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30 and 31 October 2019
NEC, Birmingham

Lab Innovations is the UK's largest annual trade exhibition dedicated to the entire laboratory industry, uniting 3,000+ laboratory decision makers with 160+ laboratory suppliers and manufacturers across all sectors. Held at Birmingham's NEC, it is central to the UK's science and manufacturing industry. Visitors can see and source innovative new technologies, network with peers and earn CPD points in the free-to-attend conference programme. Content is current, for example with sustainability a high priority, new feature areas and seminar topics will outline how to keep laboratory procurement green. Supported by some of the UK's top science institutions, it is a key event for powering the business of science.

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Lab Innovations 2019, Birmingham - Easyfairs Lab Innovations is the UK’s largest annual trade exhibition dedicated to the entire laboratory industry, uniting +3,000 laboratory decision makers with +150 laboratory suppliers and manufacturers across all sectors. 

Apply for your complimentary startup innovation showcase at Advanced Engineering 2019, 30 & 31 October, the NEC, Birmingham https://www.easyfairs.com/index.php?id=116636

Call for Innovation / Advanced Engineering 2019, Birmingham - Easyfairs Advanced Engineering 2019 is looking for 10 start-ups or innovators to be a part of our brand new innovation zone. Showcase your invention or innovation to 1000s of senior directors, engineers, VCs, R&D, and CTOs spanning the worlds most important manufacturers, suppliers and technology partners. Th...

Pharma Integrates 2018 is nearly here...and you’re invited

Join top pharma leaders as they shape the industry's future, returning to London for its 7th successful year

With more than 350 senior industry executives, 90 prestigious speakers and a track record of 7 years of successful events, Pharma Integrates 2018 is where the leaders of Pharma share the conversations that help to shape its future.

Life Science Integrates, the producers of the debate-led events shaping Pharma and BioPharma, invite you to attend this year's conference at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, London from the 12-13th of November 2018.

Register now: https://www.cvent.com/events/pharma-integrates-2018/registration-078486fed23442298c2aeca726e7d78e.aspx?fqp=true

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Innovate UK Innovation Day with Magna

Date: 21st March 2018
Location: RocketSpace, London

Innovate UK is staging a dedicated Innovation Day where startups and researchers can pitch their ideas to Magna in one-to-one pre-arranged meetings. Innovators can also participate in a networking event and learn more about Magna. The event covers British technologies across all industry sectors. The closing date is 5th March.

Find out more and register your place for Innovation Day:
https://ktn-innovateuk-innovation-day.eventbrite.co.uk/

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The Chief Innovation Officer Summit is returning to New York this December 11 & 12. Join more than 200 senior-level professionals at the Sheraton New York and meet our experts including PepsiCo, Pfizer, Capital One, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson, Citi & many others.

Through case-studies, interactive Q&As and engaging networking sessions, this event will give you the tools and skills to identify & capitalize on new opportunities and improve your overall innovation strategy to kick off 2018!
Access prices & registration: http://bit.ly/2BdnBoS

Registration - Chief Innovation Officer Summit, New York Glean breakthrough insights from industry pioneers and reinvigorate your business.

Next Week: Pharma Integrates 2017

https://innovationdb.com/events/pharma-integrates-2017

Returning to London for its landmark sixth year, the must-attend Pharma Integrates event will take place on 15–16 November at the Grange City Hotel, London. This year will attract in excess of 80 prestigious speakers and 325 senior industry executives, a top-tier programme of interviews and interactive debate led panel discussions focusing on the strategic issues facing the drug manufacturing sector and, once again, playing a vital role in shaping pharma’s future.

Topics for debate include rethinking pharmaceutical productivity, the evolving role of CDMOs, the changing demographic of drugs, patient centricity, serialisation and much more. And, with representation from the entire pharma community, including biotech’s, SMEs, small to large pharma companies, CROs, CDMOs, consultants, patient groups and academics, this not-to-be-missed meeting also offers unparalleled networking opportunities.

InnovationDB - Pharma Integrates 2017 Pharma Integrates attracts in excess of 80 prestigious speakers and 325 senior industry executives, a top-tier programme of interviews and interactive debate led panel discussions focusing on the strategic issues facing the drug manufacturing sector, playing a vital role in shaping pharma’s future.

$10 Microchip Converts Any 2D Ultrasound Machine into 3D Scanner

https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news-listing/how-10-microchip-turns-2-d-ultrasound-machines-3-d-imaging-devices

Low-cost upgrade could more easily image babies, trauma patients who can’t be moved

Portable ultrasound technology is improving and becoming more affordable, allowing it to be used in places previously impossible due to size and cost. Full size ultrasound imagers can do some impressive stuff, such as creating 3D reconstructions obtained from 2D probes. Now researchers at Duke University are introducing incredibly cheap and easy to integrate technology that can convert any 2D ultrasound into a 3D imaging system.

It works thanks to a $10 sensor chip that detects the orientation of an ultrasound probe. As the probe is used to scan the body, the chip’s readings are combined with the 2D data coming from the probe’s transducer to properly stitch it together, resulting in a volumetric dataset. This data can then be viewed much like MRI and CT scans, letting physicians view 3D models or to virtually slice through the volume.

How a $10 Microchip Turns 2-D Ultrasound Machines to 3-D Imaging Devices | Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Technology that keeps track of how your smartphone is oriented can now give $50,000 ultrasound machines many of the 3-D imaging abilities of their $250,000 counterparts -- for the cost of a $10 microchip.Doctors and engineers from Duke and Stanford universities will demonstrate their...

The Future of Living Spaces - Free Invitation to Sixth Form Students

https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/mediacentre/wmgnews/?newsItem=8a17841b5f2acca4015f5d4ff9131731

Date: Wednesday, 8th November
Time: 1:30pm to 8pm
Location: The Oculus, University of Warwick

The University of Warwick and Warwick Engineering Society are offering free places to sixth form pupils at the ‘Colony: The Future of Living Spaces’ conference on 8th November.

The conference, run by students from Warwick’s School of Engineering, is specifically aimed at sixth form pupils who are interested in pursuing a career in engineering or science.

The event will share interesting ideas and projects that scientists are currently working on taking you on an exhilarating journey starting underground, towards the surface, and beyond the clouds!

It will address key issues including how the Earth’s limited resources and growing populations will shape the Earth in the next 100 years, and where and how humans will live.

Places are limited. To book please contact Stacey Neal ([email protected]). The event will run until 8pm, but schools are free to leave at any convenient point in the day.

The Future of Living Spaces – free invitation to sixth form students We’ve joined forces with our friends at Warwick Engineering Society to offer free places to sixth form pupils at the ‘Colony: The Future of Living Spaces’ conference, on Wednesday 8th November. The …

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1 week to go to Lab Innovations 2017 – register now for FREE and discover the newest technologies on the market

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Lab Innovations is now just one week away, taking place on 1 – 2 November 2017 at the NEC, Birmingham. This year, the UK’s leading gathering for laboratory professionals is fully CPD accredited and features some of the industry’s leading expert speakers. Make sure you register now to fast track your FREE entry to the show and discover the latest best-practice, innovations and technologies in the field.

Below are just some of the speakers and topics featured at this year’s show:

- Keynote speaker Adam Rutherford - Pipetting in Hollywood: my life as a scientific advisor in films
- Keynote speaker Jude Pullen - Scratching the inventor's itch
- Adventures in the process industry: The move from being a good manufacturer to being a good data manager, Nick Taylor, Marketing Director, Europe, Emerson
- Innovations in LIMS, Judy Smith, ‎General Manager, ‎NoemaLife UK
- Gaining UKAS Accreditation – what to do and how to keep it, Jon Murthy, Marketing and Communications Manager, UKAS
- The Influence of Laboratory Automation on the Modern Lab, Mike Clayton, Managing Director - Northern Europe, Abbott Diagnostics

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Your registration enters you into a prize draw for an Amazon Echo or Samsung SmartThings starter kit, sponsored by Eppendorf.

Your ticket to Lab Innovations also gives you FREE VIP access to Advanced Engineering, just across the Skywalk at the NEC:
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Gel to Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis

https://www.ibs.re.kr/cop/bbs/BBSMSTR_000000000738/selectBoardArticle.do?nttId=14955

South Korean scientists have developed a hydrogel that activates in the presence of nitric oxide, absords excess fluids, and releases drugs to control inflammatory diseases. This kind of drug delivery system may be particularly effective for treating rheumatoid arthritis, as immune cells within inflamed joints release toxic nitric oxide in large quantities. Injecting a gel that actively responds to inflammation and delivers anti-inflammatories or other drugs may allow for automatic long-term control of inflamed joints.

Gel to Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis - IBS scientists developed a potentially therapeutic gel, which activates in the presence of nitric oxide, absorbs excess fluids and delivers drugs -

Can we make fashion greener?

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41570540

Fashion is the second-most polluting industry after oil. What can we do to make fashion greener?

Related: The Life Cycle of a T-shirt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiSYoeqb_VY

Related: Clothes that grow with your child win Dyson prize
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-41174551/clothes-that-grow-with-your-child-win-dyson-prize

Can we make fashion greener? We continue to buy new clothes at an incredible rate. How can manufacturers reduce fashion's environmental footprint?

Glowing Molecular Sensor Helps Detect New Useful Antibiotics

https://news.ncsu.edu/2017/10/williams-mphr/

Researchers from North Carolina State University have engineered designer biosensors, focussing on finding and manufacturing new useful macrolides, which often have medically useful characteristics, including working as antibiotics.

Designer biosensors can detect antibiotic molecules designer biosensors can detect antibiotic molecules

EU Prize for Women Innovators

http://ec.europa.eu/research/prizes/women-innovators/index.cfm

The European Commission has launched the 5th edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators to award women entrepreneurs who have achieved outstanding innovations and brought them to market. Apply by 15 November 2017.

Home | Women Innovators EU Prize for Women Innovators

Flexible organic battery for medical implants and electronics

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-41253913

Queen's University Belfast scientists have designed a new flexible organic battery that could revolutionise how medical implants are powered.

The technology could also have a non-medical application in foldable phones or laptops of the future.

Organic battery 'may transform implants' Queen's University scientists design a flexible long-life battery that could be used in pacemakers.

Lab Innovations November 2017

https://innovationdb.com/events/lab-innovations-2017

The UK's only exhibition dedicated to the laboratory industry
1-2 November 2017

Lab Innovations returns to the heart of the industry on 1st and 2nd November 2017 at the NEC, Birmingham. This is your opportunity to discover the latest innovations in laboratory technology, biotech and analytical equipment, from over 130 manufacturers and suppliers of laboratory products.

We’re proud to be the home of product launches with over a third of exhibiting companies using this exhibition to launch their products for the very first time in the UK. As you walk the aisles, you’ll be the first to see the latest products on the market from many of the UK’s leading suppliers and manufacturers.

Combined with over 35 hours of seminar content and live experiences, Lab Innovations is an inspiring two-day exhibition for any science professional.

Book your stand, register to attend, or find out more information here:
http://www.easyfairs.com/lab-innovations-2017/lab-innovations-2017/

InnovationDB - Lab Innovations 2017 The UK's only exhibition dedicated to the laboratory industry, 1st and 2nd November 2017. This is your opportunity to discover the latest innovations in laboratory technology, biotech and analytical equipment, from over 130 manufacturers and suppliers of laboratory products.

When technology introduces vulnerability: The only safe email is text-only email

https://theconversation.com/the-only-safe-email-is-text-only-email-81434

Returning email to its origins in plain text may seem radical, but it provides radically better security. Even the federal government’s top cybersecurity experts have come to the startling, but important, conclusion that any person, organization or government serious about web security should return to plain-text email.

In certain domains we need to rethink frills and false progress when technological change introduces vulnerability.

The only safe email is text-only email It's impossible to be certain of safety while using Gmail, Yahoo mail and other web-based email systems. The best solution is a radical one: It's time to return to plain, text-only email.

Diagnose Concussions, Brain Injuries with a Smartphone

http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/09/06/pupilscreen-aims-to-allow-parents-coaches-medics-to-detect-concussion-brain-injuries-with-a-smartphone/

Researchers are developing the first smartphone app that is capable of objectively detecting concussion and other traumatic brain injuries in the field: on the sidelines of a sports game, on a battlefield or in the home of an elderly person prone to falls.

The app, PupilScreen, can detect changes in a pupil’s response to light using a smartphone’s video camera and deep learning tools that can quantify changes imperceptible to the human eye.

PupilScreen aims to allow parents, coaches, medics to detect concussion, brain injuries with a smartphone | UW News

Nanomachines to Drill through Cell Membranes to Deliver Drugs, Destroy Diseased Cells

http://news.rice.edu/2017/08/30/motorized-molecules-drill-through-cells/

Motorized molecules driven by light have been used to drill holes in the membranes of individual cells and show promise for either bringing therapeutic agents into the cells or directly inducing the cells to die.

Researchers hope that it will be possible to activate future versions of the motors using near-infrared light or radio frequencies, which would make the technique more suitable for use in animals, and eventually patients. “The researchers are already proceeding with experiments in microorganisms and small fish to explore the efficacy in-vivo,” said Tour. “The hope is to move this swiftly to rodents to test the efficacy of nanomachines for a wide range of medicinal therapies.”

Motorized molecules drill through cells Motorized molecules that target diseased cells may deliver drugs to or kill the cells by drilling into the cell membranes. Scientists at Rice, Durham (U.K.) and North Carolina State universities have demonstrated them on cancer and other cells.

MIT Achieves Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a27961/mit-nuclear-fusion-experiment-increases-efficiency/

Researchers using MIT's Alcator C-Mod and the UK's Joint European Torus (JET) were able to achieve a tenfold increase in ion energy by adding trace amounts of helium-3 to their nuclear fuel.

The two research facilities combined their results for the report, with each facility measuring a different aspect of the fusion process. What opportunities or complications could arise from international cooperation rather than competition?

This breakthrough potentially addresses the issue of fusion reactions requiring as much energy to sustain as they output. What other aspects of fusion need to be refined before wide-scale industrial or commercial use?

MIT Achieves Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion New experiments with helium-3 in a magnetic confinement tokamak have produced exciting results for the future of fusion energy, including a tenfold increase in ion energy.

Flexible sweat-powered generators fuel wearable devices

http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=2288

Engineers at the University of California in San Diego have developed powerful wearable fuel cells that run on sweat and produce enough electricity to energise small components such as LEDs for a few minutes.

The next steps are in finding a material more long-lasting than silver oxide, as well as a way to store the energy of lactic acid at its highest concentration to be able to release the energy gradually.

In what environments or circumstances would body-powered wearable devices be advantageous?

Stretchable biofuel cells extract energy from sweat to power wearable devices Stretchable biofuel cells extract energy from sweat to power wearable devices

This 3D-printed robotic arm is built for sign language

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/18/this-3d-printed-robotic-arm-is-built-for-sign-language/

University of Antwerp engineers have prototyped a 3D-printed robotic arm that can act as a sign language interpreter. Once completed, the project will be open sourced.

Related: This virtual character can translate speech into sign language

http://uk.businessinsider.com/hand-talk-app-translate-speech-sign-language-hugo-brazil-libras-2016-9?IR=T

What other ways can technology facilitate communication between different languages (spoken to sign, sign to spoken, sign to text, between international sign languages, etc)?

This 3D-printed robotic arm is built for sign language While we usually see robotics applied to industrial or research applications, there are plenty of ways they could help in everyday life as well: an autonomous..

Pharma Integrates 2017

Returning to London for its landmark sixth year, the must-attend Pharma Integrates event will take place on 15–16 November at the Grange City Hotel, London. This year will attract in excess of 80 prestigious speakers and 325 senior industry executives, a top-tier programme of interviews and interactive debate led panel discussions focusing on the strategic issues facing the drug manufacturing sector and, once again, playing a vital role in shaping pharma’s future.

Topics for debate include rethinking pharmaceutical productivity, the evolving role of CDMOs, the changing demographic of drugs, patient centricity, serialisation and much more. And, with representation from the entire pharma community, including biotech’s, SMEs, small to large pharma companies, CROs, CDMOs, consultants, patient groups and academics, this not-to-be-missed meeting also offers unparalleled networking opportunities.

Book your ticket to Pharma Integrates 2017 today and secure our early bird delegate rate of £995 + VAT by simply call us on +44 (0) 20 8667 9551 or emailing: [email protected]

View the agenda, speakers, and more information on the Pharma Integrates website: http://www.pharma-integrates.com/

Pharma Integrates 2017 - Shaping Pharma's Future Supported by 70 prestigious speakers and 250 senior industry executives, the must-attend Pharma Integrates event will take place on 15-16 November

Talking about plant-based vaccines: Plants 'hijacked' to make polio vaccine

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40925343

Researchers create a polio-like particle (nearly identical to polio on the outside, but without the dangers of a live polio virus) from plants. The process is simple, affordable, and can be used to produce other virus-like particles for the creation of vaccines.

What advantages/disadvantages could this process have compared to traditional vaccines?

What political, social, or financial obstacles might a plant-based vaccine have?

Plants 'hijacked' to make polio vaccine - BBC News A breakthrough could lead to easier, faster and cheaper vaccines.

Discussion on Energy: Biofuels and Wind Farms

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Waste products for biofuel
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"Waste products, not crops, key to boosting UK biofuels"
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40599491

"Biofuel crops transform German farming" (2012)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19413408

"Five Processes Being Used to Turn Waste into Energy"
https://www.technavio.com/blog/five-processes-being-used-to-turn-waste-into-energy

The Royal Academy of Engineering releases report recommending shift away from prioritizing biofuel crops due to their impact on agriculture, food production, and the carbon cost of land-use change.

What are the pros/cons in replacing/supplementing fossil fuels with crop-based biofuels--carbon footprint, sustainability, global economy? And in particular, the affect on international politics due to current reliance on fossil fuel-rich nations versus the potential exploitation of developing countries for biofuel crops.

What other current projects and novel technologies for converting waste products are in development across the EU?

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Floating wind farm
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"World's first floating wind farm emerges off coast of Scotland"
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40699979

"Vattenfall & Stadtwerke München Inaugurate 288 MW Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm"
https://cleantechnica.com/2017/07/25/vattenfall-stadtwerke-munchen-inaugurate-288-mw-sandbank-offshore-wind-farm/

Hywind, a trial floating wind farm in Scotland, is expected to power 20,000 households. Sandbank, an offshore wind farm in Germany, was also completed this week, expected to power 400,000 households.

What are some of the possible effects of moving large-scale wind farms to open waters, versus coastal water, versus land?

What other unconventional location innovations might there be for renewable energy sources, like wind and solar?

Waste products, not crops, key to boosting UK biofuels - BBC News The UK should focus on making fuel from chip fat, whiskey dregs and forest waste and not from crops like wheat

Lab Innovations 2017

https://innovationdb.com/events/lab-innovations-2017

The UK's only exhibition dedicated to the laboratory industry

Lab Innovations returns to the heart of the industry on 1st and 2nd November 2017 at the NEC, Birmingham. This is your opportunity to discover the latest innovations in laboratory technology, biotech and analytical equipment, from over 130 manufacturers and suppliers of laboratory products.

We’re proud to be the home of product launches with over a third of exhibiting companies using this exhibition to launch their products for the very first time in the UK. As you walk the aisles, you’ll be the first to see the latest products on the market from many of the UK’s leading suppliers and manufacturers.

Combined with over 35 hours of seminar content and live experiences, Lab Innovations is an inspiring two-day exhibition for any science professional.

Book your stand, register to attend, or find out more information here:
http://www.easyfairs.com/lab-innovations-2017/lab-innovations-2017/

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Free to register - Innovation Masterclass: Managing External Innovators and Internal Stakeholders

https://innovationdb.com/events/innovation-masterclass

On 6th October, we will bring together experts in the management of innovation for a full day, once a year event on thought leadership, insights, sharing, and networking at Oracle's London office.

Topics will include:

- Setting the scene: why we innovate and the various modes of interaction, with a focus on startups
- How to use your financial muscle: challenge-led or seed-investment approaches?
- Market readiness tool: managing intrapreneurs or a portfolio of ventures
- The engagement challenge: activating innovation leadership amongst senior management
- Corporate innovation programmes - why they struggle to succeed

InnovationDB - Innovation Masterclass: Managing External Innovators and Internal Stakeholders

Hydrogen fuel cell busses

http://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/128499_en.html

The Joint Initiative for Hydrogen Vehicles across Europe project (JIVE) aims to deploy 139 new zero-emission fuel cell busses and hydrogen refuelling stations across nine European cities.

With this large-scale implementation in the EU, the program hopes to overcome some of the hurdles with access to the technology, particularly with refuelling.

Fuel cell fact sheet:https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/doe_fuelcell_factsheet.pdf

What advantages/disadvantages does hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have compared to electric vehicles, not only in function, but in implementation?

European Commission : CORDIS : News and Events : Foot on the accelerator for drive to reduce public transport emissions European Commission

Solar power windows and the democratization and commercialization of solar energy

https://futurism.com/these-transparent-solar-power-generating-windows-are-the-worlds-first/

Dutch company Physee unveils fully transparent solar-power-generating windows. The key is a coating of the rare-earth metal thulium, which can transform a broad spectrum of light into near-infrared light.

Though efficiency of the transparent panels still has a long way to go, the ability to outfit entire sides of buildings with solar panels versus only rooftops means buildings could potentially be able to provide their own energy regardless of size.

What effects could this have on the democratization and commercialization of solar energy? What effects could this have on the current energy grid in various countries?

These Transparent, Solar Power-Generating Windows Are the World's First Trying to make large buildings energy-neutral, companies are taking advantage of building windows' surface area to harvest solar energy.

Health tech and cardiovascular disease in the EU: Novel tracer to detect blood clots

German researchers begin human clinical trials of a fluorine-based tracer compound that can bind to blood clots: https://www.medgadget.com/2017/07/pet-tracer-directly-detect-blood-clots.html

The compound can be used to replace the myriad of different methods used to detect blood clots in different parts of the body, and also possibly provide new insights to treating blood clots directly rather than relying on anticoagulants. The compound can also show areas where blood vessels are weakened or damaged, sites of future problems.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the EU, with an estimated 100 billion+ euros cost in annual health care, though mortality rates are falling as better screening technology, medicines, and lifestyle changes identify and address problems before they manifest as heart attacks or strokes. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Cardiovascular_diseases_statistics

What effects could a faster and cheaper diagnostic tool have on life expectancy and heart health, especially as Europe begins to see a rise in its elderly population?

PET Tracer to Directly Detect Blood Clots | Researchers in Germany have developed a fluorine-based tracer compound that can bind with high affinity to small clots, allowing doctors to image them usin

Self-driving electric long-haul trucks: What do you think about the impact of autonomous vehicles?

Swedish start-up Einride set to test fully autonomous electric truck designed for long-haul transport:
https://futurism.com/this-swedish-startup-could-automate-the-trucking-industry/

Currently, approximately 75% of freight transport within the EU is by road, versus only 18% by train, and 7% by water. An autonomous electric vehicle no longer confined to shipping yards but free to travel between cities could have far-reaching consequences for the economy and the environment.
http://inconvenienttruck.eu/the-economics-of-trucks-industry/

Aside from personal vehicles and freight transport, what other industries could fully autonomous vehicles be applied in?

What are some of the short-term/long-term pros and cons of autonomous vehicles being implemented in the EU as early as 2018?

This Swedish Startup Could Automate the Trucking Industry Swedish startup Einride has unveiled a prototype for their T-Pod self-driving truck. It doesn't have space for a human driver.