TREND REPORTS
(Patent) Apple Patents Magnetic Connector for Stacking Up Peripherals
[Tech]
2016/04/03 11:09
Designed with "handheld electronics" in mind.If Apple really wants the iPad to be the future of computing, then it would help if the tablet could easily connect with multiple peripherals at once. A recently published patent from the iPhone-maker shows one way this might work, with the document outlining plans for a "stackable, magnetically-retained connector interface" designed particularly for...
(PDF) Pew Report - Household Expenditures and Income
[Consumer]
2016/04/03 11:08
Expenditures are a key but often overlooked element of family balance sheets. In measuring household financial security, significant attention is typically paid to income, but much less to whether those resources are sufficient to cover expenses. To begin addressing this gap in the policy discourse, this chartbook uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Expenditure Survey to explore hous...
(Video) This Porsche Magazine Ad Brings the 911 to Life as a Floating Hologram
[Business]
2016/04/03 11:07
Place the removable acetate prism over a tablet, and watch the magic unfold.Some advertisers have grown increasingly inventive with print media in recent years.Motorola, you may recall, created a button that let readers change the color of cellphones shown on the printed page, while the CW embedded a live Twitter feed in a magazine ad to hype its shows. And in 2014, a Nivea print campaign, harn...
There Were No Tech IPOs in Q1
[Investing]
2016/04/03 11:05
Private equity also got shut out.There are still a few days left in the first quarter of 2015, but we already know that the quarter will not have hosted a single IPO from the information technology sector. It also will be bereft of any traditional corporate issuers backed by private equity.Overall, only 11 companies priced offerings on U.S. exchanges in Q1, all of which were either biotechs or...
America's 2015 Marijuana Sales In Context
[Business]
2016/04/03 11:05
Last year, $3.4 billion of legal marijuana was sold in the United States. Legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and the District of Columbia, that's a lot of green for just a few states.The best way to give that figure some proper perspective is by comparing it with some of the country's best loved brands. Oreo is a good example. It had just over $700 million sales between April 2014 a...
Central Park, Now With More Park
[Design]
2016/04/03 11:04
It’s just the most amazing feeling appreciating good design that’s backed by a brilliant idea. Residents of New York have been complaining that their evergreen Central Park has lost its grandeur. The reason?Too many skyscrapers just outside the park have destroyed the view of park goers. Not only do you not get to see the city’s skyline properly, the sunrise and sunset get blocked by these m...
Monthly Trend Report - April. 2016 Edition
[Trendbird]
2016/04/01 11:03
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - April. 2016 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." * 글로벌 리딩 기업의 C-Level 경영진 및 경영전략, 기술연구소, 신사업, 마케팅, 디자인 등 핵심 전략부서...
(Video) Microsoft's "Holoportation" Lets You Augment Someone Else's Reality
[Tech]
2016/03/29 10:07
Microsoft's research division has developed a new kind of 3D video capture system called "holoportation" that allows for 3D renderings of people to be virtually transported to any environment in real-time. For Star Trek fans, think of it as the inverse of the "holodeck" featured in the franchise that renders virtual environments around a real person. The system uses a series of 3D video cameras...
(Video) Voice-Activated AI System Controls Connected Home Devices
[Product]
2016/03/29 10:07
A friendly system that hopes to make home connectivity easy to customize.As more tech-savvy users warm up to the idea of connected home devices, the search for the perfect system continues. Billed as the “the first voice-activated home automation system for high-end homes,” the team behind Josh hopes to make the home even more connected.The device works with iOS, Android and the web to make i...
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