Created by EOOS NEXT in collaboration with the new raw, ‘ZUV’ is an electric tricycle with a 3D printed chassis made from 70 kg of recycled plastic. The zero emissions mobility concept has been developed as an alternative mode of transportation that can be produced economically and locally. ZUV seats two passengers at the back while the box at the front can either hold two small children or c...

Everyone experienced an unprecedented year in 2020, and it had a huge effect on many industries. Some industries saw sales go through the roof as people were stuck at home throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, while other industries were hit hard and businesses were forced to close.With so many people at home and not out driving on the roads, how did the automobile industry fare during this time? A...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to user hydration tracking, and, more particularly, to hydration measurement with Apple Watch and band. Hydration measurements can be used to provide useful information for automated and/or manual tracking of a user's activity and health. A user's hydration level has significant impacts on the health of a user....

BrandZ/Kantar just published a list of this year’s most valuable luxury brands, and the leaders share many secrets to selling luxury today. Five of the list’s ten brands — Hermès, Chanel, Prada, Burberry, and Rolex — are independent, while the other five belong to the three leading luxury groups: LVMH, Kering, and Richemont.European brands are still the dominant luxury powerhouses, an indi...

Investment marks Vision Fund 2’s first bet in Africa. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a $400 million funding round for OPay, valuing the Nigerian mobile-payments platform at $2 billion and marking the investment vehicle’s first bet in Africa.Also participating in the round were Sequoia Capital China, DragonBall Capital, the venture arm of Chinese food-delivery giant Meituan, Redpoint China, Source...

Mobile games are on track to surpass $120 billion in spending in 2021, growing 20% over $100 billion in 2020, according to an analysis of first-half results by mobile data and analytics provider App Annie.App Annie 2021 Mobile Gaming Tear Down: Key Trends on Subgenres, Monetization, & User Acquisition report can give the mobile game industry some peace of mind that growth continues to be on...

The flagship Mate series, however, seems to be the only buzzworthy device in Huawei’s current line-up, and Technizo Concept and LetsGoDigital have pieced together what could be the upcoming Mate 50 Pro smartphone.The renders present a rather new direction for smartphones in general. The back of the smartphone comes with not one, but two camera bumps (that sit on a third raised surface), while...

Nonfungible tokens (NFTs), digital humans and physics-informed AI join the 25 technology profiles on this year’s emerging technologies hype cycle.Earlier this year, Christie’s announced two major firsts for an auction house: It would accept cryptocurrency, and it would offer for sale a purely digital work backed by a unique nonfungible token (NFT).The work, by digital artist Beeple, sold for...

The glove incorporates bendable sensors in each finger which track the position of each finger. Although researchers have previously worked to develop smart gloves that can translate the sign language of the wearer into spoken language, there is yet to be a mass-produced, easy-to-use version that could be widely applicable. China’s Wulala Technology company hopes to change this with their Sign...