Added 28 August, 2013
Crowdsourcing, the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from the online community, is a major trend that has grown as the world has become more wired and more connected. Many companies have adopted the model to create new products, even books and films and other creative endeavors have been fulfilled...
Added 27 August, 2013
Facial recognition is at the forefront of trends at the moment. It's similar to the apps that recognize songs and apps that recognize products in stores. Now, just as Shazam tells you what you are listening to, a new app for wine labels will let you know what you're drinking. Called Drync, it's kind of like having a sommelier in your pocket. The...
Added 27 August, 2013
People are already talking about the activities they do and the businesses they like online, so it makes sense that places and brands are inserting themselves into those conversations by making it even easier for people to share. While we have seen lots of companies offer websites and contests that encourage customers to talk about them, the New...
Added 27 August, 2013
Marketers have been collecting digital data on their customers for a while now. But when a young couple learns they are pregnant, and a retailer sends them coupons for diapers a couple of months later, well, some people are finding that more than a bit creepy. In response, more and more retailers are now asking permission to collect data, in the...
Added 26 August, 2013
When two competing trends – one about environmentalism and the other about making life easier – are in opposition to one another, which one wins? The answer isn't always easy, but in this case we are seeing a huge rise in the usage of single-serve coffee pods, from companies as diverse as Nespresso and Starbucks, to the detriment of the...
Added 23 August, 2013
More and more American universities are installing dogs as their school mascots. Leaders include Texas A...
Added 23 August, 2013
Holographic greeters started to pop-up in airports like JFK in New York a couple of years ago. Now the technology is expanding to municipal buildings and private offices around the world. The town council of Brent in England recently installed a "virtual assistant" who appears to sitting behind a desk but is actually a projection who helps point...
Added 23 August, 2013
Harnessing the power of DNA-based therapies based on personalized medicine and genetic testing is the Next Big Thing in medicine. With DNA sequencing technology, it is becoming easier to discover links between DNA sequence variations and human disease. Now Bina, a genomic analysis company, is creating a cheap and fast sequencing technology in a...
Added 23 August, 2013
CSAs are increasingly important in the United States. Traditionally, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and allows city residents to have direct access to fresh produce grown locally by regional farmers. Now Brooklyn artists have adopted this model to sell their art directly to collectors. Their CSA stands for Community Supported Art...
Added 22 August, 2013
Finish artist and designer Janne Kyttanen is has created some terrific shoe designs, the 3D files of which he is giving away free on his website, to anyone who want to print themselves a pair. Kyttanen graduated from The Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam 2000, where he also currently lives. During his studies he envisioned a future where...