3D printing could be the future of education
Combining architecture and technology is a great hope for expanding educational access in deprived areas, and there’s no better example than 3D printed housing. A quarter of a billion children do not have access to education worldwide. Thinking Huts is at the forefront of combatting this huge injustice -...
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Opinion – There should be no technology for tyrants
Technology is a tool that is increasingly being used to criminalize the poor and marginalized. Mijente helps us fight back. For many, the Internet provides a space for organisation, activism, communication and entertainment. It is a safe space where connections can be made on a local and global scale. When...
Clubhouse opens monetisation opportunities to creators
With other big players circling to take advantage of the audio chatroom space, Clubhouse is now opening monetisation opportunities to keep its creators in house. Clubhouse is fast discovering that there’s no such thing as a USP patent in the social media space. But as user incentives go, free...
Electric cars ‘hundreds of times’ more efficient than fossil fuel cars
New analysis reports find that battery electric vehicles are far better for the environment than petrol and diesel alternatives, cementing them as the only long-term transport option. Electric cars are the future of commercial automobiles. Most developed nations are pledging to invest heavily within the next few decades and we’ve...
Sergey Brin’s relief aid zeppelin to use world’s biggest hydrogen fuel cell
The co-founder of Google is plotting the build of a huge relief aid zeppelin. Powered by the world’s largest mobile hydrogen fuel cell, it will be eco-friendly and aim to deliver humanitarian aid in hard to reach locations. Google co-founder Sergey Brin is plotting something huge (in scale and scope)...
The autonomous fruit picking robots rescuing the farming industry
Thanks to Covid-19, finding seasonal workers to harvest the globe’s many orchards has become a real problem. However, farmers have found a viable solution in the form of autonomous fruit picking robots. Considering that 800 million tonnes of fruit are produced globally each year, harvesting it seasonally across the world’s...
Virtual reality tourism is finally about to take off
With travellers still grounded, experts believe that the pandemic’s watershed moment for tech could potentially lead to more sustainable tourism. If the current trajectory of technological advancement is any indication, the hottest destination of the next decade won’t be transoceanic, it’ll be hard-coded. With globe-trotting a distant memory as we continue to fight a pandemic that’s forced us to stay indoors, increasing numbers of pent-up people are swapping their sunglasses for...
Elon Musk pledges $100m to fund carbon capture contest
Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has launched a carbon capture competition to faster cut back on global emissions, and the most impressive invention will receive a $50m cash prize. We all talk a big game on Twitter, but Elon Musk is one to regularly follow up on his midnight musings. Looking to put his $203bn fortune to good use, Elon Musk is creating a competition that will see contestants develop innovative technologies...
New electric car batteries can charge in five-minutes
Israeli company StoreDot has unveiled the first factory produced, five-minute charging battery, which could make electric cars a more viable option for buyers in the near future. Electric cars have taken a while to truly take off with consumers. While big names like Tesla have made them trendy for wealthy celebs and business folks, they’ve yet to capture widespread commercial interest from ordinary people. The high entry costs coupled with less...
Facebook’s ‘smart glasses’ bring us closer to wearable AR in 2021
2021 is set to become a breakthrough year for the rollout of smart glasses and Facebook is at the front of the queue with its own wearable tech, though it’s not without a significant catch. Frankly speaking, the future of wearable gadgets and real-world integration with augmented reality is easily top five on the list of most exciting developments in tech right now. It’s also the worst kept secret in...
