TREND REPORTS
The World's Most Valuable Luxury Brands of 2021
[Business]
2021/08/20 09:03
From Louis Vuitton to Cartier, these are the world's most valuable luxury brands of 2021.The other most valuable luxury brands include Prada, Rolex, Gucci among the top 10, according to a study by Brand Z/Kantar[forbes]
(Patent) Tesla Patent Application Describes Wild Glass-Forming Techniques for Cybertruck
[Tech]
2021/08/19 09:10
Could the Cybertruck boast some artful windows? Possibly, but it seems a tad over the top.The Tesla Cybertruck may not be coming this year, but the automaker's clearly busy sorting out what the production electric pickup truck will bring to the road. In a new patent application Tesla filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office this month, the automaker described a glass-forming method that in...
(Video) Nvidia Opens Its ‘Metaverse’ by Adding Millions of Blender Users to Omniverse
[Business]
2021/08/19 09:09
Nvidia’s Omniverse, billed as a “metaverse for engineers,” has grown to more than 50,000 users. But Nvidia now hopes to dramatically expand this base with the addition of millions of Blender users who use a simple tool to create 3D imagery.At the online Siggraph visual computing event, Nvidia announced it is launching a major expansion of the Omniverse, the simulation and collaboration platf...
(PDF) BCG - Understanding The Global Price-Sensitive Consumer
[Consumer]
2021/08/19 09:08
One might assume that the world is awash in frugal buyers. Why wouldn’t it be? With most of the global economy struggling to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, one would expect households to be tightening their budgets.Indeed, in the major markets we have studied, in rich and poor nations alike, anywhere from 70% to 90% of consumers identify themselves as “value conscious.”But how thrifty are...
A Startup is Making 'Real' Milk, Cheese, and Ice-cream Without Cows -Perfect Day
[Business]
2021/08/19 09:07
We've grown used to oat milk and soya milk — now a food-tech startup is taking alternative milk to the next level.California-based Perfect Day uses fungi to make dairy protein that is "molecularly identical" to the protein in cow's milk, says co-founder Ryan Pandya. That means it can be used to make dairy products such as cheese and yogurt."We were interested in the question of what is in milk...
Automation-as-a-Service Startup Rapid Robotics Raises $36.7M
[Investing]
2021/08/19 09:06
Rapid Robotics, a startup providing out-of-the-box automation solutions for manufacturers, today announced it has raised $36.7 million in a series B round co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Tiger Global, with participation from NEA, Greycroft, Bee Partners, and 468 Capital. The round, which values Rapid at $192.5 million post-money, brings the company’s total funding to date to $54.2 million.Accord...
Amazon vs. Walmart
[Business]
2021/08/19 09:05
The tech giant is officially the biggest retailer outside of China, but Walmart is stepping up its own e-commerce efforts.Amazon is officially the world's biggest retailer outside of China. Data from FactSet reveals that more than $610bn was spent through Amazon in the 12-months that ended in June — overtaking US retail giant Walmart for the first time ever.Amazon may have only just overtaken...
This AI-Enabled Phone Case has Detachable Display That Prioritizes Your Notifications
[Design]
2021/08/19 09:04
A smartphone case that lets you focus on work at hand without being worried about missing any important notifications.Smartphones are like a second skin to us as they constantly keep beaming notifications (more than 100 in a day on average) that can adversely affect productivity and focus levels. It is like, we get sucked into using our phones even when we don’t intend to. More often than not...
(Video) The Design Prize winner : Scewo Returns with Futuristic Wheelchair, BRO
[Design]
2021/08/19 09:03
Acknowledged as a pioneer of important design in the medical technology industry, BRO wheelchair by scewo ensures that people of restricted mobility meet their personal needs and independence. The award-winning project — honored with designboom’s THE DESIGN PRIZE 2018 — has since then been refigured and developed featuring an elevated self-balancing and stair climbing technology. the smartly...
