TREND REPORTS
Global PC Market Grows 5% in Q3 2021 As Supply Supply and Logistics Deteriorate
[Business]
2021/10/15 09:05
Following five quarters of double-digit growth, the global PC market saw annual growth drop to 5% in Q3 2021, with shipments of desktops and notebooks, including workstations settling at 84.1 million units. Despite the reduction in growth, volumes remain at a remarkably high level, given how strong the industry performed in Q3 2020. As a result, the PC market has undergone a two-year CAGR of 9%...
VR That Will Put You in The Center of the Dance
[Business]
2021/10/15 09:04
Machol Shalem Dance House experiments with virtual reality to give audiences a fresh perspective on dance and make it accessible in a Covid world. VR headsets enable a whole new way to experience dance performances, free of stages, seats and other barriers. “Covid screwed us,” admits Ruby Edelman. “And the question arose as to what we could do to keep moving forward.”A dancer, choreographer...
This Wearable Gadget Measures Skin Oxygen Levels to Detect Early Signs of Illness
[Design]
2021/10/15 09:03
An aesthetically designed medical gadget to detect all the problems that prop up from the dysfunction of underlying skin tissues and capillaries which can be problematic in the long run.Detecting the first signs of ailment is a determinant in the future treatment and the overall health of an individual. For people with some kind of disease related to peripheral capillaries like peripheral arter...
(PDF) Deloitte - The Future of Fresh : Fresh vs Frozen
[Business]
2021/10/14 09:10
Even amid fresh’s success, frozen alternatives are making inroads with consumers.Ask a random person walking down the street to draw a picture of “food.” If they don’t just stare at you funny, nine times in 10 you’ll likely get handed a sketch of the iconic fruits, vegetables, steaks, chicken, or fish that industry professionals classify as “fresh food.” Fresh equals food in the mind of...
(Video) Lab-Grown Coffee Cuts Out The Beans and Deforestation
[Product]
2021/10/14 09:09
The main purpose is to explore sustainable food production, as cellular agriculture requires significantly less energy, water and produces fewer carbon emissions. Finland’s VTT research institute has been studying producing lab-grown coffee, using cells harvested from real plants. Recent milestones involved the researchers producing its very first cup of lab-grown coffee, which the researchers...
Squid Game Becomes Netflix's New Number 001
[Business]
2021/10/14 09:08
111 million Netflix accounts streamed at least two minutes of Squid Game in the last 27 days according to the tech giant's Twitter account. This announcement follows one of the rare instances of Netflix publishing viewership data on their original shows at Vox Media's Code Conference in September. As our chart shows, the competition is lagging behind considerably.The former top show now bumped...
(Video) Party Space Raises $1M for Metaverse-Style Virtual Events
[Investing]
2021/10/14 09:07
Party.Space has raised $1 million to scale up its metaverse-themed virtual events business.The company will use the money to scale its sales, explore new applications, launch its first metaverse setting for virtual events, and create a collection of nonfungible tokens devoted to the purpose.The metaverse is the fabled universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such a...
Magic Leap 2 AR Headset Revealed : Dimming, Larger FOV, Smaller Size
[Product]
2021/10/14 09:06
Just when you thought Magic Leap had disappeared into the graveyard of failed AR headsets, the company announced today that it had raised another $500 million at a $2 billion valuation. Oh, and it’s working on a second version of its headset for release next year.The news came straight from Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson during an interview on CNBC’s Power Lunch. Johnson revealed that the devic...
LVMH Steams Ahead as Luxury Demand Remains Strong
[Business]
2021/10/14 09:05
World’s biggest luxury group says there are no signs a feared crackdown in China is affecting sales.LVMH has seen no sign of a slowdown in the luxury boom in China, its second-biggest market, since the authorities there hinted at a crackdown on the mega-rich and called for a focus on “common prosperity” in August.Investors have worried that new curbs on conspicuous consumption in China would...
