In Japan, the period when people’s day-to-day mobility is restricted is getting longer, not shorter.- By 2050, a third of Japan's population will be aged 65 or older;- As people age, they need new ways to get around, particularly alternatives to driving, but public transport provision is far from universal – even in Japan;- New mobility initiatives, many based on the principle of “mobility a...

Araku works directly with farmers and has opened a new café that it hopes will encourage greater support for its bean-to-cup philosophy.Coffee, as a commodity, is often notable for its lengthy production chain and the wide disparity between the amount paid to the farmers for the beans, and what is paid by consumers for the finished product. Araku Coffee has set out to change this, with sustain...

Samsung Patent Reveals that a Future Galaxy Fold Smartphone will include advanced Biometric Sensors to measure Blood Pressure & more.On Thursday March 25, the U.S. Patent Office published a Samsung patent application worth noting. While Samsung had been in the health industry for years supplying hospitals with diagnostic scanners and more, they only recently entered the consumer market afte...

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the rise of the contactless economy. Whilst the contactless economy continues to evolve, businesses need to urgently devise a response in order to capture new opportunities, mitigate risks and be prepared for the next normal. The Contactless Economy makes the COVID-19 crisis different from the previous crises. Every crisis in the past led to lower consumer...

Slick, viral videos from Boston Dynamics are impressive but teaching a robot to walk by itself is a lot harder.A pair of robot legs called Cassie has been taught to walk using reinforcement learning, the training technique that teaches AIs complex behavior via trial and error. It’s the first time reinforcement learning has been used to teach a two-legged robot how to walk from scratch, includi...

McDonald's - McCafé - Scholz & Friends.In this savory campaign for McDonald's Germany, Scholz & Friends used smoke machines to make the giant posters steam up: an eye-catching visual of McDonald's fresh, steaming coffee!Watch Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujqylO4Bz5o[youtube]

Battery materials and second-life battery recycling trailblazers just secured millions in VC funding. The Biden administration wants to replace fossil fuel subsidies with clean energy incentives.Boston-based Clean Energy Ventures, a $110 million venture capital firm that invests in early-stage climate tech startups, is pouring money into the energy storage sector for the first time. The company...

Innovation fuelled by digital capabilities.The healthcare industry responded with astonishing speed to the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Practically overnight, it shifted much of its work onto virtual platforms and digital technologies; and in doing so, packed a decade’s worth of reforms into a few short months.In our new report, PwC looks at four top issues that now affect global healthcare...

A revamped Symfonisk table lamp speaker is also coming soon.Ikea and Sonos are starting to tease the next products that the two companies have collaborated on. The furniture giant today posted an Instagram story that directly mentions the “Symfonisk” line and flashes the Sonos logo at the end, so there’s little doubt that new hardware is coming soon. Two fresh filings have also just appeared...