TREND REPORTS
(Infographic) A Global Perspective Of Israeli Tech In 2015
[Investing]
2016/01/18 11:03
Israel felt the effects of these global trends, with an unprecedented $5 billion in investments, $8 billion M&A activity and a significant drop in IPOs (to $4 billion). Yet beneath the surface of these high-level statistics lies a wealth of interesting data.Whether it’s sectors like cyber and fintech heating up or syndications and co-investments leading to increased round sizes and valuati...
Goldman Sachs Has 4 Charts Showing the Huge Potential in Virtual and Augmented Reality
[Business]
2016/01/17 11:10
Virtual reality started making fresh headlines in 2014, when Facebook made a $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR. Now Google Inc. has ramped up its "VR" game by focusing Clay Bavor, vice president of product management, solely on virtual reality.As Wall Street tries to calculate the possible impact on a number of industries, Goldman Sachs Group has put forth some charts laying out its assumptio...
(Video) AiCure Raises $12.25M For Its Treatment Monitoring Technology
[Investing]
2016/01/17 11:09
Raise your hand if you’ve ever forgotten to take a pill you were prescribed? The chances are, if you’re in the U.S. at least, you probably have. The failure to take prescribed medicine, whether as part of a clinical trial or treatment regimen costs the U.S. healthcare industry roughly $378 billion dollars.That’s a lot of money, and a lot of people who aren’t either getting completely better...
(PDF) New Study Highlights Privacy Gap Between Consumers and Tech Vendors
[Consumer]
2016/01/17 11:08
Americans are willing to share sensitive information with businesses in the name of safety and efficiency, a new study found. But they’re less enthusiastic about exchanging personal details in return for better advertising or offers–especially when those details reveal their physical location, researchers said.The Pew Research Center has found in recent years that users of mobile and desktop...
(Video) Hands-On with Ultrahaptics' Invisible, Touchable Controls
[Tech]
2016/01/17 11:07
Last year at CES, we experienced a very cool demo from Ultrahaptics of an ultrasound-based gesture interface that provides invisible tactile feedback in mid-air. This year, Bristol, England-based start-up is showing how their technology can be embedded into devices like cars, stereos, and stoves. And it's exactly as magical as we were hoping it would be.Ultrahaptics' tactile interface is based...
(Video) Sony Put The Guts of a Smartphone Into This Lightbulb
[Product]
2016/01/17 11:06
Sony’s connected lightbulb is also a remote control and interco.If 2016 is the year of connected gadgets doing all the things smartphones can't, Sony is taking the idea to the extreme. The company's newest appliance, the Multifunctional Light, performs an absurd amount of functions you'd never expect — and maybe don't even want — out of an overhead fixture. (But don't expect whoever named it...
Why Crude Oil Prices Keep Falling and Falling, in One Simple Chart
[Investing]
2016/01/17 11:05
Over the past two years, global crude oil prices have been in free-fall, and no one seems to know when the bungee cord will catch. In June 2014, you had to shell out $110 to buy a barrel of Brent crude. By early 2015, that had plunged to $60.Today, it costs just $30 to buy a barrel of oil — a level not seen since 2004. It's a staggering decline.I've written a more in-depth history of the rise...
(Video) Self-Adaptive Composite Heals Itself and Returns to its Original Shape
[Tech]
2016/01/17 11:04
Resembling a sugar cube, the SAC has reversible self-stiffening properties that allow it to spring back into shape like a sponge.Self-healing materials that can repair cracks and other damage automatically have the subject of research for decades. Now a team of scientists at Rice University have come up with a new twist. It's a Self-Adaptive Composite (SAC) that is not only self healing, but al...
This Samsung G8 Concept Has Us Salivating
[Design]
2016/01/17 11:03
While anticipation for the Samsung Galaxy S7 is building, designer Steel Drake is cooking up ideas for the 8! This next-gen Galaxy features all new dimensions, a new “pointier” edge, and it’s been stripped entirely of connector holes for charging or PC syncing. In an effort to go almost entirely wireless, it relies solely on inductive charging and cordless connectivity. All that and a spiffy...
