It’s called Mundi and it gives the electric sweeper a brand new, never before seen silhouette.How would you feel about having your cleaning appliances on display?! I’m not entirely sold on the idea of leaving your vacuum out, but if I had to, it had better look something like this! This lightweight vacuum adopts an unconventional circular form that’s not only beautiful but functional for nav...

When Steve Jobs first introduced the iPhone a decade ago, and said that Apple was going to “reinvent the phone,” this clearly was not an exaggeration. 2017 marks the 10th anniversary for the iPhone and in celebration of the milestone, Shutterstock takes a look at 10 trends shaped by the revolutionary gadget. From opening the gates to amateur photography to the introduction of selfies, the iPh...

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk jolted the automotive world last year when he announced the company’s new vehicles would come with a hardware upgrade that would eventually allow them to drive themselves.He also jolted his own engineering ranks.Members of the company’s Autopilot team hadn’t yet designed a product they believed would safely and reliably control a car without human interve...

Drones. Shared refrigerators. Hydroponic garages. And never setting foot in a grocery store again.Since Amazon bought Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, consumers have been left wondering what that partnership will ultimately look like. Will Whole Foods stores just become another face for Amazon’s anonymous distribution centers? Will Prime memberships include access to more local produce? Or will...

Insights into the minds of consumers to help businesses reshape their customer engagement strategies.Several decades after it first arrived on the scene, artificial intelligence (AI) is enjoying yet another rebirth.The latest waves of rapid innovation are capturing the world’s imagination for how AI can transform the way we work and live. This time, it’s not relegated to research labs and the...

A traditional smartphone keypad, which shows the same configuration of numbers to all observers.That person who's waiting behind you while you're using an ATM, or who's nearby when you're conducting online banking on your smartphone … are they peeking at the keypad as you enter your PIN? Well, even if they are, a new technology developed at New York University could thwart them – it displays...

People who are lonely are more likely to buy products that have faces on the label, a new study suggests.“Visuals can fill a void for consumers experiencing a lack of social connection,” says Bettina Cornwell, professor of marketing at the University of Oregon. “When people see faces in branding materials, their likability for that brand goes up.”The findings, which appear in the European J...

10 months after Samsung decided to pull the plug on the Galaxy Note 7 due to severe problems with faulty batteries, the company unveiled the Note 7’s official successor yesterday. The Galaxy Note S8 will share many traits with the Galaxy S8 which was launched in April, albeit with a slightly larger screen, a stylus and a dual-lens camera.The Korean smartphone market leader has a lot riding on...

Polar Seal have developed lightweight heating pads integrated within garments, controlled via buttons on the wrist, that heat up within 10 seconds.This is part of a series of articles that looks at entrepreneurs hoping to get their ideas off the ground through crowdfunding. At the time of writing, each of these innovations is currently seeking funding.We’ve seen a few different approaches to f...