How Salt Lake's buildings affect its climate future
Anyone who’s lived or worked in old buildings knows that their heating and cooling systems can’t compare to the efficiency, insulation and consistency of those in new buildings.
New Paradigm for Business of Data
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a watershed moment for the role of digital technologies in our lives. We have learnt how much we rely on them and how ingrained they are in almost every aspect of our day-to-day activities.
Investment in AI startups slips to three-year low
The fortunes of startups that leverage artificial intelligence have soared dramatically in recent years.
AI algorithm detects deepfake videos with high accuracy
Artificial intelligence (AI) contributes significantly to good in the world. From reducing pollution to making roads safer with self-driving cars to enabling better healthcare through medical big-data analysis, AI still has plenty of untapped potential.
What does the future of artificial intelligence mean for humans?
Canadian company BlueDot used AI technology to detect the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, just hours after the first cases were diagnosed.
U.S. Could Go Net-Zero Carbon For A Fraction Of What It Has Spent On Coronavirus
The United States could achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 with a $600 billion investment, according to a professor’s sneak preview of a Princeton University study due out this fall.
Will AI Save Us From Ourselves?
It is the year 2050. The world population is roughly two billion people, just 25% of what it was thirty years ago. Back in 2018, the United Nations had predicted that we were approaching the point of no return on climate change.
A breakthrough in solar cell efficiency
A research group led by Prof. Chen Tao and Prof. Zhu Changfei, and their collaborator Prof. Hao Xiaojing at UNSW, developed a hydrothermal deposition method for the synthesis of antimony selenosulfide for solar cell applications.
The UK plans to build huge batteries to store renewable energy – but there's a much cheaper solution
The UK electricity system is undergoing significant and rapid change. It has the world’s largest installed capacity of offshore wind, has effectively stopped generating electricity from coal, and has recorded a 20% drop in demand since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Where Is Robotics Heading? Perspectives From iRobot (Colin Angle), Stanley Black & Decker, And Robots In Service Of The Environment
The dream of robots and intelligent machines that can perform a wide array of tasks has been around in the common visions and fantasies of people for centuries.
Five Environmental Lessons Coronavirus Could Teach Humanity, If Humanity Would Listen
It’s clear enough from the discarded masks and gloves polluting landscapes and the ocean that many humans have not grasped the environmental message of the coronavirus pandemic.
Climate Change: The Ball Is In Our Court
Public attitudes regarding the scientific certainty of climate change have undergone an enormous shift since the mid-aughts, when former Vice President Al Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth first hit the theatres.
10 Barcelona-based startups that continue to grow fast despite the current crisis
Barcelona is one of the world’s most beautiful cities and represents the sixth-largest metropolitan area in Europe. The city also has one of Europe’s most active startup ecosystems and is home to EU-Startups and our annual EU-Startups Summit (postponed until April 29-30, 2021).
How ‘Virtual Power Plants’ Will Change The Future Of Electricity
If “virtual” meetings can allow companies to gather without anyone being in the office, then remotely distributed solar panels and batteries can harness energy and act as “virtual power plants.”
Why Romania, Hong Kong and Singapore are great places to start a business (Sponsored)
When looking for up-and-coming EU countries that have started catching the eye of investors over the last few years, you definitely have to take a close look at Romania.