TREND REPORTS
Q2 2020 Global Venture Report: Funding Through The Pandemic
[Investing]
2020/07/07 09:06
Despite the turmoil of an ongoing pandemic, global venture funding for the second quarter of 2020 was not as dire as we expected, but it was down from previous years.Overall, total global venture dollars for 2020 track at $129 billion for the first half of the year. This includes all funding stages, from seed, venture, corporate venture and private equity rounds in venture-backed companies. Tha...
World’s First 3D-Printed Juicy Vegan Steak to Hit Restaurants This Year - Redefine Meat
[Product]
2020/07/07 09:05
This startup is out to help save the world with one 3D-printed steak at a time.With the speed 3D printing technologies are advancing, it looks like the question that will baffle couples and lead to indecisive fights will be "What shall we print for dinner?" in a few years. Redefine Meat, an Israeli company that was founded in 2018, has unveiled an "Alt-Steak" which looks and tastes like the rea...
A Survey about VR Sickness and Gender
[Consumer]
2020/07/07 09:04
Several months ago, VR Heaven — a blog that we, Aaron Santiago (VR software engineer) and Winston Nguyen (VR marketer), run — posted an informal survey on Reddit asking participants how often they experienced VR motion sickness and their gender.They could answer frequently, sometimes, rarely or never. These are the results:The full data and our collection method is at VR Heaven. Note: This is...
How A Mobile Phone Produced by Harman Kardon will Look Like
[Design]
2020/07/07 09:03
Drawing inspiration from the iconic harman kardon audio equipment design, james tsai introduces the ‘harmony’ mobile phone. Following the current trend of transforming cellphones into quality videography equipment, the designer has integrated the brand’s audio standards into a smartphone with high productivity and entertainment capabilities.‘Harmony’ by james tsai is directly influenced b...
(Patent) Apple Patents a Unique Approach to a Flexible Glass Screen for a Folding iPhone
[Tech]
2020/07/06 09:10
We recently posted on a report Apple’s folding iPhone will consist of two panels of glass like the Surface Duo rather than a folding panel like the Samsung Galaxy Fold, but this does not mean the company is not working on achieving the dream of a bezel-free folding device.A recently published patent application filed in March 2020 suggests a unique approach to getting a thick glass screen to f...
Tesla's 'Jaw-Dropping' Second-Quarter Deliveries Send Shares Surging
[Investing]
2020/07/06 09:09
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) outpaced analyst estimates for second-quarter vehicle deliveries on Thursday, defying a trend of plummeting sales in the wider auto industry as coronavirus-linked lockdown orders kept shoppers at home, and sending its shares up 8%.The unexpected delivery numbers come a day after Tesla became the highest-valued automaker, surpassing the market capitalization of former front-ru...
(Paper) Researchers Trained a Quadruped Robot to Cross a Balance Beam
[Tech]
2020/07/06 09:08
A four-legged, 90-kilogram robot can cross a bridge only six centimeters wide.While four-legged robots can achieve impressive feats, like pulling an airplane or climbing a fence, they still have a few limitations. In most cases, they need a fairly large surface to walk on. A team of Italian robotics researchers is looking to change that. They’ve created a robotic controller that allows a quadr...
Where K-Beauty Is the Preferred Choice
[Business]
2020/07/06 09:07
Move over, K-Pop, the new export hit from Korean is called K-Beauty. Korean beauty and skincare products have a large following in Asia and beyond. The nation using the most Korean skincare is – of course – South Korea itself, but the Philippines and Singapore are not far behind, as market research from Rakuten shows.Korean skincare has become associated with so-called skincare routines, whic...
(Video) Upgraded Bionic Bird Mimics Real-World Swallow - Festo's BionicSwifts
[Product]
2020/07/06 09:06
Festo's new bionic bird replicates nature and flies like real swallows — using GPS for swarm flight.A new GPS-guided robot bird called BionicSwifts performs aerial acrobatics using swarm technology without human input, according to a listing on the Festo website.The BionicSwift robot swallow is nimble, agile, and even performs tricks like loops and tight turns — all autonomously, using a radi...
