Here's how the mobile customer experience will likely evolve in the next decade. Nobody (except for Steve Jobs, maybe) could have predicted the impact of the iPhone when it was introduced in 2007. Countless other smartphones have since been released with exquisite hardware features like advanced cameras, 4K resolution and giant screens. But it wasn't these features that made people rapidly adopt smartphones-- it was the experiences these devices provide, like global social networks, music streaming, online shopping and many others. With the help of evolving technology, smartphones will enable even more groundbreaking mobile experiences in the next decade-- ones…

The most popular phone since the millennium has been revealed and many will be shocked to find out it’s NOT an iPhone. Despite the Apple handset’s massive success since 2007, not one of the models have been able to topple an earlier giant. In fact, the majority of the top five were all released in the noughties. 2014’s iPhone 6/6+ saw 222.40million handsets sold, making it Apple’s most successful smartphone. But that only puts it at number two. The number one has been revealed as old school favourite, the Nokia 1100. The device, which boasted Snake and a built-in flashlight,…

This glowing microneedle test could catalyze a transition from blood-based diagnostics to a stick-on patch. A river of biological information flows just beneath the outermost layers of your skin, in which a hodgepodge of proteins squeeze past each other through the interstitial fluid surrounding your cells. This "interstitium" is an expansive and structured space, making it, to some, a newfound “organ.” But its wealth of biomarkers for conditions like tuberculosis, heart attacks, and cancer has attracted growing attention from researchers looking to upend reliance on diagnostic tools they say are inefficient, invasive, and blood-centric. "Blood is a tiny fraction of…

Humans have found creative uses for bones since prehistoric times. Animal bones have been shaped into spoons, needles, musical instruments, and combs. Meanwhile, bone ash—created by grinding bones to fine powder—has been used in bone china since the 1700s. Now, a designer has brought one of the planet’s oldest raw materials into the 21st century by redesigning the humble electric socket—and fashioning it out of discarded bones from the meat-processing industry. Swiss-Tunisian designer Souhaïb Ghanmi graduated from ECAL, Switzerland’s famed design school, last summer. For his diploma project, he designed Ecol, a range of electric sockets and light switches made…