This article highlights our joint findings with Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work in Building the On-Demand Workforce.Many companies are rethinking their approach to talent and beginning to rely on highly skilled freelancers and the ever-growing gig economy.The expansion of remote work and a dynamic need for new capabilities have given way to an on-demand talent...

The farm will adopt hydroponics tech to grow foods with little water and not require the use of any pesticides.A new vertical indoor farm being developed on the outskirts of Copenhagen will soon produce 1,000 metric tons of greens a year locally.Developed in a collaboration between Danish startup Nordic Harvest and Taiwanese tech company YesHealth Group, the farm will allow crops to grow indoor...

With 2020 nearly behind us, many are eagerly looking ahead to what 2021 will bring. COVID-19 vaccinations have begun, and hope is on the horizon for a stronger economy going forward..The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) projects that after a 4.2% drop this year, the global economy will reach pre-pandemic levels in 2021. This animation, which uses data from the OECD,...

Nēsos launched out of stealth Thursday and is poised to commercialize a new method for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. It raised $16.5 million in funding, led by Mayfield Fund, to continue its clinical trials.The neuroscience startup was co-founded in 2017 by Konstantinos Alataris, who previously founded and led Nevro (NYSE: NVRO), a company developing pain treatments. Nēsos is creatin...

One of the clear outcomes of changing consumer behaviors through the months of COVID-19 this year has been a gravity shift to online grocery shopping. Lockdowns drove many shoppers’ heightened demand for the online channel, but they also drove new, first-time online buyers. And those buyers have kept their nascent online habits.Recent findings from Nielsen’s global e-commerce syndicated study...

Your new everyday laptop stand: replace your bulky, heavy laptop risers w/ portable, ventilated cast aluminum that outlives your device.Introducing Mantiz, the world's smallest foldable laptop stand that help you get rid of those heavy, bulky and flimsy stands. Mantiz is a smart laptop and tablet stand that delivers effortless portability and comfort with a state-of-the-art foldable design, ven...

The Pandemic's Toll on the U.S. Restaurant Industry.Today, the National Restaurant Association sent a letter to Congressional leadership, sharing new survey findings that illustrate continued business deterioration across the restaurant industry and offering support for the moderate compromise proposal as a 'down payment' toward a larger relief package in early 2021."What these findings make cl...

Imagine a sneaker that was completely different from what you’ve seen in athletic footwear. Imagine creating an entirely new shape for this standardized product. What would it look like? Pulling inspiration from the marine mollusks, Mr. Bailey, a renowned foot/streetwear designer showcases a shoe unlike anything we’ve seen with his project, the Ammonite Superstar: Evolution of the Shell Toe.A...

It unfurls into a clock and notification display, a selfie mode and a wide screen.Oppo and design studio Nendo have created a concept for a "slide-phone" that would allow users to unfold the device into three different screen sizes. According to Oppo, the trend towards larger smartphone screens is a growing concern for users, in part because it makes devices "difficult to hold and less convenie...