Using a telephone while driving increases the risk of a crash. This new technology warns drivers if they are distracted.When you're driving a car, losing focus can be a killer.Distraction — be it a smartphone, a cigarette, music or eating — factors in up to 30% of road crashes, while fatigue is involved in up to 20%, according to the European Commission.This is why, as of 2022, new safety tec...

We highlight 2020's emerging trends to watch and high-momentum startups with world-changing potential.The past few decades have seen unprecedented levels of innovation, especially in what Peter Thiel calls the world of “bits,” or software, internet, and mobile technology.According to Thiel, however, there’s a sense that the tech space “could be doing so much more,” especially in what he ca...

And it proves that they're slowly becoming one of the company's most important products1. With two new models on the market and sales expected to grow next year, 2019 was a breakout year for Apple's AirPods.2. Apple released the $250 AirPods Pro in October, which offer active noise cancellation and a new design. It also released a refreshed version of the standard AirPods earlier this year.3. A...

Shipfix, a relatively new startup aiming to drag the dry cargo shipping industry into the digital age, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding.Leading the round is Idinvest Partners, with participation from Kima Ventures, The Family, Bpifrance and strategic business angels. The company was founded in December 2018 by Serge Alleyne (CEO) and Antoine Grisay (COO), and launched just two months ago...

Digital natives were the first to grasp an important truth—that their future growth and success depend as much on redefining the customer experience as on offering better products and services. In the digital era, the ability to pivot nimbly to accommodate changing customer tastes is critical to maintaining market share, as leaders such as Apple, Amazon, Google, Netflix, and Airbnb have so pot...

The newly mobile robot is less efficient than it's land-locked predecessor.Your favorite home robot is at it again. Instead of screaming every time it hits a wall, this Roomba obstacles the coolest way: flying. Frustrated with the effort it takes for the mini vacuum to handle stairs, tech Youtuber PeterSripol has hacked his Roomba and invented a way to avoid them all together—thanks to some he...

What mattered in the automotive and mobility markets in 2019, and what will dominate the space in 2020? We look closer at the autonomous, connected, electrified, and shared trends that matter.The past year was a pivotal one, with many important achievements across the disruptive dimensions of mobility: autonomous driving, connectivity, electrification, and shared mobility (ACES). In 2019, elect...

Apple has filed patents for the tech in both headphones and MacBook speakers. New Apple patent imagines virtual speakers that can simulate sound from anywhere in the room. Apple has just been granted a patent — concerning virtual positioning of audio — that could eventually lay the groundwork for new, more immersive audio applications. It builds on a previous patent Apple filed last month tha...

VW's prototype charging robot can find your EV in the parking garage. You wouldn't have to hunt for a dedicated parking space.Tesla isn't the only car maker with grand visions of EV charging robots. Volkswagen has created a prototype charging robot that would navigate to your car in the parking garage, saving you the trouble of hunting for a coveted (and likely rare) EV charging spot. The auton...