Transhumanism

• [New] H-vision will allow the development of a hydrogen economy in Rotterdam, supporting the energy transition required to address current emissions. / Clean Air Task Force
• [New] Automated lane-keeping systems could be allowed for the first time in the UK but will be limited at first to 37 mph (60 km/h), before possibly rising to 70 mph (112 km/h) at a later date. / WhichCar
• The ongoing disruptions led corporations and law firms to leverage the changes occurring in the UK legal market throughout the year, giving law firms the c h ance to re-evaluate how they conduct business to best meet the demands of the altered legal landscape. / The Global Legal Post
• In recent months, H&M, Nike, Burberry and Adidas have said they will no longer source cotton from China's Xinjiang region after reports that minority Uighurs were being used as forced labor to pick cotton. / Wunderman Thompson Intelligence
• The news comes as fashion giants H&M and Nike face a consumer backlash in China after pledging not to source cotton from Xinjiang over fears about the use of forced labour by incarcerated Uyghur Muslims. / Ecotextile News
• With the optional DRIVE PILOT, the EQS will be able to drive in conditionally automated mode at up to 60 km/h where traffic density is high or in tailbacks on suitable motorway sections, initially in Germany. / Auto Connected Car News
• Providing the carbon capture equipment and membrane technology for filtering out the GHGs released should provide a business opportunity for machinery makers of $5 billion to $7 billion per year by 2050. / BCG Global
• The next development phase for C-H 2 will include further engineering and design work in parallel with prototype testing, with the target for ABS full design class approvals in the 1 H 2022. / Green Car Congress
• It will allow H&M to gradually diversify its supply chain and create alternatives to the use of cotton in light of the growing media coverage of the alleged exploitation of cotton workers in the Xinjiang region of China. / Mintel
• In the next five years, GWM will focus on fuel cell system to strive for high power (> 200 kW), high efficiency, high temperature, high durability (> 20,000 h), and high interconnection (new energy + intelligent network). / Green Car Congress
• The Chinese people will not allow some foreign companies to eat Chinese food and smash Chinese bowls. / The Economist
• The Salzgitter operation will produce unified cells at up to 40 GW-h per year for high-volume segments from 2025 and develop process, design, and chemistry innovations. / Futurride.com
• China has no interest to look ugly in the world's eyes with companies such as Nike and Adidas invested in the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022. / WSJ
• In the short term, Saudi Arabia could have a competitive edge in delivering low-cost decarbonised materials made with blue hydrogen, such as ammonia, steel, glass, and fertilisers. / Energy Post
• Kroger will still require any employees and customers to wear masks until all grocery workers have access to the COVID-19 vaccine. / Insurance Journal
• In 2021, we expect the Biden Administration to implement new approaches and ideas, ones that could propel certain themes, including infrastructure development, climate mitigation, and cannabis deregulation, as well as potentially reinvigorate domestic and international economic activity. / ETF Trends
• Using AP-MALDI-MSI, we could colocalize the cyanobacterial colonies with a metabolite with the sum formula C 17 H 6 Br 5 N 3, which was not detectable in laboratory cultures by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS). / Science
• Foreign workers requiring H-1B extensions could find an employer no longer able to retain them in the U.S. because of higher wage requirements. / Silicon Valley
• Critics of the visa system fear that the Biden administration will relax Trump's policies, leading to a higher approval rate for H-1B applications. / Dice Insights
• Japan's Space Basic Plan published by the Cabinet Office the H3 will completely replace the older H-IIA and H-IIB rockets after 2023. / SpaceNews
• To ensure that women are not left behind, the H&M Foundation has initiated a long-term project to equip female garment workers in Bangladesh for a future where their work will be defined by automation and digitalization, to save jobs, and to create new job opportunities. / FSG

Last updated: 09 May 2021