Nestle Pulls Out Plastic Straws

Food and beverage giant Nestlé is ramping up its efforts to rein in plastic pollution, outlining plans to phase out plastic straws and hard plastics as part of a wider plan to use purely recyclable and reusable materials in its products by 2025. Nestlé’s plans around plastic pollution and alternative materials have been gathering steam for a little while now. […]

Can Robots Really Replace Us? Maybe Not.

There are plenty of concerns about robots stealing jobs from decent, hard-working, flesh-and-blood humans. However, to paraphrase an often-misquoted Mark Twain line, reports of our impending redundancy may have been greatly exaggerated. At least, that is our takeaway from a Wall Street Journal report claiming that Japan’s oddball Henn na “Strange” Hotel has fired half of its 243 robot staff. […]

Add AR To Your Bike

Motorbike riders have been clamoring for an augmented reality (AR) enabled bike helmet for years, hence the long-running and infamous Skully debacle. But now Singapore-based startup Whyre have come up with a simple way to make any bike helmet smart, using an attachment which can overlay AR information on a helmet’s visor. They showed off the Argon Transform, as its […]

Know What You Can Eat

Every once in a while, we see a piece of technology that we know can change lives, and the FoodMarble Aire is one of them. Think of it like a breathalyzer that determines your food intolerances, and it does so in a tiny, portable package that’s easy to use and based on the same technology used by doctors and hospitals. […]

Rescue A Failing Coffee Business With These 5 Tips

It’s no secret that most coffee shops fail. Some people mistakenly believe a coffee shop is an easy source of income. It can be when you’re passionate about the coffee industry. Unfortunately, without passion, you’re doomed to fail from the start. Passion is vital, but it’s not enough. You need to be meticulous with the way you run your business. […]

Concept Guitar

Merging synthesized sounds with rocking riffs on a guitar might involve installing a MIDI pickup, or plugging into a stomp box or blending the two in post production. Now the UK’s Lucem Custom Instruments has collaborated with Seattle’s Tracktion Corporation for an interesting concept guitar that has a BioTek 2 synthesizer built in. The Spirit Animal has a BioTek 2 […]

Renewable Energy In Spain’s Paradores

Many of Spain’s Paradores — a chain of state-owned, luxury hotels — are ancient castles and monasteries that have been around for, well, forever. But the country is embracing the future by introducing renewable energy at all 97 locations. The country announced that, beginning on the first of January, the Paradores will only get their electricity from renewable sources as […]

Apple Brings ECG To Its Watches

The Apple Watch Series 4 has been heralded for being the first direct-to-consumer wearable that allows the average person to measure an electrocardiogram (ECG). Cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this function can help detect atrial fibrillation (AFib) and notify wearers of irregular heart rhythms, potentially saving lives. But the $400 price tag, along with the need […]

Face Scanning A.I In Healthcare

Facial recognition can help unlock your phone. Could it also be able to play a far more valuable role in people’s lives by identifying whether or not a person has a rare genetic disorder, based exclusively on their facial features? DeepGestalt, an artificial intelligence built by the Boston-based tech company FDNA, suggests that the answer is a resounding “yes.” The […]