Big mother is watching. This is the premise of Abuelita, Mexico’s newest surveillance app that harnesses the country’s vital abuela supply. In a nation dogged by security concerns and craving for more secure homes, Abuelita allows users to remain constantly vigilant by ensuring their property is monitored regularly by their neighbourhood abuelas that are frequently
A new drone startup has formed an AI engine so powerful that it can have anguished existential thoughts when soaring high above landscapes. Czech startup Nomore drew on their love of innovation and their inherent anxieties to form the first drone that overlooks extraordinary views from above yet harbours anxious, deeply-formed reflections about existence. What’s
You’re out with some friends at the cinema, you’re at home watching Netflix with your significant other. The flick has you completely immersed. Suddenly, something very strange happens. One of the characters in the movie says the title of the film in a witty line of dialogue, or at a major plot point. You turn
We’ve all seen them before — the circular, automated vacuums that bounce around homes cleaning carpets and entertaining cats. Rumbas were seen as futuristic back in the 70s, but as time progressed, we slowly saw them being purchased by cool friends, and people who considered themselves ahead of their time. Yet they stopped there. People
After having waded into contract law and being the basis of cryptocurrency, blockchain is now about to invade your local supermarket. Courtesy of Nutchain, India’s newest blockchain-based peanut company, the technology will now be used for the wholesale manufacture and export of peanuts. A relatively new entrant into the space, the launch of Nutchain this
We’ve all been there. We took the taxi home, made small talk with the driver, made sure to tip extra out of courtesy, and then watched as the blood drains from his face when we slammed the door violently shut. Reckless door slamming (or ‘RDS’ as it is called among thought leaders in this vertical)
Latam.tech introduces a new column today called Non-Starters: a dedication to terrible startup ideas that have no chance of getting off the ground. At a time when fake news has begun to dominate the headlines, Latam.tech has decided that if we can’t beat ‘em, we might as well join them. The result is ‘Non-Starters’, a