TREND REPORTS
The Caregiving Startup Homage Raises $30M Series C
[Investing]
2021/09/08 09:05
Homage, the caregiving-focused startup, has raised a $30 million Series C led by Sheares Healthcare Group, which is wholly owned by investment firm Temasek. Other participants included new investors DG Daiwa Ventures and Sagana Capital, and returning backers East Ventures (Growth), HealthXCapital, SeedPlus, Trihill Capital and Alternate Ventures.The new funding will be used to develop Homage’s...
The BMW i Vision Circular
[Design]
2021/09/08 09:04
With the BMW i Vision Circular, the BMW Group is looking ahead to a compact BMW for the year 2040 that is focused squarely on sustainability and luxury.The four-seater is fully electrically powered and offers a generous amount of interior space within its around four-metre-long footprint. It has furthermore been designed according to circular economy principles across the board and therefore sy...
(Infographic) How The Global Pandemic Transformed The Gig Economy
[Business]
2021/09/08 09:03
The gig economy has been greatly disrupted and accelerated through the pandemic. In 2020, the gig economy grew 33% — expanding 8.25X faster than the U.S. economy as a whole.Learn where the best opportunities currently lie in the following infographic, courtesy of Wage.Infographic : https://bit.ly/3E66QfR[wage]
Quarterly (Silicon Valley) Trend Report - Q3. 2021 Edition
[Trendbird]
2021/09/07 09:10
TRENDBIRD Quarterly Report (Silicon Valley VC & Startup Trend Report) - Q3. 2021 Edition Released !* TRENDBIRD Quarterly Report는 혁신적인 기술과 비즈니스 모델로 단시간내에 폭발적인 성장을 통해, Unicorn으로 성장할 수 있는 혁신 스타트업들과 Next Big 혁신 비즈니스 / 테크 모델을 조기에 발굴할 수 있도록, 실리콘밸리의 메이저 벤처 캐피탈들에 의해 사업성과 차별성, 그리고 성장성이 검증된 유망 비즈...
(Patent) IBM Seeks to Patent a Method for Dynamically Aligning a Digital Display
[Tech]
2021/09/07 09:09
U.S. patent application, US20210271293, discloses a method for dynamically aligning a computing device’s display area with a user’s visual focus. The method includes determining that the display area is not aligned with the user’s visual focus based on a voice command from the user and activating a robotic assembly to align the display area with the user’s visual focus. The figure below ill...
(Infographic) How to Invest in the Booming Chip-Tech Industry
[Investing]
2021/09/07 09:08
How much of the modern world is powered by chip-tech? From computers and TVs to cars and washing machines, chips (or semiconductor devices) enable almost all of our digital goods.When the COVID-19 pandemic brought the regular world to a halt, it put a focus on our increasingly digital world and personal electronics. Even as consumption of major purchases like vehicles slowed down, more than 1 t...
Mercedes' New Tech Lets You Control Your Car With Your Mind
[Tech]
2021/09/07 09:07
The new technology reads your brain waves with a wearable chip.While scientists work on brain implants to reverse damage caused by disease, car manufacturer Mercedes Benz is working on a technology that will one day allow us to control cars with our thoughts. What's more, you won't need any implants but just a small device that will sit at the back of your head. A glimpse of this future will be...
(PDF) Deloitte - Future of Work : The State of the Food Industry
[Business]
2021/09/07 09:06
Food retailers and product suppliers look past the pandemic to the future of work. Greater cooperation may help the industry unleash its potential.As demand changes, so too must the very work we ask people to do, where we ask them to do it, and the specific skills necessary to perform the most vital tasks. Today, technology and new sources of talent are together unlocking new possibilities for...
Jeff Bezos is Funding Altos Labs, A New Anti-Ageing Venture
[Tech]
2021/09/07 09:05
Funders of a deep-pocketed new "rejuvenation" startup are said to include Jeff Bezos and Yuri Milner.Last October, a large group of scientists made their way to Yuri Milner’s super-mansion in the Los Altos Hills above Palo Alto. They were tested for covid-19 and wore masks as they assembled in a theater on the property for a two-day scientific conference. Others joined by teleconference. The t...
