Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a climate change venture capital firm backed by the likes of Bill Gates, has joined $44 million solar energy startup Terabase Energy, InterestingEngineering reports. The venture capital firm, along with investor Prelude Ventures…
Amazon warehouse workers are now wearing safety belts so that robots that move across vast areas inside buildings do not accidentally kill a person by crashing into them in the warehouse. The new The Robotic Tech Vest is a special belt attached to a pair of suspenders and ...
Uber launched a self-driving taxi illegally. This is stated in a statement from the California Department of Automotive. The agency sent a letter to the Uber office demanding the end of unmanned transportation in San Francisco until all the necessary documents are received. As clarifies ...
Each year, TIME selects the best inventions that make the world a better, smarter and, in some cases, more comfortable place. The main criterion was visible help to a person in daily life, as well as improving its quality. Flyte Levitating Bulb It may seem unrealistic, but there is a light bulb ...
The Verge's Spencer Woodman visited Altamonte Springs, Florida, to report on how ride-hailing service Uber, city by city, is taking over the country from public transportation. The text is presented in translation and with abbreviations. Altamonte City Manager...
The famous British scientist Stephen Hawking and Russian businessman Yuri Milner, co-owner of the Internet companies DST Global and Mail.ru Group, announced in New York the launch of the Breakthrough Starshot project worth $100 million. The goal of the mission is to deliver mini-robots to the nearest star in 20 years system...
The chairman of the American telecommunications corporation Cisco, John Chambers, has acquired an interactive table for the family, which is produced by the Ukrainian startup Interactive Restaurant Technology. Sitting at these touch-sensitive tables for restaurants, you can order food, watch videos or chat on social media. Moreover, the surface ...
Here every day the impossible becomes possible. The Internet and iPhones were invented here, cars with autopilot that carry passengers themselves are already being sold here, and for several years they have been working on a project to send people to Mars. “Forum”, by the way, has already written about private initiative...
The UA50 volunteer project has selected the first 11 Ukrainian startups that will be helped to reach a new level of development, including building a business in the United States. All assistance to selected participants will be provided free of charge. UA50 works with selected projects in two areas: helping to expand ...
American professor Edward Crowley resigns from his post as rector of the Skolkovo Institute. The scientist himself, as well as a number of officials at Skoltech, claim that the resignation is related to the completion of a five-year contract. At the same time, sources in the Skolkovo Foundation and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and...