Safer public squares to protect communities
Following terrorist attacks in recent years, cities have started deploying a higher number of patrolling officers, bollards protecting pedestrian walkways ...
First step towards Hyperloop from NYC to DC
The state of Maryland has received a conditional utility permit to Elon Musk’s Boring Company to dig a 10.3 mile tunnel connecting the highway 175 in ...
Berlin verabschiedet sich spätestens 2030 von Kohle
Berlin plant den Kohleausstieg für spätestens 2030 und will so Vorreiter für eine emissionsärmere Zukunft sein. Dazu sollen bis 2030 die verbleibenden ...
Winnow raises $7.4 million to get rid of food waste
Food waste technology firm Winnow has announced that it secured $7.4 million in a fundraising round, and is using that money to roll out the Winnow Waste ...
Artificial sweetener helps detect water pollution
Sucralose, an artificial sweetener, was found to be an excellent tracer for pollutants in water. It helps maintain water quality as is helps researchers ...
Chongqing Changan goes full electric
Executives of China-based auto manufacturer Chongqing Changan Automobile have revealed that the company will stop selling non-electric cars from 2025 ...
Volunteer group brings light back to Athens neighborhood
In the Kypseli neighborhood in Athens people have been dimming their lights to save money since the 2008 financial crisis. The volunteer group Foteini ...
$1 billion program launched to finance new ways of farming
Dutch bank Rabobank and U.N. Environment have announced a $1 billion program in the framework of which novel ways of farming will be funded to reduce ...
Uber & Lyft charges to be increased in Chicago to improve transit
Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago announced a plan to raise taxes on Uber and Lyft rides during the course of the next two years to channel funding into CTA ...
Toyota to develop talking autonomous cars by 2020
Toyota revealed recently that it will start to test autonomous electric vehicles utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) systems to talk and engage with ...
