Superstrata unveils ‘world’s first’ 3D-printed unibody electric bike
“Arevo is not a well-known name in the cycling world. But the Silicon Valley-based company is using its expertise in composites manufacturing and 3D printing […]
Google Loon Is Now Beaming WiFi Down to Earth From Giant Balloons
“Four years ago, three big tech companies had plans in the works to beam internet down to Earth from the sky, and each scenario sounded wilder than […]
Six experts on how we’ll live, work, and play in cities after COVID-19
“For Fast Company’s Shape of Tomorrow series, we’re asking business leaders to share their inside perspective on how the COVID-19 era is transforming their industries. […]
Influx of electric vehicles accelerates need for grid planning
“Electric vehicles are coming—en masse. How can local utilities, grid planners and cities prepare? That’s the key question addressed with a new study led by […]
Logitech and Realize Medical Partner to Enhance Medical VR
“Canadian medical virtual reality (VR) startup Realize Medical has announced a collaboration with Logitech, a renowned Swiss-based manufacturer of computer accessories and software. The partnership is designed to […]
[VIDEO] This Robotic Chemist Does Over 600 Experiments a Week and Learns From Its Own Work
…researchers at the University of Liverpool in the UK have created a mobile robot that can carry out experiments using standard lab equipment designed for humans and […]
Indian Railways gears up to become “Green Railway” by 2030
“If everything goes as planned, Indian Railways will be transformed into ‘Green Railways’ by 2030. The railways has taken a number of initiatives toward combating […]
Mike Tyson Now Licensed to 3D Print Cannabis Drinks
3D printing, legalization of weed, and the often-outrageous Mike Tyson are a combination certain to gain worldwide attention, and especially for individuals indulging in cannabis […]
Doctors Heal Human Lungs By Attaching Them To Live Pigs
Transplant lungs can only survive for a short period of time outside the human body. In fact, only around a quarter meet criteria for transplantation, according to the […]
Morgan Stanley commits to tallying its climate impact
“Morgan Stanley will become the first major U.S. bank to publicly disclose the how much its loans and investments contribute to climate change, the latest […]
[VIDEO] MIT-designed robot can disinfect a warehouse floor in 30 minutes — and could one day be employed in grocery stores and schools
“MIT has designed a robot that is capable of disinfecting the floor of a 4,000-square foot warehouse in only half an hour, and it could […]
GDP Is the Wrong Tool for Measuring What Matters
It’s time to replace gross domestic product with real metrics of well-being and sustainability. Gross domestic product (GDP) is almost universally used to gauge how well […]
Can renewable energy really replace fossil fuels?
“As global temperatures and energy demand rise simultaneously, the search for sustainable fuel sources is more urgent than ever. But how can renewable energy possibly […]
AI Is Screening Billions of Molecules for Coronavirus Treatments
“As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, physicians have begun to repurpose existing drugs in an attempt to find something that will help patients get better. […]
[VIDEO] Wild VR gadget makes virtual objects feel solid at the touch of your hand
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University want to make virtual reality a little less virtual and a lot more physical with a device that puts the […]
The Largest Solar Farm In The U.S. Has Been Approved
“The Gemini project, a $1 billion solar farm 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been approved by the Interior Department (it will be […]
NSCRYPT Has 3D Printed a Human Knee Meniscus in Space
“Microdispensing specialist nScrypt and aerospace company TechShot have successfully completed the first functional 3D bioprinting experiment in space. Using the BioFabrication Facility (BFF) on board the ISS, with the […]
Lung-heart super sensor on a chip tinier than a ladybug
“During a stroll, a woman’s breathing becomes a slight bit shallower, and a monitor in her clothing alerts her to get a telemedicine check-up. A […]
Microwaved bamboo could be used to build super-strong skyscrapers
“Scientists have created an exceptionally strong, lightweight material out of microwaved bamboo that could be used to construct the next generation of skyscrapers, cars and […]
World Economic Forum Looks to Blockchain to Restart Global Economy
“The World Economic Forum published a report looking at how the deployment of blockchain-based solutions can address the supply chain inefficiencies and failures that have […]
Helsinki’s huge VR gig hints at the potential of virtual tourism
“According to Finland’s National Police Board, this year’s Vappu Eve (the festive night before May Day, when the country traditionally enjoys public fun and frolics) […]
America’s Renewable Energy Sources Have Produced More Electricity Than Coal Every Day for 40 Days Straight
“Renewable sources including solar, wind and hydropower generated more electricity than coal-based plants every single day in April, a new report says. Analysis shared by the Institute […]
Quickrete & Contour Crafting Partner to Fight Homelessness with Concrete 3D Printing
“U.S.-based concrete specialists QUIKRETE and Contour Crafting Corporation (CC Corp) have announced a collaboration to develop a proprietary concrete to be used with CC Corp’s concrete 3D printing technology. […]
Supercapacitor promises storage, high power and fast charging
“A new supercapacitor based on manganese oxide could combine the storage capacity of batteries with the high power and fast charging of other supercapacitors, according […]
Physicists Discover New Trick To Stabilize Fusion Reactors
“A team of research physicists at Princeton University may have found a new way to control fusion reactions — an incremental step towards making fusion energy, the […]
University of California Thesis: Reviewing 3D Printing in Construction, Including Mars
“Andrew Truong recently presented a thesis, ‘State-of-the-Art Review on 3D Printing Technology Applications in Construction,’ to the University of California, Irvine. Reviewing 3D printing in construction, […]
Universal basic income seems to improve employment and well-being
“The world’s most robust study of universal basic income has concluded that it boosts recipients’ mental and financial well-being, as well as modestly improving employment. […]
You Can Now Attend VR Meetings—No Headset Required – Spatial VR Is Now Open To Everyone for Free
“I SHOOK HANDS with a stranger the other day. Even made a fist bump. Before you get your pitchforks out, this all happened virtually. I was […]
Taiwan-based company launches electric-only fleet of Tesla cars
Tesla car taxi service — sounds like future, right? The future is here — meet ZEV, the first eco-friendly mobility service in Taiwan. Now you […]
University of Auckland Engineers Build 3D Printed Robotic Airship for Education and Research
“A duo of engineers from the University of Auckland’s New Dexterity research group have published an academic paper detailing the design and construction of a partly 3D […]
FitByte uses sensors on eyeglasses to automatically monitor diet
“Food plays a big role in our health, and for that reason many people trying to improve their diet often track what they eat. A […]
Solar and wind energy sites mapped globally for the first time
“Researchers at the University of Southampton have mapped the global locations of major renewable energy sites, providing a valuable resource to help assess their potential […]
Cutting-Edge Brain Implant Lets Paralyzed Man Move and Feel Again
“A cutting-edge implant has allowed a man to feel and move his hand again after a spinal cord injury left him partially paralyzed, Wired reports. According to […]
The World’s Biggest Social Virtual Reality Gathering Is Happening Right Now
“It’s one of the most under-appreciated science fiction films of the past decade, but Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (also […]
New App for COVID-19 Combines Blockchain With Web Inventor’s Privacy Tech
“The United Kingdom’s Open University has developed a COVID-19 proof-of-immunity app that combines blockchain with a privacy-preserving data solution from web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. The […]
New renewable energy capacity hit record levels in 2019
“Almost three-quarters of new electricity generation capacity built in 2019 uses renewable energy, representing an all-time record. New data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) shows solar, […]
VR Is Here to Help With Our New Reality
“Taking the awkward leap into the headset can lead to a better life in work and play—during and after the pandemic. YESTERDAY I TOOK an hour-long […]
Alternatives to traditional ventilators could be possible with a 3-D printer and a few simple tools
“Like doctors across the country, Benjamin Nicholson, M.D., knows the surge is coming. The emergency department doctor has seen the predictions for the spread of […]
Future VW electric vehicles will send power back to the grid
“VW says EV owners will be able to charge when production exceeds demand and sell power back to the grid during peak electricity usage. The […]
Scientists create quantum sensor that covers entire radio frequency spectrum
“A quantum sensor could give Soldiers a way to detect communication signals over the entire radio frequency spectrum, from 0 to 100 GHz, said researchers […]
World’s fastest supercomputer finds potential drug compounds for COVID-19
“After being granted computational time on Summit, Micholas Smith performed molecular dynamics simulations, which analysed the movements of atoms and particles in the protein. He […]
Era of wireless charging for electric vehicles is coming
“Wireless charging for electric vehicles is today’s most cutting-edge technology. Why? It is the most efficient, futuristic, scalable–in short–awesome alternative we have to gasoline. While […]
Voting on a blockchain
“The “blockchain” concept on which cryptocurrencies work might be extrapolated to many other areas of life, such as voting systems, where it’s incontrovertible chain of […]
Universal cancer blood test detects and locates 50 types of tumors
“Cancer is one of humanity’s leading killers, and the main reason for that is it’s often hard to detect until it’s too late. But that […]
Six-junction solar cell sets two world records for efficiency
“Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have fabricated a solar cell with an efficiency of nearly 50%. The six-junction solar cell now holds […]
Blockchain Firms Team Up on Private Coronavirus Testing App
“Genobank, a blockchain project seeking to offer consumers ownership and control over their DNA data, is preparing to launch an app on EOS-based blockchain platform Telos to […]
UC Santa Barbara Researchers Tweak UV LEDs To Neutralize COVID-19 Virus
“In a research note published by the journal ACS Photonics in January, the researchers reported a more elegant method for fabricating high quality UV-C LEDs. It involves […]
Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota and VW
“Toyota Motor and Volkswagen each sell 10 million cars, give or take, every year. Tesla delivered about 367,500 in 2019. But when it comes to electronics […]
Scientists Linked Artificial and Biological Neurons in a Network—and Amazingly, It Worked
“Scientists have linked up two silicon-based artificial neurons with a biological one across multiple countries into a fully-functional network. Using standard internet protocols, they established […]
Self-Replicating, Self-Repairing Homes on the Moon and Mars Made of Fungi
“Science fiction often imagines our future on Mars and other planets as run by machines, with metallic cities and flying cars rising above dunes of red sand. […]