Volvo says that the technical aspects of an autonomous refuse truck are already in place, but testing and development must continue before it can become a commercial reality.Volvo Trucks has teamed with Swedish waste management company Renova to test an autonomous refuse truck in the wild. The self-driving garbage truck can navigate urban roadways as an operator walks alongside to feed it bins...

Canfield Scientific have recently installed the first commercial Vectra WB360 whole-body skin lesion mapping system. Skin cancer can develop from lesions on the skin, such as moles. If a lesion begins to change shape or size it might be turning cancerous. For people at risk of skin cancer, such as those who have already suffered from the disease, it is important to monitor the lesions on their...

The Farmer’s Dog wants to fill the bowls of canines everywhere with fresh food made especially for them. Based in New York City, the startup plans to expand its dog food delivery service after closing a $8.1 million Series A round led by Shasta Ventures. Returning investors Forerunner Ventures, Collaborative Fund, and SV Angel also participated.This brings the total The Farmer’s Dog has raise...

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Helping to reduce food waste is certainly something we can drink to, and the team behind toast pale ale are helping us to do the two simulataneously. Bread plays a large role in the 40% of edible food that goes to waste. whilst even charities feeding hungry people struggle to use the surplus buns, rolls and baguettes, tristram stuart—the founded behind toast—has set out to use the crumbs that...

cybersecurity companies than ever before, as companies and governments look to better secure their networks, data, and devices.Investors backed more private cybersecurity companies in 2016 than any year since at least 2013. Likewise, deals in Q1’17 hit an all-time quarterly high, up 20% from the previous quarterly deal high.In the face of consistent security breaches the cybersecurity industry...

Satellites are getting smaller and smaller, and 3D printing has a lot to do with that, as we’ve seen from the prevalence of 3D printed CubeSats. In further evidence that 3D printing is democratizing science as well as creation, the smallest satellite to be launched into space comes not from a research institution or government agency, but from an 18-year-old boy in Tamil Nadu, India.Rifath Sha...

Google kicked off its big I/O developer conference on Wednesday, and, among many other announcements, said it’s working to create “standalone” virtual reality headsets. As in, headsets that work independently, without having to be tied to a smartphone or PC.Google isn’t the first company to try this, but finding a middle ground between the toy-like nature of phone-based headsets like the Sa...

Roughly two-thirds of those age 65 and older go online and a record share now own smartphones – although many seniors remain relatively divorced from digital life.A record 46 million seniors live in the United States today, and older Americans – those age 65 and older – now account for 15% of the overall U.S. population. By 2050, 22% of Americans will be 65 and older, according to U.S. Censu...