Inspecting old mines is a dangerous business. For humans, mines can be lethal: prone to rockfalls and filled with noxious gases. Robots can go where humans might suffocate, but even robots can only do so much when mines are inaccessible from the surface.Now, researchers in the UK, led by Headlight AI, have developed a drone that could cast a light in the darkness. Named Prometheus, this drone c...

Forget LG’s Rollable TV or Xiaomi’s Transparent TV, an Austrian tech company is setting the gold standard in how televisions look and behave in interior spaces. C SEED, a company known to make high-end outdoor televisions, has debuted the M1 – a whopping 165-inch 4K MicroLED beast that folds up and tucks away right underneath your floorboard. Before you get any ideas, the television retails...

Mobile video has grown tremendously in the past year.Covid-19 caused video consumption to increase across apps.Whether it’s to absorb the ever-changing news or simply find distraction from increasingly stressful days, more consumers—particularly Gen Z and millennials—are reaching for their phones to watch videos.Infographic : https://bit.ly/3sK5L6J[adweek]

Bitcoin could become the “currency of choice for international trade”, says Citi.Citi’s researchers believe bitcoin could evolve into an international trade currency, helping to simplify global tradeBut a number of issues – including concerns over scalability and potential regulatory backlashes – stand in the wayUS banking giant Citi has authored a new report which suggests bitcoin could b...

Dublin startup Luna is installing a system of cameras and sensors on Voi e-scooters to improve safety. Dublin startup Luna is installing a system of cameras and sensors on Voi e-scooters to improve safety.London (CNN Business)Electric scooter companies are turning to technology to try to reduce accidents and injuries among riders and pedestrians.The problem has become so severe that countries i...

China will present climate and energy plans that could determine the fate of the planet. If they live up to their promise, we can reset expectations for decarbonization. Looking at the way the world’s carbon emissions have risen in recent decades, it’s tempting to believe that increasing pollution is an ineluctable law of nature.That’s by no means a heretical view. Vaclav Smil, the Czech-Can...

Burrow, a startup that first launched with a modular sofa, eventually aims to sell you furniture for every room in your home. Today, it’s announcing that it’s raised $25 million in Series C funding.Burrow participated in the Y Combinator accelerator in 2016 with an initial aim of building sofas that, by virtue of being modular, were easier to move and adapt to a variety of living spaces. Now...

The in-car experience on our horizon is not about driving. Whether work, play or something in between, purpose should be leading OEMs and product developers to an imaginative vision of what our cars could be.What is slicker than the latest smartphone? It is a creation still taking shape today. You will find it on the road, not in your hand. From the outside, it looks like a car. On the inside,...

It’s obviously in Oakley’s best interests to make face-masks that accommodate spectacles!Considering that more than 75% of the human adult population wears spectacles, and that fogged glasses can be such a deterring factor when it comes to masks, the opportunity to make a spectacles-friendly mask has been around for quite some time. As a pioneer in the eyewear (and sportswear) industry, Oakle...