TREND REPORTS
(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...
Brands Launch Wellness and Beauty Focused Supplements
[Product]
2020/02/11 10:08
The global beauty supplements segment was valued at $2,451.2 million in 2018, and is expected to grow to $3,721.6 million by 2027, leaving the vertical ripe for continued growth and future offerings.As young consumers seek new avenues to augment their health—and with it, improve the quality and longevity of their life—brands in the wellness space and outside of it are launching supplements to...
(PDF) Retail Trends Playbook 2020 : Creating A Data-Driven, Intelligent Retail Model
[Business]
2020/02/11 10:07
Technology within the retail space has primarily served to ensure transactional moments were quick and efficient.Now, retailers have an unprecedented opportunity to go a step further and leverage data-driven and digital technologies to elevate the customer experience in more meaningful ways. From creating new products to delivering specialized campaigns, machine learning, analytics and other te...
Wearable Patch Uses Machine Learning to Detect Sleep Apnea
[Tech]
2020/02/11 10:06
A new device could make it easier to monitor sleep apnea at home. A white patch is attached to the center of a person's bare chest.[This prototype patch by Onera Health relies on machine learning and bioimpedence measurements to detect sleep apnea.]Getting screened for sleep apnea often means spending a night in a special clinic hooked up to sensors that measure your brain activity, eye movemen...
(Video) Israeli Startup’s AR Tech Reinvents The Microscope for Pathologists - Augmentiq
[Tech]
2020/02/11 10:05
Augmentiqs sought to revolutionize the digital pathology industry.For thousands of years, microscopes have allowed scientists, doctors, and lab professionals to view enlarged images of small objects, cells, bacteria, and other agents that cannot be seen by the naked eye, for the purpose of analysis and examination. Since the invention of the first microscope around 1590, these devices have come...
The Breath, The Made in Italy Fabric That Captures Pollution
[Business]
2020/02/11 10:04
Particulates, smog and industrial emissions. Cooking smells, cooking gas, cleansing agents, chemical residues of soaps and perfumes. Not to mention dust and smoke. All of these float in the air we unsuspectingly breathe at home, in the office or in the street. A pollutants cocktail that takes your breath away. This is why Anemotech, an Italian startup founded in 2014 in Casei Gerola, in the pro...
A Mew Implant for Blind People Jacks Directly Into the Brain
[Tech]
2020/02/11 10:03
Researchers have successfully bypassed the eyes with a brain implant that allows rudimentary vision.“Allí,” says Bernardeta Gómez in her native Spanish, pointing to a large black line running across a white sheet of cardboard propped at arm’s length in front of her. “There.”It isn’t exactly an impressive feat for a 57-year-old woman—except that Gómez is blind. And she’s been that way...
