3D printed bioceramic bricks give new life to eggshell waste as building materials.The Eggshell Project (Un Proyecto de Huevo) led by Mexico-based design studio MANUFACTURA transforms organic waste into a building material, opening up new possibilities to root our living in environmental responsibility. The research project adapts a sustainable approach to ceramics, 3D printing a bioceramic mad...

With Microsoft, Sony and Swedish company Embracer Group buying up video game studios left and right, the issue of consolidation in the games industry has come to the forefront in recent months. The biggest deal in gaming history, Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard King, home of game franchises like Diablo and Call of Duty, is yet to pass scrutiny by the Federal Trade Commiss...

IKEA’s BLÅVINGAD collection of eco-friendly toys shares their family history in a series of new OOH advertisements and videos highlighting its green efforts. The campaign was created by advertising and consulting agency Memac Ogilvy and will be hosted around the UAE to introduce the collection to the Al-Futtaim store. The new lineup of stuffed toys for children features sea creatures such as...

Total enterprise value jumps sixfold in two years to $48 billion.A frenzy of investment over generative artificial intelligence is heating up, with Microsoft-backed OpenAI and other startups raising large sums of money to develop tools that can generate prose, imagery or other content on command. The combined corporate value of generative AI companies jumped sixfold in two years to $48 billion....

The robot, Figure 01, doesn't exist yet, but robotics startup Figure has some serious robotics pedigree to back up its rather bold claims.Developing a humanoid robot is very hard work, but a new startup called Figure says it has a plan for a general-purpose robot figured out.At least that's what Figure says in its press release this week, announcing the company's goals to the public for the fir...

In 2018, we explored the $1 trillion opportunity for artificial intelligence (AI) in industrials.1 As companies are recovering from the pandemic, research shows that talent, resilience, tech enablement across all areas, and organic growth are their top priorities.2Despite this opportunity, many executives remain unsure where to apply AI solutions to capture real bottom-line impact. The result h...

Resilin, combined with the strengthening power of cellulose, will power products ranging from hair straightener to flexible phone screens.Insects have a superpower: a protein called resilin. It enables fleas to jump 100 times their height — the equivalent of a human being reaching the top of the Empire State Building.In winged insects, resilin is what gives them greater flying endurance. A dra...

Impressed by OpenAI's viral chatbot, ChatGPT? Cool — but the folks over at OpenAI aren't really sure why."It's been overwhelming, honestly," Jan Lieke, leader of OpenAI's alignment team, told the MIT Technology Review. "I would love to understand better what's driving all of this — what's driving the virality.""Like, honestly, we don't understand," he added. "We don't know."Lieke isn't the on...

Electric vehicles are playing a key role in the decarbonization of road transport. But with cars, trucks, and other road transport responsible for nearly 5.86 billion tons of CO2 emissions in 2021—16.1% of total emissions—there’s still a long road ahead.To keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, emissions from road transport need to decrease 20% by 2030 on the way to net zero in 2050.In...