The Airbnb community reflects very interesting socio-cultural aspects. Almost 73% of Americans are unaware of collaborative economy, and this consumption pattern appeals primarily to under-45s, university graduates and people with a good level of income....
As automation technologies such as machine learning and robotics play an increasingly great role in everyday life, their potential effect on the workplace has, unsurprisingly, become a major focus of research and public concern. The...
Over a number of years, the legal industry has been affected by a troubling change that looks every day less like a science fiction story. Lawyers and legal experts are witnessing the rise of digital...
What are the triggers of an innovation project? Though there is extensive literature on innovation management, what exactly drives innovation remains unclear. And yet, it is a fundamental issue, considering that the future of the...
As part of its Manufacturing Revolution initiative, the company is constantly looking for ways to reduce the amount of material and labor needed to make high-performance, customized footwear and speed the delivery of its products...
“Although today’s digital manufacturing machines are still in their infancy, they can already be used to make (almost) anything, anywhere. That changes everything,” said Neil Gershenfeld, Director at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms. Autonomous...
Power electronics under software control is employed in applications that we couldn’t have imagined not long ago.
This ultimate phase will be the most disruptive, and bring paradoxical requirements for the automakers: how to combine the legacy of an industrial company (size, quality, product) with the new requirements of an internet age...
I am very proud of the fact that China has competitive pricing in light civil UAVs. The next step is to ramp up investment in R&D for flagship products in response to features and requests...
It is a paradox: despite huge oil reserves supporting their wealth, Norwegians have become, in a few years, the first users of electric vehicles. These represent 18% of new registrations since the beginning of 2015!...
In February Elon Musk boldly predicted Tesla motors would go where no car company has ever gone before, to a $700 billion market valuation by 2025. To put that in perspective, Apple became the most...
Storing electricity? Some old solutions to this old problem are gaining momentum nowadays, thanks to recent improvements. Among these solutions, using electricity to obtain hydrogen and reconverting it later into energy or heat via fuel...
People were optimistic when modern theories, engineers, technical availability, international funding and support from the central government were all ready. The expected progress in water management did not arrive though. What did arrive instead was...
Children of the digital era are accustomed to receiving information really fast. They like to parallel process and multi-task. Philosopher Michel Serres describes them as no longer having the same heads. Is it a generational...
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