Every day, wealthy investors make spending, philanthropic and even career decisions to help make the world a better place. But when it comes to investing, few investors act with the same sense of purpose—yet. For our latest UBS Investor Watch, we surveyed more than 5,300 investors in 10 markets on sustainable investing. We found that, while some investors understand the basic concept, confusio...

A British Technology research firm known as The Center for Process Innovation says they are creating the key to future airplane travel: windowless planes.The Center for Process Innovation is actually working to remove the good-old window seat everyone fights to sit by during any long flight. In exchange they would like to deck planes out in OLED-touch-screens that would extend the entire length...

All the ups and downs of cryptocurrencies can make anyone—even the most bullish of crypto believers—reconsider putting all their eggs in one basket.That seems to be the thinking of one of the world’s largest crypto companies, Beijing-based Bitmain Technologies, which filed for an IPO in Hong Kong on Sept. 26. Aspirations to go public have forced the secretive company to open up its books, re...

Indian hotel chain OYO to raise $1 billion from Softbank, others. Finding clean, affordable hotels in India can be a traveler’s nightmare. Too often, what looks good on a website turns out to be a roach-infested room in a crumbling building where water has to be schlepped to the bathroom in a bucket.Ritesh Agarwal’s solution is a booking app that promises truth in advertising and branded hote...

Demand for healthier ingredients has spread beyond the dinner plate. Interest in cosmetics and skincare products claiming to be “clean” and “natural” has grown in the past two years, with no regulation around either term. “Natural” personal care and beauty products generated more than $1.5 billion in U.S. sales in 2017, according to Nielsen. And the trend isn’t slowing down. A new report...

The market for Mixed Reality is vastly expanding, with technology advancing at a breath-taking pace, and with new, and interesting implementations being thought of each day it’s certainly an exciting field! However, current VR/AR headsets are not best suited to children, as their bulky and heavy design doesn’t sit comfortably on their, typically smaller, heads.Holo Cap may just be a solution...

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Forget what you know about sleek self-driving cars. In the hands of IKEA’s think tank, autonomous vehicles look like cheerful, bright-colored living rooms on wheels.With fully autonomous vehicles expected to hit the road as early as 2022, IKEA sees a way into the potential trillion-dollar sector by recasting self-driving units as rooms instead of passenger cars. “We don’t have ambitions of m...

Amazon Go, the first automated supermarket to disrupt the retail industry, just announced its fourth cashier-free location in Chicago this week. It’s the first location outside of the e-commerce giant’s hometown of Seattle — where three other stores have already been set up — and it’s one of six expected to open this year in cities like New York and San Francisco.Amazon’s groundbreaking c...