by Warp Institute | May 1, 2020 | Health
By installing a kind of fuel cell in a thin flexible rubber material, researchers from Caltech in the US have created a new type of electronic skin . The biggest news with this e-skin is that it does not need any battery but can get all the necessary energy from the...
by Warp Institute | Apr 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, Robotics, Technology
Hospitals want to reduce the risk of staff being infected by COVID-19. The Robot Spot contributes to this. Thanks to him, healthcare personnel do not have to be in the same room as patients when it is to be decided if there is an infection.Brigham and Women’s...
by Warp Institute | Apr 29, 2020 | W.I.P., W.I.P. Free
WISDOM OF CROWDS, Part 1Wikipedia and democracy not only work – it works better. All thanks to what James Surowiecki calls the Wisdom of Crowds, in the book of the same title.Surowiecki opens the book with an example from 1906, when Francis Galton was given the...
by Warp Institute | Apr 29, 2020 | Energy, Environment, Optimistic Facts
“With Sweden going coal-free in the same week as Austria, the downward trajectory of coal in Europe is clear,” Europe Beyond Coal campaign director Kathrin Gutmann told PV Magazine. “Against the backdrop of the serious health challenges we are...
by Warp Institute | Apr 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, Robotics
Fairfax, Virginia is the latest city to partner with Starship Technologies, a company that makes small delivery robots and now operates a fleet of 20 in Fairfax, making deliveries from restaurants to anyone within a small radius, and bringing groceries to the elderly...
