American industrial designer Tucker Viemeister has teamed up with software giant Microsoft to build an electronic voting machine that could boost security of paper ballots. Unveiled at the Aspen Security Forum yesterday, the prototype incorporates ElectionGuard, an open-source Microsoft software created to make elections more verifiable, efficient and easy to complete. The tech company launched the development kit earlier this […]

When we think of autonomous vehicles, we usually think about fast, cheap personal transport. But Volkswagen wants the self-driving revolution to make shops and services just as mobile as it makes people, and has presented some mockups of how that might work at a retail and services trade show in Hannover. VW calls these self-sufficient pop-up shops “Pods,” and envisages […]

Joni Mitchell sang, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” But could parking lots soon become extinct, with the lost paradise making a return? As cities get smarter and mobility solutions and consumer habits change, more urban planners are eschewing the construction of public parking garages — or changing how they conceive of them altogether. With ride-sharing services […]

It was six years ago that we first heard about Makr Shakr, a robotic bar that can reportedly mix one Googol (the digit 1 followed by 100 zeroes) drink combinations. Now, its designers are planning on installing the tech in an autonomous vehicle that users can hail whenever they want a bevvy. Created by Italian design firm Carlo Ratti Associati […]

Without quality employees, your business won’t thrive. You need strong, capable workers. Many business owners find that it’s easy to keep an eye on the team when it’s small. You can be personally involved in every hiring decision. When you start to grow, things become much more difficult. Suddenly, you can’t supervise everyone yourself. You have to start delegating. This […]

World Housing Solution, based in Florida, specializes in rapidly deployable buildings. Recently, they have focused on providing fully-equipped mobile clinics that can be fabricated and installed very quickly in disaster zones. The clinics are conceived as serving patients who can’t reach a hospital or medical facility. So far, the company has sent clinics to Houston when Hurricane Harvey struck and […]

Business ventures are challenging and risky enough by themselves. But having to go through it without legal aid or legal counsel? Even riskier!  A business needs a lawyer like a plant needs the sunshine. Having a lawyer for your business ensures that you and your legal rights are sufficiently protected and safeguarded. Having a lawyer also prevents you from breaching […]

Uber has joined a growing list of companies keen on using drones for delivery. It wants to integrate the technology into UberEats, its meal-delivery service, and envisions dropping off its first drone-delivered dinners as early as 2021. The company better known for ridesharing revealed earlier this year that it’s keen to utilize drone technology for its UberEats meal-delivery service, but […]

It’s hard to keep your backyard tidy and healthy without impacting the earth. Just consider the tools. Lawn mowers burn on fossil fuels, adding new carbon emissions to the atmosphere every time you push them across the grass. Then there are pesticides, which can wind up harming much more than the mites and weeds wreaking havoc on your land. That’s […]

Small businesses are hard pressed when it comes to time and money. When you’re dealing with fewer resources, you simply have to learn to make the most of what you got and to optimise your operations. In order to do this, automation of HR process can provide a huge leverage. HR has to deal with a lot of administrative tasks. […]