FedEx’s Autonomous Delivery Robot will Begin Rolling Out Summer 2019
[Product]
2019/03/04 11:12
FedEx this summer plans to begin testing a robot to handle home deliveries for partners ranging from Walmart to Pizza Hut.Shippers, retailers and restaurants are experimenting with robots, drones and self-driving cars in a bid to use automation to drive down the high cost of delivering gadgets, groceries and even cups of coffee the “last mile” to consumer doorsteps.FedEx is teaming up with De...
Generation Z is Stressed, Depressed and Exam-Obsessed
[Consumer]
2019/03/04 11:12
For most youngsters getting good grades is a bigger worry than drinking or unplanned pregnancies.MOVE OVER, millennials. Young people now belong to “Generation Z”: a cohort which demographers usually define as people born since 1997. Researchers have devoted lots of effort to understanding the attitudes and experiences of people born in the 1980s and early 1990s (that is, millennials or gener...
The Quadra Riding Suitcases
[Design]
2019/03/04 11:11
The Quadra is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2018.Admitted it’ll take a while for ‘riding suitcases’ to become a norm of sorts, but the Quadra is ideal for people who can’t lug their luggage around with them. Whether it’s a traveler with fatigue, a flyer who’s running late for a flight, or perhaps the noblest scenario, an elderly traveler or a traveler with spec...
Monthly Trend Report - March. 2019 Editiion
[Trendbird]
2019/03/04 11:11
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - March. 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 Pre...
IKEA Gunrid Air-Purifying Curtain Fights Pollution Inside Your Home
[Product]
2019/03/01 16:48
The technology works like photosynthesis, using sunlight and a chemical coating to destroy indoor pollutants.The World Health Organization says that air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk on the planet. It causes heart and respiratory disease, cancer, and stroke. Scientists attribute 1 of every 8 deaths caused by those diseases to pollution. And if you think you’re safe at home...
(PDF) Capgemini - Conversational Commerce : The Future for Brands is Conversational
[Business]
2019/02/26 16:48
Consumers are adopting smart speakers an order of magnitude faster than they did the smartphone. The devices, and the voice assistants which inhabit them, will change shopping forever, creating a new era: Conversational Commerce.This paper explains how it will accelerate the changes e-commerce is already creating in consumer industries; how it results in a new, emotionally engaged relationship...
(Patent) This is The New Apple Watch with Flexible Display
[Tech]
2019/02/26 16:48
Apple Exploring Flexible Display Designs for Future Apple Watch.Patents are cool because they reveal where technology is headed further into the future than the usual leaks and renders. And while not every patented tech makes it into a commercially available device, if a company is patenting something it’s usually considering it for its products.The latest patent coming from Apple reveals wher...
Microsoft’s Hype Strategy for HoloLens Is to Avoid It
[Product]
2019/02/26 16:48
Microsoft unveiled a new version of the HoloLens augmented-reality headset, which can overlay instructions to guide workers through tasks, at Mobile World Congress on Sunday. Visionaries behind augmented-reality headsets have promised gee-whiz futures where wearers can zip holograms away with a flick of the wrist and battle digital baddies amassing around workplace cubicles.Microsoft Corp is se...
The Hot, Lucrative Market in IT Security Talent
[Business]
2019/02/26 16:48
The cybersecurity talent shortage has driven up salaries. A look at who’s making what. Upward pressure on pay for cybersecurity talent is likely to continue amid high demand and limited supply.Cybercrime may or may not pay, but one thing is certain: Cybersecurity pays very well.A shortage of talent is driving up salaries in the field as companies continue to bulk up their cybersecurity rosters...