As consumers shift to buying appliances online, leaders develop direct-to-consumer channels..Online sales of appliances grew at a 10.5% annual pace between 2015 and 2019 compared with less than 1% growth at retail outlets.Bain & Company research shows one-quarter of global consumers are more willing to buy appliances online than prior to Covid-19.More than 45% of consumers are willing to pa...

CES 2021 is blowing up with a lot of announcements despite being a virtual event. Among the lot, a Japanese Startup now says that its wearable can help you monitor Blood Glucose without piercing your skin.Quantum Operation Inc., has showcased a prototype of a Wearable that typically is like a Smartwatch. It says that the wearable can measure and monitor the Glucose levels in Blood precisely in...

Continued Consumer Demand Results in Highest Global PC Market Growth in a Decade.Worldwide PC shipments totaled 79.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2020, a 10.7% increase from the fourth quarter of 2019, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. For the year, PC shipments reached 275 million units in 2020, a 4.8% increase from 2019 and the highest growth in ten years.“The world...

Protective screens keep the drone's whirling propellers away from employees' fingers.Flying drones are already used to patrol outdoor areas, but indoors where GPS doesn't work? Not so much. That could be about to change, though, with the launch of the Tando system.Developed by Israeli startup Indoor Robotics, Tando consists of three parts – the quadcopter drones, ceiling-mounted "Tiles" where...

PwC and CB Insights' Q4 2020 MoneyTree report highlights the latest trends in venture capital funding globally.2020 INVESTMENTS HIT NEW ANNUAL RECORD DESPITE THE PANDEMIC US-based, VC-backed companies raise nearly $130B in 2020, up 14% year-over-year (YoY) from 2019, despite the impacts of Covid-19 around the world.However, annual deal activity is down YoY, falling to 6,022 deals, a 9% decline...

Inspired by traditional West Indies Rum, Chen envisioned a Chinese approach by choosing a terrain and climate completely different to those of the Caribbean to create a unique kind of rum. The Dijiao Distillery is thus the birthplace of Chinese Rum. The Distillery is nestled deep in Bamboo Sea, Sichuan province. The largest natural bamboo forest in the world where the purest waters of China flo...

The Global Energy Perspective describes our view on how the energy transition can unfold, through four scenarios.We publish this long-term energy outlook at the start of 2021, after a year that has brought extraordinary challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic crisis caused unprecedented disruption in the energy landscape—and the path to recovery At the same time, the world’s...

U.S. patent application, US20210005071, discusses a method for detecting a fall of a user. The method includes obtaining motion data from sensors incorporated in a wearable device worn by the user, determines an impact experienced by the user and the likelihood of the user requiring assistance after the impact. The illustration below depicts an example system.Patent Application : https://bit.ly...

86% of Americans get news from digital devices.New survey data shows a vast majority of newer generations in the U.S. get much of their news strictly from smart devices like phones, computers and tablets, while older generations are still receiving news from more traditional media like televisions, radio and print.According to Pew Research Center, 71 percent and 67 percent of those in the age g...