How this startup uses AI to give speech-impaired people their voice back

Jan09
by on January 9, 2024 at 5:30 pm
Posted In: artificial intelligence


There is big tech — and then there is smaller tech with big impact. Dutch AI startup Whispp is using assistive voice technology to convert speech diminished by ailments such as stuttering, throat cancer, vocal cord paralysis, and ALS, into the person’s original, natural voice. The startup, based in Eindhoven, just secured a €750,000 seed funding round led by LUMO Labs to launch its assistive voice technology and its first paid and subscription-based calling app. Whispp will also use the funds raised to expand into European and US markets. Furthermore, the company is one of this year’s CES 2024 Innovation Award…

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How geothermal energy from old coal mines could heat UK homes

Jan08
by on January 8, 2024 at 3:37 pm
Posted In: Uncategorized


The same tunnels used to extract fossil fuels for centuries are now helping to heat British homes with clean energy from the Earth’s core. It’s called mine water heating and it has the potential to provide critical warmth to hundreds of thousands of homes in the country’s north. At least one quarter of UK homes sit above abandoned coal mines. Residents in these towns and cities concurrently grapple with skyrocketing energy bills. Tapping mine water heat from beneath their feet could be a win-win for these communities. And the technology is already in operation. Last year, one of the largest…

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How the Ukrainian startup behind astrology app Nebula is thriving despite the war

Jan05
by on January 5, 2024 at 2:11 pm
Posted In: Uncategorized


Running a tech startup is a challenging endeavour under any circumstances. Imagine doing it under invasion with air raid sirens going off on average twice every 24 hours — and managing to grow 250% in the process.  This is the story of OBRIO, a Ukrainian startup behind the successful astrology app Nebula. Speaking to TNW from his apartment in Kyiv just before the turn of the year, founder and CEO Alex Fedorov says that running a company during wartime is not exactly something you learn in business school. Fedorov sees the process as twofold. “There was the initial one when…

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TNW Podcast: Tomas Hrozensky (ESPI) on policy in space

Jan05
by on January 5, 2024 at 11:29 am
Posted In: podcasts, Space


 In this bonus episode of the TNW Podcast, we’re featuring an interview with Tomas Hrozensky, Senior Researcher and Lead on European Engagement at the European Space Policy Institute. We discussed how space policy actually works (and whether it works at all), what to expect from the EU space law that’s being developed as we speak, and much more. Listen to the episode with the player above — or, better still, find us on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe! Music and sound engineering for this podcast is by Sound Pulse. Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions,…

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Why sexual assaults in the metaverse are so hard to prosecute

Jan05
by on January 5, 2024 at 9:12 am
Posted In: Insider


Britain’s first police investigation into a “virtual rape” has little chance of leading to a prosecution, according to legal experts. The victim of the alleged assault was a girl aged under 16. According to a report this week in the Mail Online, the child was wearing a VR headset and playing a video game when a group of adult men “sexually attacked” her avatar.  Although there was no physical injury, officers said she suffered real physical and emotional trauma. They added that such attacks are rife on metaverse platforms — but none have resulted in prosecution in the UK. That…

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