TREND REPORTS
Red-Dot Award : New Toy Uses AR to Teach About the Elements - Element Capsule
[Design]
2018/02/18 10:04
A new capsule toy uses augmented reality to help teach about the properties of the elements.Capsule toys, often sold in vending machines, are very popular with young children around the world. In Asia these toys are often called gashapon, an onomatopoeic word formed from the Japanese sound ‘gasha’ (or ‘gatcha’), for the hand-cranking action of a toy-vending machine. ‘Pon’ refers to the so...
Park-Like Green Office by 07beach Simulates Recreational Ground to Promote Productivity
[Design]
2018/02/18 10:03
The belief that a nice physical working environment promotes productivity has seen huge amounts invested into office design in the 21st century. From smaller shared work spaces to mega complexes like amazon’s recently opened spheres, for nature deprived city-dwellers the ‘green office’ has seen an evolution towards natural oases, believing that plant-form filled spaces further enhance our ab...
(PDF) Bain - Labor 2030 : The Collision of Demographics, Automation and Inequality
[Consumer]
2018/02/13 11:28
Demographics, automation and inequality have the potential to dramatically reshape our world in the 2020s and beyond. Our analysis shows that the collision of these forces could trigger economic disruption far greater than we have experienced over the past 60 years (see Figure 1). The aim of this report by Bain's Macro Trends Group is to detail how the impact of aging populations, the adoption...
(Video) Boston Dynamics' SpotMini Robot Now Opens Doors for Its Friends
[Tech]
2018/02/13 11:28
Readers familiar with the latest season of Netflix series Black Mirror, in which a four-legged robot mercilessly seeks out and destroys our human protagonists, may want to look away now. Readers that are not may still want to look away now. It appears a secure door is no match for the fast-evolving SpotMini from Boston Dynamics.Boston Dynamics, a subsidiary of Japanese firm SoftBank, first reve...
The iPhone X ‘Sticks The Landing’ in Its Launch Quarter
[Product]
2018/02/13 11:28
Two caveats: 1) It launched 1/3 into the Christmas quarter and 2) it exited the quarter with a ton of excess inventory. From a note to clients by Wells Fargo’s Aaron Rakers that landed in my inbox Sunday:Late Friday night IDC published its detailed estimates for smartphone shipments for the December quarter. We think it is important to note, like Apple, IDC reports shipments on a sell-in basis...
(Video) Watch These Selfies Decay While Pondering Your Mortality - hash2ash
[Design]
2018/02/13 11:27
On one hand, the internet never forgets that beer bong you did in college. On the other, the countless photos we take each week feel harder to protect and manage than ever. Without physical prints tucked away in a scrapbook, our photos end up on self-destructing apps like Snapchat, or bouncing around our social circles on Facebook, or stuck on the hard drive of a broken down computer. Where wil...
A New Material Called “Superwood” Is Just As Strong As Steel
[Tech]
2018/02/13 11:27
Scientists at the University of Maryland reported last week that they’ve discovered a way to treat wood to make it 12 times stronger than natural wood and 10 times tougher. According to Liangbing Hu, one the lead researchers in the paper published in Nature, their wood is so strong and durable that it can compete with steel, titanium alloys, and even carbon fiber–but at an infinitely much low...
Fad or Fundamental : Health & Wellness in 2018
[Consumer]
2018/02/13 11:27
67% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY WILL BE PRIORITIZING HEALTHY OR SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS FOOD PURCHASES IN 2018Finding total store growth has been a challenge over the last year. Despite this challenge, pockets of growth do still exist across the store, and many are being driven by consumers’ desire to live healthier lives and choose better-for-you foods and beverages over conventional products.In fact, 6...
SmithFly Raft-Tent Brings Camping to the Water
[Product]
2018/02/13 11:27
The Shoal Tent – for campers who like to get away from it all.It seems to be human nature that if you're camping near a lake or pond, you pitch your tent right at the water's edge. Well, SmithFly's new Shoal Tent lets you take things a step further. Described as a floating raft with a tent topper, it allows you to actually sleep out on the water.The Shoal Tent incorporates three main air chamb...
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