TREND REPORTS
Housecraft, a Fun AR App for Laying Out Furniture
[Product]
2018/08/16 09:04
Perfectly plan your future home with your phone! Housecraft uses your device’s camera and the power of augmented reality to let you place fully rendered 3D models anywhere in your world.Intuitive Interface. It’s never been easier to carefully position a piece of furniture in a room. No dollys required.Precise Measurements. Feel exactly how big objects are and how they’ll fit in your home. Fe...
The Fireplace Gets a Modern Facelift
[Design]
2018/08/16 09:03
Wood burning fireplaces are quickly becoming a thing of the past, especially if you reside in a big city apartment or new home… but that doesn’t mean you can’t get cozy.Designed by a group from the University of Buenos Aires, the AWA home heater is a modern interpretation of the familiar form of the fluted fireplace that utilizes new thermal power tech to fill your home with warmth and ambie...
(PDF) Millennials And The Future Of Wealth Management
[Investing]
2018/08/15 09:10
By 2030, millennials are expected to control as much as $20T of assets globally and their parents (the baby boomers) are expected to pass down another $30T by 2050 in North America alone (vis the great “Wealth Transfer.”)Today, startups are attacking this market early. As assets transfer to the more digitally-native millennial investors, startups want to establish trust and get ahead of the d...
(Patent) Apple wants iPhone to be Proof of Identity and Replace Passports
[Tech]
2018/08/15 09:09
Apple has considered the possibility of using the iPhone as a form of identification for the user, with one proposed onboard secure storage system using RFID having the potential to use a smartphone as an alternative to a passport for travelers at ports. Filed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office on March 30 and published on Thursday, the patent application for "Document importation...
People are Buying Clothes to Post on Instagram and Then Returning Them
[Consumer]
2018/08/15 09:08
Snap and send back. Emerging trend among Brits of wearing clothes once ‘for the hashtag moment’ before returning items for a refundAlmost one in ten shoppers admit to buying clothes to post photos on social media and then returning themSurprisingly 35-44 year-olds are the biggest culprits, with nearly one in five revealing they have bought clothes to wear once for the hashtag momentFashionmis...
(PDF) BCG - How IoT Data Ecosystems Will Transform B2B Competition
[Business]
2018/08/15 09:07
Former Cisco CEO John Chambers got it mostly right when he said that every company today is a technology company. In fact, every company is becoming a technology and data company, and the consequences of this distinction are substantial.The real value of the Internet of Things (IoT) lies in the data it serves up and the insights that result. Much has been written about how IoT is unlocking sign...
New York City's Brilliant Heat-Fighting Plan - NYC CoolRoofs
[Tech]
2018/08/15 09:06
New York City has painted at least 6.7 million square feet of rooftop white in the past nine years. Reflective paint can decrease the temperatures insides buildings and lower air conditioning costs.Los Angeles is also taking steps to use more reflective paint, spending $40,000 per mile to paint streets white.Scientists believe that light roofs could help alleviate some of the worst effects of c...
Our Cities House-Price Index Suggests The Property Market is Slowing
[Investing]
2018/08/15 09:05
From Auckland to Amsterdam, Sydney to San Francisco, house prices in the best locations have gone through the roof. The Economist’s new house-price index covers 22 of the world’s most vibrant cities. They are home to 163m people, with an economic output equal to Germany and Japan combined. The average price of a home in these cities rose by 34% in real terms over the past five years. In seven...
(PDF) MIT Research Points to Autoimmune Disease as The Cause of Glaucoma
[Tech]
2018/08/15 09:04
A new study from MIT and Massachusetts Eye and Ear has found that glaucoma may in fact be an autoimmune disorder. Unexpected findings show that the body’s own immune system destroys retinal cells.Glaucoma, a disease that afflicts nearly 70 million people worldwide, is something of a mystery despite its prevalence. Little is known about the origins of the disease, which damages the retina and o...
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