TREND REPORTS
Rethinking Electric Vehicle Charging Stations - Electrify America
[Business]
2022/04/07 09:06
A US company is changing the look and feel of charging stations with more inviting designs that incorporate solar awnings and customer services.We are used to thinking of charging stations—and gas stations, for that matter—as entirely utilitarian. No-one expects them to incorporate innovative designs. But charging station company Electrify America has a different vision for the future of elec...
Record Breaking Auction Sales in 2021
[Investing]
2022/04/07 09:05
2021 may have been the year of the NFT, but wealthy collectors still dropped plenty of cash on physical objects. This included the usual items like paintings and cars, as well as some more obscure ones like meteorites.To gain insight into the world of rare collectibles, this infographic summarizes the biggest auction sales of 2021, spread across 12 different item categories.Here are some intere...
Food Tech Startup, BioBetter is Turning Tobacco Plants Into Bioreactors
[Tech]
2022/04/07 09:04
Food tech startup BioBetter has developed a novel way to create growth factors for cell-cultivated meat utilizing tobacco plants.Based in Kiryat Shemona, Israel, the company announced today that it has developed a method to create growth factors via molecular farming techniques by essentially turning the tobacco plant into a bioreactor. BioBetter’s technology employs plant cells to produce gro...
This At-Home Sanitation Device Disinfects Your Dishes Using Ultraviolet Rays
[Design]
2022/04/07 09:03
The Desktop Disinfection Cupboard is a minimalist at-home sanitation micro solution for disinfecting kitchen dishware and utensils.Sanitizing our household items has become a top priority since the pandemic sent us deeper into our home spaces. Sometimes it feels like our shelves can never be stocked enough with Lysol wipes and disinfectants. On top of that, the past few years have not been shor...
(PDF) Microsoft - Great Expectations: Making Hybrid Work Work
[Consumer]
2022/04/06 09:10
From when to go to the office to why work in the first place, employees have a new “worth it” equation. We’ve been on the cusp of the shift to hybrid work for more than a year, with false starts attributed to a pandemic that had other ideas. Now, we’re at a long-awaited inflection point: the lived experience of hybrid work. Already, hybrid work is up seven points year-over-year (to 38%), an...
Dior has Collaborated with Renowned Floral Artist for Privée Fragrance Collection
[Design]
2022/04/06 09:09
French luxury fashion house Dior has collaborated with renowned Japanese floral artist Azuma Makoto for the brand’s latest Privée fragrance collection. Makoto was commissioned to create six floral sculptures drawing inspiration from olfactory signatures found in the collection. The resulting works serve as a poetic visual expression of the ephemeral fragrances.For his latest collaboration wit...
Global Venture Funding Fell Last Quarter For The First Time In A Year
[Investing]
2022/04/06 09:08
Global Venture Funding Fell Last Quarter For The First Time In A Year. How Significant Is That? Global venture funding reached $160 billion in the first quarter of 2022, Crunchbase data shows, marking the first time in a year of records when startup capital fell quarter over quarter.The first quarter of 2022 jumped 7 percent compared to the first quarter of 2021, but fell 13 percent, from $184...
(Video) Labster Raised $47M for Virtual Labs and Interactive Science
[Investing]
2022/04/06 09:07
Labster, a Copenhagen, Denmark and Boston, MA-based provider of a platform for virtual labs and interactive science, raised $47M in additional funding.The round, which brings total funding raised to date to $147m, was led by Sofina Group and Pirate Impact, with participation from Owl Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, EduCapital, NPF Technologies, and GGV Capital. They are joining the Series C roun...
How Quickly is Tourism Recovering from COVID-19 ?
[Business]
2022/04/06 09:06
The pandemic helped fuel a decline in tourism globally.Tourists spent an extra 1.8 billion nights in the European Union in 2021 compared with the year before.But this is still almost 40% lower than pre-pandemic levels, according to EU statistics.Tourism is an important sector for the world economy, and is expected to continue recovering gradually in 2022.However, there are still risks – includ...
