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(PDF) Mckinsey - Shared Mobility : Where It Stands, Where It’s Headed
[Business]
2021/08/18 09:10
Having weathered a pandemic, regulatory whiplash, and a host of other hurdles, shared mobility endures. Here’s where things stand today.more than 40 million e-hailing trips are being booked on the two biggest e-hailing platforms every day?the e-hailing market accounts for more than 90 percent of consumer spending in shared mobility globally?the number of e-hailing trips almost tripled in four...
McDonald’s Urges Drivers To Keep ‘Eyes On The Fries’ In Road Safety Campaign
[Business]
2021/08/18 09:09
You can always count on a McDonald’s to fix your hunger at every corner, but did you know its fries are also great for holding attention on the road?Neither did we, until advertising agency Nord DDB Oslo directed us to this campaign it produced for McDonald’s Norway with the country’s leading road safety organization.Visualizing road markings as an iconic menu item, McDonald’s coaxes driver...
The Foodtech Company, QQA is Developing Lab-Grown Chocolate
[Product]
2021/08/18 09:08
QOA makes cocoa-free chocolate using “precision fermentation” of other ingredients.The chocolate industry has problems. Twenty years after promising to phase out the “worst forms” of child labor on cocoa plantations, chocolate brands still haven’t succeeded. In Ivory Coast, where a third of the world’s cocoa is grown, rainforests are plowed down for cocoa plantations; in the last 50 years...
Crypto Fashion : Why People Pay Real Money for Virtual Clothes
[Business]
2021/08/18 09:07
People care what their avatars are wearing.When the virtual world Decentraland said in June users could make and sell their own clothing for avatars to wear on the site, Hiroto Kai stayed up all night designing Japanese-inspired garments.Selling kimonos for around $140 each, he said he made $15,000-$20,000 in just three weeks.While the idea of spending real money on clothing that does not physi...
How Did a Global Crisis Pave The Way for EV Sales ?
[Business]
2021/08/18 09:06
More than 40% of those planning to buy a new car are thinking of going electric, the latest EY Mobility Lens Consumer Index shows. Green consciousness and environmental issues are now ranked as the clear number one influence on electric vehicle buyers.Any electric vehicle sales boom will be part of a wider resurgence in car buying, driven by changing mobility patterns and perceived COVID-19 ris...
As Idol Troubles Continue, Brands Still Bank On Crazed Fans
[Business]
2021/08/18 09:05
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, brands can’t afford to lose their idol ambassadors.[Despite the slew of idol scandals, brands are still relying on stars like Blackpink and Cai Xukun to drum up excitement for their August drops in China. Photo: PUBG]Despite a turbulent few months of scandals — from Louis Vuitton dropping Kris Wu after his #MeToo allegations, to Lanvin scrubbing posts of Word of Honor...
This Medicine Delivery Bot Carries Your Supplies in The Last Mile Using a Solar-Powered Drone
[Design]
2021/08/18 09:04
A cute little medical robot with an onboard drone to deliver medical supplies to your doorstep as well as the window of high-rise buildings.COVID-19 has changed the way we go on about our lives – and that too in a major way. Right from the way we conduct ourselves in public places to getting food deliveries – current times call for a super cautious approach. So it was only time before someone...
(Video) World’s Most Powerful Tidal Turbine Starts Generating Clean Energy
[Tech]
2021/08/18 09:03
renewable technology company orbital marine power has launched the world’s most powerful tidal turbine off the coast of orkney in scotland. Named ‘O2’, the 74-meter-long device will provide clean, reliable energy for the next 15 years. the 2MW turbine has the capacity to meet the annual electricity demand of approximately 2,000 homes across the UK.Located off the northeastern tip of scotland...
(PDF) BCG - What Happens When ‘If’ Turns to ‘When’ in Quantum Computing ?
[Business]
2021/08/17 09:10
Confidence that quantum computers will solve major problems beyond the reach of traditional computers—a milestone known as quantum advantage—has soared in the past twelve months. Equity investments in quantum computing nearly tripled in 2020, the busiest year on record, and are set to rise even further in 2021. (See Exhibit 1.) In 2021, IonQ became the first publicly traded pure-play quantum...
