Orbital Systems, a ‘clean-tech’ startup out of Sweden, has raised £15 million in Series B funding. The company’s founder and CEO Mehrdad Mahdjoubi has developed new re-purification technology, in collaboration with NASA, that significantly reduces the amount of water and energy used when taking a shower. The same technology can also be used to save water in other domestic situations.Dubbed...

The patrons of hotel bars usually know a thing or two about escapism. But the Lobby Bar at the One Aldwych luxury hotel in London earlier this month started offering their customers a chance to take their lust for elsewhere a step further through the latest item on its menu: a virtual-reality headset.The video shows the making of one its new whisky cocktails, called the Origin, made with a 12-y...

Survey surprise: Consumers very forgiving of non-mobile-friendly websites. The biggest problem was missing or incorrect NAP data.While most consumer survey data argue that poor mobile site experiences mean lost business, Vistaprint Digital discovered something different. The company’s recent online consumer survey found that a bad mobile site experience was less of an issue than missing or inc...

Bridgestone has announced the latest in its line of “airless tires” that do not require inflation, this time adapting the technology for bicycles.The second generation of the Air Free Concept was first announced in 2013 as part of the manufacturer’s efforts towards reducing C02 emissions and moving towards 100% use of sustainable materials. But so far Bridgestone had only developed the techn...

The CityHawk may be the taxi of the future.For the past several years, Israeli aerospace firm Urban Aeronautics has been developing a VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) aircraft that was first known as the AirMule, and is now called the Cormorant. Although the vehicle is aimed mainly at military applications, the company has previously mentioned that its Metro Skyways subsidiary is exploring t...

What started as a conceptual design project to monitor water wastage in a household, turned slowly into a real-world project with one rather interesting product emerging as a result. The ‘Well’ by Matter and Mindtribe aimed to set up a system monitoring water-usage in one’s home and have stats sent to the homeowner’s phone. However, what we are captivated by is the resultant shower-head des...

Sooner or later it happens to every mobile phone user: the device escapes the hand, or gets knocked off a counter, and down it falls.The Apple warranty does not apply to damage caused by user fumbling and bumbling. And even if it’s only the screen that breaks, Apple will charge $129 to $149 for the fix.But imagine if, when you dropped your phone, bumpers popped out from each corner to cushion...

In Supply Chain 4.0, supply-chain management applies Industry 4.0 innovations—the Internet of Things, advanced robotics, analytics, and big data—to jump-start performance, and customer satisfaction.Over the last 30 years, supply chain has undergone a tremendous change. What was once a purely operational logistics function that reported to sales or manufacturing and focused on ensuring supply...

Do your loved ones constantly nag at you about your coffee addiction? Now, you can drink it right under their noses without them knowing. David Nagy and his brother Adam have developed ‘Clear Coffee’—the “first colorless coffee drink” in the world that has all the stimulating effects of coffee, yet contains lower calories and keeps your teeth white. It’s also anything but watered down, al...