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Will Gucci’s Digital Bag Disrupt Luxury ?
[Business]
2021/06/02 09:07
An experience engineered between Gucci and the online gaming platform Roblox has proven to be a valuable experiment for Kering’s jewel in the crown. A digital version of Gucci’s Dionysus Bag with Bee created for the Roblox marketplace has been sold for $4,115 — exceeding the price tag of the physical accessory IRL. The virtual bag was on sale at Gucci Garden, an experience engineered as a co...
Global Smartwatch Shipments Jump 35% YoY in Q1 2021
[Business]
2021/06/02 09:06
Apple registers a healthy 50% annual growth, capturing a third of the smartwatch market in terms of volumes. The merger of Wear OS, Tizen OS and Fitbit OS will further drive consolidation of the fragmented smartwatch market.Global smartwatch shipments in Q1 2021 grew 35% YoY, according to Counterpoint Research’s recently published Global Smartwatch Model Tracker. Apple maintained its leadershi...
Inexpensive Tinted Stickers Turn Eyeglasses Into Sunglasses - EyKuver
[Product]
2021/06/02 09:06
EyKuver looks to give eyeglass wearers a shortcut to creating prescription sunglasses. There are plenty of options out there for adding some sunglass-grade tint to a pair of prescription eyeglasses, from clip-on shades, to clear-to-dark electrochromic glasses. Colorado startup EyKuver has a different idea that's lighter, simpler, quite affordable and rather intuitive: easily removable tinted fi...
CAPS 2.0 is an Air Purification System That Reduces Pollution and Kills Viruses
[Design]
2021/06/02 09:04
A bus shelter that filters polluted city air, removes airborne allergens and kills viruses, bacteria and fungi within seconds. that’s what sino inno lab and arup have developed with ‘CAPS 2.0’, the city air purification system.Following the first prototype from 2015, this patented second-generation system is on a mission to protect urban dwellers with filtration and sanitization technologies...
(Infographic) 7 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Improving Healthcare
[Tech]
2021/06/02 09:03
Emerging technologies have the potential to completely reshape the healthcare industry and the way people manage their health. In fact, tech innovation in healthcare and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) could provide more convenient, personalized care for patients.It could also create substantially more value for the industry as a whole—up to $410 billion per year by 2025.This graphic b...
(PDF) Mckinsey - What’s Next for Digital Consumers
[Consumer]
2021/06/01 09:10
Consumers say they will spend less time in digital channels once the pandemic ends. Here’s what it means for companies.The COVID-19 pandemic has driven rapid adoption of digital channels across countries and industries, but digital’s growth has plateaued in the past six months and may begin to slip back once the pandemic eases—even as total digital adoption stays well above prepandemic level...
(Video) AnyClip Snaps Up $47M for Its Video Search and Analytics Technology
[Investing]
2021/06/01 09:09
Video is, quite literally, what gets the world moving online these days, and is expected to account for 82% of all IP traffic this year. Today a startup that has built a set of tools to help better parse, index and ultimately discover that trove of content is announcing a big round of funding to expand its business after seeing 600% growth in the last year.AnyClip — which combines artificial i...
Cathie Wood’s Bad Spring Is Only a Blip When the Future Is So Magnificent
[Investing]
2021/06/01 09:08
Her flagship fund ARKK, which had a dramatic breakout during the pandemic, is way off its peak as bold bets on Tesla and Bitcoin have faltered. But for the superstar portfolio manager, there’s always five years from now.In the weirdest year of our lives, the rise of Cathie Wood is hardly the weirdest thing to happen. But still. She’s the first star in an industry, the $6.3 trillion world of e...
Panasonic Technology Underpins a New Model for Plant Factory Systems
[Tech]
2021/06/01 09:07
Panasonic is involved in a project on the island of Ishigaki, southwest of Okinawa, to seek ways to grow vegetables in subtropical monsoon conditions. Part of the Japanese government's Asian Monsoon Plant Factory System (PFS) Consortium, the goal is to create a stable local supply of produce despite the climate.Regions that are subject to monsoon seasons can see a wide range of effects, from a...
