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Kibus is Like a Keurig for Your Pet
[Product]
2019/07/15 15:17
In a pitch during a recent meeting at Brinc’s Hong Kong headquarters, the Barcelona-based team behind Kibus Petcare was quick to point out that most millennials consider pets “a member of the family.” That sort of statement manifests itself in various ways, of course, but for many, that means preparing home cooked meals for their dogs and cats.As a rabbit owner myself, that fortunately mostl...
Trends That May End With The Baby Boomers
[Consumer]
2019/07/15 15:17
My example wasn’t exactly ground-breaking but here are some other things that will likely go away for good with the older generation: photo albums, landline phones, cable boxes, cash, clipping coupons, wearing socks with sandals, the phrase “beer o’clock”, newspapers, restaurant pagers, keys, Yellow Pages, and checks.People these days love to predict the end of things but I’m not smart to...
The Beautiful Pairing of Earphones and Earrings - The YoonJy Earphones
[Design]
2019/07/15 15:17
We use earphones so regularly that they have almost become a part of our outfit, and they have an impact on our image. However, certain earphones can interfere with earrings, leading to the user having to make the decision about what they think is more important! The YoonJy Earphones offer a rather unique solution to this problem, and one which sees earphones and jewelry working in harmony.Yoon...
(Infographic) All of The Important Dow Milestones in One Chart
[Investing]
2019/07/15 15:16
Is the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 27,000 for the first time, take a look back with this visual history of the index.It took only eight trading sessions for the Dow to sprint from the 25,000 level to 26,000 in January of 2018. Over 500 days and exactly 372 trading sessions later, the blue-chip index has notched its next 1,000-point milestone.Milestones are just numbers, but they p...
(PDF) PwC - Driving the Future of Health
[Business]
2019/07/14 09:10
How biopharma can defend and grow its business in an era of digitally enabled healthcare.By 2030, healthcare will be centered on patients empowered to prevent diseases rather than seek treatment. They will receive personalized health solutions in ways that are integrated seamlessly into their daily lives. All of this will be enabled by data and algorithms and provided within a healthcare system...
Gen Z Is Blowing Open the Market for Men’s Makeup - Fiveism
[Business]
2019/07/14 09:09
Companies target younger males who grew up with less rigid gender boundaries.When Yota Nakamura’s girlfriend said he should spruce up his look, he went shopping. The 22-year-old university student in Osaka purchased toner, moisturizer, and a tinted face primer—yes, makeup—made by a Japanese brand called Fiveism x Three. Now Nakamura, a neuroscience student, is thinking ahead to next year, wh...
The Q2 2019 Global Venture Capital Report : A Market Gone Sideways
[Investing]
2019/07/14 09:08
For the global venture capital market, Q2 2019 breaks one trend and makes another.Using data and projections from Crunchbase, this report from Crunchbase News dives deep into the state of the global venture capital ecosystem. Here, we want to assess investment and liquidity: Money In versus Money Out.In the Money In section, we will cover Crunchbase’s projections of how—and how much—the glob...
Tesco Testing Israeli System for Cashier-Less Checkout - Trigo Vision
[Business]
2019/07/14 09:07
Trigo Vision uses ceiling-mounted cameras and machine-vision algorithms to identify and capture customers’ shopping items, eliminating checkout lines.Tesco, the largest grocery chain in the UK, reportedly is checking out Israeli cashier-less checkout technology from Tel Aviv-based Trigo Vision.Trigo has developed a camera-and-software system that automatically charges customers for the items i...
Impossible Foods Is Trying to Make Fake Fish Now
[Business]
2019/07/14 09:06
First, there was the meatless burger. Soon we may have fishless fish.Impossible Foods, the California company behind the meatless Impossible Whopper now available at Burger King, is joining a crowded field of food companies developing alternatives to traditional seafood with plant-based recipes or laboratory techniques that allow scientists to grow fish from cells.So far, much of Impossible’s...
