With Smart Fingerprints that use artificial intelligence and blockchain-enabled technology, a product label can now help consumers to identify and verify its quality just by using their smartphone’s web browser. The codes are built to provide unique and transparent information related to the production process, product traceability and authenticity. No two identical looking products share the same fingerprint -and unlike QR codes, these are scam and virus-free. The Australian technology company is now looking for investors to scale up. Read more: http://www.laava.id

After 2+ years of research and development, Spotify kids is launching. They're starting with a Beta test in Ireland before looking to scale it out. The vision is to create an entirely new generation of music listeners. https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/30/spotify-launches-a-dedicated-kids-app-for-premium-family-subscribers/

Hearts created from stem cells could make transplants obsolete. Australia has developed a human heart using a 3-D process developed by Israeli scientists. The prototype is the size of a rabbit heart with blood vessels, ventricles and chambers. It did not have a heart beat however scientists believe the new heart replacement process will make heart transplants obsolete. https://neweconomy.media/2019/07/22/hearts-created-from-stem-cells-could-make-transplants-obsolete/

Electric vehicle owners may soon be able to fully charge their cars in as little as 10 minutes, thanks to a new design that heats the battery to increase the reaction rate.A current major barrier to the uptake of electric cars is the length of time it takes to charge the battery compared with filling a car with petrol.https://www.newscientist.com/article/2221740-electric-cars-could-charge-in-10-minutes-with-a-new-kind-of-battery/

MIT engineers have created a new way to efficiently remove carbon dioxide from the air. The system can be developed commercially at low cost and has many potential applications. While there are alternative ways to remove carbon dioxide from gas, they typically only work well on carbon dioxide levels significantly higher than atmospheric concentrations and require lengthy chemical processes to ultimately remove the carbon dioxide. www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/10/30/mit-engineers-develop-battery-that-can-remove-carbon-dioxide-from-air/

Halloween -a stimulus for a lot of creative ideas, decorations and parades.