Concept: Swiss startup Flyability has launched an indoor drone Elios 2 RAD that is equipped with radiation sensors for conducting inspections at nuclear plants. The drones are used to help maintain low radiation levels for workers at the nuclear facility. Nature of Disruption: The Elios 2 RAD comes equipped with an energy compensated Geiger-Muller detector. …

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Concept: Beligum Nuclear Research Center SCK CEN and the Belgian aeronautical firm Sabca have developed drones that carry out radiological measurements. The drones are used as a part of a monitoring program or during decommissioning projects or emergency planning to do radiation monitoring without any human involvement. Nature of Disruption: The drone is fitted with …

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Concept: Indian AI-solutions startup Cognecto has launched Cognecto Machine Link, a custom-built fleet management solution for mining, material handling, construction, and logistics. It enables fleet owners to retrofit new and aged equipment with IoT sensors. Nature of Disruption: The Cognecto Machine Link solution comes with the inbuilt capabilities of IoT devices. It integrates tire pressure …

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Concept: Indiana’s environmental solutions provider Land Betterment Corporation (Land Betterment) has released Land Betterment Exchange (LBX) Crypto Token. The Environmentally Positive LBX Token aims to boost environmental cleanup by upcycling old coal mining and industrial locations to foster sustainable community development and employment creation. Nature of Disruption: The LBX Crypto Token is an ERC-20 utility-based …

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Concept: Uber has launched a new service called Uber Green that allows passengers in central London to request an all-electric, zero-emission vehicle rather than a regular fossil-fuelled or hybrid car. The service was launched to help reduce emissions and drive a green recovery to the COVID-19 crisis. Nature of Disruption: In London, passengers booking within Zone 1 can book …

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Concept: Data warehousing giant Snowflake has released its first industry-specific data cloud. It aims to aid the financial services industry to collaborate across departments on data while addressing regulatory standards. Nature of Disruption: An infrastructure-as-code approach to powering auditable, trackable, and reversible infrastructure deployment and management; stricter network, identity, and access policies designed to spot …

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Concept: Germany’s software engineering company GFT and British core banking startup Thought Machine has launched cloud-based virtual banking solution BankLite. The solution can help clients to create and deploy a cloud-based digital bank quickly. Nature of Disruption: BankLite is a fully modular system designed around Thought Machine’s cloud-native core banking engine, Vault, and uses AWS’s …

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Concept: The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun testing an autonomous robot called DAEDALUS (Descent And Exploration in Deep Autonomy of Lunar Underground Structures). It is designed to explore the depths of lunar caves and underground lava tubes on the Moon or other extraterrestrial domains such as asteroids or planets that require high autonomy. Nature …

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Concept: Researchers from Cleveland Clinic have developed a bionic arm for patients with upper-limb amputation. It allows the wearer to think, behave, and function like a person without amputation. Nature of Disruption: The bionic arm system developed has three main functions  – the intuitive feeling of opening and closing of the hand, intuitive motor control, …

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Concept: American software startup Oculli has launched AI-based high-resolution radar systems for autonomous systems. The company aims to improve the spatial resolution of radar sensors by up to 100 fold. Nature Disruption: Oculii’s Virtual Aperture Imaging software leverages AI to learn from the environment and adapt. It uses software intelligence to enhance sensitivity and resolution. …

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