TREND REPORTS
What Happened To Consumer Device Startups ?
[Investing]
2020/01/06 09:04
Venture investors love technology. But lately they’ve been much less keen on the kind you buy in a box and take home from the store.While software continues to eat the world and VC checkbooks, venture investment in consumer electronics startups is poised to decline year-over-year in 2019. That marks the third year in a row of contracting investment for the North American startups in the space,...
This Leaf-Shaped Bottle Cap Collects Atmospheric Moisture, Turning It Into Drinking Water
[Design]
2020/01/06 09:03
Designed to magically ‘turn air into water’, the Limbe is a new sort of dehumidifier that works without electricity, giving its user access to drinking water throughout the day. Its unique leaf-inspired design harks back to how water droplets condense on the surface of leaves, while its 3D printed intricate PET structure helps guide those water droplets down the ‘veins of the leaf’ into Lim...
(PDF) TREND 2020 - The Age of the Senses by Frog Design
[Business]
2020/01/05 09:10
The 80s and 90s saw the dawn of the internet and the connected age. The early aughts and teens brought an explosion of devices and digital. As we enter the 20s, we ask ourselves: What will this new decade bring?The year is 2020. We are two full decades into the no longer new, but current millennium. The rate at which we are creating digital data is growing so exponentially, we’re having to mak...
(Patent) Amazon Patents Self-Driving Delivery Vehicles Plus Self-Flying Drones ?
[Tech]
2020/01/05 09:09
A diagram accompanying Amazon’s patent application shows how a self-driving ground vehicle and a self-flying drone would work together to make a package delivery. For a long time, Amazon has been looking into applications for self-driving vehicles — and testing fleets of self-flying drones for making package deliveries. So it only makes sense that the Seattle-based online retailing giant woul...
The Anti-Aging Drug That’s Just Around the Corner - resTORbio
[Tech]
2020/01/05 09:08
We will soon learn if a much-hyped, rapamycin-like drug can boost the immune response by targeting how the body ages.One of today’s most promising drugs for targeting aging has a long, circuitous history. In 1999, the US Food and Drug Administration approved rapamycin as an immunosuppressant to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs. Scientists later found it affected all sorts of biolog...
(PDF) Deloiitte - Companies are Under Pressure on Climate Change
[Business]
2020/01/05 09:07
In the latest edition of the European CFO Survey, close to 1,200 CFOs were asked about their company’s measures against climate change. The results reveal a mixed picture with measures focusing on short-term cost-savings.IN the latest edition of the European CFO Survey, close to 1,200 CFOs were asked about their company’s measures against climate change. The results reveal a mixed picture w...
Google AI Beats Doctors at Breast Cancer Detection—Sometimes
[Tech]
2020/01/05 09:06
Company has developed similar AI systems for lung cancer, eye disease and kidney injury.[Top images show a cancer case missed by six U.S. radiologists but caught by the AI system. Bottom images show a case identified by the radiologists but missed by the AI system. PHOTO: MCKINNEY ET AL. NATURE]Google’s health research unit said it has developed an artificial-intelligence system that can match...
AR Turns Entire Car Windscreen Into Heads Up Display - Futurus
[Tech]
2020/01/05 09:05
The technology highlights potential hazards, helps with navigation and provides passengers with entertainment.Designed by Beijing-based human-machine interface experts, Futurus, the augmented reality windscreen works for both drivers and passengers. The screen highlights potential hazards, and navigation assistance is continuous. Drivers no longer have to glance away from the road to check anot...
OK Boomer, Who’s Going to Buy Your 21 Million Homes ?
[Investing]
2020/01/05 09:04
Baby boomers are getting ready to sell one quarter of America’s homes over the next two decades. The problem is many of these properties are in places where younger people no longer want to live.When this Phoenix suburb opened on Jan. 1, 1960, it was billed as the original retirement community. From above, it would look like a UFO landing site, laid out in rings to mimic halos surrounding the...
