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Start-up Retro Biosciences wants humans to live 10 years longer

Silicon Valley’s most secretive longevity start-up, Retro Biosciences, is finally pulling back the curtains after two years of operating in near se...

Viewpoints

Autonomous Vehicles: Moonshot or Reality?

After more than a decade of moonshots, reality is setting in for the autonomous vehicle market.

Automotive : Mobility : Technology

Viewpoints

The future is impossible to predict in China – here’s why

She may not know what the future holds for China, but venture capitalist Edith Yeung explains what the government crackdowns mean for a country in ...

Media : Technology : China

Macro Trends

Morality Recoded

Our traditional moral frameworks of religion and family are declining. Institutions, brands and consumers are now re-evaluating the power of innova...

Technology : Retail : Mobility

Macro Trends

The American Middle

The American middle class, once the aspirational ideal, is becoming a myth. Brands must learn to speak to this demographic that have felt left behi...

Culture : Advertising : Retail

Big Ideas

Digital cure

California, US – Virta Health is a start-up that taps into the rise of digital as a new healthcare sector.

Digital : Healthcare : Wellness

Big Ideas

Remote revenue

San Francisco – Start-up company Zapier has introduced a de-location package to enable remote working.

Zapier : Civic Brands : Workplace Futures

News

Fair share

Norway – Creative agency ANTI has created a mini-series for Coop that challenges consumers’ perceptions of the sharing economy.

The Sharing Economy : Advertising : Coop

Big Ideas

Hacking coffee

US – Hacker’s Brew is a nootropics-laced cold-brew coffee designed to offer peak mental performance.

Coffee : Optimised Self : Nootropics

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Wake and shake

California – The nutritionally complete food brand Soylent has added a caffeinated supplement to its offering.

Soylent : Soylent 2.0 : Nootropics

Markets

Tech Market: Part 1

New growth areas in emerging economies and the fruition of long-anticipated innovations will provide momentum for the sector as a whole.

The Hatch : Generation Z : Apple Watch

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Art in the Valley

California, US – Silicon Valley’s first major contemporary art gallery has opened with an exhibition by 400-strong art-technology collective teamLab.

Pace Gallery : TeamLab : Exhibition

Big Ideas

Click and drop

San Francisco – Zum is an app-based taxi and childcare service that helps parents to manage their busy schedules.

Zum : Childcare : Taxi Service

Big Ideas

Open AI

San Francisco – The Open Artificial Intelligence foundation is to open thanks to more than $1bn in donations from leading Silicon Valley pioneers.

OpenAI : Altruvation : Silicon Valley

News

Preview: The New Commune

Global – As we reconsider the way we work, co-working start-ups are asking consumers to rethink the way we live too.

Co-working : Co-living : WeWork

News

Tastemaker

London – Shaun Jones, futures business director at branding agency Pearlfisher, spoke about innovations in packaging design, at last week's Fo...

Shaun Jones : Food Futures : Packaging

Markets

Cannabusiness

Now legal in select US states and with the attention of several Silicon Valley start-ups, the cannabis market is set to reach new highs over the c...

Cannabis : Rebranding : Silicon Valley

Micro Trends

New Biodisruptors

Silicon Valley investors are pouring money into biotechnology as the sector moves beyond medicine into consumer and lifestyle applications.

Biotech : Startups : Indie.Bio

Macro Trends

The Optimised Self

Humanity is on a quest. It is not a quest for perfection, but for optimisation – to be the optimal versions of ourselves, the most effective and th...

Optimisation : Health : Wellbeing

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Alf Nucifora: How the new technology millionaires spend their money

Alf Nucifora, chairman of The Luxury Marketing Council of San Francisco, explains how to understand luxury spending in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Silicon Valley : San Francisco : Bay Area

Big Ideas

Robots brought into service at Aloft Hotels in California

Aloft Hotels has announced the debut of robotic butlers at its Silicon Valley location.

Robotics : Artificial Intelligence : Starwood Hotels

Micro Trends

San Francisco Safari

Rapid wealth creation in the young and male-dominated technology sector has made San Francisco a testing ground for lifestyle innovations targete...

Men : Affluent : Silicon Valley

Big Ideas

Artist bottles a genetic invisibility cloak

Artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg has launched Invisible, a set of sprays that are said to mask traces of DNA.

Heather Dewey-Hagborg : Privacy : Post Privacy World

Big Ideas

Wearable tech market faces adoption issues

Consumers remain reluctant to adopt and quick to discard wearable technology.

Wearable Tech : Wearables : Devices

Big Ideas

Danish entrepreneurs create co-housing project

Danish entrepreneurs create co-housing project.

Copenhagen : Hus24 : Start Up Culture