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Piper Sandler’s 42nd Semi-Annual Generation Z Survey
[Consumer]
2021/10/07 09:10
Piper Sandler’s 42nd Semi-Annual Generation Z Survey finds mid-single growth year-over-year in apparel and footwear spend, led by females. In the active lifestyle space, Nike remains the leading apparel brand for teens while Lululemon gained 200 basis points year over year; Nike is the No. 1 footwear brand—up 500 basis points year over year.Piper Sandler’s 42nd semi-annual Taking Stock With...
(Video) Sony Designers Use Sci-Fi Prototyping to Depict 'Tokyo in 2050'
[Design]
2021/10/07 09:08
With ‘2050,’ ‘tokyo,’ and ‘romance’ as keywords that define the overarching theme, sony designers and science fiction writers held workshops to explore life, habitats, senses, and well-being in 2050 — and their creative effort resulted in a series of design prototypes and short science fiction stories. each design prototype presents an idea for a service or product that is relevant to th...
Immi Takes in $3.8M to Cook Up Plant-Based Instant Ramen
[Investing]
2021/10/07 09:07
Immi is putting a healthy spin on instant ramen by going plant-based and offering more bold tastes. The company announced Tuesday that it raised $3.8 million in seed funding.Co-founders Kevin Lee and Kevin Chanthasiriphan both grew up in food families from Taiwan and Thailand, respectively, and met a decade ago while working at the same tech company. They bonded over getting noodles every day.F...
(Paper) Stanford Scientists Develop a 3D-Printed Microneedle Vaccine Patch
[Tech]
2021/10/07 09:06
Scientists at Stanford University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) have produced a 3D printed vaccine patch which they claim provides greater protection than a typical vaccine shot.The Department of Radiology is pleased to announce that scientists from DeSimone Research Group and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have teamed up to develop a novel, 3D-print...
Coffee Is America's Favorite Drink
[Consumer]
2021/10/07 09:05
October 1 is International Coffee Day, created in 2015 to promote and celebrate the beverage. The Statista Global Consumer Survey shows that Americans are in fact quite fond of the drink. In the survey, coffee was named by more U.S. adults as a regularly consumed beverage than bottled water.59 percent of respondents said they regularly drank coffee, followed by 58 percent who consumed bottled w...
(Video) The World's First Smart Bath Mat That Can Scan Your Weight, BMI, Posture
[Product]
2021/10/07 09:04
Combining the bathroom mat and the bathroom scale into one product, the BBalance Mat will tell you your weight while keeping your bathroom floor dry… but it does more than just that. Outfitted with a body-composition scale, a posture analyzer, and even a sensor to recognize your footprint (so it works for all the members of your house), the BBalance Mat gives you an in-depth analysis of your h...
(Infographic) Malls Were the Big Winner of Back-to-School Season
[Consumer]
2021/10/07 09:03
As kids head back to classrooms, in-person shopping returned as well.The 2021 back-to-school season looked much more like a conventional school year with resumed in-person teaching, leading shoppers to return to their usual habits, too.Infographic : https://bit.ly/3iDSQ3K[adweek]
(PDF) BCG - The CEO’s Guide to Cybersecurity
[Business]
2021/10/06 09:10
BCG Executive Perspectives offer insights on global topics that matter most to leaders in the public and private sectors. Our latest edition examines the rapidly expanding cybersecurity threat and how CEOs should prepare their organizations accordingly.Cybersecurity is swiftly rising to the top of the CEO agenda—and the pandemic is partially to blame. Technological advancement, widespread digi...
(Video) Unity Unveils Metacast Real-Time 3D Platform for Sports Broadcasts
[Business]
2021/10/06 09:09
Unity sports exec Peter Moore unveiled Unity Metacast, a new technology for capturing and analyzing sports moves in real time. A new technology for capturing and analyzing sports moves in real time.In an interview with GamesBeat, Moore said the company hopes to capture athletes in real-time so that broadcasters can use the imagery for a new era of live sports. The maker of the Unity game engine...
