A new report reveals the top 10 emerging technologies of 2020. Innovations include microneedles for painless injections, and electric planes.The world is racing to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, and there are encouraging signs we might find one in record time. But in a similar situation in the future, could technology help us get there even more quickly?Yes, says a new report from the World Ec...

Imagine a world where you move around in your own personal sound bubble. You listen to your favorite tunes, play loud computer games, watch a movie or get navigation directions in your car — all without disturbing those around you.That’s the possibility presented by “sound beaming,” a new futuristic audio technology from Noveto Systems, an Israeli company. On Friday it will debut a desktop...

Governments cannot let the most vulnerable be the least protected again. Countries, regions, and states can still get the rollout right through science, hard work, and vigilance.The pivotal Phase III trials of COVID-19 vaccine candidates are nearing the first results, and hopes are rising that the end of the worst pandemic in a century may be approaching. These understandable hopes must be temp...

As covid-19 cases soar, so too are the innovative healthcare systems that are aiding in the fight against this virus. In today’s remote-everything era, companies previously positioned in the digital healthcare space are seeing patient business skyrocket and, with that, increased financial investment. According to the CDC, telehealth visits were up 154% in the last week of March 2020, compared...

Activity and fitness tracking platform Strava has raised $110 million in new funding, in a Series F round led by TCV and Sequoia, and including participation by Dragoneer group, Madrone Capital Partners, Jackson Square Ventures and Go4it Capital. The funding will be used to propel the development of new features, and expand the company’s reach to cover even more users.Already in 2020, Strava h...

As many as 80-90% of startups fold and those left standing also fail, repeatedly. Rarely does a business take a straight run at success, and that includes the likes of Apple, Facebook, and their fellow tech giants.Product lines can come to a screeching halt. Ideas can be stolen. And, yes, even geniuses like Steve Jobs get forced out. But by embracing uncertainty and making timely pivots, the te...

Silentium has introduced advanced, broad-band active road noise cancellation to the auto industry for the first time.After several years in development, Jaguar and Land Rover are the first carmakers to integrate Silentium’s ‘Active Acoustics’ software in three of their new vehicles, meaning the technology is now available for car buyers to experience. Active road noise cancellation removes 9...

Ultra-Thin Air Conditioner is a slim, telescopic air-conditioner with an accordion-like panel as a cool air outlet. The panel expands and contracts to change the angle of the airflow exiting. The more the panels expands, the bigger the area of airflow. This accordion structure replaces the traditional swing-flap blades of air-conditioners that usually guide the airflow.In a standby state, the s...

Coronavirus Changes Face of Disney's Business.If Netflix is one of the companies better suited to the special circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney is certainly at the other end of that spectrum. With theme parks and resorts closed, cruises suspended, and movie theaters shuttered for months, the media and entertainment giant from Burbank, California has been hit on multiple fro...