TREND REPORTS
What Does Infocuum Vacuum Cleaner have that Dyson Doesn't
[Design]
2019/05/02 10:26
Got you thinking, didn’t I? The answer is simple – eyes! No more shoving the crumbs under the carpet, because the Infocuum Vacuum has a camera mounted on the cleaning nozzle and a display near the controls, allowing you to see the garbage piled up under the sofa, carpets and other hard-to-see places. The wide-angle video camera is attached to the head and beams up the video in realtime, allow...
Monthly Trend Report - May. 2019 Edition
[Trendbird]
2019/05/02 09:03
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - May. 2019 Edition Released !TRENDBIRD (What's the Next Big Thing ?) is a Global Trend Research & Consulting Service that Instantly Delivers Industry Expert Information on Emerging Trends & Future Business Opportunities from Around the World, Ahead of The Curve." 600여개의 글로벌 리딩기업 CEO/경영진과 미래전략실에서 10년이상 구독중인 재계약율 +90%의 Trendbird Premi...
(PDF) Accenture -Time to Reinvent Your Product
[Business]
2019/04/25 09:10
The new era of software-driven, smart and connected products has arrived.- Products are becoming software-driven, smart and connected, enabling new value propositions for makers and users.- To stay ahead, product-making companies must master the journey to the new product world, what we call Product X.0.- Hardware and software manufacturers must understand the drivers of change and the implicat...
Japanese Taxis Are Using Facial Recognition to Target Ads to Riders
[Business]
2019/04/25 09:09
Cameras in the back seat guess your age and gender — and then use them to serve you with advertisements.If you took a cab in Japan this year, you may have come face-to-face with a tablet that scanned your face in order to learn your gender, age, and other characteristics — and used that data to target you with relevant advertisements.The facial recognition system made the rounds on Twitter on...
KeepTruckin, A Unicorn Valued At $1.4B, Raises $149M Series D
[Investing]
2019/04/25 09:08
KeepTruckin, a platform focused on helping truck companies manage their fleets, has raised a $149 million round of funding.An unlikely unicorn, San Francisco-based KeepTruckin was co-founded by Shoaib Makani, a former VC at Khosla Ventures and ex-Googler. The trucking industry probably joins the construction industry in being among the least traditionally “sexy” companies, which makes it ripe...
(PDF) BCG - The Next Frontier in Digital and AI Transformations
[Business]
2019/04/25 09:07
Is your company transforming into a butterfly, or is it just training to be a faster caterpillar ?That metaphor—coined or at least popularized by George Westerman, principal research scientist at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy—captures the challenges of digitization. In other words, has your digital program actually been transformational or merely incremental?To explore this questi...
Low-Profile Assistive Ankle Exoskeleton Can Be Worn Under Clothes
[Tech]
2019/04/25 09:06
A new lightweight, low-profile and inexpensive ankle exoskeleton could be widely used among elderly people, those with impaired lower-leg muscle strength and workers whose jobs require substantial walking or running.Developed by Vanderbilt mechanical engineers, the device is believed to be the first ankle exoskeleton that could be worn under clothes without restricting motion. It does not requi...
Culture and Cuisine: The Opportunity for Fresh Produce
[Consumer]
2019/04/25 09:05
Catering to the traditions, attitudes and shopping behaviours of multicultural consumers is a sizeable growth opportunity for Australian fruit and vegetable growers and retailers. This group of shoppers is expected to become even more important over the next few years driven by increased immigration and the influence that multicultural consumers have on the cuisines Australians eat.Ethnic house...
Nestlé Japan Opens Temporary Kit Kat Sake Pairing Bar Staffed by AI
[Product]
2019/04/25 09:04
Nestlé Japan have enjoyed immense success with its range of exclusive Japanese Kit Kat snacks. Many of these use unique regional ingredients, such as sake or matcha. Others feature innovative special tastes that are not necessarily Japanese but are tested exclusively in the local market first, like the recent Kit Kat Sublime Volcanic snack, made with ingredients from exotic locations around As...
