TREND REPORTS
Skincare Products Counter The Harmful Effects of Blue Light Exposure
[Product]
2020/04/22 09:07
With much of the world under Covid-19 quarantine, time spent on screens is surging. While it’s nice to be plugged in, tech-savvy youth are beginning to recognize the negative beauty-centric effects of all this screen time, including pigmentation, inflammation, and photo-aging caused by exposure to blue light (a high-energy, short wavelength light emitted by electronics). Some beauty brands are...
COVID-19 Impacting Food Purchasing Dynamics
[Investing]
2020/04/22 09:06
Wall Street Journal writer Kirk Maltais reported this week that, “Consumers’ rush to buy groceries is fueling a rally in orange-juice prices, making the usually sedate asset the best-performing commodity in the first quarter of 2020.“Grocery-Store Rush Spurs Big Gains in Sleepy Orange-Juice Futures,” by Kirk Maltais. The Wall Street Journal (March 31, 2020).“The price of frozen orange-juic...
London’s Moshi Raises $12M To Grow Its Kids’ Audio Sleep & Mindfulness App
[Investing]
2020/04/22 09:05
One company is out to ease some of that stress. London-based Moshi: Sleep and Mindfulness has just raised a $12 million Series B round to help it achieve its mission “to improve the health and happiness of a billion families by helping kids relax and sleep” with its audio sleep and mindfulness app.Moshi was born out of Mind Candy which was created by Michael Acton Smith, one of the co-founder...
Here’s How Plane Seating Could Look After Coronavirus
[Design]
2020/04/22 09:04
Shoulder-to-shoulder might be on its way out, but at a cost.As brutal and unrelenting as the coronavirus pandemic is, we may see a silver lining emerge as products and services are developed to help people cope with a new, more restrictive way of life. Improvements in the health and safety of airline passengers will surely come about as people try to get back to normal, but not all changes are...
(Infographic) Digital Therapeutics : Software-Powered Medicine
[Business]
2020/04/22 09:03
The market for digital therapeutics is assumed to be worth $7.8 billion by 2025. NursingSchoolHub explains how Digital Therapeutics works in the infographic below. Is DTx the next frontier in medicine?Infographic : https://infographicjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DigitalTherapies.png[NursingSchoolHub]
(PDF) Mary Meeker's Coronavirus Trends Report
[Business]
2020/04/21 09:10
Bond Capital, a Silicon Valley VC firm whose portfolio companies include Slack and Uber, told its investors this morning via email that the coronavirus' high-speed spread and impact has similarities to the devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906.Why it matters: Bond's best-known partner, Mary Meeker, is a former bank analyst renowned for her annual Internet Trends Report, which many invest...
A Hong Kong Billionaire Adrian Cheng to Distribute Free Face Masks in Vending Machines
[Product]
2020/04/21 09:09
“Mask to Go” will provide residents of Hong Kong with millions of free medical-grade face masks.Enlisting the help of eight NGOs, a Hong Kong business tycoon is aiming to provide ten million face masks for free across the eighteen districtsA new initiative launched by business tycoon, Adrian Cheng, will provide residents of Hong Kong with millions of free medical-grade face masks. Naming the...
(Paper) MegaX, The First Camera to Capture the Smallest Particles of Light
[Tech]
2020/04/21 09:08
EPFL scientists, working in association with Canon, have developed a camera that can take 3D images with record-breaking speed and resolution.“It’s something I’d been dreaming of for a long time,” says Edoardo Charbon, an EPFL professor and head of the Advanced Quantum Architecture Laboratory in EPFL’s School of Engineering. “MegaX is the culmination of over 15 years of research on single...
Hoping for a V-Shaped Recovery
[Investing]
2020/04/21 09:07
In economics a V-shaped recovery is broadly defined by a sharp decline in output, employment or any other metric measuring the health of the economy followed by a quick and sustained recovery. It is different from an L-shaped recovery, in which the economy slumps for a longer period of time or, among others, a W-shaped recovery, which is characterized by, you guessed it, a brief recovery follow...
