Tag: #60

Towable tiny houses make for a good night’s sleep. Across Germany every day, some 120,000 truck drivers spend their legally stipulated breaks somewhere near the motorway, often in their vehicle. Hotels are expensive and hard to find. Enter a Duesseldorf startup, which is converting shipping containers into sleeping accommodation, complete with shower and WC. Four rooms constitute a unit,...

Tests for fertility or breast cancer can now be conducted from home. Colorectal cancer screenings not so much. In the USA, only 40-55% of Hispanic adults show for appointments, with women more likely to attend than men. The lack of early diagnosis leads to a disproportionately high death rate for colorectal cancer in Hispanic individuals. Now, a Rhode Island...

These spoons double as snacks after use. Now a startup from Hamburg is working on sustainable single-use packaging. Key to their initiative: agricultural waste such as wheat straw, tomato stems, vine stocks or hemp residue. All scraps are sourced locally, helping to promote climate neutrality. Using a patented chafing procedure, the waste is chopped into individual fibres. These retain...

Damaged retinal cells can be replaced. But there’s more than meets the eye. A university research team from Bonn has been using images photographed through the pupil to detect early signs of atherosclerosis. An AI was first fed 80,000 images of a disease that attacks the eye vessels as training in logical analytics. Next the system analysed 97 eye...

Artificial intelligence has helped create new kinds of beer. The brewing process could be more sustainable. Now, a Dutch startup has developed a blue drink that won’t make you feel blue the morning after. The new lemonade is made from Spirulina, an algae that is rich in Vitamins C and B2, as well as calcium, iron, magnesium and chlorophyll....

Stretch-jeans can be manufactured sustainably. But for a new look, it’s worth taking a peek inside your existing wardrobe. A London-based startup is helping consumers to find novel combinations. Single items of clothing are photographed and images uploaded to its app. It, in turn, categorises users’ wardrobes. This catalogue lets users generate new combinations for any occasion. Those looking...