With the rise of mobility, virtual care will undoubtedly continue to grow. Though there are many variations of the business model that are still emerging, one thing is certain: They all depend on integrated databases and powerful data analytics platforms…
Findings from Adobe revealed that as many as one-third of the 1,000 U.S. office workers they polled had a second job and more than half (56%) predicted we would all have multiple jobs in the future. The annual report from…
Facial recognition in criminal justice relies on a database—a big data dataset that contains photographs of potential matches. The software uses facial measurements to compare existing photos to the crime scene photos—making calculations in a fraction of a second to…
As many of America’s traditional retailers struggle to attract customers and shrink their store networks, a new generation of more nimble digital players is seeing increased opportunity in physical retail. Indeed, the final months of 2016 saw a flurry of…
In recent years, there has been much discussion about the outrageous cost of child care and the role it plays in mothers’ decisions to leave their full-time jobs. No wonder as many as 42 percent of women take a step…
In 2006 at the age of 21, Andy Sandness attempted suicide. A shot to his chin destroyed most of his face, but he survived.Once he was stable, doctors at the Mayo Clinic tried to repair his face as best they could,…
For tens of thousands of years, humans have found meaning through the creation and interpretation of symbols. Those symbols can take many forms: words, sounds, events, numbers, and images, to name a few. By taking into account the meaning of…
Generation Z. This age group born after 1997 till 2010. A large scale cross-generational study has conducted recently in 8 countries to find the differences between NextGen (Gen Z and Millennials), Gen X and Baby-boomers. Check out some key results…
Fendi, for example, recently launched a digital platform targeted primarily at millennials that invites people to share content in interesting new ways. On this new website, there’s a page devoted to real people doing inspiring things, another that allows people…
While most discussion of overpopulation is focused on the material aspects of it, some have asked about the psychological ramifications. Chief among these thinkers was Dr. John B. Calhoun who worked extensively with mice and rats to study the effects…
