TREND REPORTS
(PDF) 2018 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook
[Business]
2018/04/10 11:41
For many years, drivers thinking about switching to an electric car have had very limited choices. By the end of 2010, a meager 6 electric vehicle models (incl. plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles) were available to consumers in North America. In recent years however, with the growing acceptance of electric cars, more and more manufacturers decided to enter the EV market. According to a repo...
(Video) ‘First-Ever Space Hotel’ To Launch In 2021, Costs $9.5 Million For 12-Day Stay - Orionspan
[Business]
2018/04/10 11:41
The First Luxury Hotel In Space Shows Affordable Space Tourism Is Still A Long Way Off.Space tourism is no longer a distant dream: multiple companies want to be the first to get tourists off the ground for a once-in-a-lifetime vacation. Earlier this week, tech startup Orion Span joined the ranks of Virgin Galactic and Axiom Space by revealing a fully modular space vacation-station called “Auro...
A New Wave Of Innovation Hubs Sweeping The World
[Business]
2018/04/10 11:41
Around the world, in places like Barcelona, Paris, Buenos Aires and New York, there's an exciting new co-location concept spurring innovation: Multi-sector innovation hubs that span a range of business models, ownership structures, and physical layouts. The goal of all is to create a motivating work environment where businesses of all kinds can learn from each other, make connections, develop n...
Bitcoin, the Biggest Bubble in History, Is Popping
[Investing]
2018/04/10 11:41
The greatest bubble in history is popping, according to Bank of America Corp.The cryptocurrency is tracking the downfalls of the other massive asset-price bubbles in history less than one year out from its record, analysts lead by Chief Investment Strategist Michael Hartnett wrote in a note Sunday.The cryptocurrency has fallen more than 65 percent since peaking in December at $19,511. Bitcoin r...
Tencent Shows Off Their Vision for the Future of Unmanned Retail
[Business]
2018/04/10 11:40
While Apple continues to sit on its mountain of treasure, and Google employees are reminding their board not to overreach by selling AI to the U.S. Department of Defence, China’s tech giants are aggressively expanding their purview. First Alibaba and now Tencent are looking to descend from the cloud and help define the future of retail. As “new retail” changes from jargon to oft-used phrase,...
China’s SenseTime, The World’s Highest Valued AI Startup, Raises $600M
[Investing]
2018/04/10 11:40
The future of artificial intelligence (AI), the technology that is seen as potentially impacting almost every industry on the planet, is widely acknowledged to be a war between tech firms in America and China.In a notable side-note to that battle, China now has the world’s highest-valued AI startup after SenseTime, a company founded in 2014, announced a $600 million Series C investment round....
Fast, Efficient Optoelectronic Chips to Hit Market Next Year - Ayar Labs
[Tech]
2018/04/10 11:39
Ayar Labs' optoelectronic chips move data around with light but compute electronically.MIT spin off company Ayar Labs is combining light and electronics to create faster, more efficient computers. The new optoelectronic chips are designed to speed up data transmission to and from conventional processor chips in a way that will also reduce energy consumption in chip-to-chip communications by 95...
(Video) Nissan Wants To Turn Old EV Batteries Into Street Lights
[Design]
2018/04/10 11:39
Nissan is the next automobile manufacturer to dive into energy storage by repurposing batteries from their old Leaf vehicles to power streetlights. Even better, the new program could be adapted into many other forms, such as powering residential homes and community areas.Nissan is hoping to get ahead of the curve with their new project, “The Reborn Light.” While electric vehicles are still re...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Artificial Intelligence : Construction Technology’s Next Frontier
[Business]
2018/04/09 09:36
Engineering and construction is behind the curve in implementing artificial intelligence solutions. Based on extensive research, we survey applications and algorithms to help bridge the technology gap.The engineering and construction (E&C) sector is worth more than $10 trillion a year. And while its customers are increasingly sophisticated, it remains severely underdigitized. To lay out the...
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