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The long road to scale for surgical robotics
Surgical robotics is scaling through evidence and institutional adoption. Explore targets, global procedure growth, and the future of robotic surgery.
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Startups: Find an investor who understands your business
When we interviewed William Bao Bean (General Partner at SOSV and Managing Director of Orbit Startups), we asked what makes a good match between an investor and a startup. He said: “For us the number one driver is ‘Can we be helpful?’” Orbit’s approach to selecting investments isn’t
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What does a Space Architect do on Earth?
Have you ever met a Space Architect? Let us introduce you to #LEAP23 keynote speaker Phnam Bagley (Space Architect at Nonfiction Design). Nonfiction is a creative studio that turns science fiction into reality, blending space architecture with Earth-based design and facilitating a future in which the world around us is…
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What makes you feel like flying?
Our weekly pick of thought-provoking insights from some of the most innovative names in tech – right here in your inbox. subscribe This week we’re quoting… Elnaz Sarraf (Founder and CEO at ROYBI Robot) What Sarraf said: “I am a person who gets excited even for small things in the
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An AI-powered robot for education and empowerment
We interviewed #LEAP23 speaker Elnaz Sarraf (Founder and CEO at ROYBI Robot) to learn how she came up with her life-changing product (clue: it started with sketches on paper in her bedroom), and how she navigated the journey from the seed of an idea, to raising funding of $4.2
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Fintech: it’s a force for evolution
“…under one roof (an unfathomably big roof) we have smart energy, smart cities, and health tech bumping into fintech tech. LEAP 2023 afforded me the chance to talk with others from around the world, in different industries, about that intersectionality of smart data use cases in an open framework; a
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The tech behind your favourite movies
We’re lucky: we get to interview some of the most interesting names in tech, and the ideas they share serve as a constant source of thought-provoking inspiration. So we share some of that inspiration with you every week, here in your inbox. subscribe This week we’re quoting… Ioana
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Never underestimate the power of stories in tech
“I just don’t understand technology. It’s too complicated, it’s not my thing. When the conversation turns to new tech, I switch off.” Have you ever heard people who don’t work in tech say things like this? Being a self-identifying technophobe is a really common way for
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How tech can diversify food production (+increase security)
A little while back we interviewed #LEAP23 keynote speaker Arnavaz Schatten (Director of Sustainability at Infarm) to get the lowdown on her work in vertical farming and sustainability. Schatten said: “…the idea behind vertical farming is not to replace traditional agriculture – it’s to supplement and improve it, make it