Given the exploding population of humanity that doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon, the only avenue left for casual travel is in the air. Commercial airlines have taken the gauntlet for decades, and the next avenue is private air travel in flying taxis. Now that times have been unprecedented this year due to the ominous COVID-19 pandemic, Italian designer Andrea Ponti has designed th...

Our basic values can inform ideals, interests, political preferences, environmental views, and even career choices.With sweeping data covering half a million surveys in 152 languages, Valuegraphics identifies 56 values that influence human behavior. It uncovers what people care most about around the world, through a contextualized dataset.The 10 Most Important ValuesIndividual motivations and v...

Frequent the business section of your favorite newspaper long enough, and you’ll see mentions of private equity (PE).Maybe it’s because a struggling company got bought out and taken private, just as Toys “R” Us did in 2005 for $6.6 billion.Otherwise, it’s likely a mention of a major investment (or payout) that a PE firm scored through venture or growth capital. For example, after Airbnb ha...

The six blends are all designed to counteract stress, with additional personalised combinations facilitated through AIIsraeli-based startup myAir has launched a range of plant-based snack bars to help control stress levels in consumers. The brand has six functional blends that were developed to provide specific stress-countering effects, including: sharpening focus, reviving energy, reducing an...

The construction technology ecosystem is shifting toward integrated software platforms that better serve customer needs. Significant opportunities exist for strategic and financial investors.It’s been a decade since construction players began embracing digital solutions. In the early- to mid-2010s, thousands of new market entrants offered point solutions that served existing use cases or, in s...

With a little bit of extra work but no additional hardware, your cheap 3D printer can make complex objects out of different kinds of filamentOn the additive manufacturing spectrum, the majority of 3D printers are relatively simple, providing hobbyists with a way of conjuring arbitrary 3D objects out of long spools of polymer filament. If you want to make objects out of more than just that kind...

Connected Customers ARE digital first and empowered. If it’s one thing that this pandemic is teaching us, it’s not just to be digital, but to also be resilient. But that’s not all. The pandemic is also teaching us to be more open-minded and empathetic to how people were also disrupted. Employees, customers, friends and family, colleagues, too, saw their lives upended practically overnight. T...

Influencers are making their mark on games and social media, and the latest proof of that is Streamloots‘ announcement that it has raised $7.2 million for its influencer monetization platform.Valencia, Spain-based Streamloots received the money from Bessemer Venture Partners, Samaipata, Adam Draper, and the Creative Investment Club, a syndicate of content creator investors. Yes, it’s true. In...

New data from Synergy Research Group shows that Q3 enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services were almost $33 billion, up 33% from the third quarter of 2019. Notably, the year-on-year growth rate for Q3 was higher than the 32% growth seen in the previous quarter, demonstrating the health of the market. Amazon and Microsoft continue to account for over half of the worldwide market, wit...