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Month: July 2018
VW will build its electric microbus and crossover in the US
The I.D. BUZZ electric microbus is a new version of VW’s iconic campervan. Last year the company unveiled a working prototype of the vehicle, which will come in two options. The higher-end model features all-wheel drive and a total output of 369 horsepower, powered by […]
Landbot gets $2.2M for its on-message ‘anti-AI’ chatbot
Who needs AI to have a good conversation? Spanish startup Landbot has bagged a $2.2 million seed round for a ‘dumb’ chatbot that doesn’t use AI at all but offers something closer to an old school ‘choose your adventure’ interaction by using a conversational choice interface […]
NASA Invites Media to Preview Briefing on Spacecraft that will “Touch” Sun
Media are invited to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a preview briefing on the agency’s Parker Solar Probe at 1 p.m. EDT Friday, July 20. The event will air live on NASA Television, the agency’s website and Facebook Live. from NASA https://ift.tt/2LlXcx4 via […]
This is the New Hottest Beach Destination in Europe
According to the World Travel Awards—sort of like the Oscars for the travel industry—it's not Nice or Ibiza or Santorini, but another Greek locale you … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Elizabeth Holmes’ Downfall Has Been Explained Deeply—By Men
Maybe Elizabeth Holmes, whom the SEC indicted last month for “massive fraud,” never should have asked herself, “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” The eye-roller slogan adorned a plaque on Holmes’ desk at Theranos, her ignoble blood-testing startup. She seems […]
DARPA’s insect-sized SHRIMP robots could aid disaster relief
What differentiates SHRIMP from microrobotics limited by SWaP (size, weight and power) constraints is its size. DARPA has managed to shrink the tech down to the size of an insect — a scale of mm-to-cm. Program manager Dr. Ronald Polcawich says the smaller scale is […]
Sky Mobile’s new Piggybank Rewards let you spend spare data on stuff
Sky Mobile has announced that its customers will be able to save any spare data they don’t use and cash it in to buy actual products. The network already allowed customers to save their data by rolling it over to the following month, but now […]
Sweden’s Engaging Care raises $800,000 for its digital healthcare SaaS
Engaging Care, a Swedish heathtech startup co-founded by Charlotta Tönsgård, who was previously CEO of online doctor app Min Doktor before being asked to step down, has raised $800,000 in “pre-seed” funding to continue building out its digital healthcare SaaS. Backing the burgeoning company are […]
Milano, sbaglia manovra e travolge un gruppo di persone fuori dalla chiesa: morta una donna
Una manovra sbagliata, forse dettata dalla distrazione. L'acceleratore premuto invece del freno in fase di parcheggio: così una donna di 51 anni, erano le 22 di mercoledì sera, ha travolto un gruppetto di 5 persone in via Bisceglie, nella zona nella … by Livio Acerbo […]