Rising investment in UK climate tech development
INTERNATIONAL investment into UK climate tech companies risen from $4m in 2021 to $7.5bn this year — and the figure could rise to £20bn...
NFTs are down — as are sports stars who bought them
AMERICAN football wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr holds the dubious distinction of being the athlete who has lost the most money on NFTs.
Following the...
Prospecting goes orbital with satellite tech
A UK SATELLITE firm has won a multi-million-pound customer contract to construct a remote-sensing prospecting satellite.
Exobotics will design, manufacture, and test a CubeSat satellite...
AI at the easel: Can machines make art?
By REESE JONES
THE ART community took a jolt when an “artbot” won first place at a Colorado State Fair competition in August.
Jason Allen admitted...
Media and emissions link: new ground broken
SINCE 2019, communications company dentsu has been working with the University of Bristol, the BBC, Sky, Netflix and ITV to calculate the greenhouse gas...
A much-Googled question: ‘What is an NFT?’
By HAL WILLIAMS
IT’S SOMETHING BV asked as well (see Winter 2021/22 issue) — but global interest and ignorance have not been erased by our...
SpaceX launch for British climate satellite programme
BRITISH Earth-observation company Satellite Vu has signed another SpaceX launch contract for further thermal data collection.
Its mid-wave infrared (MWIR) imaging satellite will be launched...
Is your business metaverse-ready..?
By PETER GOULD
The long awaited New Normal brings with it challenges and changes that are having immediate and profound effects on business.
Many industries were...
Dirty rotten plastic? Biodegradable film cuts pollution and costs
A new Spanish firm hopes to end agricultural plastic waste with an environmentally friendly product. HAL WILLIAMS speaks to the founders…
PLASTIC is pretty much...
Sustainable manufacturing: Three UK businesses working to net-zero
By DAVID TAYLOR
The UK government is working towards its pledge to reduce carbon emissions and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
It has presented a ten-point...