Third Wave Venture Capital Funding, Global Cities & Industry 5.0
The Rise of the Rest (of the World)
We are entering a “third wave” of venture capital funding in tech companies:
The first wave of tech startups were the original gateways to the internet, like AOL and Netscape.
The second wave consisted of social media companies like Facebook and Twitter.
The third wave, according to the report, will be defined by sophisticated “deep tech” firms, specializing in fields such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, as well as companies that solve real-world problems like Uber and Airbnb.
Manufacturing gets personal in Industry 5.0
Industry 4.0 is the bringing together of robots, interconnected devices and fast networks of data within a factory environment.
Collaborative robots or cobots will be a key part of Industry 5.0 as humans work side by side with robots to deliver value-added tasks.
Japan researchers invent super-thin, wearable organic solar cell patches
A group of Japanese researchers has developed a super-thin organic solar cell that can be heat-printed onto clothes just like a T-shirt design.
How the Environment Has Changed Since the First Earth Day
When the first Earth Day was held in 1970, pesticides were killing bald eagles, and soot was darkening the sky. Now, habitat loss and climate change are imperiling the planet.
$500 million investments via Didi into bike sharing, Tencent buying access to high-speed rail WiFi, and cell phone rentals becoming big business in China.