☀️ Swedish Researchers Have Created a Way to Trap Heat From the Sun
Swedish scientists at Chalmers University of Technology [https://www.chalmers.se/en/Pages/default.aspx] in Gothenburg may have discovered an affordable and effective way to harness solar energy and store it for on-demand use. The team, led by researcher Kasper Moth-Poulsen [https://twitter.com/KMothPoulsen], have a system for
🌾 New Heavy-Lift Utility Drone For Agriculture, Logistics, and Infrastructure
John Deere, a world leader in advanced products and services for the agriculture industry, has teamed up with [https://press.volocopter.com/index.php/john-deere-and-volocopter-cooperate-on-cargo-drone-technology] German startup, Volocopter, to develop an aerial crop-dusting system called VoloDrone. VoloDrone was recently demonstrated at the global agricultural engineering tradeshow, Agritechnica [https://www.agritechnica.
👨🦯 Innovative Smart Cane is Allowing More Independence For The Visually Impaired
WeWalk [https://wewalk.io/en/], a Turkish startup, has developed a smart cane that has the potential to be truly life-changing for the blind all around the world. As the World Health Organization reports [https://www.who.int/blindness/GLOBALDATAFINALforweb.pdf], there are over 250 million people globally who are
Augmented Reality Imagery Effectively Gives Surgeons 3D X-Ray Vision
Mediview [https://mediviewxr.com/] is an Ohio based startup whose vision to develop an organization that participates in patient-centered cancer care via disruptive surgical navigation medical technology. Recently, they raised $4.5 million for MediView XR. A technology to equip surgeons with augmented reality imagery that effectively gives them 3D
New Battery Can Charge To 200 Mile Range in 10-Minutes
A new battery design from Pennsylvania State University [https://news.psu.edu/story/594641/2019/10/30/research/and-out-10-minute-electrical-vehicle-recharge] is promising to take on electric vehicles’ biggest problem: Range Anxiety. Electic vehicles, most notably, Tesla [https://www.tesla.com/], are poised to decarbonize one of the most polluting sectors of
Beam Us Up Scotty… Virgin Galactic Unveils Star Trek Style Space Suits for Tourists
🚀 Virgin Galactic may be aiming for 2020 as the commencement of their private space tourist program. Until very recently, the idea of sending people to space has always sounded like pure science fiction. Yet today, space tourism is quickly becoming reality, and Virgin Galactic is ambitious in its private space
All Garbage Trucks in Toronto Will Soon Be Powered by the Very Trash They Collect.
Toronto is set to be one of the first cities in North America to launch such an initiative, thanks to its newly-constructed Dufferin Solid Waste Management Facility. Starting in March 2020, the city’s fleet of garbage trucks will collect all of the organic waste and food scraps from the
A.I. Allowed a Paralyzed Person to 'Handwrite' Using His Mind
Imagine scribbling down some notes using your mind, and A.I. interprets those thoughts into writing. Brain-computer interfaces allow people to control computer inputs with their minds. While the technology is in its very early stages, it is showing great promise. Especially for paralyzed people. People who are fully paralyzed,
Sustainable City outside of Dubai Aims to Become Solar-Powered Oasis in the Desert
Sustainable City aims to be a “net-zero” settlement, producing all the energy it needs from renewable sources on site. Located outside of Dubai city center it will become a solar-powered green oasis in the desert. First opened to residents in 2016, the private settlement on the outskirts of Dubai is