Drone startup launches grocery delivery in Germany

Oct06
by on October 6, 2023 at 12:31 pm
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This Thursday, German startup Wingcopter launched a drone and electric cargo-bike delivery project to bring everyday consumer goods to remote rural areas in Central Germany.  Just as with ordinary grocery delivery, customers in Michelstadt, Hesse, will be able to place their orders via a website and decide on a convenient delivery time slot. Autonomous Wingcopter drones will then deliver non-perishable products from a local supermarket to a drop-off point outside of villages. The final stretch to the customer’s door will be covered by cargo-bikes (with human) from e-bike producer Riese & Müller.  Initially, the pilot project, named “LieferMichel,” will offer…

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UNESCO, Dutch join forces on ethical AI supervision project

Oct06
by on October 6, 2023 at 9:58 am
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The recent AI boom has forced governments across the globe to consider frameworks with which to address the technology’s unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Against this background, UNESCO has teamed up with the Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure (NCCA) to launch an AI supervision project. The project — also backed by the European Commission — aims to equip the EU’s national agencies with the necessary tools and knowledge to ensure compliance of AI systems with the requirements of the upcoming AI Act and with UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of AI. The UN agency first published its guidelines in 2021 as…

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3D-printed stem cells could help treat brain injuries

Oct05
by on October 5, 2023 at 2:54 pm
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In a scientific first, researchers at theUniversity of Oxford have 3D printed stem cells that can mimic the architecture of the cerebral cortex, the human brain’s outer layer. The technique could potentially be used to treat brain injuries. Such injuries typically cause significant damage to the cerebral cortex, leading to movement, cognition, and communication challenges. Currently, there’s no effective treatment for severe cases, which negatively impacts the patients’ quality of life. Hoping to change this, the research team fabricated a two-layered brain tissue by 3D printing human neural stem cells. To achieve this, the researchers used human induced pluripotent stem…

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This blisteringly hot AI-powered grill cooks food ‘up to 10x faster’

Oct04
by on October 4, 2023 at 2:48 pm
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UK startup Seergrills has invented the world’s first AI-enabled grill that is so insanely hot  it can cook food up to 10x faster than conventional methods.  The mean BBQ machine — dubbed Perfecta — achieves this feat using proprietary NeuralFire technology. This consists of two vertical infrared burners which rapid-cook anything from steak to pizza at a blistering 900ºC. For comparison, recipes typically suggest steak be cooked on a gas grill at around 250ºC. To power the grill, users begin by placing their chosen item into the vertical grill, selecting the desired doneness and sear level on a touchscreen display,…

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Swiss startup opens plant that permanently stores CO2 in waste concrete

Oct03
by on October 3, 2023 at 3:09 pm
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Neustark, a spin-off from Switzerland’s ETH Zurich university, has inaugurated its first commercial-scale carbon capture plant in the EU, located at a construction waste recycling facility on the outskirts of Berlin.  The plant, built in partnership with building and recycling company Heim, has the capacity to permanently store over 1,000 tons of CO₂ per year by injecting the gas into granules of demolition concrete. The CO₂, which is captured at nearby biogas plants and would otherwise have entered the atmosphere, binds with the concrete through a process called mineralisation. This chemical reaction turns the CO₂ into limestone, binding it to…

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