Arrival believes it will provide a smarter, cleaner bus for future public transportation.Previously, the electric bus was something of a hero in the making, a more sustainable paradigm for public transit that could help move the densely distributed city masses without a puff of smog-inducing tailpipe emissions. Then, COVID-19 happened, and all forms of mass transit are the enemy. Since London-h...

Adding to the creative ideas and solutions that respond to the post-pandemic reality, the jajaxd collective has introduced the ‘beachbelt’ kit, which helps people keep the necessary distance on the beach. Since the beach becomes a very popular destination for areas with hot summer weather, the studio wanted to ease the general uncertainty, allowing people to enjoy the sand and sea, and coexis...

What if all it took to create a realistic digital avatar of a person was a single image? In a paper accepted to the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2020, researchers at Imperial College London and FaceSoft.io, a startup leveraging AI and machine learning for facial analysis, describe AvatarMe.A technique that’s able to reconstruct photorealistic 3D busts from “in-...

Do you remember your first flight? The first time you fell in love with a new city? We do.We remember the first time we jumped in a cold lake on a hot summer day with our siblings. The first time we ate street food walking the streets of a new country with college roommates. We even remember the first business trip we took—straight out of college, and too nervous to enjoy the ride.This desire...

UV disinfection could be safe for humans, deadly for viruses and bacteria.A short-wavelength ultraviolet light technology, beyond the decades-old mercury lamp, may be the most promising breed of UV yet studied for killing airborne coronavirus and other viruses and bacteria. Two studies—one now under peer review, and one reporting preliminary results from an ongoing experiment—bolster the case...

The global economy suffered in the late 2000s as a mortgage crisis in the United States caused ripple effects through the global financial system.Similarly, the Covid-19 pandemic yielded a collapse in the global economy as supply chains and travel were disrupted and businesses were mandated to close.Below, we take a look how the 2008 recession impacted VC deals and dollars, and how the 2020 eco...

Silicon solar cells folded into spheres hint at solar power's flexibility in even small devices. Large-scale spherical solar cell based on monocrystalline silicon developed using a corrugated architecture.Flat solar panels still face big limitations when it comes to making the most of the available sunlight each day. A new spherical solar cell design aims to boost solar power harvesting potenti...

The number of publicly accessible charging points for electric vehicles (EV) jumped 60% in 2019, the biggest increase in three years and outpacing sales of battery-powered cars, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).In its annual Global EV Outlook, the IEA said the number of public slow and fast charging spots reached 862,118 globally, with China, the world’s largest car market, t...

Ever since we all started working from home, the objects that would otherwise go unnoticed have gotten so much attention now – especially if they are related to making WFH more comfortable. Innovative mouse designs are the latest trend in the design world and this one certainly blows our mind because it looks nothing like a mouse! This wearable fitness tracker-looking ring is actually a mouse...