by Warp Institute | Dec 20, 2021 | π‘ Innovation, π€ Robotics
Researchers at the University of California Riverside, UCR, have developed a new way of dealing with oil spills at sea. They have developed a kind of film that floats on water and is able to navigate – a floating robot in other words."Our motivation was to...
by Warp Institute | Dec 18, 2021 | β€οΈ Health Tech, π‘ Innovation
Physical exercise is good for staying healthy. There are studies that show that endurance and fitness training reduces the risk of obesity, lowers blood pressure, maintains brain functions, and more. Exercising is, thereby, one of the best ways to stay healthy, but...
by Warp Institute | Dec 17, 2021 | π‘ Innovation
Airtel Africa, one of the continent's leading providers of telecommunications and mobile money services, has launched the Airtel Money MasterCard virtual payment solution in Zambia. It enables the countries Airtel Money clients to make global e-commerce payments...
by Warp Institute | Dec 16, 2021 | β»οΈ Green Tech, π‘ Innovation
A startup called Notpla has created a new type of packaging made from plants and seaweed. While it looks like plastic, it was designed to replace plastic, and the name is actually short for “not plastic.” "Notpla is a seaweed-based, sustainable...
by Warp Institute | Dec 16, 2021 | β»οΈ Green Tech, π‘ Innovation
Being able to ship refrigerated goods without using ice or classical ice packs is what the researchers from UC Davis wished for. Now, they have created a substitute for regular ice that doesn’t melt, can be composted, is antimicrobial and it’s called...