TREND REPORTS
HBR - Competing on Customer Journeys
[Consumer]
2015/10/20 15:17
The explosion of digital technologies over the past decade has created “empowered” consumers so expert in their use of tools and information that they can call the shots, hunting down what they want when they want it and getting it delivered to their doorsteps at a rock-bottom price. In response, retailers and service providers have scrambled to develop big data and analytics capabilities in...
(Video) Lomo'Instant Wide Camera
[Product]
2015/10/20 15:17
Lomography has introduced the Lomo’instant Wide camera($200) that brings a bit of a cinematic view to your instant photos. Using Fujifilm Instax Wide film, the camera offers a 35mm equivalent lens and Auto, Bulb, and 1/30sec Fixed Shutter Speed modes. Features cater to those who want to take a little more control over their instant prints, including a multi-exposure button and a lens cap that...
(Video) Slightly Fewer Americans are Reading Print Books, New Survey Finds
[Consumer]
2015/10/20 15:17
The number of book readers has dipped a bit from the previous year and the number of e-book readers has remained flat, according to new survey findings from Pew Research Center.Seven-in-ten American adults (72%) have read a book within the past year, whether in whole or in part and in any format, according to a survey conducted in March and April. That figure has fallen from 79% who said in 201...
(Video) Student 3D Prints Voronoi High-Heeled Shoes as Final Thesis Project
[Design]
2015/10/20 15:17
Jacqui Painter, a University of Colorado, Boulder Environmental Design student, decided to design and print a pair of high-heeled women’s shoes for her final thesis project. She states about her thesis project:“To create a wearable and fashionable 3D printed shoe while still trying to conserve material and footwear traditions. To create the model I created a model of my own foot using my meas...
Implantable LCD Eye Lenses May Make Glasses Obsolete
[Tech]
2015/10/20 15:16
University of Leeds research student Devesh Mistry has developed a unique, auto-focusing liquid crystal lens that may help cure age-related long-sightedness.The potential for replacing aging or damaged eye lenses with artificial lenses that do more than just restore eyesight has long been recognized. With everything from telescopic capabilities to those with built-in heads-up displays, electron...
Why South Korea's Men are Buying Tons of Cosmetics
[Consumer]
2015/10/20 15:16
Men's grooming industry thrives in South Korea. Ladies, step aside. In South Korea, cosmetics companies are now targeting men.It's a trend that clashes with Western ideas about masculinity and gender, but Korean men are spending a ton of money on cosmetics products in order to improve their skin and appearance.South Korean men are the world's top per-capita consumers of skincare products, with...
(Video) House of Moving Walls
[Design]
2015/10/20 15:16
This small apartment, designed by Spanish architect studio PKMN architectures, is all about space and movement. Here the occupants can create their own ideal interior, as open or private as they like, just by moving the walls and partitions. Clever mechanics and unified color scheme make these transitions look and feel seamless, as if the space takes different shapes on its own, morphing along...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Digital inside : Get Wired for The Ultimate Luxury Experience
[Business]
2015/10/19 11:10
Is luxury e-commerce nearing its tipping point? We think so, and online sales of luxury goods could triple to €70 billion by 2025.How might luxury e-commerce develop over the next five to ten years? As part of our annual Altagamma-McKinsey Digital Luxury Experience Observatory1 we analyzed the online-sales trajectories of more than 50 luxury brands over the past decade. What we found is that t...
(PDF) Stanford : Real-time Expression Transfer for Facial Reenactment
[Tech]
2015/10/19 11:09
There’s now a computer program that lets you control someone else’s face.In the prophetic 1997 film “Face/Off,” John Travolta figures that the only way to avoid going back to prison was to surgically replace his face with that of Nicolas Cage’s. Although medical science has not really gotten to the point where that isn’t still completely laughable, a new technology out of Stanford Univers...
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