Robots are increasingly finding their way into the workforce in a variety of sectors
Kentaro Yoshifuji of OryLab is one of a number of entrepreneurs experimenting in the avatar robot field
Yohsifuji believes robots can help people with physical disabilities participate more in society
Because of his work, Insider named Yoshifuji to our annual list of the 10 leaders transforming healthcare in Asia
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This summer a different kind of restaurant is expecting to open its doors to customers in Tokyo. Unlike regular eateries, patrons at the Dawn Avatar Robot Café will be served by an unusual waiting staff – fully functional 120 centimeter-tall robots.
Why Europe is leading the way in plant-based food innovation Oatly
More than 20% of food launches in the UK in 2020 were vegan, compared to 11% in the US, according to data from Mintel.
European consumers have a better understanding of the climate crisis, Oatly CMO John Schoolcraft said.
Because of his work, Insider named Schoolcraft to our annual list of the 10 leaders transforming retail in Europe.
The vegan food market is booming – but this growth doesn t occur evenly across the world.
More than 20% of food launches in the UK in 2020 were vegan, according to data from Mintel s Global New Products Database (GNPD), making it the world leader.
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Hydrogen plays an important role in combatting climate change but its production still has a way to go.
Industries must integrate new technologies into our energy systems and economies to achieve a zero-carbon future.
This article is part of Changemakers Playbook, a series that looks at innovation across different industries.
Hydrogen has a crucial role to play in decarbonization. How can we make it happen?
The race to net zero is on, and taking part is no longer optional, meaning we have no choice but to explore new technologies and integrate them into our energy systems and economies.
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It kills 7 million people a year and causes diseases including lung cancer and pneumonia.
Peter Sänger, a horticulturist turned entrepreneur, founded Green City Solutions to develop solutions to the problem that combine technology and sustainability.
This article is part of Changemakers Playbook, a series that looks at innovation across different industries.
What if a city bench could provide a place not just to sit but also to breathe a little easier? That s the idea behind CityTree, a 14-foot-high moss-covered, energy-efficient bench and air purifier that is popping up in cities throughout Europe and Asia. The ingenious piece of urban furniture uses the natural ability of living moss to bind with fine particles and remove them from the air up to 82% of them and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to measure and adjust its performance in real time.
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The term digital transformation has become so ubiquitous that it can mean almost any change from a manual process to an electronic one. But why do we have to think of change in terms of digital transformation? Few would argue that replacing an inefficient manual task with automation is a transformation. However, I think of change in terms of innovation, in terms of altering how we do something or the way we behave in terms of disrupting an ecosystem. Innovation isn t just automating processes that already exist, but rather applying technology to solve a problem in a different way.
In my view, one of the best ways organizations can approach a given problem space is by leveraging the myriad of data they collect every day. Data analytics comes to mind, of course crunching a sea of data to find correlations and insights we can use to make a process better. How then do we decide what to do with those insights? You develop and train machine learning (ML) models to make more accur