TREND REPORTS
French Startup Yoyo Develops a Behavioural-Change Program for Recycling
[Business]
2020/02/12 09:09
A French programme applies some of the same principles of organisations like Alcoholics Anonymous to help people recycle more.Most people know they should recycle, but their good intentions can fall short when it comes to following through. French startup Yoyo is taking an innovative approach to this attitude, and are hoping to apply some of the behavioural change principles of organisations su...
SmartTab Wireless Pill for Targeted Drug Delivery
[Tech]
2020/02/12 09:08
Velóce Digital Health is working to make pills smarter. The Denver, Colorado company is developing the SmartTab, an ingestible capsule that can be wirelessly controlled via a smartphone to release its contents at precise locations within the gastrointestinal system.“The idea is that [with] the smart capsule, you will have precision medicine and delivered to a very targeted area,” says Robert...
Which Country Spends The Most on Its Pets ?
[Consumer]
2020/02/12 09:07
Owners’ willingness to splurge is a treat for a booming industry.AMERICANS ADORE their pets. Roughly two in three households own one, according to the American Pet Products Association, a trade group. Dogs are loved most of all: they outnumber cats by about five to four, according to GfK, a market-research firm. Nowhere is America’s devotion to dogs more evident than at the Westminster Dog Sh...
SoundCloud Gets $75M Investment From SiriusXM To Bring Its Funding To Over $500M
[Investing]
2020/02/12 09:06
Music creation platform SoundCloud has received a $75 million investment from audio company Sirius XM Holdings two years after it was notoriously just “80 days from shutting down.” SoundCloud is a platform for individual audio creators to upload content, attracting the attention of average listeners like you and me, lesser-known artists and celebrities such as The Weeknd, Kehlani, and Lil Yac...
(Video) Mitsubishi’s Fake LED Skylights Simulate Sunlight to Make Offices Feel Less Depressing
[Product]
2020/02/12 09:05
Mitsubishi has built fake windows based on LEDs to mimic sunlight.The technologies that once promised to free us from soul-crushing office jobs have mostly resulted in just the opposite. But Mitsubishi is leveraging one technology in an attempt to make working in a sea of cubicles feel less depressing. It’s developed an LED-lit panel that can simulate natural light coming in from the outside,...
A Portable Glass Grill for a Clean Safe Cooking Experience
[Design]
2020/02/12 09:04
Everyone loves pulling out their grills to cook up some delicious barbecue! However, traditional grills tend to be messy and cumbersome. They’re not the easiest to carry around, are also difficult to clean and dealing with the smoke and high temperatures can be harmful to our health. I mean nobody likes to burn themselves while grilling a hearty steak! Hence product designer Burak Keseci desig...
(Infographic) It’s Not Just About Material Gifts on Valentine’s Day Anymore
[Consumer]
2020/02/12 09:03
People are picking up their phones for a pick-me-up shopping experience. And some people are doing their mobile shopping after midnight.Valentine’s Day shopping isn’t just about material goods anymore. More people are buying experiences to enjoy together with their loved ones.That’s according to mobile commerce optimization platform Button, which also found that many consumers look for gifts...
The 'Best Picture' Rarely Is a Box Office Hit - Parasite
[Business]
2020/02/11 10:10
In a watershed moment for the Academy Awards, Parasite became the first foreign-language film to win the Oscar for Best Picture on Sunday night. Having been confined to an own category since the introduction of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1956, no non-English-language film had won the top prize in the award’s 92-year history.Bong Joon Ho’s class satire not only beat strong com...
(Video) Tech Start-Up Pix Moving Uses Self-Driving Ideas To Make Flexible Cities
[Business]
2020/02/11 10:09
Pix self-moving spaces are clever autonomous mobile units. These modular systems can be reconfigured and stacked freely to form different functional units, as well as be sold as stand-alone parts to various industries. The Pix concept is anchored on a modular autonomous chassis on which almost any application can be built – a vehicle, a hotel room, a gym, or a vending machine, as one customer...
