Inventor Philip Frenzel has been awarded first place in Germany's nationwide Mechatronics Prize 2018 for his ADcase.Dropping your smartphone is never a good thing. That's why people have experimented with protective measures such as auto-deploying airbags. The spring-loaded ADcase, however, looks like it could be a much more practical solution – and you may soon be able to buy one.The award-wi...

The short answer is these are the 50 most important and influential venture capital companies investing in blockchain and cryptocurrency companies. They are ranked according to four key criteria: value of total blockchain investments, total number of blockchain investments, length of blockchain investment experience, and level of investment activity in the last 12 months.Be sure to scroll to th...

As a boy, Zander Futernick always dreamed of becoming a pilot. For his eighth birthday, his father built him a little airport with a concourse, replete with model airplanes—and when they traveled, he would venture into the cockpit at the end of each flight. “I’d sit in the seat and they’d give me my wings,” he recalls.Later he developed an obsession with flight simulators—and as a teen he...

With Amazon upping the size of its M&A deals and increasing its acquisition activity, we looked at its all-time largest deals in a visual timeline.As we discovered in our analysis of Amazon’s M&A strategy, Amazon has traditionally been a conservative buyer. Despite the historic Whole Foods mega-acquisition ($13.7B) as well as a few big-name buys like shoe retailer Zappos ($1.2B, 2009)...

In some ways there is nothing new about buying second-hand furniture - antique stores have done it for centuries. And yet the idea that a leading modern furniture shop - IKEA in Sydney, to be precise - will re-sell old furniture seems radical.This demonstrates how much work still needs to be done in order to shift the attitude of both consumers and companies towards embracing a circular economy...

Our light fixtures tend to exist out in the open amongst the very air we breathe, so why shouldn’t they also clean it for us?! That’s the idea behind Airflow, a modern pendant-style lighting solution that purifies as it illuminates.Right at home in the kitchen, it can also be used as a range hood to absorb smoke and steam particles released from cooking. The result is better smelling, better...

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To understand Russian luxury goods and services, look to growth potential and consumer behavior. The key objective of this report is to define the Russian consumers through the lens of advanced analytics and the combination big and small data on the example of luxury market.Special attention is paid to Millennials—the group that keeps all marketers’ minds occupied. The key findings of this re...

Researchers have developed an "e-dermis" or electronic skin that could be applied to a prosthetic hand to give the wearer a sense of touch. By using electronic sensors that mimic the nerve endings in the body, the skin can convey both the senses of touch and of pain.The skin is made of a combination of fabric and rubber, into which the electronic sensors are embedded. The technology isn't invas...