World Future Awards Recognizes Wolt for Contributing to the Food Delivery Market

The digital age has brought many new benefits to mankind, and a new approach to fast product delivery is one of them. The desire to make ordering and delivery as convenient, fast and inexpensive as possible leads to innovations that create new infrastructure for commerce and make cities more livable for existing and future generations. This is exactly the path chosen by Wolt, which for seven years has been reinventing urban delivery, making life more comfortable and happier for everyone involved in the process. The new delivery experience offered by Wolt has received international recognition, and this year, the World Future Awards research team named it the winner in the category of Food Logistics & Delivery.

World Future Awards is a global award selecting, recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the best products, software, and services that will transform the global economy and define the landscape of the future. The organization researches inventions across all categories, including technology, beauty, health care, food, home, and entertainment, that are making the world better, smarter or even a bit more fun.

Buying products is something that everyone faces in their daily lives. By streamlining this process and reducing the time and resources spent on it, Wolt is having a positive impact on the lives of many people in a number of cities and countries. The company has created a platform that is already an effective solution for local commerce and is making a significant contribution to the development of this market in the future.

Wolt is a technology company founded in 2015 that created an innovative platform designed to change the lives of customers, merchants, and couriers for the better. Wolt started in Helsinki, a region where, for a variety of reasons, food delivery services had little promise. However, the new platform combined several technologies, including local logistics, software for retail and financial solutions, marketing strategies, and more, to automate all processes and balance work at all stages of delivery. This allowed us to set up a super-efficient sustainable operation, providing an average delivery time of up to 30-35 minutes.

Over the following years, the activities of Wolt have expanded far beyond Finland, and today the company’s services are used in 250 cities across 23 countries. Wolt’s user-friendly application ensures efficient interaction between restaurants and retailers, couriers, and customers. This, in turn, contributes to stable business development, earning couriers, and enabling customers to quickly enjoy great products and save their precious time.

Banyan Security Wins World Future Awards as Best Next Generation Cybersecurity

Online security has been a key issue for all Internet users for many years. The COVID-19 pandemic and the mass migration of enterprise employees to remote working has increased the importance of finding new ways to ensure secure access to corporate networks. Banyan Security’s user-friendly and effective solution has provided an extremely timely and relevant approach to secure connections in the volatile environment of online workspaces. This flexible and functional platform was recognized by numerous businesses and developers, and the World Future Awards research team cemented its success by naming Banyan Security this year’s winner in the category of Next-Gen Cybersecurity.

World Future Awards is a global award selecting, recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the best products, software, and services that will transform the global economy and define the landscape of the future. The organization researches inventions across all categories, including technology, beauty, health care, food, home, and entertainment, that are making the world better, smarter or even a bit more fun. Human life is increasingly tied to information technology, and network security is becoming more and more an issue of both corporate and personal security. Banyan Security offers a new level of protection of your data and connection performance, making a considerable contribution to a better world of tomorrow.

Banyan Security is a diverse team headquartered in San Francisco, California, with leading engineers and security specialists from VMware, HP, Cisco, Salesforce and Okta. The company’s mission is to help IT and security departments successfully provide secure remote access for today’s and the next generation of users and applications. The most effective way to meet this challenge was Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), which was the foundation of the Banyan Security platform.

The company offered today’s market a product that has become an effective replacement for traditional methods of access to the network, including VPNs, gateways, and bastion hosts. Banyan Security’s cloud-based zero trust network access solution provides significant benefits, including ultra-simple setup, high performance connectivity, easy access to multi-cloud applications with the least privilege, and the ability to transform enterprise security.

The platform can be deployed in minutes without integration or other resource-intensive processes. Banyan Security allows employees, developers, and third parties to have secure one-click access to infrastructure and applications, ensuring that every access granted is continuously authenticated and authorized.

iFarm Wins World Future Awards for Revolutionizing Modern Agriculture

Over the centuries, agriculture has evolved considerably and undergone many significant changes. The era of information technology could not help but affect this sphere, and today enthusiastic innovators are revolutionizing farming by implementing advanced techniques from various disciplines. A prominent representative of such innovations is the company iFarm, which has combined the vitality of nature and the potential of high technology to create a new approach to growing vegetables, berries, and greens anywhere and anytime. This year, iFarm’s initiatives and achievements were recognized by the research team at World Future Awards, and the company was named a winner in the category of Best Agricultural Technologies.

World Future Awards is a global award selecting, recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the best products, software, and services that will transform the global economy and define the landscape of the future. The organization researches inventions across all categories, including technology, beauty, health care, food, home, and entertainment, that are making the world better, smarter, or even a bit more fun.

Caring for a favorable future for humanity is unthinkable without the development of agriculture and the introduction of new sustainable and eco-friendlier approaches to the production of healthy and wholesome food. iFarm is one of the leaders at the forefront of transforming agriculture and farming, whose initiatives deserve the highest praise from communities concerned about a prosperous future.

iFarm is a pioneering ag company founded in 2017 that creates cutting-edge solutions for modern urban farming. The iFarm team brings together world-class agriculture, information technology, and science professionals to create a network of innovative vertical farms that will provide consumers with fresh and delicious produce year-round. The vertical farms by iFarm enable interested people to engage in urban farming by utilizing space, soil, water, and non-renewable resources in the most efficient way possible.

iFarm solutions allow farmers to be independent of external factors, providing a complete platform for local production of the necessary products with significant savings in energy and minimal logistics costs. The key to efficient farm operation is a single cloud-based IT system, to which all of iFarm’s farms are connected. This system allows you to manage all the parameters of growing plants, calculate the required volume of harvest, and distribute products when using the farms commercially.

The First Living Coffin in the World Receives Recognition at the World Future Awards

For as long as humanity has existed, so long has the question of the meaning of life existed. And one of the simplest and most natural answers, perhaps, is simply living life in all its diversity and enjoying every moment of it until one’ s last breath. But what if, even after finishing his earthly journey, a person could continue to celebrate life, filling it with meaning in a new way and enriching nature? The biotechnology company Loop offers a living biodegradable coffin that allows humans to complete the cycle of life and return nutrients to nature. Taking into account the uniqueness and innovation of this product, the experts at World Future Awards recognized Loop Living Cocoon as the winner in the Coffin category.

World Future Awards is a global award selecting, recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the best products, software, and services that will transform the global economy and define the landscape of the future. The organization researches inventions across all categories, including technology, beauty, health care, food, home, and entertainment, that are making the world better, smarter or even a bit more fun. Addressing one of the most sensitive aspects of human life – the issue of the end of the journey on earth, Loop offers an unusual and effective solution that establishes a special connection between man and nature. Its innovative approach has allowed the company to create a product that can help make a significant positive contribution to the environment and sustainability.

Loop Living Cocoon is an eco-friendly coffin made from mushroom mycelium. Unlike conventional wooden coffins in which human remains are composted for more than 10 years, the Living Cocoon provides accelerated composting within 2-3 years. In doing so, the natural mycelium processor converts the remains into nutrients for the earth, neutralizes toxins, and nourishes new life, contributing to biodiversity.

It takes about a week to create one live coffin from Loop. Once in the ground, its structure decomposes and is absorbed by the ground in 30-45 days. In the processing human remains, the mycelium creates better conditions and a more favorable environment for the growth of new plants, helping the deceased to literally merge with nature.

Patch Plants Wins World Future Awards for Making Urban Life Greener

Whatever style of interior you prefer for your home or office, whatever your outdoor design tastes, there is always an element that will be a useful addition and a perfect decoration to any space. They are plants – eternal human companions, combining beauty, usefulness, and naturalness. But how do you choose the right plants for you? How to take care of them? Where to get all the necessary information about the plant of interest in a convenient form? Exhaustive answers to this are provided by the Patch team, which strives to bring the joy of gardening to everyone. Their merits were appreciated by the World Future Awards experts, who recognized Patch as a winner in the category of Sustainability.

World Future Awards is a global award selecting, recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the best products, software, and services that will transform the global economy and define the landscape of the future. The organization researches inventions across all categories, including technology, beauty, health care, food, home, and entertainment, that are making the world better, smarter or even a bit more fun. Patch helps people of the modern world to improve their contact with nature and strike a balance between the urban and natural sides of life. The brand’s comprehensive services, relevant not only to the present but also to the world of the future, have ensured Patch’s success and customer recognition.

Patch is an online store that launched in 2015 and now operates throughout the UK. Its goal is to help city dwellers discover the benefits of plant-filled living in the easiest and most convenient way possible. The desire for sustainability and environmental stewardship is increasingly leading people to think about their own little garden on their windowsill or in their backyard. But for unprepared people, even choosing the right plant proves to be an extremely difficult task, not to mention caring for it further.

This is where Patch comes in. The friendly site allows you to choose plants according to intuitive filters, helps you find ready-made solutions for certain conditions, and offers all the accessories you need to take good care of the green inhabitants of the house. The Patch team also helps with plant selection, delivers them right to your door, and shares valuable tips and ideas on how you can ensure they live a healthy, long life under your care.

Sisyphus Kinetic Table – Technological Art Winning the World Future Awards

Art rarely becomes a natural part of everyday life. Great paintings occupy a place of honor on walls, sculptures remain silent on their pedestals, and timeless music delights the ear with its invisible beauty. But what if a work of art becomes a functional part of your interior, bringing a unique, meditative experience to your daily life? Sisyphus, the Kinetic Art Table, has combined art, technology, and design to bring peace and relaxation to your inner and outer space. This masterpiece of tradition and innovation was recognized as this year’s winner of World Future Awards in the category of Best Kinetic Table.

World Future Awards is a global award selecting, recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the best products, software, and services that will transform the global economy and define the landscape of the future. The organization researches inventions across all categories, including technology, beauty, health care, food, home, and entertainment, that are making the world better, smarter or even a bit more fun.

The creators of the Sisyphus Kinetic Table have harnessed advanced technology and creativity to fill your home with the enchanting and hypnotizing ancient aesthetic of the Zen garden. An age-old meditative tradition fused with the latest in science and technology, allowing the WFA Expert Board to appreciate the work and achievements of the Sisyphus team.

Sisyphus is a functional handcrafted kinetic table with a glass top, under which there is a thin layer of sand with a steel ball. The two-motor Sisbot robot installed under the table moves a magnet that pulls the ball along the sand. Moving through the sand along a preset trajectory, the ball «draws» mesmerizing patterns, drawings, or inscriptions. You can control the table with a mobile app or via a web browser by connecting to Sisyphus via WiFi. So you can select ready-made trajectories with the mobile app or add new paths you have made yourself.

Several table options are available in materials, lighting, and sizes. The base of the table can be made of metal or wood. Mostly RGBW lighting is used, but Natural White and Warm White options are also available.

World Future Awards Recognizes Feebees as Best Footwear Category Winner

Timeless wisdom says that the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. And without denying the importance of that initial step, it is worth acknowledging that every step we take on the road to any goal is important.  Success and efficiency along the way depend on many factors, and one of the most important among them is the shoes in which one travels the distance. Feebees takes comfort of walking to a new level with their unique sock sneakers, shoes that bring the experience of walking and running as barefoot while providing support and safety. This year, Feebees was recognized by the World Future Awards board as a winner in the category of Footwear.

World Future Awards is a global award selecting, recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the best products, software, and services that will transform the global economy and define the landscape of the future. The organization researches inventions across all categories, including technology, beauty, health care, food, home, and entertainment, that are making the world better, smarter or even a bit more fun. The Feebees team’s unconventional approach, as well as their desire to implement innovative solutions to achieve greater comfort and safety of people were the factors that allowed the WFA experts to evaluate the company’s achievements so highly.

Feebees is a company that specializes in the design and production of innovative sock sneakers – lightweight and ultra-comfortable shoes that combine the lightness of socks and soft foam soles. Initially Feebees were designed only for children, but over time, product lines have been introduced for adults as well.

Shoes from Feebees are created using an exclusive method of five-zone weaving, with highly elastic nylon yarn. This technology ensures a snug fit in all parts of the foot and makes you feel like you’re not wearing any shoes at all. Lightweight and comfortable Feebees Sock Sneakers are the perfect solution for those who do not like to wear shoes, as they give the precious feeling of walking barefoot, experiencing softness and lightness with every step.

An important aspect of Feebees is sustainable design. The recycling system makes it possible to turn old shoes into new ones, significantly reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.

PITAKA Wins World Future Awards for Multi-Device Charger MagEZ Slider

The life of a modern person living an active life is inextricably linked to mobile devices, and often literally depends on them. In turn, the operation of mobile devices is closely related to the ability to charge them in various conditions. This issue is particularly relevant when it comes to the scenario with the simultaneous use of 2-3 devices, which is a common case today. The multidisciplinary team of PITAKA enthusiasts has developed a neat solution that will help you stay connected at all times. Not surprisingly, their MagEZ Slider won the World Future Awards in the category of Best Charger.

World Future Awards is a global award selecting, recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the best products, software, and services that will transform the global economy and define the landscape of the future. The organization researches inventions across all categories, including technology, beauty, health care, food, home, and entertainment, that are making the world better, smarter or even a bit more fun. The expert panel of the World Future Awards praised PITAKA’s innovative product for incorporating the latest technological advances and sophisticated design solutions that not only increase the level of comfort in people’s lives, but also bring touches of style to their everyday experience.

The MagEZ Slider is a wireless charger for multiple MagSafe and Qi Wireless Charging compatible devices. The charger is the size of a mug and can charge up to 4 devices simultaneously. It is equipped with a mobile power pack, which must be installed in a specific slot of the device. The iPhone 13/12 and Samsung Galaxy S22 can be placed on this power pack, which will be held there by magnets. If necessary, the power pack can be removed from the charger and used as a battery to charge the phone on the go.

On the other side of the MagEZ Slider, there is a pad to which the magnetic stand attaches for charging AirPods and other Qi-powered headphones. The charger also has a USB-C port to which you can connect a Power Dongle (purchased separately) and use it to wirelessly charge the Apple Watch.

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