TREND REPORTS
Pet Travel Takes Over The Roads
[Business]
2022/07/08 09:06
We’ve seen a serious influx in pet ownership since Covid-19, during which nearly one in five U.S. households acquired a cat or dog. A new wave of pet owners, combined with an unprecedented interest in car travel, has led the travel and hospitality industry to embrace pets in ways they never have before. According to a recent Hilton survey, 55% of Americans who are pet owners are likely to trav...
What's In The Metaverse Opportunity For Museums ?
[Business]
2022/07/08 09:05
A recent report by UTA and Vox sheds light on how cultural organizations can add value to the metaverse and its Gen Z users. While virtual environments have been present for decades, chiefly in the gaming sector, the idea of the metaverse has only lately gained mainstream and cultural traction. Riding on the winds of the NFT boom, metaverse platforms such as Decentraland, The Sandbox, and Roblo...
Asenso Optimized Record Player for Millennials and Gen Z Consumers
[Design]
2022/07/08 09:04
Asenso is a modern concept of vertical record player with soft blue color and bold graphical shapes. In simple words, Vinyl records are rotating disks used for storing music. Just in case you don’t know, phonograph records were a commercial form of music storage since ear 1800s, it slowly gained its popularity around 1912. However, around 1991 when compact discs arrive, these phonograph record...
IDC - Meta’s Dominance in the VR Market will be Challenged in the Coming Years
[Business]
2022/07/08 09:03
Global shipments for virtual reality (VR) headsets jumped 241.6% during the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) compared to the same period last year, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. Continued demand and easing supply helped drive the category forward though it is worth noting that 1Q21 was plagued w...
(PDF) PwC : Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2022–2026
[Business]
2022/07/07 09:10
Fault lines and fractures: Innovation and growth in a new competitive landscape.2021 was a year of uncertainty in public health, supply chains and geopolitics. But amid all the uncertainty came a greater clarity about the overall trends of the entertainment and media (E&M) market, the forces driving growth, and an understanding of the fault lines and fractures forming in consumer behaviours...
Cabless Autonomous Electric Truck Approved for US Public Roads - Einride
[Tech]
2022/07/07 09:09
With NHTSA approval for driving on public roads in the bag, Einride's cabless autonomous electric Pod will begin pilot operations at a GE Appliances manufacturing facility in the US from Q3 2022.Freight technology company Einride first introduced its cabless autonomous electric T-pod truck back in 2017, which rolled on Swedish roads for the first time a couple of years later. Now the company ha...
This Startup Is Using AI to Help Keep Store Shelves Stocked - Wisy.ai
[Business]
2022/07/07 09:09
Wisy’s platform eases supply-chain issues by tracking inventory. Store employees take a picture of a product on display using Wisy's platform, and the AI records information based. Shoppers are seeing more and more empty shelves, as stores around the world struggle to keep products stocked. The situation is the result of supply-chain issues caused in part by the COVID-19 pandemic. The product-...
(PDF) Manhattan Home Prices Hit a Record While Sales Frenzy Winds Down
[Investing]
2022/07/07 09:08
Closed deals still show strength, with buyers paying a median of $1.25 million, but a timelier measure of contracts has been slipping for the past three months. Manhattan home sales showed continued strength in the second quarter, though there are clear signs that fears of a recession are slowing down the market.Purchases of condos and co-ops closed at a median of $1.25 million, a record high,...
AI Algorithm Predicts Future Crimes One Week in Advance With 90% Accuracy
[Tech]
2022/07/07 09:06
A new algorithm forecasts crime by learning patterns in time and geographic locations from public data on violent and property crimes. It can predict future crimes one week in advance with about 90% accuracy.A new computer model uses publicly available data to predict crime accurately in eight cities in the US, while revealing increased police response in wealthy neighborhoods at the expense of...
