Although a large sector of cannabis products remain illegal under U.S. federal law, state-legalized cannabis and cannabidiol (CBD) from hemp will translate into billions of dollars in revenue. From marijuana sold via licensed dispensaries where it’s legalized for recreational use to hemp-derived products that are emerging at retail outlets, cannabis could generate new revenue for those that ca...

A new system that measures blood pressure using a phone video is currently 95 percent accurate but has not yet been tested on a large variety of different skin tones.An exciting new technology, called transdermal optical imaging, can turn your smartphone into an accurate diagnostic device that can measure your blood pressure by analyzing a short video taken of your face. The University of Toron...

When bank executives experience a moment of worry, it is because of the changing behaviors of their customers, including one from the future whom we call Maximilian.The year is 2025, and Maximilian is a 35-year-old corporate treasurer in London. In both his personal and business lives, Maximilian operates in a way that betrays no loyalty to the banks he used when he was growing up. He handles a...

Making you look sort of like an off-brand Princess Leia, these little black ear-cups are the world’s first truly wireless headphones. In short, they’re the sound you’d get from a good pair of Sennheiser or Beats by Dre cans, with the portability of the Airpods.I distinctly remember the sheer ridicule that the Airpods were subjected to when they were announced back in 2016, with practically z...

Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio has designed a concept for a boutique hotel within a cliff edge in Norway that includes a cantilevered glass swimming pool.Istanbul practice Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio proposed building the hotel on a site 600-metres-high on Preikestolen – a steep cliff and popular tourist spot in the west of Norway that overhangs the Lysefjorden fjord.It is i...

Consumer interest in non-meat-based protein options is increasing globally. Food industry players that want to capture the opportunity must understand the evolving market dynamics and where to place their bets.In countries with economic wealth, there is growing consumer awareness of, and interest in, alternative proteins. Meat has been the main source of protein in developed markets for years,...

German sports car manufacturer Porsche has made an investment in Israeli fabless semiconductor company TriEye, expanding its Series A funding round to $19 million. Intel Capital led the initial $17 million investment round back in May.Other investors in that round included Marius Nacht, the co-founder of Check Point Software Technologies, and existing investor Grove Ventures, headed by TriEye c...

This Blood Test Seems to Predict if People Are Going to Die Soon. It was 83 percent accurate in a test of 7,603 people. While death is inevitable, knowing when it will come isn’t necessarily, and scientists have been trying to develop a test that could reliably and easily predict how long a person will live.While death is inevitable, knowing when it will come isn’t necessarily, and scientists...

The explosive growth of mobility services—scooter-sharing, bike-sharing, ridehailing, peer-to-peer carsharing—is clear to anyone who walks around a city. Less obvious but equally game-changing is the accompanying explosion in mobility data being collected. App-based mobility services enable private companies to amass unprecedented amounts of information on how, when and where we travel, and h...