What’s the Deal: Lithium-ion Battery vs. Sodium-ion Battery?

On July 29th, 2021, China’s CATL unveiled a lithium-free Sodium-ion Battery, which according to the Company could disrupt the current battery landscape. What does this mean, and, more specifically, what does this mean for the lithium-ion battery? There are two most probable development trajectories: Na-ion battery will eventually ‘replace’ the Li-ion battery or Na-ion battery …

The importance of R&D in the EV battery industry

The battery industry never stands still. Even after over 20 years in this industry the speed of innovation still has the ability to take my breath away. So the message is simple. If you want to be at the forefront of the battery industry, relentless development is essential. At Britishvolt the headline mission is to …

New Battery Technology Is Accelerating Autonomy And Saving The Environment

If the robotics world had a celebrity it would be Spot Mini of Boston Dynamics. Last month at the Robotics Summit in Boston the mechanical dog strutted onto the floor of the Westin Hotel trailed by hundreds of flickering iPhones. Marc Raibert first unveiled his metal menagerie almost a decade ago with a video of …

What’s Hot or Not for Food & Farm tech in 2022?

Cellular Meats, the Metaverse, Vertical farming, Sustainability, Digital farms, China & Covid-19. Aliens visiting our planet could be excused for questioning our sanity. The divergence between what the inhabitants of the Earth say what is important, and how we actually behave, has never been greater. We are more global than ever before, but also more …

What is Farm Automation in Agriculture?

The importance of farming and agriculture is as old as time. While newer techniques make it possible to improve the quality and quantity of harvests, farmers still need better ways to maximize their efforts. Working under the sun can take a toll in more ways than one, but with the help of transformative technologies, even …

Future impact of IoE and IoT on AgriTech and Smart Farming

With the growing adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), connected devices have appeared in every aspect of our life, from health and fitness, home automation, automotive and logistics, to smart cities and industrial IoT. Its logical that eventually that IoT, connected devices, and automation would find its application in agriculture, and as is often …

The Future of Legal Tech

Where Investors See Potential for Growth in the Industry Billions of dollars are being invested into the legal industry, particularly in technology, but where is the money going? The Business Insider recently interviewed investors at well-known private equity firms to see just where they are putting their money and where they see the most significant …

Lawyers Think Robots Will Never Replace Them. Here’s Why They May Be Wrong

Over the years, machines have replaced humans to handle predictable tasks. Tasks like collecting money at toll booths, managing customer service calls, and even vacuuming your living room floor can now be completed by a machine. But so far, machines have left humans to take on unpredictable tasks that require creativity, problem-solving, and intuition based …

How Data Visualisation Can Support Legal Sector

The legal industry has not fully embrace the potential of legal data. Legal data represents various data included in different sources of law, from legal theory data to data generated through legal practice. Legal documents, legal knowledge base, spreadsheets, billing systems, policies, emails and external data sources such as case law and legislation are stored …

Virtual Reality: the implications at home and at work

VR is no longer a niche platform – it’s reasonably-priced consumer technology that’s available to everyone. Odds are that you’ve tried it at some point, like me in arcades in the early 90’s – with low-polygon, transparent shapes and bare vistas, housed in enormous fixed, wired pods, or more recently with cheap solutions like Google …