TREND REPORTS
A Japanese Charm Redesigned to Keep You Healthy by Syncing with the Earth
[Design]
2020/02/20 09:04
Omamori (お守り) are traditional good luck charms in Japanese culture that protect the wearer of the charm. The Japanese word “mamori” (守り) means protection, while prefix “o” gives the word an external movent connotation, transforming it to “your protection” and there are Omamoris for every area of life: love, health, luck, trips, success, protection. The concept of Kenkō is a futurist...
Jaguar Land Rover Unveils Electric City Car 'Project Vector'
[Design]
2020/02/20 09:03
Joining the ranks of companies like Toyota, Honda, Volvo, Volkswagen, and many more, Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled its hitherto secret Project Vector, a self-driving pod that aims to usher the company into the future of mobility and achieve its goal of reaching Destination Zero. What is Destination Zero, you ask? “Jaguar Land Rover’s Destination Zero mission is an ambition to make societies...
(Patent) Apple Files a Patent for a Weather User Interface
[Tech]
2020/02/19 09:10
US patent application 20200050332 discloses a reduced-size user interface for displaying weather and temperature for current and another location. The device also displays weather information based on an upcoming activity. The illustrations below depict some of the exemplary user interfaces providing weather information.Patent Application : http://bit.ly/39JCv6t[USPTO]
(PDF) BCG - Why Fashion Must Go Digital - End to End
[Business]
2020/02/19 09:09
Fashion, an industry of craft and creativity, needs to go digital both to survive attack and to thrive in the next decade. CEOs know it. Designers know it. Investors are starting to ask questions about it. Yet few if any of the major fashion brands have fully digitized their value chain from planning to shelf. Instead, they are testing and piloting different approaches. Limited in scope, these...
Remote Working is On Trial in Both China and Silicon Valley
[Business]
2020/02/19 09:08
In China, coronavirus is forcing office workers to stay at home and adopt a range of online remote-working tools for the first time. But across the world in Silicon Valley, tech companies are doing the same thing — not to escape infection, but to aid recruitment and keep staff happy. The two trends — separate, yet simultaneous — are creating a boom for providers of technology that facilitate...
Israeli Water-From-Air Tech Firm To Launch Solar-Powered Home Generator - Watergen
[Business]
2020/02/19 09:07
Israeli company Watergen (also Water-gen), known for developing patented technology that turns air into drinking water, developed a solar-powered version of its at-home water generator Genny set to hit the market later this year.The generator, named Solar Genny, runs on solar energy and is suitable for more remote locations such as rural villages and centers, where electricity access can be uns...
A Ray of Hope in the Coronavirus Curve
[Business]
2020/02/19 09:06
A downward trend in new cases in China suggests that the virus might have peaked.HEADLINES ABOUT the new coronavirus that started in China are grim. More than 1,000 people have died, exceeding the toll from the SARS outbreak in 2003. Despite stringent controls on movement, there are 64,000 confirmed or suspected cases of infections in China. And it is spreading around the world. But there is so...
TCL is Working on an Expandable Phone with a ‘Scroll-style’ Sliding Display
[Design]
2020/02/19 09:05
These images that were leaked to CNET show that TCL could have possibly unveiled the most interesting phone of the year in a week. You’re looking at the world’s first phone with a sliding/scrolling flexible display courtesy TCL, which they would debut at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. Sadly the trade show was canceled on account of concerns regarding the Coronavirus outbreak in...
Volvo Polestar Builds Environmental Cred with Flax, Recycled Plastic Interiors
[Design]
2020/02/19 09:04
The Volvo brand will use sustainable materials to reduce weight and potentially even improve the way the vehicle interior responds to a crash.The Polestar 2 from Volvo's young performance brand is already known for its vegan interior.sing technology from environmentally conscious company BStar, Polestar intends to bring natural fibers to the dash and panels instead of plastics.In addition to be...
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