By 2026, 25% of people will spend at least one hour a day in the metaverse for work, shopping, education, social and/or entertainment, according to Gartner, Inc. “Vendors are already building ways for users to replicate their lives in digital worlds,” said Marty Resnick, research vice president at Gartner. “From attending virtual classrooms to buying digital land and constructing virtual hom...

Moving beyond the transactional.The purchase experience is paramount to customers – perhaps more important than the product itself. For businesses, the pressure is on to deliver a more personalized offering, an engaging product or service, and a seamless journey that leads to a memorable event. So how can businesses innovate, adapt, and thrive in this new experience economy?Enriching the custo...

Respira Labs, a medical technology company specializing in respiratory care, which first unveiled its product to the world last year, successfully raised $1 million in funding and an additional $1.8 million in grants to continue building its acoustic resonance technology to assess lung function and changes therein. Tracking both is a critical aspect for patients with COVID-19, COPD, asthma and...

Up to four-fifths of a product’s lifetime emissions are determined by decisions made at the design stage. By building on proven cost-optimization techniques, companies can get those choices right.Across industries, the great cleanup is underway. Driven by tightening regulations, pressure from investors, and shifting customer preferences, companies are striving to reduce the burden of their act...

Two Israeli companies, Click-ins and Spinframe, are making strides with technologies that don’t rely on the human eye for assessing exterior damage.Got into a minor fender bender in your rental car? If the inspector doesn’t notice the damage when you return the car, you’ll dodge that bullet. But the rental-car agency will be forced to pick up the repair bill.Considering the number of cars ow...

Polestar Duo is an itinerant vehicle that merges autonomous drone technology with a hybrid modular building to provide emergency relief.In the age of COVID-19, one thing’s for certain—the need for autonomous, mobile emergency services is more urgent than ever before. When faced with unprecedented crises, dwindling resources make it hard to respond with tact. Considering the modern world’s te...

Video cameras in the connected car are becoming a mainstream technology providing safety-related services for both drivers and passengers. Forward, reverse, 360-degree view, split views, blind-spot monitoring, lane monitoring, night view and other features are increasingly becoming standard options in new cars. They are also an exciting source of differentiation.All of this means that the next-...

Zurich-based Scandit closed a $150 million Series D led by Warburg Pincus that gives the scanning and data capture company a valuation of more than $1 billion — making it Europe’s latest unicorn.Others participating in the round include existing investors Atomico, Forestay Capital, G2VP, GV, Kreos, NGP Capital, Schneider Electric, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV and Swisscom Ventures. The company...

The Motorola brand has not been a stranger to flip phones, and the new patent showcases a modern take on the folding display format.Motorola has been granted a new patent for a flip phone design, by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The global patent body showcases sketches of a concept design that uses a folding display to fold outward — instead of the inward folding design...