Innovation News
|
Denmark-inspired "Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030," is a new global climate alliance with the goal of becoming an engine to drive green growth. The accelerator was launched on Wednesday in the UN Headquarters.
|
|
What began as a pitch to Toronto’s Mayor 90 days ago has become the biggest innovation festival in Canada. Elevate Toronto kicked off its first year in fine form.
|
|
Los Angeles -
Labor Day weekend brought record-breaking heat to Los Angeles, California as firefighters battled the largest wildfire the city had seen in decades. The extreme heat bears all the marks of climate change and city officials are tackling the heat head on.
|
|
The Edison Awards are celebrating the “Women Behind Innovation”. This scheme recognizes those women who are paving the way with technology as well as encouraging young women to develop the critical skills they need to fuel tomorrow’s innovations.
|
|
Amazon is opening a new headquarters, HQ2, somewhere in North America. It will employ up to 50,000 people, most of them white-collar workers.
|
|
Achieving the goals of a circular economy requires partnerships and commitments across a number of sectors. From multinational corporations to the latest tech-savvy start-up, it takes leadership to get the train on the right track.
|
|
CEOs are concerned their business lacks the capacity to respond to digital transformation, according to a report from KPMG. Business leaders are finding it difficult to use digital strategies in their innovation and are also distrustful of their data.
|
|
Washington -
The Commerce Department's Digital Economy Board of Advisors resigned their positions on Friday, making this the third executive-branch advisory council of business and civic leaders to abandon the sinking ship-of-state.
|
|
A new approach is being used to boost research and development (R&D) opportunities for startup biotech companies. The innovation marketplace is a collaboration between Scientist.com and IndieBio and is designed to accelerate the R&D process.
|
|
The New York Public Service Commission has approved a large-scale solar project in New York City proposed by Con Edison that will supply clean energy to about 800 to 1,600 low-income customers in its first phase.
|
|
President Trump has refused to declare the opioid epidemic across America a national emergency, leaving the public to find a solution to the problem. And with the innovative technologies we have at our disposal today, there may be a solution.
|
|
Nutraceuticals are the new generation of powders, pills, and drinks that promise consumers everything from the relief of joint pain to a healthier looking skin. The market is ripe with opportunities for innovative marketing and tech companies.
|
|
In response to the opioid crisis and the escalating number of overdoses from prescription medicines, heroin and opioids in the United States, innovators and tech companies are using technology to create solutions.
|
|
If you’re not innovating in the automotive industry right now, you’re dead and dying. The influence of disruptors like Tesla and the fast pace of technological changes in vehicles are driving companies to rapidly future proof their product lines.
|
|
Eight Toronto startups pitched at the culmination of INFINITI's Lab accelerator program. After a rigorous four-week program, the innovators were ready to show why their products represent the best in IoT and smart city technology.
|
|
3D printing was supposed to reinvent the world — giving common people the simple tools they needed to create any object they needed, right when they needed it, provided it was made out of certain metals or plastic.
|
|
Razor Suleman is the CEO and cofounder of Elevate Toronto. The new three-day technology festival runs from September 12-14 and will promote the unique innovation ecosystem that calls Toronto home.
|
|
Toronto already has the ‘Hollywood North’ reputation going for it. The City is a widely sought-after film destination, and the Toronto International Film Festival has put the city on the creative map.
|
|
Houston -
An unusual development in robotics: a new gripper system designed for clearing up space junk, with the inspiration drawn from gecko feet. We investigate.
|
|
London -
English Heritage has recently conducted a poll of visitors to its historic places to find out what the greatest invention of all time is. There are some interesting selections, with the Internet and the humble tea bag among them.
|
|
Beijing -
It has been four years since Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduced us to the company's newest innovation, a drone that would deliver packages to our doorsteps within 30 minutes of ordering. China's Amazon clone, JD.com has beaten them to it.
|
|
By AFP
Washington -
US President Donald Trump has tapped son-in-law Jared Kushner to lead a new White House office, that aims to apply ideas from the business world to help streamline the government, the Washington Post reported Sunday.
|
|
From a fitness app linked to an exercise mat to a predicted big advance in Cloud computing, we select five technology innovations that could help to shape technology in 2017.
|
|
Republican Donald Trump is now the president-elect in what's being called the biggest upset in American political history.
|
|
The Foreign Trade Administration at the Ministry of Economy of Israel together with the Non-Profit Organization Israel Export Institute, will present the Israeli Pavilion at MEDICA 2016 the upcoming international medical exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany
|
|
Edison Universe sponsors a contest that allows students to showcase their student innovations. From the contest, three winners have been selected.
|
|
By AFP
Washington -
Robotic systems and unmanned vehicles are playing an ever-growing role in the US military -- but don't expect to see Terminator-style droids striding across the battlefield just yet.
|
|
By AFP
Paris -
Every two years or so, computer speed and memory capacity doubles -- a head-spinning pace that experts say could see machines become smarter than humans within decades.
|
|
Stop-motion animation moved into the fast(er) lane when LAIKA studio decided to employ 3D technologies to create its characters’ thousands of faces.
|
|
Despite forecasts that 2015 would see a slowing of tech sector investment, this fiscal year is poised to be the most successful year for startup businesses and tech since 2000.
|
apis-346189 apis-345505 apis-345004 apis-344880 apis-344870 apis-343682 apis-343482 apis-343250 apis-342658 apis-342529 apis-342434 apis-341599 apis-341223 apis-340861 apis-340854 apis-340345 apis-340160 apis-340159 apis-339107 apis-337333 apis-336171 apis-330821 apis-324183 apis-320469 apis-320358 apis-308626 apis-302025 apis-299912 apis-297959 apis-288211
Innovation Image
A joystick controlled remote Continuous Miner HM21 used for underground coal mining Xlxgoggaxlx
Councillor and Advocate for the Innovation Economy Michelle Holland takes a selfie with Mayor Tory. Digital Journal Staff
Elevate Toronto CEO Razor Suleman says it's Toronto's time to shine. Digital Journal Staff
Wasted fruit and vegetable leftovers were converted into a leather-like material by students from Netherlands. facebook, fruitleather rotterdam
Once a package gets to the landing pad, an employee will deliver it to the costomer. JD.com
Elevate brought together 5000 people to inspire them and help them reach for a future where Canada shapes tech.
Monitoring a crop using the Internet of Things. Kakaxi
Wasted fruit and vegetable leftovers were converted into a leather-like material by students from Netherlands. facebook, fruitleather rotterdam
Elevate Toronto kicked off its inaugural year by emphasizing the immense opportunity for Canada's innovation ecosystem
Kakaxi lets you monitor your crops in real time. Kakaxi
Tracking the type of drugs being used and where most of the addicts are in municipalities is possible through ivvovative technology developed by Biobot Labs. New Concord, Ohio Government
JD.com uses an innovative automated drone delivery system to get goods to consumers in rural areas. JD.com
Elevate Toronto kicked off its inaugural year by emphasizing the immense opportunity for Canada's innovation ecosystem. Jack Derricourt
|
|
