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(Video) Self-Shaping Wood Furniture - HygroShape
[Design]
2022/03/14 09:03
Can furniture be made that takes on its final shape by itself after unpacking? Furniture was traditionally mostly made by a carpenter or in a factory and then transported in its finished three-dimensional form to the place where it was to be used. The DIY movement and take-away furniture providers such as Ikea have often shifted design and manufacturing to a so-called “flat pack concept”, whe...
(PDF) Bain - Global Private Equity Report 2022
[Investing]
2022/03/11 09:10
In a record-breaking year, private equity investors made it plain that it’s not just about buyout anymore.Private equity blew the doors off in 2021 as trillions in pandemic-related stimulus produced a historic surge in dealmaking and exits.Non-buyout private investing categories like growth equity and venture also saw huge increases in activity.Global expansion continued to drive impressive re...
Animatico Revolutionizes Customer Experiences with Interactive Avatars
[Business]
2022/03/11 09:09
At CES 2022, visitors can expect to meet and interact with avatars from animatico, which will be sharing its customer service innovations at the event. animatico is revolutionizing the customer experience with interactive avatars that can be created by brands for a variety of purposes. These avatars boast the ability to attract visitors and proactively recognize them and interact using intuitiv...
(Infographic) The Rapid Evolution of Plant-Based Alternatives
[Business]
2022/03/11 09:08
From plant-based Chick’n Tenders to dairy-free Mylk, consumers are spoilt for choice when it comes to alternatives products on the market.With an explosion of new options hitting shelves at lightning speed and consumers growing more knowledgeable of plant-based diets, a shift towards eating less meat is being felt across the globe. But how did this movement come to be?The infographic above fro...
(Patent) IBM Seeks to Patent Smart Contact Lens Based Shopping
[Tech]
2022/03/11 09:07
U.S. patent application, US20220044302, describes a method for using a smart contact lens in a shopping environment. The method includes receiving the gaze data associated with a customer looking at a locked product on a store shelf from the smart contact lenses, sending a request to unlock the product to a program in the store server, and receiving a bill for the unlocked product from the prog...
(Video) The IKEA Dollar Catalogue
[Business]
2022/03/11 09:06
The IKEA Dollar Catalogue: 200 items, 200 pages, 200 prices, ranging from 1 to 200 Taiwan dollars. Breaking from IKEA’s custom of categorizing products according to the different rooms of the home, we sorted out these low-priced products for consumers, we changed the order in which they received information, and we sped up the buying process. Using a more intuitive UX/UI experience, we created...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Cybersecurity Trends : Looking Over The Horizon
[Business]
2022/03/11 09:05
McKinsey examines three of the latest cybersecurity trends and their implications for organizations facing new and emerging cyberrisks and threats.Cybersecurity has always been a never-ending race, but the rate of change is accelerating. Companies are continuing to invest in technology to run their businesses. Now, they are layering more systems into their IT networks to support remote work, en...
Animal-Free Dairy Milk Set to Finally Hit US Retail Shelves - Betterland Milk
[Product]
2022/03/11 09:05
Engineered microflora are used to produce whey proteins, allowing for the manufacture of milk that resembles cow milk.A new kind of milk will soon hit US shelves but it isn’t some plant-based product designed to resemble dairy milk. Instead it is made from whey proteins produced by microflora engineered to spit out exactly the same proteins found in milk from a cow.The unique cow-free milk is...
(Video) Schlage Introduces Encode Plus Deadbolt With Support for Apple's Home Key Feature
[Product]
2022/03/11 09:04
One of the Wallet features introduced in iOS 15 was support for home keys, which will let users add digital keys for compatible HomeKit door locks to the Wallet app on their iPhone and Apple Watch. With the system, users can take advantage of NFC connectivity to quickly unlock their home by simply bringing their device close to the lock.Schlage today is introducing the Schlage Encode Plus Smart...
