Norway wants two-thirds of all boats carrying both passengers and cars along its jagged and windy Atlantic coastline to be electrified by 2030. Not far from Norway’s North Sea oil rigs, shipbuilders are assembling some of the first ferry boats ever to be powered entirely by batteries. For years, the yard, nestled against the deep-blue sea...
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is an internationally acclaimed ski resort located in North Lake Tahoe, California. The resort encompasses 6,000 skiable acres across two mountains and was voted the ‘Best Ski Resort’ by USA Today for the second year in a row. But the resort isn’t just dedicated to providing great skiing to its visitors — it’s also...
Robots are now assisting customers at Pizza Hut locations in Singapore, alongside other staff members currently working at the outlet. To place an order, customers first have to greet the robot and pair their Mastercard Masterpass account embedded in the Pizza Hut Singapore mobile app. They can then verbally tell the robot their orders and show...
X Electrical Vehicle, from Italy, says it is edging closer to mass production in China of its low-speed 3D-printed cars, which could now be hitting the streets by the second quarter of 2019. Guo Xiaozheng, a senior designer at the firm also known as XEV, said the electric car – expected to sell at around USD $10,000 – will have a maximum speed...
TRUTH media agency created what may be the first successful deployment of an advertising campaign using blockchain smart contract technology. The blockchain technology enables advertisers to know exactly what elements of their campaign ran and when, with 100% transparency across the media supply chain. The campaign was for an undisclosed major...
Macy's is getting on the trend to make checking out at stores less of a hassle. The company will roll out a mobile checkout option, powered by its mobile app, to all full-line Macy's stores by the end of 2018. Macy's has been testing the mobile checkout option at its store in Woodbridge, New Jersey. The platform allows shoppers to scan bar...
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) are now a regular feature in mainstream news. It’s no surprise we are beginning to see retailers find more innovative ways to accept different forms of currency, such as at this airport in Australia. Now though, BTC owners could be able to pay at any location that accepts contactless payments with Flip....
The old adage that the UK is a nation of shopkeepers could soon ring true as the Co-op today, Wednesday, 7 March, unveils a convenient future where customers can check-out their own purchases on their phone, without visiting a till. Time-pressed shoppers will soon be able to pay in the aisle and avoid visiting a till all together as they use...
The Bank of Lithuania plans to issue the world’s first digital collector coin to mark this year’s centenary of the Baltic state’s independence from the Soviet Union. To design and develop the underlying blockchain technology, the Bank of Lithuania will be organizing a “hackathon,” bringing together tech companies and IT professionals from...
When startups are looking to launch physical products to markets there are a variety of routes to take, none of which guarantees success. Germany-based KaDeTe is aiming to give these startups an opportunity to showcase their products in a brick-and-mortar space. KaDeTe (or Kaufhaus de Testen, which roughly translates to ‘testing department...