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How Smart Homes will be integrated into Smart Cities

Smart houses, which are equipped with advanced technologies and devices that allow them to operate autonomously and interact with their inhabitants, are a critical component of the smart city of the future Smart cities are designed to optimize the use of resources, reduce waste, and improve the quality of life for their residents. The integration…

Magnetic robots walk, crawl, and swim

New soft-bodied robots that can be controlled by a simple magnetic field are well suited to work in confined spaces MIT scientists have developed tiny, soft-bodied robots that can be controlled with a weak magnet. The robots, formed from rubbery magnetic spirals, can be programmed to walk, crawl, swim — all in response to a…

New York City will host the next edition of Smart City Expo USA

Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and climate change, the main themes Smart City Expo USA (SCEUSA), the North American edition of Smart City Expo World Congress, Fira de Barcelona's leading event on cities and urban innovation, lands in New York. From 4 to 5 October, 100 speakers, 300 government representatives, and 75 companies will take part in…

UNCTAD calls for urgent support to developing countries to attract massive investment in clean energy

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) called for urgent support to developing countries to enable them to attract significantly more investment for their transition to clean energy UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2023 published shows that much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement…

How important is plastic recycling in the aquaculture sector?

Researchers believe that there is great potential for better and commercially viable plastic recycling in the aquaculture sector Results from a recent research project are indicating that better plastic recycling in the aquaculture sector is possible. It is believed that the sector can reduce waste and simultaneously generate wealth by recycling its industrial hard plastics.…

Explore Animated Models, Digitized Sketches and More in Leonardo da Vinci’s Largest-Ever Online Retrospective

The new Google Arts & Culture hub features high-resolution scans, 3D renderings and artificial intelligence experiments Leonardo da Vinci is best known for creating iconic artworks like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. But the Renaissance polymath’s oeuvre stretches far beyond paintings (and art in the conventional sense). He produced thousands of sketches and writings during his lifetime, from…

EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’: €106 million for 18 new projects for protection, conservation, depollution and innovation

The Commission announced 18 new projects which will receive over €106 million to contribute to the EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’. The projects gather over 370 beneficiaries from 36 countries, including SMEs, research institutions, local authorities, schools, and businesses They will play a key role in achieving climate neutrality and restoring nature by…

UNWTO Puts Spotlight on Tourism Investment in the Americas

UNWTO further strengthened its cooperation with the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean as it brought together public and private sector leaders to advance investments in the tourism sector. Against the backdrop of the meeting of its 68th Regional Commission for the Americas in Quito, Ecuador, UNWTO hosted the Seminar on Sustainable Investments to explore…

2023 poised to shatter records with skyrocketing AI incidents

A new report from Surfshark suggests that the number of AI incidents in 2023 is set to surpass all previous records Based on the AI Incident Database, the study found that AI incidents have exponentially risen since 2010, identifying that 2023 already has more than half the number of AI incidents reported in all of…

The packaging industry embraces digital transformation: challenges and opportunities

The research indicates that digital transformation has ceased to be an exclusive differentiating aspect of innovative companies to become an unstoppable phenomenon Within the framework of the Packaging Talks event, organized by the Packaging Cluster the conclusions of the digital barometer carried out together with the Kaizen Institute were presented, where the growing importance of digital transformation in…