TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Morgan Stanley & BCG - Motor Insurance 2.0
[Business]
2016/10/18 11:20
Auto insurers are basking in a false sense of security, seemingly oblivious to the impending decline in market size and the threat of new entrants. The sector is ripe for disruption: the value of insurers’ proprietary data and traditional expertise is diminishing, and other players are emerging with the data, analytics, and customer access needed to attack the value chain. In light of the comb...
Celebrities’ Endorsement Earnings On Social Media
[Business]
2016/10/18 11:20
HAVING just received a fancy new watch from TAG Heuer, Cristiano Ronaldo, a footballer, posts a photo of himself, wrist aloft, to his Instagram account. He dutifully thanks them for their “kind gift” and signs off the post with the company’s advertising slogan #dontcrackunderpressure.This is the latest frontier of a rapidly growing industry. Since January, more than 200,000 posts per month o...
(Video) Modal VR Sets Out to Simplify Large-Scale Virtual Reality
[Product]
2016/10/18 11:20
The view from inside (top) and outside (bottom) a virtual world made possible with Modal VR.With the PSVR launching this week, and plenty of Oculus Rifts, HTC Vives and Gear VRs already in the wild, people's VR options are growing, but not everybody has the space or cash for a decent setup. More and more we're seeing companies step in to offer VR as a theme park or arcade type of experience, an...
Tesla Is Playing The Long Game
[Investing]
2016/10/18 11:20
Ranked by Forbes as the most innovative company in the world, Tesla Motors is certainly not a company afraid to push technological boundaries. So when the company's enigmatic CEO, Elon Musk, announced via Twitter the imminent unveiling of an 'unexpected product', rumours and predictions were abound. While the reveal was due to land today, Musk tweeted a few hours ago that it would be delayed un...
(Video) Sony Aromastic Mobile Scent Dispenser is Personal Mood Changer for Officer Workers
[Product]
2016/10/18 11:20
Sony is changing. The troubled Japanese electronics maker is trying new things as it navigates an inhospitable market dominated by the likes of Apple and Samsung.It has reduced its smartphone business and focused on the PlayStation, which gets a major boost this fall with the release of the PlayStation VR. The turnaround plan seems to be working as it posted a 666.5 percent rise in pretax profi...
MIT - Stretchy Optical Fibers for Implanting in The Body
[Tech]
2016/10/18 11:20
Biocompatible fibers could use light to stimulate cells or sense signs of disease.Researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a biocompatible and highly stretchable optical fiber made from hydrogel — an elastic, rubbery material composed mostly of water. The fiber, which is as bendable as a rope of licorice, may one day be implanted in the body to deliver therapeutic pulses...
(Infographic) Piper Jaffray - Teenagers Still Favor The Apple iPhone over Android
[Consumer]
2016/10/18 11:19
Securities firm Piper Jaffray (the company that employs analyst Gene Munster) surveys teenagers twice a year for its Taking Stock with Teens series. The survey allows Piper's clients to learn the latest teen trends, where they are spending money and how they feel about certain products and specific brands. For the latest survey, the firm obtained information from 10,000 teens, up from the 6,500...
An Entirely New Coffee Experience - The Kallpa System
[Design]
2016/10/18 11:19
As convenient as they are, pod-style coffee makers mean that coffee connoisseurs sacrifice a certain level of control over their brew. Until now! The Kallpa system features smart capsules that, when inserted into the machine, give the user nutritional information, preparation recommendations, and capsule combinations for a completely customized cup of coffee.The capsules include printed QR code...
(PDF) WristWhirl : One-Handed Continuous Smartwatch Input Using Wrist Gestures
[Tech]
2016/10/17 10:29
Dartmouth-Led Team Develops WristWhirl, A Smartwatch Prototype Using Wrist As A Joystick.Checking email, tracking fitness, and listening to music, are just a few things that a smartwatch can do but what if your hands aren't free (i.e. carrying groceries or holding a bus handle)? A Dartmouth-led team has come up with a solution by developing WristWhirl— a smartwatch prototype that uses the wris...
