Tesla’s entrance into the S&P 500 Index in December 2020 signaled the arrival of the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem as a bona fide sector that investors can no longer ignore. Cost reduction, stricter emissions regulations, government incentives, and the rollout of new and affordable models are bringing EVs within reach of the mass consumer. One analogy commonly used to describe such an in...

Panasonic has developed a new infrared Medical Imaging Projection System (MIPS) that not only tracks changes in the shape and positions of organs in near real-time, but projects the images directly onto the patient as a guide for surgeons during complex operations.Ever since the discovery of X-rays, imaging technologies have revolutionized surgery and medicine. Even the first blurry shadows of...

Hermès spent three years collaborating with MycoWorks to create a high-end sustainable leather alternative.Hermès’s most iconic product, the Birkin bag, regularly sells for upward of $200,000 at auction. But will these coveted bags be perceived as less valuable if they aren’t made from supple, buttery leather and are instead made from . . . mushrooms? We might soon find out.MycoWorks, a mat...

A practical automotive design has to look good, but the interior has to be functional and crafted, keeping in mind the long-term utility and comfort! Roman Zenin who’s a creative designer from the United Kingdom, and currently an exterior designer at Land Rover, gives much weightage to the quality interiors of a vehicle that lets you express yourself. This Volvo concept design by him is an ext...

Exactly one year ago in early March 2020, we were days away from COVID-19 lockdown where our communities, companies, and healthcare system shifted into emergency response. We didn’t know it then, but this was the beginning of a fundamental and abrupt change to the way we live and work—powered by the cloud-first economy.As the world adjusted to this major disruption in human behavior, we found...

Luum has created an AI-based Lash Robot that can delicately extend eyelashes for customers in beauty salons.I’ll let you absorb that for a minute. Luum CEO Philippe Sanchez said in an interview with VentureBeat that the lash extension procedure is ideal for robotics because it’s a tedious job for humans, who often have to bend over while adding extensions to each individual lash, which takes...

Bicycle sales in the US were up 65% between 2019 and 2020, with pandemic lockdowns a key driver of that surge.Electric bike sales grew by 145% in the same period.In Europe, it’s predicted that twice as many bikes as cars will be bought each year by 2030.Bike infrastructure now needs to catch up, say industry experts.Sales of bicycles have taken off in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic – the...

In order to promote the speed, reliability and low latency of its new 5G network, t-mobile netherlands has developed ‘the impossible tattoo‘: world’s first-ever remote tattoo, drawn by a 5G-powered robot. The tattoo was needled into the skin of actress stijn fransen, by a robot arm being controlled by tattoo artist wes thomas in another location. the process was recorded and showcased in an...

By 2025, more than 75% of venture capital and early-stage investor executive reviews will be informed by AI and data analytics. In other words, AI might determine whether a company makes it to a human evaluation at all, de-emphasizing the importance of pitch decks and financials. That’s according to a new whitepaper by Gartner, which predicts that in the next four years, the AI- and data-scien...