TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Deloitte - CXOs and 5G Edge Networks
[Business]
2021/06/24 00:07
Investing today for tomorrow’s competitive advantage.As demand for more powerful networking and digital capabilities grows, 5G edge computing technologies can offer organizations the capabilities needed to unleash the next phases of innovation, efficiency, and agility. But organizations should act now to reap the benefits.For C-suite leaders (CXOs), historic possibilities driven by digital inn...
(Paper) Drinking Straw Device is Instant Cure for Hiccups - Hiccaway
[Product]
2021/06/24 00:06
Sipping water through an L-shaped ‘suction and swallow tool’ cured 92% of attacks, according to study.From holding your breath to having a friend shout “boo!”, there is no shortage of alleged cures for hiccups. Now scientists say they have found a better solution: a drinking straw device.When you get hiccups – or singultus as they are known in medicine – the diaphragm and intercostal musc...
Some Pandemic Hobbies Stuck Around Longer Than Others
[Consumer]
2021/06/24 00:05
This week British bicycle retailer Halfords warned that it expected the "global bike shortage" to continue, as the surge in demand for bikes during the pandemic has lingered into the end of 2020 and the start of 2021.The bike boom is an example of a hobby that exploded during the pandemic — and has actually had some staying power. Google searches for "bike for sale" have come down from their p...
A’ Design Award Winner for the Year 2021 -The Pad Chair
[Design]
2021/06/24 00:04
The ‘Pad’ transforms from a simple flat wooden slab to a complete folding chair.The Pad Chair transforms from a benign wooden mat into a neat chair with a backrest! Made from multiple wooden strips joined together in a rather unique way, the Pad Chair possesses the ability to transform from a flat, 2D shape into a neat, comfortable 3D chair. I’m sure there’s a locking system in place that a...
This Exquisite Aerial Tower with 99 Floating Islands Visualizes Our Diverse Future
[Design]
2021/06/24 00:03
In the Qianhaiwan district of Shenzhen, China, the winning architectural design for the city’s New City Center Landmark competition has been given to Sou Fujimoto Architects for their floating water tower. Slated for ascent in Qianhai Bay, the new tower will appear almost like a freestanding, cylindrical water fountain. Rising to 268-meters in height, Sou Fujimoto Arhcitects’s tower will feat...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Top Trends in Tech
[Business]
2021/06/22 09:10
Which technologies have the most momentum in an accelerating world? We identified the trends that matter most.As all things digital continue to accelerate, which technology trends matter most for companies and executives? To answer that question, we developed a unique methodology to identify the ten trends most relevant to competitive advantage and technology investments. These trends may not r...
Tesla Shows Off Its Brand New AI-Training Supercomputer
[Tech]
2021/06/22 09:09
The new machine will be a close relative to Tesla's upcoming Dojo supercomputer.Tesla's Senior Director of AI, Andrej Karpathy, unveiled the electric vehicle automaker's new supercomputer during a presentation at the 2021 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR).Last year, Elon Musk highlighted Tesla's plans to build a "beast" of a neural network training supercomputer calle...
Travel App Installs Doubled Year-Over-Year in May as U.S. Vaccination Rate Nears 50%
[Business]
2021/06/22 09:08
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, a semblance of normalcy is returning to parts of the United States as businesses start to reopen. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 52.7 percent of Americans have now received at least one dose of vaccine and about 44 percent are now fully vaccinated. Correspondingly, Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data reveals that U....
Can NFTs Work for Luxury Jewellery ?
[Business]
2021/06/22 09:07
The NFT debate is now running through the market for diamonds and luxury jewellery. Royal jeweller Asprey plans to issue NFTs, but others are staying away — for now.When Jacques Voorhees and his son Erik, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, were chatting over breakfast together one morning, Jacques suddenly realised a solution to a long-term problem affecting the diamond sector. As Jacques puts it,...
