Construction has begun on Park Habitat, a plant-covered building in Silicon Valley that was designed by Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates with a green atrium at its centre.PThe 20-storey building will have a glass and wood facade covered with vines and planters and will be located in downtown San Jose in the middle of Silicon Valley, California.Kengo Kuma has designed a plant-covered bu...

While it’s probably healthier and better for you if you ride an actual bike outside, there are times and situations when that is not possible (like, in my case, if you don’t know how to ride a bike). A favorite exercise routine for a lot of people is going spinning on their indoor exercise bikes. For beginners though, it can look challenging getting on those machines especially if the bike ha...

U.S. patent application, US20220171218, discloses a piezoelectric device for powering smart contact lenses using eyelid movement. The piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric film attached to an eyelid, a smart contact lens in an eye, and an antenna surrounding the eye. The piezoelectric film generates electrical energy from the eyelid movement during the blinking of the eye and the smart...

From 2019 to 2021, venture capitalists plowed $35 billion into biotech companies with advanced platform technologies that could transform the industry.The past three years have seen a boom in venture capital (VC) funding in the biotechnology sector. Our research shows that VC companies invested in 2,200 biotech start-ups worldwide in 2016; by 2021, that number had grown to 3,100.1 We also found...

The MAIJU (pictured) can identify postures such as lying supine, lying prone, crawling, sitting and standing, along with various movements within each posture.One of the best ways of tracking an infant's neurological development is to observe their movements as they play. A new "smart" jumpsuit is designed to do so automatically, providing consistently accurate data via machine learning technol...

As inflation creeped up to the highest level in more than 40 years in recent months, the issue of rising costs of living has also climbed to the top of Americans’ mind. According to results from Statista’s Global Consumer Survey, 44 percent of U.S. adults now think that inflation is among the most pressing issues that need to be addressed in their country, displacing issues like immigration a...

Amy, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based AI-driven sales intelligence solution that automates pre-meeting prospect research and enables meaningful business connections, raised a $6 million Seed funding.The round was led by Next Coast Ventures and Lorne Abony, with participation from Jim Mellon and Eric Ludwig, Micha Breakstone, Joey Low, and James Kong, among others.The company intends to use the funds to...

As concerns around personal finances rise globally, more shoppers face choices between what’s sustainable for the planet and what’s sustainable for their wallets.Societal beliefs around climate change have come a long way. Globally, most believe that human actions have created a climate change emergency.1 Roughly half are worried or even anxious about it.2But belief doesn’t always result in...

Designed and envisioned by China-based artist ‘LOONGT’, the Tesla Mobile Resort Hotel is more than just a Roadster shot in space. It’s a mammoth-like structure on wheels that cruises along on Mars’ landscape, giving occupants a stunning view of the red planet.Although purely sci-fi in nature, the Tesla Mobile Resort Hotel does paint a pretty vivid picture of the future. Imagine a building t...