TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Bain - China Shopper Report 2021 : Inside China's Subtle FMCG Recovery
[Consumer]
2021/07/06 09:10
This is the tenth consecutive year that we have tracked the shopping behaviors of Chinese consumers. Our continuing research has given us a valuable long-term view across 106 fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) categories purchased for home consumption in China. As in each of the past nine years, we analyzed the key 26 categories1 that span the four largest consumer goods sectors: packaged food,...
(Patent) Nestle Eyes a Patent for a Food Processing System
[Tech]
2021/07/06 09:09
U.S. patent application, 20210186068, discloses a food processing system, comprising a solid-state radio frequency cooking means that transmits an electromagnetic wave to a food substrate and a cavity where the food is cooked. The system monitors the return power losses, which are the difference between the power emitted by the solid-state radio frequency cooking means and the reflected power i...
Ghost Raises $100M Series D for Autonomous Driving and Crash Prevention Tech
[Investing]
2021/07/06 09:08
Autonomous driving system developer Ghost Locomotion has raised a $100 million Series D funding round, led by Sutter Hill Ventures. Returning investor Founders Fund also participated in the round, along with Coatue. The money will be used toward R&D as the company continues to develop its highway self-driving and crash prevention technology.Ghost has been working on a universal collision av...
Jeff Bezos Ends His Extraordinary Run in Charge of Amazon
[Business]
2021/07/06 09:07
IN JEFF BEZOS’S last annual letter to shareholders as chief executive of Amazon, published in March, he encouraged his company, other firms and people to pay attention to a basic fact of biology explained by Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist. That is, living things must work hard to be different from their environments just to stave off death. “The world wants you to be typical,” wr...
(Video) Harvard - Face Mask Detects SARS-CoV-2
[Tech]
2021/07/06 09:06
Researchers at the Harvard Wyss Institute and MIT have developed a face mask that can detect SARS-CoV-2 in a wearer’s breath. The mask employs freeze dried molecular components including CRISPR-based technology, and a lateral flow assay strip to detect the virus and alert the wearer. To initiate the test, the wearer simply presses a button on the mask, and it can provide a result within 90 min...
Every Porsche Will Soon be Making Its Own Music - Soundtrack My Life
[Tech]
2021/07/06 09:05
Porsche Digital is creating an innovative music experience for drivers: adaptive sound that adjusts to driving style – and perhaps soon to the route and the mood of the person behind the wheel.We experience the future of entertainment for the first time in California, where a Porsche Macan is waiting at a set of Los Angeles traffic lights, the Walt Disney Concert Hall looming large ahead. This...
Umai Facemask Concept Allows for Eating and Drinking Without Taking It Off
[Design]
2021/07/06 09:04
Inspired by his own experience when having to have stressful international flying experience during a pandemic, Ruitao Li has designed Umai Facemask concept. It’s a specially designed facemask that allows you to eat and drink safely in public but closed space. We can’t never be too careful, this facemask offers more relaxed experience for users.Eating and drinking in public space can get you...
(Infographic) Key Events in the History of Online Shopping
[Business]
2021/07/06 09:03
For many, it can be hard to remember the days when online shopping wasn’t an option. Yet, despite its prevalence now, online shopping is a relatively new phenomenon.This graphic, presented by Logiq, outlines the brief history of online shopping and how it has evolved over the last few decades. We’ll also touch on how companies can get ahead in this rapidly evolving space and what it takes to...
(PDF) US and UK Consumer Adoption of Cultivated Meat
[Consumer]
2021/07/05 11:50
Despite growing evidence of the environmental and public health threats posed by today’s intensive animal production, consumers in the west remain largely attached to meat. Cultivated meat offers a way to grow meat directly from cells, circumventing these issues as well as the use of animals altogether. The aim of this study was to assess the overall consumer markets and a range of preferences...
