Does your car drive itself? And sooner than you expect. Analysts predict the global self-driving car market to grow from 20.3 million units in 2021 to 62.4 million units by 2030, at a CAGR of 13.3%. Of course, that is still a small portion of the almost 1.5 billion cars in the world – 300 million of which are in the US. Still, these prospects excite Harald Braun, executive chairman of Guident, a Boca Raton-based startup that is developing software to power the next generation of autonomous vehicles. "I focus on making autonomous vehicles connected," Braun told Refresh Miami.

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Walking back from a business meeting, management consultant Emilia Higashi quickly developed blisters on her feet. She figured there had to be better way to make women's shoes – ones more comfortable and also sustainable, made from plants instead of animal or petroleum products. Soon, she was researching in Italy at the world's biggest footwear trade show. She fell in love with a design called Saccheto, or little sack, that has minimal seams and fits almost like a sock. Then, she looked worldwide for sustainable plant-based materials, including "leathers" made from wine residues, pineapple fibers, cactus and even algae.