TRENDBIRD Quarterly Report (SiliconValley VC Funding Report) - Q1. 2018 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. 500여개의 글로벌 리딩기업 CEO/경영진과 미래전략실에서 열독하는 재...

Toys R Us told employees Wednesday that it is planning to sell or close all of its U.S. stores, and that it will file liquidation papers this evening in advance of a court hearing scheduled for Thursday afternoon. The company confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that Chief Executive Dave Brandon had shared the news with employees in a conference call. A spokeswoman for Toys R Us told The Reco...

It’s Saturday, and a chief operating officer who last week negotiated a multimillion-dollar deal for a fleet of vehicles for her company is feeling pretty good.To reward herself, she’s shopping for a convertible sports car to enjoy on weekends. Surely the price-value calculation she makes for a fun personal purchase is different from the one she made when negotiating at work, right?Maybe thos...

The timeline for the ANA Avatar XPrize has the registration deadline listed as October 31, 2018.XPrize contests are nothing if not examples of big picture thinking. Following multi-million dollar competitions to put private spacecraft on the moon, reimagine C02 and tackle illiteracy in the developing world, the organization has just announced a new initiative to accelerate the development of re...

The Israeli Ministry of Health has approved Kanabo Research’s medical cannabis vaporizer as a medical device.Israel has become the first county in the world to grant medical device approval to a vaporizer for the use of medical cannabis extracts and formulations.The Israeli Ministry of Health has granted initial approval as a medical device to the VapePod vaporizer developed by Kanabo Research...

The robot, named Flippy, can make up to 300 burgers an hour and is currently being tested at the chain's Pasadena location.Automation in restaurants, especially fast food ones, is nothing new. Chains like McDonald’s have included self-ordering screens that speed up the process by cutting lines and wait time. But CaliBurger is proving that turnover can be increased even more, with the aid of a...

Is it a bike? A trike? A scooter? The TF1 is actually all three! This transforming kids trike/bike hybrid instantly transitions from a three-wheeled design that’s perfect for training into a two wheel bike. Its pedals can also be removed so it becomes a push scooter little ones can ride. Not only does it adapt as children’s skill evolve, it grows with them thanks to an adjustable saddle and h...

Go back a decade, and America’s energy industry was quite the hot button issue.Oil prices were soaring past $100/bbl, the country was still reliant on OPEC for imports, and a lack of energy independence was becoming a costly issue. Meanwhile, the United States was being outclassed on the energy production front by both Saudi Arabia and Russia.However, in the short span of eight years – and th...

A new study of the global open-source platform, GitHub, offers key lessons on blockchain development—how projects have grown, what's likely to come next, and the implications for financial services firms. WE cannot predict the exact trajectory and impact of blockchain technology. But we also should not ignore its early stages of development and successes along with failures. Tracking this youn...