Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., has released a YouTube video showing off the capabilities of its e-4ORCE Ramen Counter—a tiny car that delivers bowls of ramen noodles along a ramen counter and then stops quickly without spilling. It has also published a blog post explaining the technology behind the car.Recently, Nissan announced the development of an electric crossover vehicle called Nissan Ariya. In...

Today, the 10 richest people in the world control $1.3 trillion in wealth. This scale of wealth is equal to approximately 1.4% of the world economy, Amazon’s entire market cap, or spending $1 million a day for 3,000 years. In fact, it’s double the amount seen just two years ago ($663 billion).As billionaire wealth accumulates at a remarkable speed, we feature a snapshot of the world’s riches...

Ultra–low power AI accelerator startup Syntiant has closed a funding round of $55 million, bringing the company’s total raise to around $100 million. The company, which was founded in 2017, was backed by new and existing investors.Syntiant also announced that it has shipped more than 20 million of its neural decision processor chips to date, making it one of the few edge AI chip startups ship...

Our latest IT survey confirms the accelerating pace of at-scale core technology transformations. The road map for success reflects the practices and capabilities of leading companies.In a time of significant, ever-quicker shifts in the IT portfolio, a new survey suggests that a company’s foundational technology has never been more important. In our latest McKinsey Global Survey of technology a...

Lidar sensor measures canopy density and adjusts spray settings automatically.[Professor Long He demonstrates a test airblast sprayer at Penn State University’s Fruit Research and Extension Center in Biglerville in September. The sprayer uses a lidar-guided vision system to adjust the spray pattern when driving through tree rows. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)]Airblast sprayers are a common t...

The pandemic pet boom. Many turned to pets for company in the last 2 years.Chewy. Pet-stuff-as-a-service has worked well, but growth is slowing.Greater isolation, less time outside and the general stress of the pandemic took its toll over the last 2+ years. For many of us, we found comfort in the company of pets.Indeed, data from Google shows how searches for "puppies for sale", "adopt a dog" a...

Smartphone designs have hit a bit of a bottleneck when we consider any radical evolutions. Yes, we do have the foldable form factors and the exciting rollable designs, but there’s got to be more than just flamboyance to a phone’s design that appeals to the users. Belarusian designer Andrey Avgust wants us to look beyond the eye-candy appeal, and into a function that is important in everyday u...

The continuum of technology and experience, reshaping business.The next wave of digital change is here, providing forward-looking companies with an opportunity to act today to be ready for the future.Welcome to the Metaverse Continuum—a spectrum of digitally enhanced worlds, realities and business models poised to revolutionize life and enterprise in the next decade.It applies to all aspects o...

Global pollution. A stubborn pandemic. The Dyson Zone is here to shield you from the worst of what our air has to offer.Six years ago, mask mandates and a global pandemic were beyond the public’s imagination. And yet Dyson began development of a new product all the same. It was a wearable air purifier, necessitating an oxygen mask and a backpack. Some 500 prototypes later, the company is annou...