How open banking can transform the financial industry Authored by: Pascal Hügli As the saying goes, “What goes up must come down.” In this case, the ‘what’ are the stock prices of Swiss […]
The Future of Banking
Explained: ZF two-speed EV gearbox
By Daniel Gardner German transmission giant cuts new teeth on two EV ratios With the exception of a handful of high-end high-performance models, all electric vehicles use a simple single-speed transmission to […]
Great Wall pushes ahead with US$1.1 billion EV plant
But prominent players in new energy vehicles are now suffering — and blaming it on the drop-off in government subsidies ByDave Makichuk Car sales are down in China, and around the world […]
Beijing wants 100,000 hydrogen cars by 2025
Lured by government incentives and research, manufacturers are rushing to set up production plants China expects to have 100,000 cars powered by clean-burning hydrogen cells on its roads within five to six years […]
New battery to revolutionize energy storage
Safe, high-density battery developed in Hong Kong is tipped to boost penetration of renewable energy A safe, high-rate and long-life oxygen battery that exploits a potassium biphenyl complex anode instead of the […]
World’s First Ultra-Cheap Printable Solar Panels Launched in Australia
By McKinley Corbley An inexpensive new kind of solar power has just been launched in Australia and it could signal the start of a groundbreaking new market for renewable energy. Professor Paul […]
China turns up heat on chip wars by taking on Fab five
Beijing will pump billions of dollars into semiconductor fabrication plants in a bid to overtake US, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Europe By Gordon Watts Step inside the sterile world of […]
The rise of Silicon China
The bases for artificial intelligence will be in China, where there are many big tech firms. Tencent and other firms’ massive centralized platforms give them an edge for AI research and development […]
RUMBLE Program: Russia, EU Team Up to Create Supersonic Aviation of the Future
Political tensions haven’t been able to stop Russian-European cooperation in advanced aeronautics via the RUMBLE program. What’s at stake is the creation of new guidelines for the return of supersonic civil aviation […]
Australia boasts world’s biggest battery
South Australia has a big new battery—the world’s largest—and it’s already helping boost grid reliability as the Southern Hemisphere’s summer begins. Tesla has bragging rights. The company installed 100 megawatts (MW) in […]
Digital adaption to decide Asia’s future winners
Region is set to drive a ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ that leverages communication tech into innovation and growth but many will struggle to keep up with change By Alan Boyd Millennials are encountering […]
South Korea introduces world’s first ‘robot tax’
South Korea has introduced what is being called the world’s first tax on robots amid fears that machines will replace human workers, leading to mass unemployment. The country will limit tax incentives for investments in […]
Competitive advantage not God-given – as US and Japan know
Technologist and author Henry Kressel reflects on the reasons for nations losing their industrial dominance. The story of electronics, he says, shows that innovation, driven by corporations but supported by governments, is […]
China just took the lead in the quantum space race
Scientists lay groundwork for ultra-secure quantum internet By Christopher Scott Team of Chinese scientists released findings from a breakthrough study that makes China the indisputable leader in the field of quantum communication, […]
China 5G tests hit 19 Gbps and is on track for 2020 deployment
Technology News Eurasia Phase 2 of China’s National 5G tests were conducted in Huairou in Beijing. ZTE completed tests for continuous wide coverage, eMBB (enhanced mobile broadband) at sub-6Ghz, eMBB at […]
Asian firms lead the race to harness AI technology
Baidu is one of Asia’s corporate pioneers that are leading in the race to find applications for an innovation that promises to unleash a revolution By Doug Tsuruoka It is […]
Bill Gates Strongly Suggests Taxing Robots if they Replace Human Labor on the Job Market
Automation is gradually replacing human labor around the world on the job market. Early this year, a study carried out by Oxford University in the United Kingdom revealed how the rapid development of Artificial […]
Hyperloop News
SpaceX Shows Off New Hyperloop Test Tube A new SpaceX video gives a glimpse of what a ride in the proposed Hyperloop transportation system might be like Hyperloop competition pitted 27 […]
Japan to build world’s fastest supercomputer
By Tereza Pultarova The Japanese government is to invest 19.5 billion yen (£139m) in building a 130-petaflop supercomputer that will beat the current world’s fastest machine by a significant margin […]
The Future of Agriculture – URBAN SKY-FARM
Source: APRILLI Seoul, Korea Vertical Farm, Agricultural Center Winner, Concept Category @ Green Dot Design Award 2013 Second Prize, Urban Concept Category @ Rethinking the Future 2014 Special Mention @ WT Smart City Award 2014 […]
UC-Berkeley Foresees “Cheapest Perovskite Solar Cell On The Market”
November 11th, 2016 by Tina Casey Unless President-elect Donald Trump shuts down all solar cell research programs everywhere, solar power is poised to inflict real pain on the fossil fuel industry. […]
Scotland building the world’s first underwater energy farm
Source: NaturalNews NaturalNews) The “world’s first large-scale underwater energy farm” is being built off the coast of Scotland, and is expected to start producing power in 2017. When completed, the […]
Nine of the 10 Biggest Power Plants in the World are Hydro-power
By Editors of Power Engineering Nine out of the 10 biggest power-generating facilities in the world are based on hydroelectric power, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced. Additionally, four out of the […]
The Holy Trinity of Artificial Intelligence
Gerald Celente The advancement of robotics grows bigger by the day… But the really exciting part about this trend is the increasing ability to marry robotics with artificial intelligence. When this happens, […]
