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This Rollable Phablet Brings The Big Screen Experience to Your Pocket
[Design]
2021/10/19 09:10
A big rollable screen smartphone/tablet (a phablet to be precise) that’s designed to be the style statement in your pocket without the bulky form factor associated with big-screen mobile devices.After foldables, the next revolutionary upscaling to the contemporary form factor of smartphones and tablets is going to be the rollable design. The Scroll bendable roll-out phablet designed by Compal...
‘Clean Beauty’ Is All the Rage, But It Has an Identity Problem
[Business]
2021/10/19 09:09
While demand for natural skin products has built a $1.6 billion market, a lack of clear guidelines may open the door for a new kind of greenwashing.A lot has been said about how the pandemic is motivating Americans to be more discerning about what they put in their bodies. But the crisis may also be having a big effect on what they put on their bodies.The concept of so-called clean beauty—make...
(Video) New Laser Injection Could Provide ‘Pain-Free’ Vaccinations - Bubble Gun
[Tech]
2021/10/19 09:08
Researchers in the Netherlands are developing the 'Bubble Gun', which uses laser technology to deliver 'virtually painless injections'. The "Bubble Gun" is still in development as an alternative to traditional needles.Since fear of needles is common, this new method could increase vaccination uptake and also prevent the risk of contamination associated with traditional injections.The Bubble Gun...
(PDF) Deloitte - Innovation Study 2021: Beyond the Buzzword
[Business]
2021/10/19 09:07
Hype surrounding innovation often obscures the focused, multifaceted efforts that make breakthroughs possible. We look beyond press releases and buzzwords to understand what drives the successful corporate innovation programs that are recreating the enterprise.Innovation has an image problem. The “i-word” is invoked so often, and by so many, that it has come to mean at once everything, and as...
(Video) 8i Shows Off Its Real-Time Holograms
[Tech]
2021/10/19 09:06
8i showed off its technology for quickly rendering volumetric video for real-time hologram images. The Venice, California-based company makes tools that capture, transform, and stream holograms using volumetric or 3D video.8i’s latest technology represents a fundamental advancement in volumetric video that enables the future of communication in 3D, where real people — not avatars — are broad...
“Squid Game” is Only The Latest Netflix Hit to Break The Language Barrier
[Consumer]
2021/10/19 09:05
Non-English content is booming on the streaming service.“Squid game”, a South Korean dystopian drama on Netflix, was originally conceived as a film more than a decade ago. But when Hwang Dong-hyuk, its creator, first pitched the idea about heavily indebted contestants competing for money in deadly versions of children’s games, studios balked. “It was too bizarre and people thought it wouldn...
Target and the LEGO Group Expand Partnership with Limited-Edition Lifestyle Collection
[Product]
2021/10/19 09:04
The new collaboration features 300 brightly colored clothing and accessories items.As we head into the holidays, many of us are looking forward to sitting by the fire with our families and building elaborate Lego sets together. And this year, we can dress like Lego figures while we do it.Target and Lego just announced that they’re collaborating on a collection of nearly 300 clothing and other...
(Infographic) Holiday Shopping Is Early, Mobile and Tangible
[Business]
2021/10/19 09:03
According to Channel Factory, 64% of consumers say Covid-19 won’t impact their holiday shopping plans. Channel Factory's forecast sees gift-givers shelving experiences for the classics like electronics and clothes. It might be football season, but America’s real pastime between now and the holiday season is shopping—and consumers aren’t letting Covid get in the way this time. In a survey of...
(PDF) Mckinsey - How Can The Semiconductor Industry Keep Outperforming ?
[Business]
2021/10/18 09:10
The industry has made vast profitability gains in recent years. Can it seize the moment to accelerate value creation even further?The massive global disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic gave the already rapid adoption of digital technologies an extraordinary boost, as electronic devices proved vital to connecting people and businesses during lockdowns. As demand from both consumer and bu...
