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Kaadas Introduces Game-Changing Digital Locks with Facial Recognition Technology – a Collaboration With Lamborghini

With 3D structured light technology which enables the lock to reach millimetre level accuracy, you can experience smart and revolutionary technology right at your doorstep Arrive at the new era of smart homes with Kaadas' high-tech, an exclusive collection of Lamborghini smart facial-recognition door locks. With 3D structured light technology which enables the lock to…

How the moon landing is now inspiring local problem solving

But can strategies work at the local level, too? Professor Mazzucato and her team at University College London’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose are finding out In the book “Mission Economy,” economist Mariana Mazzucato examines the Apollo program’s success in landing a human on the moon in the 1960s — and challenges the public sector to…

“Sustainable Inner Cities and City Centres”: Successful Berlin Projects

Four Berlin projects have been selected as part of the federal programme and will receive funding means amounting to a total of around € 5.9 million In the summer of 2021, the federal programme was assigned a funding amount that had been increased by a factor of ten. With a total of € 250 million…

Goldman Sachs invests US$250 million in long-duration energy storage provider

Hydrostor is commercialising its proprietary compressed air energy storage technology The asset management group of investment banking firm Goldman Sachs is making a US$250 million investment into advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) company Hydrostor. The preferred equity financing commitment comes from Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Private Equity and Sustainable Investing businesses. It will be…

Strategic Managed Service Partnership Global to Empower Chinese Enterprises in Global Expansion

Offering best-of-breed products, technologies, and services to build agile and resilient networking infrastructure Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), announced the launch of a strategic Managed Service Provider (MSP) partnership with China Telecom Global (CTG). This Global Service Provider agreement expands CTG's portfolio with Aruba's secure, intelligent Edge-to-Cloud networking solutions. This partnership will…

Researchers develop new method to increase effectiveness of nanomedicines

Researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered a new, more effective method of preventing the body's own proteins from treating nanomedicines like foreign invaders When injected into the bloodstream, unmodified nanoparticles are swarmed by elements of the immune system called complement proteins, triggering an inflammatory response and preventing the nanoparticles from reaching their therapeutic targets in the body. Researchers…

How deep learning can improve productivity and boost business

Machines can process massive amounts of data that humans can't, but sound governance structures are needed to ensure positive results. When you “work through” a problem or issue that requires a decision, you likely feel as if you’re going through a linear checklist. But that’s not how the human brain operates; it processes in a…

The first draft of the Digital Rights Governance Framework is out and open for feedback

Cities need enhanced models of governance to manage opportunities and risks driven by technology and ensure digital rights, which ultimately are human rights in the digital space, are protected and promoted The Cities Coalition for Digital Rights and UN-Habitat’s preliminary version of the Digital Rights Governance Framework is now published (download it in the link…

Developing future human-centered smart cities: Critical analysis of smart city security, Data management, and Ethical challenges

Researchers have shown that various tech business models and characteristics can contribute to societal problems such as extremism, polarization, misinformation, and Internet addiction With the increasing world population fueling rapid urbanization in various parts of the world, there is a great need to deliberate on the future of cities worth living in. In particular, as…

A sustainable alternative to egg white protein production

Scientists discover a use for biotechnology in order to provide an alternative to egg white protein production that is more environmentally sustainable Research by the Future Sustainable Food Systems research group at the University of Helsinki, together with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, highlights that fungus-produced ovalbumin could have the potential to mitigate the environmental burden…