Trendspotting

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Pack of the Month: IKI Wants To Change The Way We Do Toothpaste

How COVID-19 inspired this agency to reimagine toothpaste.

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AI-Integrated Shopping Carts : Caper Smart Cart

Caper Smart Cart - The Caper Smart Cart aims to make grocery shopping a whole lot easier and more intuitive for consumers thanks to a number of technologically advanc...

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Productive Hybrid Retail Concepts : hybrid retail

hybrid retail - As businesses are finding new ways to draw and engage their consumer base, so there is a magnanimous emergence of creative and interactive hybrid r...

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Social Series-Sharing Updates : share netflix shows

share netflix shows - Although users have been able to share Netflix shows to various social channels for some time now, the powerhouse streaming service has officially ...

New Instagram feature

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All-Vegan Hotel Suites : vegan hotel

vegan hotel - The Hilton London Bankside hotel collaborated with Bompas & Parr and The Vegan Society to create an all-new vegan hotel suite that helps to add...

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Unlimited Tomorrow

Modern prosthetic devices are expensive – even when they don’t incorporate advanced movement control, custom fittings, or state-of-the-art technology. By combining 3D scanning, 3D printing, and machine learning, Unlimited Tomorrow is putting next-generation artificial limbs affordably within the grasp of the millions who need them. The company will provide amputees with low-cost 3D scanners and computers for digital mapping and the prosthetic is printed utilizing a network of 3D printers located around the world, allowing Unlimited Tomorrow to produce some of the most advanced artificial limbs even in remote and underprivileged communities. On June 12, 2017, with the help of Microsoft, Unlimited Tomorrow placed its first prosthetic device on a 10-year-old girl named Momo.

How technology and robotics are used today to help people with a disability. Amazing how future technology is used to really make a change for people and help them grow their life quality. 

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Online AI Shopping Tools

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Instrumental Motion-Controlled Rings

This new innovation is awesome, not just for musicians! The ‘ring’ activates sounds based on your movement. It creates really awesome effects, definitely something to check out!

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The Hemp Temple: reversing climate change through fashion

Empowering communities through slow fashion! Conscious clothing and cultural hemp, make a stand for the planet. In style.

Sustainability is also playing a big role in fashion. People are looking for alternative material that is more sustainable. This is one brand that is looking for alternative sources to use and to start making fashion with. 

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Your virtual roommate against burglars: Kevin by mitipi

World’s first virtual roommate. Fooling burglars and protecting your home when you’re unable to.

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2018 Technology & Mobile Trend Predictions - Think with Google

Mobile is rewriting consumer expectations. We spoke with four leaders at major brands and agencies to learn what they expect in 2018 and how they’ll be tapping into new trends and technologies to help their brands succeed.

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Japan is Testing out Self Driving Cars and New 'Uber' App

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'Black Panther' was packed with amazing tech. Here's how the real world compares to Wakanda.

We're closer than you think...

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Transparent Vodka Campaigns : newest Absolut Vodka Campaign

The Vodka with Nothing to Hide

This alcohol commercial is nothing from what you expect a Vodka commercial to be, therefore so great. This commercial shows two trends, namely; sustainability and transparency that the brand tries to communicate through this commercial. Great way to show people a little and to be bold as a brand to think different.

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Wait-Free Payment Services : Barclaycard payment service

A new Barclaycard payment service is being tested and could be the end of waiting for a bill at a restaurant.