COOL TECH Volanews

Chinese Baidu Gets Nod for Fully Driverless Vehicle Tests The permits will enable the Beijing-based technology firm to gradually reduce human intervention in test vehicles and eventually remove in-car safety drivers from its autonomous vehicle road tests.

by ChinaDaily

2020-12-09

INDIA Startups The ePlane Company

India's The ePlane Company Raises Seed Round from Speciale Invest The ePlane Company is building electric planes, which can be used for faster commute within cities at a similar price to road taxi and can also be used for moving cargo in remote and rural areas.

by YourStory

2020-12-04

CHINA COOL TECH Robotic Spacecraft

Chinese Chang'e 5 Sets Out to Collect Moon Samples in Landmark Mission If the Chang'e 5 mission ends successfully, it will become China's first space activity to retrieve extraterrestrial substance and also will make China the third nation in the world to bring lunar samples back after the United States and the former Soviet Union.

by ChinaDaily

2020-11-24

CHINA GIANT OPPO

Oppo X 2021 Unveiled as The World’s First Smartphone Concept with An Extending Display Furthermore, the company also added a custom made laminate for the screen for additional protection.

by GizmoChina

2020-11-18

CHINA COOL TECH SELF-DRIVING

China Wants Self-Driving Tech in Half of New Cars by 2025 China in 2017 called for level 2 and 3 vehicles to make up 25% of new-car sales in the world’s largest auto market by 2025.

by KrAsia

2020-11-13

CHINA Startups Pony.ai

Toyota-Backed Self-Driving Startup Pony.ai Raises $267m Led by OTPP at $5.3b Valuation Fremont-based Pony.ai plans to use the funding to develop technology and expand its fleet.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-11-09

CHINA Startups Inceptio

Chinese Autonomous Truck Startup Inceptio Raises $120m from CATL, Others Inceptio is now focusing on level 3 autonomous technologies, which refer to drivers being able to turn their attention away from driving tasks but still requires them to respond immediately in some scenarios.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-11-09

CHINA GIANT BAIDU

Baidu Rolls Out Apollo Go Robotaxi Service for Free in Beijing Baidu allowed people to reserve rides for its robotaxi service in Beijing to test a fleet of 40 vehicles, after registering nearly 519,000 kilometers of road testing in the capital city.

by KrAsia

2020-10-13

ISRAEL Startups Weebit Nano Ltd

Israeli Memory Technology Developer Weebit Nano Raises $9.1 Million Weebit already has two commercial collaborations with XTX and SiEn, both Chinese companies, designed to test the integration of its technology with other products.

by CalcalisTech

2020-08-24

INDIA Startups Pixxel

India's Space Tech Startup Pixxel Raises $5M Seed Funding from Blume, Growx, And Lightspeed The microsatellites Pixxel is manufacturing are very compact, not more than the size of a mini-refrigerator (weight close to 15 kg).

by YourStory

2020-08-20

ISRAEL Startups MeaTech

‘Project Carpaccio’ A Success, Declares Israeli Meat-Printing Startup As part of the experiment, dubbed “Project Carpaccio,” MeaTech researchers were able to print a thin slice of meat consisting of muscle and fat cells extracted from stem cells.

by CalcalisTech

2020-08-18

CHINA Mars Mission Tianwen-1

China Successfully Launches First Mars Mission China's first Mars mission is named Tianwen-1, which means Questions to Heaven and comes from a poem written by Qu Yuan (about 340-278 BC), one of the greatest poets of ancient China.

by Xinhuanet

2020-07-24

ISRAEL Startups RealView Imaging

Israeli Medtech Startup RealView Imaging Raises $10 Million for Medical Holograms System RealView Imaging developed a medical hologram system that creates 3D volumetric holograms from real time medical imaging data.

by CalcalisTech

2020-07-23

ISRAEL Startups Alt-steak

An Israeli Startup Wants To 3D-Print Meatless Steaks Created using its patent-pending 3D meat printing technology, the company claims their meatless steaks have the flavor, texture, and appearance of a 'real' beef steak.

by CalcalisTech

2020-07-03

CHINA Startups 4D

China's Design Software Developer 4D ShoeTech Raises USD 14 Million in Series A+ New funds will be used to expand the company’s 3D modelling and rendering technologies to other products.

by KrAsia

2020-06-29

CHINA COOL TECH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM

China Launches Last BDS Satellite to Complete Global Navigation Constellation China launched the last satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) on Tuesday, marking the completion of the deployment of its own global navigation system.

by Xinhuanet

2020-06-24

SINGAPORE Startups Quantum Computing

Singapore's Horizon Quantum Raises US$3.2M to Make Quantum Computing Accessible to Every Developer Investors are Sequoia India, SGInnovate, Abies Ventures, DCVC, Qubit Protocol, Summer Capital and Posa CV.

by e27

2020-06-23

CHINA COOL TECH 3D Print

China Makes Its First 3D-Printed Objects in Space The achievement paves way for astronauts in China’s first permanent space station to create their own tools and spare parts on demand.

by KrAsia

2020-05-11

ISRAEL COOL TECH 3D Print

Israel-based 3D printer Startup Nanofabrica Raises $4 Million Led by Microsoft Venture Arm Tel Aviv-based startup uses optical technology to enable 3D printing of precision parts for electronic, semiconductor, medical products.

by TimesOfIsrael

2020-05-11

ISRAEL Startups COOL TECH

Israeli Nanotech Startup Gauzy Raises $10 Million in Series C Round led by Hyundai Gauzy’s CEO Eyal Peso said, “Our technology’s first use will be in windshields. Some manufacturers will offer a sunroof using our technology and others will make it available as a luxury add-on.”

by CalcalisTech

2020-04-26