VARRAM is a new smart robot and friend for your pets. The idea is to give pets company and keep them active at times when you are not with them. It makes sure they never feel alone. Research has found that more than 50% of all dogs and cats are overweight. VARRAM tries to address this by keeping your pet on the move in a playful manner. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-smart-robot-for-your-pet-varram?secret_perk_token=fad648e1#/
BioCarbon Engineering has come up with a new clever way of planting trees. Drones fire tree bullets into the ground at a precise location. They are driven by AI and are very accurate. The bullets are biodegradable containers with nutrient rich solution. These drones are expected to be able to plant 100,000 trees a day. https://www.biocarbonengineering.com/services
Three ideas from IdeaSpies were presented by Rachel Tate at the Ashurst March 2019 Boardroom Lunch. The idea receiving the most votes from directors was birth control for mosquitoes! This idea now goes to the final at the December Boardroom Lunch to select the top idea for the year. www.ideaspies.com/post/preventing-diseases-by-stopping-mosquitoes-reproduce/.
Walmart, the world's biggest brick-and-mortar retailer, is building out its e-commerce experience to better compete with Amazon. It has acquired Aspectiva, a startup out of Israel whose AI-based technology analyses user-generated content, like customers' product reviews, and combines it with a shopper's browsing behavior to make product suggestions to shoppers both online and in stores. https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/25/walmart-acquires-israels-aspectiva-which-analyses-ugc-to-recommend-products-to-shoppers/
Researchers from the University of Kansas have developed a new type of microfluidic lab-on-a-chip which is optimized for detecting exosomes, the tiny parcels of biological information that carry important instructions for tumor growth. In recent years, biologists have mapped exosome behavior to detect cancer. This new device significantly improves exosome detection. It can produce these microfluidic sensors in a cheaper, easier and faster way.. https://www.futurity.org/cancer-blood-lab-on-a-chip-1992392/
