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(Video) First Wearable Device for Vocal Fatigue Senses When Your Voice Needs a Break
[Tech]
2023/02/22 09:08
People such as singers, public speakers and teachers run the risk of injuring their vocal cords through overuse. An experimental wearable system is designed to help keep that from happening, by warning users as they approach their vocal threshold.The setup is being developed by "a team of materials scientists, biomedical engineers, opera singers and a speech-language pathologist," led by Northw...
BCG - 5 Pricing Moves for CPG in a Cost-of-Living Crisis
[Business]
2023/02/22 09:07
Global inflation and declining real wages have plunged consumers into a cost-of-living crisis. Many consumers in developed markets believe that their own country is already in recession and expect that inflation—which hit 40-year-highs in major economies in 2022—will remain elevated for the next two years.[click to enlarge]In response, consumers are changing their buying behavior. They are sp...
Cultural Capital Is The Key To Louis Vuitton’s Luxury Lead
[Business]
2023/02/22 09:06
Louis Vuitton’s recent bombshell appointment of Pharrell Williams as its new menswear creative director may have surprised some observers, but the move makes perfect sense as luxury brands are moving from merely selling products to becoming cultural influencers.Though cultural capital creation is the new savoir faire in luxury, what many brands underestimate is that building and wielding cultu...
How the Metaverse is Making Money
[Business]
2023/02/22 09:05
Statista’s Advertising & Media Markets Insights estimates that worldwide metaverse revenue will stand at $490 billion in 2030. This is a comparatively conservative forecast. Other analyst companies assume a market volume of between approximately 750 and 1,700 billion U.S. dollars.For the Statista outlook, the term metaverse is defined as a virtual world or a collection of virtual worlds th...
This Speaker Design Transforms Into a Chair to Create a Personal Listening Space
[Design]
2023/02/22 09:04
Every day, our eyes and our brains are bombarded with visual stimuli, especially from the smartphones we are glued to most of the time. Even for the younger generations, there is a tipping point when things become too overwhelming, so many of them retreat to music of varying genres for a reprieve. That often involves putting on headphones for a bit of privacy, but such accessories do remove one...
What's The Apple's Most Popular Product ?
[Product]
2023/02/22 09:03
While the iPhone continues to be Apple's most popular product, the Mac sits in fourth place, after both iPad and Apple Watch.The latest analysis from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) examines product ownership among Apple customers and which categories are dominant. For example, almost 90% of Apple customers own an iPhone, while the iPad follows at 73% in second place.Apple Watch...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Transforming Human Capital Into Competitive Advantage
[Consumer]
2023/02/21 09:10
A dual focus on developing people and managing them well gives a select group of companies a long-term performance edge.At a glanceWhen companies emphasize skill development, it pays off for workers. Skills learned on the job contribute 46 percent of the average person’s lifetime earnings, and companies that build human capital are more likely to propel their employees into higher earnings bra...
Foldable Mouse Concept Combines Two Familiar Designs Into One Ambidextrous Design
[Design]
2023/02/21 09:09
Despite being the most popular pointing device for computers, the venerable mouse is filled with design problems that have never completely disappeared. Common mouse designs favor right-handed users, force people to choose between ergonomics and portability, and are often unattractive to behold. There has been a rash of concept designs recently that try to rethink the mouse from an ergonomic an...
Scaling AI Pays Off, No Matter the Investment
[Investing]
2023/02/21 09:08
While there is broad consensus that artificial intelligence will transform most industries in the decades ahead, many of the companies that have invested in the technology have failed to unlock its full potential. Previous BCG research has shown that only 11% of these companies have released significant value, and the majority have failed to scale AI beyond pilots. Nor have companies reimagined...
