
Getting to the airport without delay, choosing the fastest-moving queue at security and taking the quickest route to your gate may soon be par for the course for airline travellers thanks to technology that uses personalised data and crowd simulations to streamline people’s journeys from their home to the gate.
Europe currently lags behind the US when it comes to the number of start-up companies valued at more than USD 1 billion, known as unicorns.
As part of a move to stimulate funding for innovative companies, the EU has earmarked EUR 3 billion under its Horizon 2020 research funding programme for high-tech small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in the EU or associated countries.
The funding is designed to help businesses ready their innovative products or services for the global market, creating European jobs. Continue reading “Long airport queues could soon be a thing of the past”