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3 Stories of How the Hotel Industry Is Innovating During COVID-19 [Amplify Friday]

The hotel industry is comprised of managers, directors of purchasing, maintenance technicians, engineers, architects, and more, who have had to adjust to COVID-19. Here's how hotels are coping, pivoting, and changing.

Designers Unveil Plans for Cliffside City on Mars

ABIBOO partnered with the multidisciplinary community of scientists SOnet (Sustainable Offworld Network) to ensure its plans for the Martian settlement—dubbed Nüwa—are realistic.

Virtual Car Showrooms Allow Customers to Explore, Purchase Vehicles from Home

The future of car sales is becoming increasingly virtual.

Future of AI Hinges on "Distinction Between Automation and Augmentation," Says Accenture CTO

“We're at a moment of truth now, where you really have to get digital transformation right to secure the right future,” says Paul Daugherty, Accenture CTO and Group Chief Executive of Technology and co-author of Human Plus Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI, on the latest episode of the Thomas Industry Update Podcast.

Does Your Product Improvement Process Include Field Service Data?

Continuous improvement processes can follow two distinct paths: Internal productivity improvement or external customer value creation. Since both approaches will yield big benefits, it is not advisable to choose between both outcomes, yet many companies inadvertently make the choice every day.

Shipping, Data Privacy Are Major Themes in Latest PE Investments [Thomas M&A Tracker]

Each week the Thomas team tracks merger and acquisition (M&A) activity across the industrial space to stay aware of the investments, partnerships, and other business deals shaping the future of the industrial landscape.

9 Industry Updates You Need to Know This Week [60-second Read]

Industry Updates from the first tattoo drawn by a robotic arm to Peloton investing $400 million in first U.S. factory.

Growing Human Cells on Irish Soda Bread May Not Be a Half-Baked Idea

Discover how the 2020 baking frenzy contributed to the findings of growing human cells on Irish soda bread.

Ford Plans for All Passenger Vehicles Sold in Europe To Be Electric by 2030

Ford has announced a commitment to an all-electric future for its passenger vehicles sold in Europe by 2030.

Secret Biofuel Formula Makes Delivering Small Payloads to Space Sustainable

The world’s first rocket powered by biofuel has successfully flown 4,000 feet into the air before parachuting back to Earth, with the whole operation lasting one-and-a-half minutes.