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Wildeverse brings animal conservation to gaming

Augmented reality developer Internet of Elephants has launched a new game to raise awareness of the struggles faced by wildlife and conservation.

Gaming : Ar : Augmented Reality

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Smart surfaces

Sheffield – Design studio Universal Everything has created a series of visual works that re-imagine commonplace surfaces such as technology-enabled...

Universal Everything : Awakening Tech : IoT

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Speaking sustainably

Sweden – People People’s new speaker aims to tackle landfill culture by alerting users when a part needs to be replaced.

People People : Modular : Repair

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Future Forecast 2017: Design and Interiors

As the year comes to an end, LS:N Global examines the nascent trends and behaviour patterns that will be shaping the design and interiors sector ov...

Future Forecast : 2017 Trends : Design And Interiors

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Meet the Disruptors: Pavegen

London – The final line-up of Disruptors for next month’s Global Futures Forum has been announced, and we are pleased to introduce smart flooring b...

Gloabl Futures Forum : Pavegen : Smart Cities

Markets

Retail Market 2016: Part 1

In 2016, global retail will continue to defy contrasting economic headwinds to post startlingly healthy levels of growth.

Retail Market : Generation Z : Mobile Payments

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Carefree cooking

San Francisco – Cooking may have had its iPod moment with the June Intelligent Oven.

June Intelligent Oven : San Francisco : Cooking

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Preview: Future Food District

Milan Expo 2015 – In a preview of this week’s Innovate, we explore the digital supermarket for the information-hungry shopper.

SENSEable City Lab : Coop : Future Food District

Big Ideas

IOT’s steam moment

PragmatIC Printing’s ultra-thin, low-cost microcircuits have enormous implications for The Internet of Things.

PragmatIC Printing : Microcircuits : Internet Of Things

Big Ideas

CES 2015: Sony’s speaker lamp brings sound and light to the home

Las Vegas – Sony’s Symphonic Light transmits resonant, high-frequency sound via a clear glass lamp.

Sony : CES 2015 : Connected Home

Big Ideas

2015 International CES Review Part 1: Virtual reality, drones and augmented innovation

The 2015 International CES rode a wave of technology investment and economic optimism to become the largest show in CES history. Virtual reality an...

CES 2015 : Virtual Reality : Drones

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CES 2015: The camera that lets you know who is in your home

Las Vegas – French connected products company Netatmo has unveiled a camera that can tell the difference between a visitor and an intruder.

Netatmo : Security : Connected Home

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CES 2015: Qualcomm set to make the connected home connected

Las Vegas – Qualcomm’s open-source initative raises the prospect of a truly connected home.

Qualcomm : Connected Home : Internet Of Things

Viewpoints

Shawn DuBravac: Sensors change everything

According to Shawn DuBravac, the real second phase of the internet starts now.

Shawn DuBravac : Internet Of Things : Smart Objects

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CES 2015: Fishbit unveils an aquarium for the connected home

Las Vegas – Bay Area start-up Fishbit has created a wireless-connected water monitor that re-invents the aquarium for the age of the connected home.

CES : Fishbit : Connected

Big Ideas

Smart suitcase designed to make travelling less stressful

A smart suitcase, which travellers will be able to control via an app, promises to make travelling less stressful and more efficient.

Bluesmart : Smart Suitcase : Awakening Tech

Big Ideas

International CES 2015 Preview

LS:N Global will be in Las Vegas in January to cover the International CES 2015 show as global mega-brands and fledgling start-ups alike ...

International CES : Consumer Electronics : Las Vegas

Big Ideas

Headset creates urban soundscapes for the blind and partially sighted

Microsoft, charity Guide Dogs and the UK government’s Future Cities Catapult programme have collaborated on the creation of a discreet headset desi...

Assistive Technology : Sight Loss : Awakening Tech

Macro Trends

Awakening Tech

Our digital and offline worlds are converging. We have become bedfellows with robots, we take advice from gadgets, we ask mega-systems ...

Sensor Technology : Data Surge : Internet Of Things

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2014: Overview Part 1

The eighth annual World Retail Congress in Paris focused on the technological disruption in the sector and the challenges presented by a changing c...

World Retail Congress 2014 : Millennials : Mobile Payments

Big Ideas

Dyson to launch a smart, robotic vacuum cleaner in 2015

UK – Early feminists dreamed of a world in which devices – not women – would scrub and clean floors all day. This week, vacuum cleaner king Dyson h...

Dyson : Internet Of Things : Awakening Tech

Big Ideas

UK consumers remain sceptical about the connected home

Consumers in the UK are not convinced that smart home technology is worth the extra cost, according to a new survey.

Internet Of Things : Connected Home : Smart Home

Design Directions

Vessyl

The ubiquitous, everyday cup has been turned into an ingenious smart device.

The Flat Age Society : Self-Quants : Internet Of Things

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Cup cake: Smart Vessyl knows what you're drinking

US – The ubiquitous, everyday cup has been turned into an ingenious smart computer device.

Yves Béhar : Internet Of Things : Connected Devices

Big Ideas

Apple moves into digital health-tracking market

The technology brand has launched a mobile hub that will pull together all of a user’s health data.

Apple : Self-Quants : Fitness Tracker