Industrial designer Mary Lempres has unveiled a groundbreaking bio-cement structure named Reef Rocket, inspired by the intricate and resilient nature of oyster reefs. Designed to combat coastal flooding, filter seawater, and foster biodiversity, Reef Rocket utilizes biomimicry principles to mimic the functionalities of naturally occurring oyster reefs.The structure comprises two bio-cement modu...

This graphic shows the growing value of the lithium market and the supply challenges faced by this lithium market. It then establishes direct lithium extraction as a solution to this supply challenge and EnergyX as a company that provides this solution.Will Direct Lithium Extraction Disrupt the $90B Lithium Market?Current lithium extraction and refinement methods are outdated, often harmful to...

BIG has unveiled a masterplan for Bhutan, the world’s first carbon-negative country, which is informed by Bhutanese culture and the principles of Gross National Happiness index (GNH), and the country’s strong spiritual heritage. Called Gelephu Mindfulness City, the 1,000-square-kilometre development is located in the town of Gelephu in Southern Bhutan. The new masterplan is being designed by...

The company wants to patent “attention-based deep reinforcement learning” for autonomous agents. This system aims to help autonomous agents that were trained using reinforcement learning to perform with more accuracy in unfamiliar environments. Though an autonomous system can be trained on a simulation designed to look as realistic as possible, a “model trained using a simulation may perform...

Hard numbers are finally here. Generative AI could deliver up to $1 trillion in annual growth by 2032, while potentially disrupting up to 90% of existing jobs. How can leaders navigate an upheaval of this scale and realize the technology’s full potential? By investing in people.As generative AI has swept across the global stage, it’s been clear something big was about to happen—to the econom...

Designed by Marc Newson and unveiled at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, Swarovski Optik's AX Visio binoculars are equipped with artificial intelligence so they can identify bird and animal species.Swarovski Optik — the segment of the Swarovski group dedicated to sports optics such as binoculars and rifle scopes — said it considers AX Visio to be the world's first smart binoculars, capa...

Windows software maker’s value last topped Apple in 2021. The stock has gained 3.3% in 2024, adding $92 billion in value.Microsoft Corp. overtook Apple Inc. to become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company for the first time in more than two years, as worries over smartphone demand have weighed on the iPhone-maker’s stock in recent weeks.The Redmond, Washington-based software gian...

PaintJet, a company using robots for industrial painting, has brought in $10 million in Series A funding. The Nashville, Tenn.-based company says its industrial painting robots can help protect infrastructure from premature aging. Instead of selling or leasing its painting robots, PaintJet provides a comprehensive service inclusive of its robots and proprietary paint. The company maintains over...

Nike and Tiger Woods announced they'd be ending one of the most iconic (and lucrative) brand deals in sports history after some 27 years. To mark the end of the Big Cat/Shoe Dog partnership, we're diving into how huge collabs with some of the biggest names and teams in sports — and much more besides — have helped Nike change the sportswear game. Nike's long-running partnership with Woods exem...