TREND REPORTS
McDonald's Opens "UK's First Net-Zero Restaurant"
[Design]
2022/01/11 09:05
Fast-food chain McDonald's has opened what it claims is the UK's first net-zero carbon restaurant building.Built using natural or recycled materials and powered by a combination of wind turbines and solar panels, the restaurant, in Market Drayton, Shropshire, was designed to meet net-zero standards in both its construction and everyday operation.However, McDonald's confirmed to Dezeen that cons...
(Infographic) World Reading Habits in 2021
[Consumer]
2022/01/11 09:03
We read a lot more books in 2020 because of lockdowns. Did we read as much in 2021?That’s what we set about to find out in our 2021 edition of world reading habits. We’ve compiled all of our research into another fascinating infographic.Our infographic reveals which countries are reading the most, what they’re reading, and how the ongoing pandemic continues to impact reading habits across th...
World’s First Metaverse Moonbase - ‘New Prague on the Moon : LUNIAQ'
[Design]
2022/01/11 09:03
You don’t need half a million to sit on a Blue Origin spaceship, just pop on your VR headset and you could instantly be transported to Prague’s first-ever lunar expedition. Titled ‘New Prague on the Moon’, this metaverse moon-base was unveiled at Virtuplex, the largest Virtual Reality laboratory in Europe during the Czech Space Week. Open to the public, visitors could roam around the moon d...
Annual Trend Report - 2022 Edition Released !
[Trendbird]
2022/01/10 09:10
안녕하세요. Trendbird Team입니다. Annual Trend Report 2022 Edition이 출시되었습니다.Membership 고객사 및 보고서 개별 구매 고객들께 드리는 공지사항1) Enterprise / Company 라이센스 고객사에는 보고서 전체 12권 전체 폴더를 담당자분께 1월 4일 오전에 발송해 드렸으니, 사내 공식 담당자에게 문의하시면 보고서를 열람하실수 있습니다.2) Team 라이센스 고객사에는 Annual Report가 제공되지 않으며, 필요시 별도로...
(Patent) Intel Aims to Patent Electronic Devices with Moveable Display Screens
[Tech]
2022/01/10 09:09
U.S. patent application, US20210397219, discloses an electronic device with a moveable display screen. The electronic device includes a lid having a first display screen and a base. The base includes a housing having a top side with a physical keyboard and a second display screen. The second display screen moves between a retracted position in which the keyboard is exposed and an expanded posit...
Accenture - Why Shopping's Set for a Social Revolution
[Business]
2022/01/10 09:08
Shopping on Social Media Platforms Expected to Reach $1.2 Trillion Globally by 2025, New Accenture Study Finds. Growth is predicted to be driven primarily by Gen Z and Millennial social media users. Among the study’s other findings: Consumers in developing countries are more likely to use social commerce and do so often. Eight out of ten social media users in China use social commerce to make...
(CES 2022) Wearable Biotech is Big at CES 2022
[Product]
2022/01/10 09:06
New at CES: A "Lab" You Can Wear on Your Arm. "You forget that it’s there.In a keynote address at the conference, Robert Ford, the chairman of the board and CEO of Abbott Labs, announced his company's bid to help people keep track of what's happening inside their bodies. Products in the company's new "Lingo" line are consumer-oriented “biowearable” sensors that monitor glucose, ketone, lacta...
Formant Raises $18M to Help Companies Manage Fleets of Robots
[Investing]
2022/01/10 09:06
The robotics industry continues to grow as enterprises look to automate an increasing number of processes across their organizations. According to McKinsey, 88% of businesses plan to fold robotics automation into their infrastructure in the coming months. And companies based in North America ordered more than 31,000 robotics systems in 2020, bringing the industry’s revenue to an estimated over...
Prediction Consensus : What the Experts See Coming in 2022
[Consumer]
2022/01/10 09:05
During times of uncertainty though, we’re even more eager to predict what’s to come. To satisfy this demand, thousands of prognosticators share their views publicly as one year closes and another begins. In hindsight, we see varying levels of success at predicting the future.[click to enalarge]In truth, experts are merely guessing at what will happen over the coming year. In 2020, almost nobo...
