A world first solar train – featuring flexible solar panels from PV pioneer Zhengrong Shi’s new venture and a considerable amount of battery storage – is about to hit the tracks of a long disused rail line in Byron Bay, and could be in operation by the end of the year.The Byron Bay Railroad Co – a not for profit company owned by former coal baron Brian Flannery linking his Elements of Byron...

Zara tests out a new kiosk designed to hold packages for customers who make online orders.Zara is launching self-service kiosks where customers can pick up orders they placed online. When a package arrives to the kiosk, the customer receives a notification about it and can proceed to their location to pick up their item at their leisure. One kiosk station, supplied by technology company Clevero...

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The time may be right for private equity to reach for experiences.In recent years, faced with the choice of buying a trendy designer jacket or a shiny new appliance or of attending a show, consumers increasingly opt for the show and, more broadly, for experiences with their friends and families. In fact, over the past few years, personal-consumption expenditures (PCE) on experience-related serv...

Continental will be showing off an early version of its inductive charging system at CES in Las Vegas next month.Making charging faster and more effortless would go a long way to driving the adoption of electric vehicles, and inductive charging mats have long-promised to slide onto the scene and beneath our cars to do just that. Continental AG has today announced that it will be bringing its ve...

Amazon has long been top-of-mind when it comes to convenience and commodities. Now the e-commerce giant is rapidly establishing its offline presence, folding Whole Foods locations across the U.S. into its ecosystem and investing in physical storefronts like Amazon Books. PSFK Labs put together a case study on Amazon supported by trends from our Future of Retail 2018 report.By upending the purch...

Are you sleeping on a mattress that was delivered to you in a box? If so, then Buffy might be speaking your language.This duvet startup, launching today, sells only one product: a high-quality comforter that is delivered to your door in a box. Leo Wang, Buffy’s founder and CEO, whose family has over 50 years experience making comforters, grew up knowing all about the complexities of the beddin...

Visitors to the Abeno Harukas in Osaka, Japan, can currently enjoy games of the classic game Tetris on a giant wall located on the top floor of the skyscraper.The game is projected onto a space measuring 12 meters (nearly 40 feet) in height and 3.5 meters (11.4 feet) in diameter. The attraction is installed from December 1st until February 28th.There is no fee to play the Tetris Tower game, whi...