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...

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...

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...

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,...

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....

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...

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...

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...

MIT researchers have developed a computer interface that can transcribe words that the user verbalizes internally but does not actually speak aloud. Electrodes on the face and jaw pick up otherwise undetectable neuromuscular signals triggered by internal verbalizations.The system consists of a wearable device and an associated computing system. Electrodes in the device pick up neuromuscular sig...