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This week in science and technology
June 1, 2018 / Tags: twistech - science - technology - trends - ecommerce - brands - digital marketing - social media - china - biotechnology
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2018 Internet trends report. Read Mary Meeker’s report on this year’s Internet trends. Interesting points from the report include how innovation and market competition will drive product improvements, their usefulness, and ultimately, usage, as well as a whole section on Alibaba’s New Retail vision that originated from and has been flying ahead in China. That brilliant vision, as you may recall, is the seamless integration of online, offline, logistics and data across a single value chain making obsolete the distinction between physical and virtual commerce. In line with this vision, Alibaba just showed off G Plus, a driverless delivery robot, and a storage locker for keeping food warm that’s equipped with facial recognition. (TechCrunch, Forbes, Alibaba Group, The Verge)
2018 BrandZ top 100 most valuable global brand rankings. Speaking of trends and China, this year’s newly released global brand ranking from Kantar and WPP includes Alibaba and Tencent in the top 10. From the release overview: “China continues to grow its presence on the world stage with both Tencent and Alibaba ranking in the Top 10, and seven brands making the list of the Top 20 fastest-risers – three at the top of the list.” Doreen Wang, the global head of BrandZ at Kantar Millward Brown noted that these are brands that put the consumer at the heart of everything they do. (AdWeek, Kantar Millward Brown, Carlson School of Management)
2018 Pew report on teens, social media and technology. Apparently, Facebook is no longer a favorite hangout place for US teens. The latest study by the Pew Research Center, conducted between March 7 and April 10 this year found that the most popular online platforms for teenagers (ages 13-17) are YouTube (85%), Instagram (72%), and Snapchat (69%), followed by Facebook (51%) and Twitter (32%). The Pew study also found that 95% teens now own or have access to a smartphone, and that 45% of them are online almost constantly. (Pew Research Center)
Scientists have 3D printed the most advanced artificial cornea ever using human cells. At Newcastle University, scientists and tissue engineers were able to 3D-print artificial cornea using human cells, which one day could help people repair their damaged cornea and see again. Using the technique described in the journal Experimental Eye Research, stem cells from a single, donated human cornea can be used to grow enough cells to print 50 artificial ones. While there is more to figure out to make this a real cure to blindness, this is a critical first step in showing that something with the structure and ingredients of a human cornea can be 3D-printed. (The Verge, Newcastle University)
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