The world’s most affluent metropolitan areas
The Brookings Institution published a report “Redefining Global Cities” that ranks metropolitan areas according to their GDP per capita and ...
IBM and Pfitzer draw on big data for medical research
The big data technology of IBM will be applied to improve Pfizer’s research in immuno-oncology. Big data and literature from different sources will be ...
Australian Prime Minister refuses carbon tax and trading scheme
Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that the government would not impose a carbon tax or an emissions trading scheme in Australia. This ...
Will future air traffic be based on solar energy?
SolarStratos, a Swiss enginneering company, managed to develop a plane that can fly around the globe, powered by solar energy. The two-seater plane is ...
10 measures plan to make electric driving attractive in the Netherlands
The Dutch parties, D66 and PvdA, want to make electric driving in the Netherlands more attractive. They submitted a plan with 10 practical measures to do ...
Tesla recalls charging adapters after overheating
Tesla Motors Inc. is recalling voluntarily about 7,000 adapters for electric-vehicle charging after two customers reported their charging overheated ...
Honda will showcase its new AI car at the CES in Las Vegas
Honda has teased the first image of its new experimental car, the “NeuV”. The car will be automated, electric and designed for commuters. ...
Studie: Private Unternehmensbeteiligung als Preistreiber?
Eine neue Studie “Private Unternehmensbeteiligung als Preistreiber? Eine empirische Vergleichsanalyse am Beispiel der deutschen Trinkwasserversorgung ...
Earthquake hits Indonesia’s north
An earthquake of a 6.5 magnitude hit the province Aceh in the north of Indonesia. At least 52 people were killed and 73 injured. The infrastructure was ...
No checkout lines in the supermarket of the future?
The Amazon Go Store in Seattle allows customers to buy their groceries with a frictionless checkout. Sensors detect which products a customer put in his or ...
