This document provides an overview of the latest hardware trends in startups based on a presentation by Benjamin Joffe of HAX. It highlights 10 major trends, including cheaper components making hardware more accessible, an increased focus on personalization and specialized devices, growth in health tech startups, China emerging as a leader in hardware innovation, and Japan working to strengthen its hardware startup ecosystem. The trends demonstrate that hardware is having a resurgence due to various enabling factors, and that Asia is at the forefront of this transformation.
12. FEATUREDSTARTUPS
SERIES B SERIES A SEED
STEM robots
Smart lighting solutions
IoT Connectivity & Cloud Solution
Instant camera with AR
Retail inventory robot
Commercial cleaning robot
Delivery robot
Lab robotNon-contact biosensors
Cocktail robot
Smart pet devices
SEED
Headphones for sleep
$9 Microcomputer
Sous vide cooking at home
Mobile blood diagnostic Self-equalizing headphones
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PERFECT
TIME
FOR
HARDWARE
CHEAPER
COMPONENTS
ONBOARD
CPU
RETAILERS
FOR HIGH-TECH
SMALL BATCH
MANUFACTURING
MICRO-CAPS,
REG A+…
CLOUD CROWDFUNDING
& PRE-SALES
SOCIAL MEDIA
TO TEST DEMAND
SMARTPHONES
NEW & BETTER
PROTOTYPING
TOOLS
77. HAX | HARDWARE TRENDS 2017 | PAGE 77
BLOODDIAGNOSTIC
CRIAMTECH
TESTS BLOOD TYPE
AND DISEASES
BBB
TRACKS BLOOD MARKERS
(E..G DIABETICS)
South Korea
Portugal
78. AIRE is a digestive tracker that detects food intolerances
(e.g. IBS causes) through the breath. Ireland
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DUNCAN TURNER
MANAGING DIRECTOR
HAX SEED
Donating your data
might help more than
donating an organ”
“DATA
ISTHENEWBLOOD
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We have the opportunity
to make the generation
born now the healthiest
in history.”
ALEX GORSKY
CEO, JOHNSON & JOHNSON
“
HAX | HARDWARE TRENDS 2017 | PAGE 93
110. WORLDLEADER
INPATENTS
SOON?
2016 NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS BY COUNTRY (‘000)
SOURCE: WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
WORLD’S #1 & #2
IN PUBLISHED APPLICATIONS
TOP 10: 7 FROM ASIA, 3 FROM U.S.
4,123 PATENTS 3,692 PATENTS
USA
Japan
China
Germany
South Korea
France
UK
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
0 15,000 30,000 45,000 60,000
-1%
+3%
+40% IN 2017?+45%
HAX | HARDWARE TRENDS 2017 | PAGE 110
120. ROBOTS
PURCHASED BY COUNTRY
(SOURCE: IFR, 2015)
CHINA
BUYS
ROBOTS
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
China
SouthKorea
Japan
USA
Mexico
Canada
2,7004,700
27,000
35,00038,000
69,000
SALES 2015: 248,000 (+12%YOY)
+20%YOY
148. HAX | HARDWARE TRENDS 2017 | PAGE 148
EXHIBITORS PER COUNTRYSTRONG: FRANCE & KOREA
WEAK: JAPAN & GERMANY
HAX: 83 STARTUPS!
USA
CHINA
FRANCE
TAIWAN
SOUTH KOREA
HONG KONG
HAX
CANADA
UK
JAPAN
GERMANY
ISRAEL
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