TREND REPORTS
Aussies Are Eager To Master Health-Conscious Lifestyles
[Consumer]
2021/10/11 09:04
Aussie mindsets are focused on keeping healthy as the country faces another round of lockdowns. This behaviour goes beyond avoiding COVID. In fact, for 80% of Australians, keeping themselves and their families healthy is a top priority, an 11 percentage point lift from five years prior. In addition, Australians are spending 16% more time on food and cooking websites than the equivalent period i...
Nothing Smartwatch Design with Transparent Sides of the Dial has “Nothing” to Hide
[Design]
2021/10/11 09:03
A transparent dial smartwatch that exposes the innards from the casing’s sides is what I’ll take with both hands if Nothing adds one to their future line-up.Carl Pei and his ideology have always inspired me to follow a very transparent approach in life. His separation from OnePlus into a refreshing phase of his next venture Nothing has made headlines for all the good reason – right from the...
The Squid Game Effect : The Power of Netflix’s Smash Hit
[Business]
2021/10/07 09:11
South Korean drama “Squid Game” has exploded in meme-form on the internet and, according to Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, may become Netflix’s most popular original series ever.Squid game! Sounds fun?Wrong! In “Squid Game,” people play simple children’s games, like “Red Light, Green Light.” If they win all 6 games, they get a piece of a ~$38m pot. Lose even 1 and they’re dead.It might s...
Piper Sandler’s 42nd Semi-Annual Generation Z Survey
[Consumer]
2021/10/07 09:10
Piper Sandler’s 42nd Semi-Annual Generation Z Survey finds mid-single growth year-over-year in apparel and footwear spend, led by females. In the active lifestyle space, Nike remains the leading apparel brand for teens while Lululemon gained 200 basis points year over year; Nike is the No. 1 footwear brand—up 500 basis points year over year.Piper Sandler’s 42nd semi-annual Taking Stock With...
(Video) Sony Designers Use Sci-Fi Prototyping to Depict 'Tokyo in 2050'
[Design]
2021/10/07 09:08
With ‘2050,’ ‘tokyo,’ and ‘romance’ as keywords that define the overarching theme, sony designers and science fiction writers held workshops to explore life, habitats, senses, and well-being in 2050 — and their creative effort resulted in a series of design prototypes and short science fiction stories. each design prototype presents an idea for a service or product that is relevant to th...
Immi Takes in $3.8M to Cook Up Plant-Based Instant Ramen
[Investing]
2021/10/07 09:07
Immi is putting a healthy spin on instant ramen by going plant-based and offering more bold tastes. The company announced Tuesday that it raised $3.8 million in seed funding.Co-founders Kevin Lee and Kevin Chanthasiriphan both grew up in food families from Taiwan and Thailand, respectively, and met a decade ago while working at the same tech company. They bonded over getting noodles every day.F...
(Paper) Stanford Scientists Develop a 3D-Printed Microneedle Vaccine Patch
[Tech]
2021/10/07 09:06
Scientists at Stanford University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) have produced a 3D printed vaccine patch which they claim provides greater protection than a typical vaccine shot.The Department of Radiology is pleased to announce that scientists from DeSimone Research Group and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have teamed up to develop a novel, 3D-print...
Coffee Is America's Favorite Drink
[Consumer]
2021/10/07 09:05
October 1 is International Coffee Day, created in 2015 to promote and celebrate the beverage. The Statista Global Consumer Survey shows that Americans are in fact quite fond of the drink. In the survey, coffee was named by more U.S. adults as a regularly consumed beverage than bottled water.59 percent of respondents said they regularly drank coffee, followed by 58 percent who consumed bottled w...
(Video) The World's First Smart Bath Mat That Can Scan Your Weight, BMI, Posture
[Product]
2021/10/07 09:04
Combining the bathroom mat and the bathroom scale into one product, the BBalance Mat will tell you your weight while keeping your bathroom floor dry… but it does more than just that. Outfitted with a body-composition scale, a posture analyzer, and even a sensor to recognize your footprint (so it works for all the members of your house), the BBalance Mat gives you an in-depth analysis of your h...
