite Energy
[Tech]
2025/01/17 09:04
No, this isn't the return of Marvel's Iron Man; Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has announced plans to build the world's first grid-scale fusion power plant near Richmond, Virginia.After more than 100 locations around the world were scouted, CFS chose a 100-acre (40.5-ha) plot of land in Chesterfield County in Virginia for the ARC – an acronym for "Affordable, Robust, Compact" – to be built...
Groundbreaking Australian VTOL Makes Its First-ever Flight
[Tech]
2025/01/17 09:03
BAE Systems has announced that STRIX, a new type of VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, made its first flight in late October. The flight was reportedly successful, paving the way for production of the unique aircraft.STRIX is being developed via a partnership between BAE Systems Australia and Australian aeronautical technology company Innovaero.Designed primarily for military use, th...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The ‘Value Now’ Consumer
[Consumer]
2025/01/16 09:10
US consumers’ sentiment and their spending patterns have been out of sync. Here’s how executives can make sense of the mixed signals.In McKinsey’s latest ConsumerWise research, consumers report feeling more optimistic about the US economy than they have all year. Even so, US consumer optimism overall is still lower than prepandemic levels, and more than half of consumers (53 percent) report...
Walmart’s Bluer New Brand is Its Biggest Update in Nearly Two Decades
[Design]
2025/01/16 09:09
The retailer’s new logo and brand system is a welcome, if familiar, update.The 255 million customers who visit Walmart each week are about to see something new—and even more blue—because Walmart is introducing its first brand update in nearly two decades. A lot has happened since Walmart introduced its last rebrand in 2008, with its lower-case-loving, flat-graphicked response to Y2K’s digit...
Why Inflation Is No Longer a Concern : EY Chief Economist
[Investing]
2025/01/16 09:08
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the CPI report for December on Wednesday.The consumer price index increased by 0.4% last month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday.EY's chief economist Gregory Daco says that even though headline inflation is up, core inflation is at a six-month low, which is a sign that inflation is not accelerating.I understand that the data...
BCG - Capturing Real-World Value in Automotive AI
[Business]
2025/01/16 09:07
Beyond technical implementation, success hinges on design choices that promote adoption, thoughtful process reengineering, and an unwavering focus on savings targets:Fostering adoption by users ensures seamless integration of tools into daily work.Redesigning processes allows automotive companies to embed AI capabilities in core functions such as manufacturing and product design.Linking executi...
(Paper) Stretchable, Flexible, Recyclable : 3D Printing Method Creates Fantastic Plastic
[Tech]
2025/01/16 09:06
Unlike similar materials that require complex processing, the plastic can be created with a 3D printer. Princeton engineers have developed an easily scalable 3D printing technique to manufacture soft plastics with programmed stretchiness and flexibility that are also recyclable and inexpensive—qualities not typically combined in commercially manufactured materials.In an article in the journal...
L.A. Wildfires Among the Costliest in Recent History
[Consumer]
2025/01/16 09:05
As fires continue to rage across Southern California, leaving parts of Los Angeles reduced to ashes, the human and economic toll of the blazes continues to rise. So far, the fires have killed at least 24 people, officials said on Sunday.Eight of the victims died in the Palisades fire and 16 in the Eaton fire, according to updated information from the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner.Accor...
(Video) MIT - Thermochromorph : Transforming Images Through Heat
[Tech]
2025/01/16 09:04
The Thermochromorph printmaking technique developed by CSAIL researchers allows images to transition into each other through changes in temperature.[MIT graduate student researchers Paris Myers (left) and Ticha Sethapakdi watch as a drawing of a human face turns its head to the right. Thermochromorph combines CMYK imaging, laser cutting, manual printmaking, and thermochromic inks to transform i...
