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2021-10-29 07:20:13 Daily innovation: - fast.co

The main idea - creating an e-commerce site's express checkout lane.

Fast Checkout, the company's primary product, is aimed to make e-commerce more accessible to customers with little to no technical knowledge. Fast Checkout, which is currently accessible at over 60,000 retailers in 40 countries, provides a one-click solution for customers who tend to leave their purchase after being stuck in a downward spiral of password-reset difficulty. Stripe, the payments startup, led the company's $20 million Series A round in March. Open / Comment

2021-10-28 07:38:01 Daily innovation: - Brains Shrinking

The main idea - scientists have learned why our brains have shrunk in size over the past three thousand years

The size of our brain has nearly quadrupled in six million years, but not everyone knows that it has shrunk in recent millennia. American researchers have concluded that the human brain has shrunk because of globalization, cooperation, and the division of labor. To survive, a person today no longer needs to master several skills - what is required can be acquired from others in exchange for the results of his labor. Open / Comment

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2021-10-27 12:03:00 Zeabuz - electric, automatic, smart

The small Norwegian metropolis of Trondheim, with its bright seaport, does not look very futuristic. But the former Viking city will become a home for transport initiative: an automatic, zero-emission electronic ferry will be launched here in the coming year.

Scientists from the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology have invented an independent ferry, and the intentionally designed firm Zeabuz will build it.

The electronic ferry will run on the channel separating the port and the middle of the metropolis and will work like an elevator. Passengers on either side of the canal will be able to push a button to call the ferry to their own side. Zeabuz accommodates up to 12 passengers, bikes, and crosses the canal in less than 60 seconds, saving passengers from a 15-minute walk. While the boat is waiting at the pier, it charges.

The ferry Zeabuz will have low operating costs, which makes travel on it free.

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2021-10-27 07:54:01 Daily innovation: - Nuri

The main idea - South Korea launched the first rocket of its own design, Nuri, which has been created since 2010. The carrier failed to deliver a dummy payload into Earth orbit.

The rocket was launched from the Naro Space Center in Southwest Korea's Jeolla-Namdo Province. It was reported immediately after the launch that the launch vehicle systems worked properly: however, it later turned out that the 1.5-ton payload dummy could not be launched into Earth orbit. Open / Comment

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2021-10-26 15:03:11 The Five Cities Of The Future

Futuristic design, technological solutions, green spaces - what else will the cities of the near future be like? We've collected real-life examples from all over the world, from Japan to Brazil. Open / Comment

2021-10-26 08:13:02 Daily innovation: - marqeta.com

The main idea - building the virtual credit card toolset for Chase, Square, Uber, and other companies.

Since its inception in 2010, Marqeta has been constructing a sophisticated infrastructure for credit card issuance. Marqeta's infrastructure, which facilitates the creation of "tokenized" cards that can be deployed in real time via digital wallets, is being used by everyone from Square to JPMorgan Chase to Uber (for example, Marqeta can issue a virtual card to cover the cost of car repairs, moments after an insurer approves a claim). Goldman Sachs, Visa, and Mastercard are among the business's backers, and the company is purportedly contemplating an IPO with a $10 billion value. Open / Comment

2021-10-25 09:07:50 Daily innovation: - astroscale.com

The main idea - Astroscale has signed an agreement with MHI and the Japanese government.

Astroscale has signed two agreements, namely:

1. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Partnership Agreement. Its subject will be the joint development of means of cleaning near-Earth space from space debris.

2. Agreement with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Under its terms, the company will receive three-year support for the project, which is associated with the creation of robotic manipulators and related technologies. Open / Comment

2021-10-24 15:25:28 Daily innovation: - leolabs.space

The main idea - LeoLabs expands the European radar network.

LeoLabs has announced its plans according to which it will create a radar installation on the territory of the Azores. The date of commissioning of this facility is 2022.

As an advantage for placing the S-Band radar in this location, the possibility of working over the territories of the North Atlantic and Europe is named. Since the new radar will allow tracking space debris with dimensions up to 2 centimeters, it will also contribute to the implementation of the company's plans for tracking small near-Earth objects. Open / Comment