TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Ford Patents Retractable Table With Airbags For Autonomous Cars
[Tech]
2017/10/08 11:24
It's not the strangest automotive patent we've ever seen, but it's close.Before proceeding, it’s important to remember that automotive patents do not automatically mean the subject of the patent will ever see the light of day. It’s just a step manufacturers take to protect ideas, and just like the people who think them up, some are good and some are, well, not as good. Whether or not a retrac...
(PDF) Bain - How Brands Can Get Ahead of China's Tectonic Shifts in Grocery Retail
[Consumer]
2017/10/08 11:23
The world’s largest and most ambitious grocery market is undergoing fast and forceful shifts, requiring consumer goods players to move equally fast and forcefully if they hope to grow and maintain their margins.In this, our third report on the effects of radical trends in global grocery retailing, we turn our attention to China. In the first report, How Brands Can Prepare for European Retailin...
Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund Hits $1 Trillion
[Investing]
2017/10/08 11:22
Last week, the world's biggest state piggy bank passed a major landmark. It was announced that Norway's sovereign wealth fund, officially called the Government Pension Fund of Norway, passed $1 trillion for the first time. The country is a major oil producer and it transferred its first revenue to the fund in May 1996. Since then it has grown to become one of the world's biggest investors in st...
Google's New Earbuds Instantly Translate 40 Languages
[Product]
2017/10/08 11:21
Google held its annual hardware event Wednesday, at which it unveiled its newest Pixel and Google Home, among other products. But, it was an item revealed late in the presentation that might have been the most mind-blowing.Google's Pixel Buds are essentially the company's answer to Apple's AirPods. They're earbuds that connect to a smartphone--in this case, the Pixel--via Bluetooth. At $159, th...
From Spider Silk Shoes to Algae Fuel, Welcome to the New Age of Biotech
[Tech]
2017/10/08 11:19
Science makes fact out of fiction, changing our lives through new technologies. But it’s a long road from invention to adoption. Only when a technology becomes affordable and ubiquitous enough can it usually begin to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.We are approaching this tipping point in biofabrication, the science of using living organisms to build with biology and make eve...
The Self Inflating Umbrella - Shield
[Design]
2017/10/08 11:18
That whole Air Umbrella thing never really took off because the tech just isn’t quite there yet. But now there’s a new design utilizing air and it’s dominating the staying-dry game!It’s called the Air Shield Umbrella and it’s an inflatable design without any wires or flimsy rods that will break in the wind. Instead, a pump built in to the handle that inflates the supporting structure of th...
Monthly Trend Report - October. 2017 Edition
[Trendbird]
2017/10/01 09:10
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - October. 2017 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." * 300여개 리딩 글로벌 기업의 C-Level 경영진 및 경영전략, 기술연구소, 신사업, 마케팅, 디자인 등 핵심...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Savvy and Sophisticated : Meet China’s Evolving Car Buyers
[Consumer]
2017/09/26 10:10
Our 2017 survey of Chinese auto consumers shows they’re demanding more from carmakers. How can companies keep up with shifts in this must-win market?After registering its lowest growth since 2011, China’s automotive market rebounded strongly in 2016 (Exhibit 1). Car sales jumped 20 percent, nearly twice the rate of increase in 2015. Much of this vigorous expansion resulted from the country’s...
(Patent) Will Microsoft’s New Augmented Reality Patent Kill The Keyboard?
[Tech]
2017/09/26 10:09
The future of typing may no longer include a keyboard. This week, Microsoft’s newly granted patent, titled “Holographic keyboard display,” describes what the future of text input could look like. Using a virtual keyboard plane to sense a user’s inputs, the AR/VR system will function like a normal keyboard and read users’ gestures to simulate typing.The grant mentions gaming as a first appl...
