Here’s what you need to know to navigate the road ahead in the world’s largest auto market.As slowing economic growth becomes the new norm in China, the Chinese passenger-vehicle market has bid farewell to years of high-speed growth and entered a new phase of development.In the short term, this era is characterized by falling overall sales. But this is more a pause for breath than the end of...

When you don't have to keep your eyes on the road, why limit yourself to one position ?Next time you're in a parking lot, just watch people getting in and out of their cars and you'll see what an ergonomically-awkward process it is. Once upon a time American cars had swivel seats to ease ingress and egress, but the feature never caught on. Perhaps autonomous cars will bring them back. Toyota Bo...

Beyond Meat delivered its third quarterly earnings report as a public company, surpassing Wall Street expectations. The maker of pea-based alternative meat products popular for its burger patties saw its net earnings climb 250 percent year-over-year, as it’s increasingly shifting towards distribution in partnership with restaurants and other foodservices as opposed to mainly relying on retail...

A 14-year-old from California is America's new top young scientist. Eighth grader Kara Fan's invention — a nano particle liquid bandage to replace antibiotics — beat out nine other finalists in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, a national competition held every year in St. Paul, Minnesota. Hundreds of students in fifth to eighth grade submitted ideas to the competition, which encourages middl...

Russian startup Promobot is now selling autonomous androids — and buyers can choose to make the robots look like any person on Earth.“Everyone will now be able to order a robot with any appearance — for professional or personal use,” Aleksei Iuzhakov, Chairman of Promobot’s Board of Directors, said in a press release, later encouraging people to “imagine a replica of Michael Jordan sellin...

They're bulky, but unlike surgery, they're reversible.The deterioration of eyesight is terrifying. As I get older, I now have to use my smartphone to photograph labels and other tiny text, then pinch and zoom on the image to read it. I recently received a subscription to Car & Driver as a gift, and discovered that the magazine's font size is too small for me to read.For me, that's a mild ha...

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Apple Watch patent reveals a watch band that could maintain consistently-tight fit. It would help optimize the operation of sensors.An Apple Watch patent published today has revealed the possibility of a "consistently-tight watch band".The patent would allow a strap to maintain constant tension through changes in length whilst being worn.It would improve consistency and functionality of Apple W...

Vietnam’s economic stability and growing middle class create an attractive retail environment. Companies need to embrace three key trends to translate the opportunity into profitable enterprises.Asian emerging economies are growing two to three times faster than developed economies—and Vietnam is one of the region’s great success stories. The country’s political stability, recent economic t...