WEF | Top Stories of the Week

WEF | Top Stories of the Week

0:15 Solar powered car drives 1000kms - The Sunswift 7 weighs just 500kg. A team at UNSW Sydney designed and built the car.
1:32 3D printed bionic arms - Founded in Tunisia, Cure Bionics 3D-printed prosthetics are lightweight and muscle-controlled. They can be attached without surgical intervention and are charged wirelessly by solar power. The arms can be printed and ready within a week at the cost of just $3,000.
Cure Bionics’ arms are available for children with limb differences aged 8+. VR training programme helps patients learn to use their arms even before it’s made. In spring 2023, it’s releasing a public version.
3:17 Geneva introduces driverless buses - 15 self-driving minibuses will be deployed in 2025.
4:55 Implants restore vision to blind people - The implants were given to 20 people by scientists at Sweden’s Linköping University and LinkoCare Life Sciences. 14 were blind and 6 were on the verge of losing their sight. After 2 years, none of them were blind.“