Is Basic Income a Viable Concept in the Automated World?
A universal basic income, a concept where all inhabitants of a country will be entitled to some form of economical foundation for survival, might seem utopian. However, the topic is…
Climatescope 2014: Developing Nations are Leaders in Renewable Energy
Developing countries are often pitied in the western news reports when it comes to energy consumption, pollution and the usage of fossil fuels. It is regularly mentioned that these nations…
iPhone-sized Ultrasound Scanner Might Disrupt Medicine
Entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg has raised $100 million to create an ultrasound scanner the size of an iPhone and to the price of a stethoscope. This invention could make a major…
This Innovation Might Provide a Natural Way of Increasing Produce Shelf-life by 1500 %
A formula based on hydrogen peroxide could make fruits and vegetables stay fresh and healthy for up to 10 weeks. The hydrogen peroxide decomposes into oxygen and water, which leaves…
Trendwatching.com Releases Preview of 2015 Trends
Trendwatching, one of the world’s most respected authorities on consumer trends, has recently released the preview of this year’s “2015 Trend Report”. The sample contains a description of three out…
Wake-up call: Boston Consulting Group Reveals Fascinating Data on Nations’ Manufacturing Costs
There seems to be a global shift where it comes to strategic sourcing and manufacturing. It is almost as cheap to produce something in the United States as in China…
Fear Not the Arrival of This In-store Helping Robot
San Jose locals can now experience something novel. The store Orchard Supply Hardware recently employed a pair of robots which can guide people in the store, answer simple customer questions,…
Smartphone–controlled Coffee Machine Will Wake You up to a Real Treat
The Internet of things suddenly got hands-on useful. How many of us have not dreamed of a way that might make it a little easier to get out of the…
Affordable Housing in Nigeria: Challenges and Big Opportunities
Among the five big countries battling the challenge of housing for everyone are China, Russia, India and Brazil. Africa’s contribution to this sad list is Nigeria, with a population of…
Canadian Technology Accelerators Predict 5 Advertising and Tech Trends for 2015
The Canadian Technology Accelerators has predicted five trends in advertising and technology. The trends are as follows: Rise of the sensors |Specifically the application of digital in-store or in-venue beacons…
Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2015
Gartner’s top 10 technology predictions for 2015 have arrived, comprising the themes of (1) “Merging of real and virtual worlds”, (2) “Intelligence everywhere” and (3) “The new IT reality emerges”. Some…
Quick DNA Testing Beauty Company Live and Kicking in London
DNA profiling in 30 minutes? The bespoken advent of broad commercialisation of genomics-based consumer services is something we have heard about for years. Now a quick-stop shop has opened up…
Smart Pepper Spray Captures Images of Offender and Contacts the Police
If you’re a smartphone owner you are soon about to feel a bit safer. The Defender is combining the classic pepper spray with an assault alarm and has created big…
After-party Energy? Food and Beer Power Chevrolet’s New Bi-fuel Impala
The utilization of organic materials in the vehicle industry is something that continues to raise eyebrows among consumers. And we’re not talking ethanol. Earlier this year PCMag’s Good Clean Tech…
Synthetic Voices Gets Personalized
As commonly known, all of us are individuals. Everyone with his or hers particular personality and own expressions. Thus, it is not very controversial to think that all people should…
Olympics for Bionics in Switzerland 2016
Exo-skeletons, robotics, brain controlled computer games and muscle control by targeted electrical impulses – does that sound like interesting prerequisites for a world championship? Good! This is turning into reality…
The Workplace Might Hold the Biggest Potential for Wearables
Accenture Technology Labs have concluded that there might be a much bigger potential for wearables in the corporate world than in the consumer market. Accenture claims that the value of…
Hot Startups in Africa
IT News Africa has recently compiled a list of 10 hot startups to monitor more closely. Tech companies from countries as different as Rwanda, Kenya, East Africa, Morocco and Ghana…
