Peter Wennersten

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This 10-year-old coder is already so successful she's caught the attention of Google and Microsoft
Business Insider - Julie Bort
• 10-year-old Samaira Mehta has become a kid coder to watch in Silicon Valley. • When she was just 8, she built a board game called CoderBunnyz to help teach other kids how to code. • The game earned national
This machine can make gallons of fresh drinking water right out of thin air
CNN - By Doug Criss, CNN
(CNN) — Machines designed by a California-based team can produce, in some cases, up to 300 gallons of fresh drinking water a day by pulling it straight from the air. And the team just won a $1.5 million
Next Steps In The Integration Of Artificial Intelligence And The Blockchain
Forbes - Rohan Pinto
Having worked in the cryptography space for over two decades, and having been an active participant in the cryptocurrency evolution since its inception, I take a deep interest in the subject. In particular,
Lithium Ion
Electric cars could use another big battery breakthrough — this CEO says he’s got it
The Verge - Sean O'Kane
Experts say solid-state batteries are still years away, but Henrik Fisker disagrees Elon Musk is well known for trying to disrupt old industries. He builds spacefaring rockets in-house and makes them dramatically
Slovenian startup’s electric motor design signals advance for self-driving cars
Digital Trends - Bruce Brown
Elaphe Propulsion Technologies recently introduced modular platforms for autonomous vehicles. The Slovenia-based company has manufactured electric …
This humble Australian bee is helping to disrupt the plastics industry
theage.com.au - Esther Han
"There are many types of plastics and we're looking at one type, but what we're working on has useful industrial properties ... and I believe it has …
This Machine Transforms Waste Into Walls
National Geographic
MagazinePlanet or Plastic? The portable Trashpresso is turning trash into building supplies. Forget Bitcoin. The hottest potential new currency lies in our trash bins, Arthur Huang says, and he’s built
Automakers Are Making Car Ownership Optional
WIRED - Caitlin Harrington
People seeking a set of wheels traditionally had two options: buy or lease. But the advent of ride hailing turned the next generation of drivers into …
Kubernetes and microservices: A developers’ movement to make the web faster, stable, and more open
VentureBeat - Chris O'Brien
The four years that William Morgan spent as an engineer at Twitter battling the Fail Whale gave him a painful view into what happens when a company’s rickety web infrastructure gets spread too thin. But
‘My job is to clean up the environment. China really wants to do that’
The Guardian - Jane Gleeson-White
Environmental lawyer James Thornton says China’s ‘ecological civilisation’ concept is the best response to the world’s environmental crisis James Thornton’s specialty is suing governments and corporations
An army of robots planned, designed, and built this 3-story house from the ground up
Mashable - Nikolay Nikolov
This 3D printed construction is on an entirely new level of automation. The DFAB House in Zurich is designed and built entirely by an army of robots …
Google is sharing its management tools with the world
Quartz - By Leah Fessler
Speaking at his alma mater in January, Sundar Pichai, Google’s low-profile CEO, revealed his key to effective management: “Let others succeed.” Enacting Pichai’s advice is easier said than done. But Google
This gadget can make you feel heat, cold, or even pain in virtual reality
Mashable - Yvette Tan
There's now another element to add to your VR experience. This startup has created a device that is meant to "drastically heighten" your VR game — by …
Apple is preparing for the death of the iPhone
businessinsider.com.au - Kif Leswing
The iPhone may be the most successful product of all time, selling over 1 billion units and making Apple the most valuable publicly traded company in …
Apple undercuts Facebook in the augmented reality platform war
TechCrunch - Josh Constine
Facebook may be the world’s most powerful app, but it’s still just an app on Apple’s operating system. Facebook’s grand vision for augmented reality was that it would make it easy for any developer to
Chemists have created a self-healing plastic that could increase the durability of vehicles
Mashable - Nikolay Nikolov
In a collaboration between Reading and Oxford University, chemists have created a polymer that can repair itself. They hope it can soon be used to …
Google Assistant
Is Microsoft following Google's lead on AI?
windowscentral.com
Nadella often says mobility is not about a single device but rather the mobility of a user's experiences across many devices supported by an …
If You Want to Glimpse the Power of AI, Play These Games
WIRED - Paul Sarconi
Google made one thing abundantly clear at this week's big I/O developer conference: It is an AI-first company now. The brass spent hours explaining …
Apple Exec Says Artificial Intelligence Will Help Humans Remember Every Memory — FORTUNE
apple.news - FORTUNE
Opening story… Click here if the story doesn’t open after a few seconds. Learn more about Apple News article The Apple logo on the facade of the new …
Seventeen jobs, five careers: learning in the age of automation
The Guardian - Max Opray
Online courses will help employees to upskill as redundancies sweep away jobs – but will universities be able to keep up? St Paul’s in Adelaide has changed plenty over the years. The bluestone facade,
Adidas unveils its gorgeous 3D-printed sneakers, the Futurecraft 4D
TNW - Mix
Sneaker manufacturers have been toying around with 3D printing for some time, but now Adidas wants to push the technology forth to the masses with its latest kicks – the Futurecraft 4D. The sneakers will
The smartphone is eventually going to die, and then things are going to get really crazy
businessinsider.com.au - Matt Weinberger
*This article was originally published in April, 2017. One day, not too soon — but still sooner than you think — the smartphone will all but vanish, …
7 Reasons To Be Excited About The Future of Work
medium.com - Michael Karnjanaprakorn
It’s up to us — human beings — to make sure we see these possibilities through to fruition. By 2030, millennials will make up 75% of the workforce. …
Smartphones to become pocket doctors after scientists discover camera flash and microphone can be used to diagnose illness
The Telegraph - By Sarah Knapton
Smartphones will soon become mobile laboratories which can monitor bone density, calculate red blood cell levels and even predict if an asthma attack is imminent. Scientists are repurposing the technology
Meet the Inventors Who Helped Put a Camera Phone in Everyone's Pocket
TIME - By Kate Samuelson
Next time you’re photographing your brunch, perhaps you should use the hashtag #Fossum. After all, if it hadn’t been for Eric Fossum you wouldn’t be …
Microsoft wants to crack the cancer code using artificial intelligence
TechCrunch - Sarah Buhr
Cancer is like a computer virus and can be ‘solved’ by cracking the code, according to Microsoft . The computer software company says its researchers are using artificial intelligence in a new healthcare
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Why Google’s New Phone Will Soon Be Irrelevant
Fortune - Howard Yu
Entering the hardware business is nothing unusual for an Internet giant like Google. But in launching its Pixel phone last week, Google (GOOG) is …
For first time, carbon nanotube transistors outperform silicon
scienmag.com - Scienmag
MADISON — For decades, scientists have tried to harness the unique properties of carbon nanotubes to create high-performance electronics that are …

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This 10-year-old coder is already so successful she's caught the attention of Google and Microsoft

This machine can make gallons of fresh drinking water right out of thin air

Next Steps In The Integration Of Artificial Intelligence And The Blockchain

Electric cars could use another big battery breakthrough — this CEO says he’s got it

Slovenian startup’s electric motor design signals advance for self-driving cars

This humble Australian bee is helping to disrupt the plastics industry

This Machine Transforms Waste Into Walls

Automakers Are Making Car Ownership Optional

Kubernetes and microservices: A developers’ movement to make the web faster, stable, and more open

‘My job is to clean up the environment. China really wants to do that’

An army of robots planned, designed, and built this 3-story house from the ground up

Google is sharing its management tools with the world

This gadget can make you feel heat, cold, or even pain in virtual reality

Apple is preparing for the death of the iPhone

Apple undercuts Facebook in the augmented reality platform war

Chemists have created a self-healing plastic that could increase the durability of vehicles

Is Microsoft following Google's lead on AI?

If You Want to Glimpse the Power of AI, Play These Games

Apple Exec Says Artificial Intelligence Will Help Humans Remember Every Memory — FORTUNE

Seventeen jobs, five careers: learning in the age of automation

Adidas unveils its gorgeous 3D-printed sneakers, the Futurecraft 4D

The smartphone is eventually going to die, and then things are going to get really crazy

7 Reasons To Be Excited About The Future of Work

Smartphones to become pocket doctors after scientists discover camera flash and microphone can be used to diagnose illness

Meet the Inventors Who Helped Put a Camera Phone in Everyone's Pocket

Microsoft wants to crack the cancer code using artificial intelligence

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Why Google’s New Phone Will Soon Be Irrelevant

For first time, carbon nanotube transistors outperform silicon