Big Friendly Data

Health-tracker

Big Ideas

Health-tracker

North America – Apple has acquired healthcare start-up Gliimpse.
Apple : Big Friendly Data : Gliimpse
Juicy data

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Juicy data

London – Lifestyle and fitness app Lifesum has launched the first health drink developed using big data.
Lifesum : Big Friendly Data : The Optimised Self
Seasonal data

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Seasonal data

Global – IBM’s Watson supercomputer predicts what consumer products will be hot this Christmas.
IBM Watson : Big Friendly Data : Retail
Ride the waves

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Ride the waves

Global – Architecture of Radio is an augmented reality app that visualises the invisible wifi, satellite and radio signals that make up our connect...
Architecture Of Radio : Wi-Fi : Richard Vijgen
Ticking time bomb

Big Ideas

Ticking time bomb

Global – Bloomberg Business magazine has launched a real-time Carbon Clock.
Carbon Clock : Bloomberg Business : Big Friendly Data
Home that data built

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Home that data built

Sweden – Property agency Hemnet has built a home from big data.
Hemnet : Tham & Videgård : House Of Clicks
Preview: Algorithm Tourism

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Preview: Algorithm Tourism

Global – In a preview of this week’s microtrend we explore how algorithms are reigniting the thrill of booking a trip by providing playful and mo...
Algorithms : Big Friendly Data : Travel Futures
Algorithm Tourism

Micro Trends

Algorithm Tourism

Re-igniting the thrill of booking a trip, the travel industry is transforming Big Data and algorithms into playful and stylised destination solutions
Algorithms : Tourism : Big Friendly Data
University study shows computers can judge you better than your friends

Big Ideas

University study shows computers can judge you better than your friends

Computer algorithms using Facebook likes can make a better judgement about people’s personalities than their friends can.
Facebook Likes : Personality Tests : The Dawn Of The Mega-systems
IBM launches service to help businesses understand their data

Big Ideas

IBM launches service to help businesses understand their data

The computer company says the Watson Analytics service will simplify data analysis for businesses. 
IBM : Big Data : Watson Analytics
Cannes Lions 2013 Report: Part 2

Big Ideas

Cannes Lions 2013 Report: Part 2

This week, LS:N Global continues its look at the key take-outs from Cannes Lions 2013, the world’s largest advertising festival. Here we examine th...
Advertising : Xbox : IBM
Milan 2013: Top 10 products

Big Ideas

Milan 2013: Top 10 products

At this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile, designers experimented with artful lighting technology and considered a more human approach to tec...
Design : Poetic Lab : Aiko Telgen
Resonate New Media Festival: Five of the best

Big Ideas

Resonate New Media Festival: Five of the best

Resonate New Media Festival, in its second year, presented an impressive roster of world-class artists at the cutting edge of technology in art, mu...
Interactive : The Dawn Of The Mega-systems : Disney Research
Emotional Technology

Micro Trends

Emotional Technology

As technology infiltrates every aspect of our personal lives people are looking for interfaces that feel less robotic and more human. Software and ...
Technology : Emotion : Human
The Dawn of the Mega-systems

Macro Trends

The Dawn of the Mega-systems

Apple, Amazon, Alibaba, Google, Facebook and Weibo are no longer simply trading platforms. They are the mega-systems of tomorrow, within which most...
Apple : Amazon : Google
Snap app-y: Gigwalk clicks with iPhone users

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Snap app-y: Gigwalk clicks with iPhone users

Snap app-y: Gigwalk clicks with iPhone users
Gaming : Culture : Gamification
Seeing the light: Our Beacon to the world

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Seeing the light: Our Beacon to the world

Seeing the light: Our Beacon to the world
Data Visualisation : Big Friendly Data : The Future Laboratory
Ride on: Nokia sets snowboard challenge

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Ride on: Nokia sets snowboard challenge

Ride on: Nokia sets snowboard challenge
Gamification : Open Culture : Big Friendly Data
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