According to Sweden's Minister of Sustainable Development Mona Sahlin, Sweden's dependence on oil is expected to end by 2020. Sweden has stated its ambition to be the first country in the world to completely ban the use of oil as fuel, thanks in large part to the...
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Artificial Intelligence: the future of the logistics industry
According to a new study carried out by DHL and IBM, artificial intelligence (AI) is the future of logistics services and can help logistics providers to deliver items even before the customer has ordered. Recently, both companies assessed the potential of this...
Angela Merkel underlines importance of artificial intelligence sector
At the launch of the Hanover Fair, Angela Merkel stressed the importance of the artificial intelligence industry with the German Chancellor announcing that her government plans to take action to promote this sector. Merkel officially opened this year's event on Sunday...
Tesla to unveil electric HGV in September
For aficionados of Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, will have to wait until after the summer to see the company launch its next foray into the electric heavy goods vehicle market. According to information published by Reuters, the US manufacturer will unveil its...
US startup unveil plans to launch a space hotel
Space, the final frontier? Perhaps not if Orion Span, the American startup, have their say. Orion Span believe that space travel is no longer just for astronauts and to underline this point the startup have announced a plan to launch a space hotel called Aurora...
Introducing smart pallets
Smart pallets? This is the idea behind the Toulouse-based start-up Ffly4U, which has just announced that it has raised €700,000 thanks to the Irdinnov regional fund. This funding will be used to develop Olivier Pages’ company’s solution, which consists of a management...
Carrying out maintenance by smartphone
The American and Israeli startup Augury is now offering an innovative maintenance solution to its customers: predictive maintenance, compatible with modern smartphones. A sensor connected to the machine listens to noise from the machine and sends the data to a control...
Areva branch out into nuclear cybersecurity
Areva recently announced that they have won several contracts in the United States, to the tune of $10 million, through its subsidiary Areva Inc. Although the sums of money are relatively small, it is the business sector that is interesting: digital protection of...
