TREND REPORTS
(Video) Japanese Paper Cutting Trick for Moving Solar Cells
[Tech]
2015/09/10 10:41
Dynamic kirigami structures capable of solar tracking, consisting of monolithically integrated, single crystalline yet flexible, gallium arsenide solar cells on polyimide sheets.To maximize the amount of electricity that solar cells generate, solar panels can be tilted to track the position of the sun over the course of a day. Conventional solar trackers can increase yearly energy generation by...
A Scooter Straight Out of the Vending Machine and Into Your Backpack
[Design]
2015/09/10 10:41
The No.5065 wants to redefine portability in that awkward phase between driverless cars and traffic jams.Folding into a tube-like shape that fits in your backpack, the No.5065 Scooter is one of many strategic approaches by designer Wang Yixing, in collaboration with a number of different transportation companies, to rethink urban commuting. Undergoing extensive research with travelers in mind,...
(PDF) BCG - The Make-or-Break Questions About Autonomous Vehicles
[Business]
2015/09/09 11:18
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) promise tremendous societal benefits. As shown in our previous report on the topic, Revolution in the Driver’s Seat: The Road to Autonomous Vehicles, the widespread adoption of AVs could eliminate the more than 30,000 annual U.S. road fatalities, improve travel time by as much as 40 percent, recover up to 80 billion hours lost to commuting and congestion, and reduce f...
TV Screens Are Getting Bigger and Bigger
[Business]
2015/09/09 11:18
Over the past decade and a half, television sets have undergone a radical transformation. The unbelievably heavy, bulky tube TV sets that used to be at the center of most living rooms until the early 2000s are (thankfully) a thing of the past, replaced by flat-panel TVs that are lighter, more energy efficient and allow for larger screen sizes.While CRT televisions are technically limited to scr...
(PDF) Airbnb Summer Travel Report 2015
[Business]
2015/09/09 11:18
Growth is up and to the right for Airbnb. Nearly 17 million people worldwide booked their guest stays with the peer-to-peer lodging platform this summer, according to a new travel report.That’s a whopping 353x’s surge in the last five years – and a far cry from the three guests Airbnb hosted before officially launching in the summer of 2008. Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were j...
Unbundling iOS : 44 Startups Attacking Apple’s Core Apps And Services
[Business]
2015/09/09 11:18
For mainstream consumers, the most visible feature of iOS are Apple's stock apps, and few of them are immune from startup competition.[click to enlarge]Apple released the iOS 8 operating system to the public in late 2014, and is expected to release a new update at a media event tomorrow.With the iOS 9 upgrade around the corner, we used CB Insights data and analysis to dig in and see which start...
Clear Solar Panels Double as Highway Sound Barriers
[Tech]
2015/09/09 11:17
Solar Panels are typically dark, opaque, unsightly slabs blanketing the roofs of buildings. But they’ve got a brighter, more colorful future if the panels lining a Dutch highway is any indication. They could come in multiple hues—and even do double duty as noise-cancelling barriers.These panels, installed on A2 Highway near Den Bosch, use a new kind of renewable energy technology called lumin...
Fraunhofer - Efficient Heating for Electric Cars
[Tech]
2015/09/09 11:17
Nanotube film could heat electric cars without draining their batteries.[In order to analyze the heating effect of the films for cars, the researchers connected them to a power source and monitored them using a thermo camera]If you don‘t want to freeze in your electric car, you have to make a few concessions, because heating devours a substantial portion of power supply. Fraunhofer researchers...
Apple's iPhone Revenue is Bigger Than Any Other Tech Company's Total Revenue
[Business]
2015/09/09 11:17
According to this chart compiled by Statista, Apple booked more revenue from iPhone sales last quarter than any other tech company booked in total. The iPhone business is so big, it outstripped the two largest ad-supported online companies — Google and Facebook — by more than $10 billion in sales last quarter.[chartofday]
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