Autonomous taxis will become a $2 trillion market, UBS says
“The global autonomous taxi market could be worth over $2 trillion on an annual basis by 2030, according to estimates from UBS analysts cited by […]
Olafur Eliasson joins with IKEA to encourage people to harvest their own solar power
“IKEA has partnered with Little Sun – the social business co-founded by artist Olafur Eliasson – on small domestic solar panels that store energy to provide light and power, and inspire action […]
Study: Vital Organs Support Systems and Medical Bionics Market to Reach $59.41 Billion by 2025
“Allied Market Research published a report, titled, “Vital Organs Support Systems and Medical Bionics Market by Product (Vital organs support systems and Medical Bionics) and End User […]
Startup Unveils Freakish-Looking Flying Car With Folding Wings
“Last week, CNET published an exclusive first look at startup New Future Transportation’s flying car, and it is wild. In driving mode, the Aska looks something like what […]
Logitech made a VR stylus you can use on a table or in the air
“Logitech has announced a new VR stylus called the Logitech VR Ink Pilot Edition that’s designed to make it easier to draw and sculpt in […]
Rivian showcases R1T electric pickup truck as zero-emission camper
“Rivian is differentiating itself from the upcoming competition by designing and marketing the R1T as an “adventure vehicle”. With a battery pack configuration of up […]
Michelin & GM Announce 3D Printed Prototype of Uptis, the Airless & Flatproof Tire
“The quest to solve the never-ending inconvenience, expense—and sometimes grave danger—presented by the flat tire and the dreaded blowout may finally be coming to an […]
5 Blockchain Breakthroughs Coming in the Next 5 Years
“In almost every industry you can think of, blockchain is poised to cut out middlemen, dramatically improve transparency, and multiply the efficiency of countless transactions […]
Adidas is donating $1 for every km people run to save the world’s oceans from plastic waste.
“June 8 is World Oceans Day. Every day the equivalent of a garbage truck’s worth of plastic is dumped into our oceans. It has been […]
GM Adds Trickier Roads to Its Semi-Autonomous Driving System
“General Motors is adding 70,000 miles (113,000 kilometers) of roads across the U.S. and Canada to the area where its Cadillac Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving […]
World’s first raspberry-picking robot to debut in 2020
“Fieldwork Robotics, a spinout company from the University of Plymouth, has completed initial field trials of a new raspberry-harvesting robot – the first machine of […]
Everything will connect to the internet someday, and this biobattery could help
“In the future, small paper and plastic devices will be able to connect to the internet for a short duration, providing information on everything from […]
How virtual reality might help surgeons master new medical devices
“The proliferation of implantable medical devices has made it hard to keep surgeons up to date on how to use them properly. For decades, sales […]
Electric ferry to set sail in Denmark
“The “Ellen” is about to enter passenger service. The world’s most powerful all-electric ferry will soon shuttle between the Danish islands of Ærø and Fynshav […]
This startup is planning a flying taxi service that costs about the same as normal taxis
“Hong Kong (CNN Business) A flying taxi that you can order through an app? This German company plans to make that a reality in the […]
A 3-D printer powered by machine vision and artificial intelligence
“Objects made with 3-D printing can be lighter, stronger, and more complex than those produced through traditional manufacturing methods. But several technical challenges must be […]
Robots Built This Futuristic House That Generates More Energy Than it Needs
“The DFAB House is the world’s first home designed, planned, and built with mainly digital processes—and it’s entirely powered by the sun. Step inside the […]
Discovery sheds light on synthesis, processing of high-performance solar cells
“Halide perovskite solar cells hold promise as the next generation of solar cell technologies, but while researchers have developed techniques for improving their material characteristics, […]
KLM’s New “Flying-V” Plane Puts Passenger Seats in the Wings
“Airlines are testing all sorts of ways to make planes less of a drag on the environment. Virgin Atlantic recently used recycled wasteto power a commercial […]
Einride’s driverless trucks hit public roads in Sweden
“Einride is entering a new phase it development, as it deploys self-driving trucks in Sweden. The service is part of the startup’s ongoing collaboration with […]
Researchers gain key insight into solar material’s soaring efficiency
“The rows of blue solar panels that dot landscapes and rooftops are typically made out of crystalline silicon, the workhorse semiconductor found in virtually every […]
How Two Paralyzed Patients Walked Again Without Surgery
“In a new pilot study, a team led by brain-machine interface pioneer Dr. Miguel Nicolelis at Duke University further pushed towards the impossible. Swapping (skull) […]
How electric and driverless vehicles will change building design
“Charging infrastructure can be retrofitted, but it is a significantly more expensive option than building it into a design from scratch. A key consideration for […]
Sensor-packed glove learns signatures of the human grasp
“Wearing a sensor-packed glove while handling a variety of objects, MIT researchers have compiled a massive dataset that enables an AI system to recognize objects […]
Generative Design Methods Combine 3D Printing & Organic Evolution
““Go take your lessons from nature, that’s where our future lies.” – Leonardo da Vinci Virginia Commonwealth Universitystudent Mohammad Jawad takes a forward-looking approach to […]
The Futuristic Tech Disrupting Real Estate and Construction
“In the wake of the housing market collapse of 2008, one entrepreneur decided to dive right into the failing real estate industry. But this time, […]
Flexible Generators Turn Movement into Energy
“Wearable devices that harvest energy from movement are not a new idea, but a material created at Rice University may make them more practical. The […]
WoodMac: Solar Plants Cheaper Than Natural Gas ‘Just About Everywhere’ by 2023
“Solar will soon be able to out-compete gas-fired plants around the world on a levelized cost basis*. That doesn’t mean it will be any easier […]
China’s built a road so smart it will be able to charge your car
“The road of the future is likely to become the brain and nerve center of an autonomous-driving revolution. The road to China’s autonomous-driving future is […]
This robot can pick tomatoes without bruising them and detect ripeness better than humans
“Farmers spend more than $34 billion a year on labor in the U.S., according to the USDA. And many would like to hire more help. […]
Mathematical Technique Quickly Tunes Next-Generation Lenses
“Most of us know optical lenses as curved, transparent pieces of plastic or glass, designed to focus light for microscopes, spectacles, cameras, and more. For […]
VR pants, shoes, gloves, and other things Sony has planned
” Sony’s PlayStation VR system is well and away the easiest form of non-mobile virtual reality in the world at the moment. With the introduction […]
Cars will change more in the next decade than they have in the past century
“While the look and feel of our cars has changed in the past 100 years, the way we drive them hasn’t. But fundamental change is […]
3D-Printed ‘Hyperelastic Bone’ May Help Generate New Bone for Skull Reconstruction
“Defects of the skull and facial bones can pose difficult challenges for plastic and reconstructive surgeons. A synthetic material called hyperelastic bone—readily produced by 3D-printing—could […]
Bolt Mobility Unveils $9,999 Electric Car Designed For Car-Sharing In Cities
“Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest human, is backing an electric car startup based in Florida called Bolt Mobility. This past week, the company unveiled its […]
PixelGreen: A hybrid, green media wall for existing high-rise buildings
” Researchers at Deakin University and the University of Hong Kong have recently designed a hybrid green architectural wall system for high-rise buildings that integrates […]
How ‘doping’ boosts next-gen solar cells towards commercialisation
“An international team of researchers has brought a new generation of solar cells a step closer to commercialisation, by showing how sunlight can trigger a […]
Honda And GM to Research Smart Grid, Electric Car Interoperability With Blockchain Tech
“Major automobile manufacturers Honda and General Motors (GM) are jointly conducting research on electric vehicle and smart grid interoperability using blockchain tech, Japanese news outlet Nikkei reported on May 20. As […]
Amsterdam announces plan to ban all polluting cars by 2030
“The city of Amsterdam announced its plan to replace all gasoline and diesel-powered cars and motorcycles with electric vehicles by 2030. The plan is an attempt to […]
Energy-Free Superfast Computing Invented by Scientists Using Light Pulses
“Superfast data processing using light pulses instead of electricity has been created by scientists. The invention uses magnets to record computer data which consume virtually […]
US Researchers Continue to Improve 3D Printed Prosthetics for Children
“US researchers from the University of Central Florida and Oregon Health and Science University have come together to review the history not only of prosthetics overall in the medical […]
NASA is working on electric planes powered by cryogenic hydrogen
“To clean up the aviation industry, NASA-funded scientists are working to develop an all-electric aircraft powered by cryogenically-liquified hydrogen fuel. The University of Illinois scientists […]
Sensor Embedded into Fabric Paves Way for ‘Smart’ Clothing
“Most of us carry smartphones and some of us wear smartwatches. Can smart clothes be close behind? Researchers at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering think […]
Watch a 3D printed neighborhood spring up from nothing
“We’ve already seen a 3D printer construct a house. Now we can watch one build a whole neighborhood. Last Thursday, housing nonprofit New Story shared […]
Mercedes want to abandon combustion engines by 2039
“German giant Mercedes-Benz said Monday it wants to stop selling traditional combustion engine cars by 2039 and plans for its new vehicles sold worldwide by […]
The future of housing looks nothing like today’s
“After a century, Americans are choosing to live together–transforming not just the buildings we live in, but the way we live in them… …Over the […]
How families are giving a fantastic trip to loved ones in hospice using VR
“When hospice nurse Laurie McKay arrived at the emergency room, her patient — a man in his early sixties with terminal cancer and now a […]
IOTA Partners With Luxury Fashion Brand To Make Use Of Distributed Ledger Technology For Its Supply Chain
“In recent news, the German blockchain foundation, IOTA is initiating a Distributed Ledger Technology to enable a more supportive and ethically sourced fashion industry along […]
Swiss & Italian Researchers 3D Print Microdevices for Clean Water
“The authors have created a 3D printed microrobotic prototype capable of finding pollutants and kill bacteria. Ranging from micrometers to millimeters, the small machines can […]
GM Cruise Autonomous Vehicle Unit Gets $1.15B Investment
“A group of institutional investors is sinking $1.15 billion into GM Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle unit of General Motors. Cruise announced the investment from […]