Tech innovations and Startups

Mobility & Transportation
Tesla introduces emergency escape feature that lets drivers leave with charging cable attached
Tesla's new Emergency Drive Away feature allows drivers to escape dangerous situations at Superchargers without unplugging, but using it could cause thousands of dollars in damage.
Paolo Travisi•9 October 2026

Water
Goodbye purified water: New membranes bring…
German researchers have developed new membranes designed to produce green hydrogen directly…
Stefania Del Bianco•9 October 2026

Mobility & Transportation
AI could help cities tackle traffic…
Researchers are combining artificial intelligence, geospatial mapping and clustering techniques to predict…
Paolo Travisi•30 September 2026

Tech innovations and Startups
Fuel cell electric trucks: Volvo Trucks showcases new zero-emissions truck
The company expands its range of environmentally friendly trucks by testing fuel cells. The technology will…
28 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
New polymers to print large area organic solar cells
A Korean research group has created special polymer additives that can prevent the degradation of organic…
28 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
AIoT, when Artificial Intelligence rules the IoT in smart cities
The smart city of tomorrow will be able to learn independently, managing its resources, security and…
22 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
A textile filter transformed into carbon capture
An American study has developed a textile filter carbon capture from gas and air mixtures through…
21 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Plastic Upcycling, what if 3D printing uses waste?
Developed a plastic upcycling approach that adds value to waste for reuse in additive manufacturing or…
20 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
PET Recycling: from the cemetery in Leipzig, the super-efficient plastic-eating enzyme
Within 16 hours, PHL7 decomposed PET at 90%, while its rival LCC - the most performing…
17 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Plastic recycling: studied the super worms that can digest polystyrene
A group of researchers from the University of Queensland found that the larvae of the Zophobas…
15 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
The first gas turbine-powered by 100% pure hydrogen
Researchers at the University of Stavanger have managed to operate their small cogeneration plant using hydrogen…
14 June 2022

Water
Underwater solar cells to produce “direct” green hydrogen
Created a solar cell photogenerator based on bismuth oxyiodide that, immersed in water, is able to…
13 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Hydrogen generator with portable cartridges, Toyota is ready for the future
The Japanese company together with its subsidiary Woven Planet has developed a transport technology, able to…
10 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Lightweight photovoltaic modules: Sharp brings efficiency to 32.65%
The Japanese company has achieved the highest conversion efficiency in the world with its new triple-junction…
9 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Shape-memory materials for ecological air conditioning
Energy efficient with no refrigerants harmful to the climate. It is the cooling technology with shape…

