TREND REPORTS
Openpath Raises $36M to Bring Keyless Building Access to More Industries
[Investing]
2020/07/20 09:09
Openpath, a company that builds keyless and contactless building access systems, has raised $36 million in a series C round led by Greycroft. Openpath had previously raised around $27 million, and the company said its latest cash injection will be used to accelerate product engineering, hardware, and software development and “support its client base across new verticals.”Demand for contactles...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Beyond COVID-19 : The Next Normal for Packaging Design
[Business]
2020/07/20 09:08
The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped industry megatrends in ways that will have major short- and long-term implications for packaging design.The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the megatrends buffeting the $900 billion-a-year packaging industry. As the world manages through—and begins to emerge from—the great public-health and economic crisis, we expect these megatrend shifts to change packag...
Muji is Launching a Furniture Subscription Service
[Product]
2020/07/20 09:07
For those who can’t wait to check MUJI’s hotels off their bucket lists, this might be the closest alternative you can get until the COVID-19 situation subsides—but that’s not to say it’s any less superior. Those of us suffering from a post-lockdown urge to redecorate can now take out a Muji furniture subscription.The retailer will be offering monthly and annual options, which will cover of...
(Video) NextNav can Figure Out Which Floor You’re on in a Skyscraper
[Tech]
2020/07/20 09:06
NextNav has figured out how to use barometric pressure sensors and other networks to determine what floor of a building a person is on when they’re calling from a skyscraper or other multi-floor building. And it does so using software that can work with sensors that have been in smartphones for years.The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted five-to-zero in favor of adding a requ...
Game Investments in Q2 2020 : Fewer Deals, But Bigger Value at $7.8 Billion
[Investing]
2020/07/20 09:05
The number of game investments and acquisitions in the second quarter of 2020 declined from the first quarter, but the value of the deals was higher, according to data collected by game investment specialist Sergei Evdokimov.These figures indicate the game market is continuing to experience vibrant growth through investor deals, as the world realizes how resilient video games have been during t...
(Video) Touchless Lift Panel - Contactless Elevator - Techmax's Sparshless
[Product]
2020/07/20 09:04
An Indian company has developed a cheap and easy-to-install system that will allow users to avoid pushing elevator buttons.As employees return to work after the pandemic, one of the first hurdles they face is transportation; calling a lift requires pushing the elevator buttons, which carry the risk of passing on the virus. Indian IoT company Techmax Solution has an answer to this conundrum – c...
(Video) DreamGlass 4K Brings AR Experiences to You, No Screen Required
[Product]
2020/07/20 09:04
Dreamworld is back with another crowdfunded pair of augmented reality glasses called the DreamGlass 4K. With an improved 4K resolution and 5G connectivity, these are perhaps the perfect at-home entertainment system now that we're all spending more time than normal indoors.Besides the 4K resolution and 5G, the specs match the previous DreamGlass Air very closely, with a 90-degree field of view a...
(PDF) Deloitte - Software is Transforming the Automotive World
[Business]
2020/07/19 09:10
Four strategic options for pure-play software companies merging into the automotive lane.Pure-play software companies gain importance with every product or process that incorporates software; automotive mobility solutions are part of this equation.THE future of mobility promises nothing short of seamless, automated, personalised travel on demand. Various elements of the extended automotive ecos...
(Video) Ex-Googler's Startup Comes Out of Stealth With Beautifully Simple Robot Design
[Tech]
2020/07/19 09:09
Hello Robot's Stretch wants to reinvent how mobile manipulators perform tasks in home environments.Over the last 10 years, the PR2 has helped roboticists make an enormous amount of progress in mobile manipulation over a relatively short time. I mean, it’s been a decade already, but still—robots are hard, and giving a bunch of smart people access to a capable platform where they didn’t have t...
