TREND REPORTS
(Infographic) The Consumer Potential of Retail Cannabis
[Business]
2019/05/07 09:03
“Eat, drink, and be merry” is becoming an increasingly common mantra for cannabis consumers. It’s also a refrain that speaks the evolving demand picture for cannabis in a post-legalization environment, as it becomes clearer what products consumers want to see coming from the sector.Today’s infographic comes to us from The Green Organic Dutchman, and it dives deeper into the profound investo...
(PDF) Mckinsey - China Luxury Report 2019
[Business]
2019/05/06 09:10
Global brands face new opportunities as luxury represents a powerful form of social capital for young Chinese consumers.Set to be the engine of global spending on high-end shoes, bags, fashion, jewelry, and watches, China’s affluent upper-middle class presents an enticing prospect for the world’s designer brands. In fact, Chinese luxury spending is expected to double to 1.2 trillion renminbi...
(IPO) Beyond Meat Soars 163% in Biggest-Popping U.S. IPO Since 2000
[Investing]
2019/05/06 09:09
Plant-based meat maker’s stock nearly triples from original IPO price. Beyond Meat Inc. stock skyrocketed Thursday in the best-performing public offering by a major U.S. company in almost two decades.Shares of the plant-based meat maker — which priced its IPO at $25 a share Wednesday evening — started trading at $46 a share shortly after noon on the Nasdaq, and surged to $65.75 by the end of...
(Paper) Synthesia Prove That Not All Deep Fakes are Malicious
[Tech]
2019/05/06 09:08
Last week we touched on how convolutional neural networks can be easily duped using nothing more than a computer-generated "patch" applied to a piece of cardboard. This week we want to keep the theme of neural networks alive, only this time addressing the fascinating topic of deep fakes. We have discussed this before (here), touching on how hyper-realistic media formats, such as images and vide...
Google’s DeepMind to Create First Product to Spot Eye Disease
[Tech]
2019/05/06 09:07
DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence group, has built a working prototype of a device that can diagnose complex eye diseases in real time, in a major step towards the Alphabet-owned company’s first medical device.In a live demonstration this month of its AI system, where a patient agreed to be examined publicly, DeepMind performed a retinal scan and real-time diagnosis of her eye. The...
(Video) Israel’s Electreon Wireless e-Road Technology to be Piloted in Sweden
[Tech]
2019/05/06 09:05
Electreon leading a $12.5m electric transportation project by an international consortium aiming to reduce CO2 emissions from heavy trucks and buses.The Swedish Transport Administration chose a wholly owned Swedish subsidiary of Israeli company Electreon Wireless to lead a consortium in building the world’s first demo of a road that will wirelessly charge an electric truck and an electric bus...
Apple's Incredible 21st Century Growth
[Investing]
2019/05/06 09:05
The tech giant's fiscal second-quarter revenue — including that from its all-important iPhone line — fell from the same period a year earlier, as did its earnings. But the results topped analysts' muted expectations.When Apple reported its latest quarterly results earlier this week, there were no major surprises: iPhone sales were slightly down year-over-year, services revenue reached a new a...
(Video) Ford makes Self-Braking Trolley That Can't be Crashed
[Design]
2019/05/06 09:04
Automobile maker Ford has borrowed anti-collision technology from its cars to build a supermarket trolley that children can't crash.The Self-Braking Trolley is designed to stop automatically before hitting a person, shelf or any other obstacle.The feature could prevent many uncomfortable rogue trolley scenarios, but Ford designed it with children in mind.The US company noted that kids are often...
(Infographic) 7 Trends of Digital Marketing Campaign
[Business]
2019/05/06 09:03
In just the last decade, the marketing world has been dramatically transformed. Spending on digital media surpassed television ads in 2017, and now global digital spend is anticipated to top $333 billion this year.As a result, today’s entrepreneurs and small businesses are starting to think about marketing in almost exclusively digital terms – and to have a successful online strategy, it’s i...
