The pandemic is changing how many are going to be celebrating the holiday season this year.This Thanksgiving is going to look unlike any other in our lifetime due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But that isn’t stopping people from finding ways to celebrate and preserve tradition, according to recent data from Engine Insights, which polled more than 1,000 adults in mid-October.About half of those sur...

The Next Generation of Innovation in Emerging Markets.Much of the action in the technology sector is moving to emerging markets.Discussions of the technology business, especially digital technology, tend to focus on the two “gold coasts”—the western coast of the US and the eastern coast of China. But the global tech industry is a much more diverse and dynamic sector than it might seem to be...

While foldable phones are the latest battleground for new smartphones to rival each other on, Oppo has another idea - the company just launched its new rollable smartphone.As part of Inno Day, Oppo's annual event to show off its new technology, the company showed off its Oppo X 2021 rollable phone - it's worth pointing out this is a concept device, so you won't be able to buy it, but it's an in...

For many companies, the third quarter of 2020 was characterized as “shifting back to the (new) normal”.[click to enlarge]While in Q2, companies were busy organizing for remote work, handling disrupted supply chains, and dealing with new cybersecurity threats, Q3 saw some of the pre-Covid themes rise in importance again (see here for our Q2/2020 analysis). The themes that had the highest incre...

A new fan is capable of cooling a small room at twice the speed of a conventional fan, whilst only using half the energy.Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a ceiling fan capable of cooling a small room at twice the speed of a conventional fan (about 100 cubic meters per minute), whilst using just over half the energy (42 watts compared...

The best head tracking software solution for MSFS that we’ve come across thus far!There’s a reason why people pay so much for Head Tracking devices for Flight Simulation (often hundreds of dollars), it’s because they truly redefine your relationship with the simulation. Your immersion into the cockpit and how you interact with the simulation’s world is entirely different when every tilt of...

Many are worried about side-effects, and that clinical trials have been conducted too quickly.AFTER MONTHS of dark headlines about the coronavirus pandemic, at last there is hope on the horizon. Last week Pfizer and BioNTech, two pharmaceutical firms, unveiled early data showing that their experimental vaccine is 90% effective in preventing covid-19. On November 16th Moderna, another pharma com...

Robotic Prosthetic Knee by BionicM Inc. is the winner for the Red Dot: Luminary 2020.Luminary is the highest level of recognition accorded at the Red Dot Award: Design Concept. It is selected among the Red Dot: Best of the Best winners. The Red Dot: Luminary serves as an inspiration to aspire towards. Akin to obtaining a quality seal for design that sets apart from the rest in the field, being...

How many times we use objects for a purpose other than their primary function? And how does a specific environment influences the way we perceive a determined object?Every product designer will know what we are talking about. In order to design objects we know how important it is to observe individuals, specifically the way they act, feel, interact with the environment which surrounds them. To...