Cooling/heating window film captures and releases solar energy
“A couple of years ago we heard about the MOlecular Solar Thermal (MOST) system, in which solar energy is stored in a liquid medium, then […]
A nanodrone able to detect toxic gases in emergencies
” Detecting dangerous gases in collapsed buildings due earthquakes or explosions and locating victims in hard-to-access places are among use scenarios of the Smelling Nano […]
Electric 3D Printing by Adrian Bowyer May Take Only a Few Seconds to Build Objects
“RepRap Ltd. user and hero of the open-source 3D printing movement Adrian Bowyer endeavors to use an electric current to create a 3D printed liquid […]
Five Ways Buildings of the Future Will Use Biotech to Become Living Things
“What if our homes were alive? I don’t mean smart homes with the disembodied voice of Alexa deciding the setting for your living room spotlights. I mean […]
New “Automated Following” Tech Lets One Drive Control Two Trucks
“Peloton Technology’s vision of the future of truck automation includes trucks that aren’t autonomous at all. At the recent Automated Vehicle Symposium in Orlando, Fla., […]
Bionic vision system works with augmented reality glasses
“A company focused on a bionic vision system sees hope for improvements in patients by means of a wireless sub-retinal implant together with augmented reality […]
Sustainable Urban Living Isn’t Just Necessary – It’s a Giant Opportunity
“Last Thursday was a rainy night in New York City, but that didn’t stop a crowd of curious and innovative thinkers from packing into MoMA’s PS1 for […]
Artificial throat could someday help mute people ‘speak’
“Most people take speech for granted, but it’s actually a complex process that involves both motions of the mouth and vibrations of folded tissues, called […]
Are Robots Coming for Our Jobs? Careful, It’s a Trick Question
“The robots are coming, and they’ll probably take your job when they get here. Oh wait—have you heard that recently? As recently as, say, yesterday? […]
77% Of People Want To Learn How To Live More Sustainably.
“A significant majority of Americans and Australians are intent on learning more about humanity’s impact on the environment, and what they can do to live […]
2020 Olympic Medals Will Be Made Out Of Recycled Smartphones
“The Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee announced that the metal found in the gold, silver, and bronze medals for next year’s Olympic Games will be reclaimed from old […]
Blockchains’s impact on food and farming, explained
“Several companies have launched services allowing shoppers to see a product’s journey from farm to fork, but they often depend on retailers agreeing to be […]
Editing RNA Expands CRISPR’s Use Far Beyond Genetic Diseases
“CRISPR advances have been coming so frequently that it’s hard to keep track. In just a few years, it’s evolved from a nifty genome word […]
Tesla Model 3 is ‘outselling all of its gas-powered equivalents combined’
“With the release of Tesla’s second quarter 2019 results, the automaker claimed that Model 3 is not only still the best-selling car in its segment but […]
How do we design buildings that enable occupants to thrive?
“Americans spend 87 percent of their time indoors, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Unfortunately, many buildings contribute to depression, stress, poor health and absenteeism, say […]
Hydrogel uses sunlight to harvest fresh water from the sea
“In many arid coastal regions, a great quantity of valuable fresh water is lost into the atmosphere every day, as it evaporates from the surface […]
Norwegian Firm Plans Offshore Remote-Controlled Salmon Farm
“Norwegian company Arctic Offshore Farming has developed a new remote-controlled fish pen that could both reduce the cost of feed and minimize salmon dying from […]
Why 3D printing could be key to a Moon base
“The European Space Agency (Esa) is researching technologies based on 3D printing to see how materials found on the lunar surface could be made into […]
This self-sustaining plant ecosystem helps you light up your home
“You love plants, plants love light, you love light, you’ll both love the Mygdal plantlight! It’s a revolutionary lighting solution not just because the luminaire […]
IBM Just Made Its Cancer Fighting AI Projects Open-Source
“IBM recently developed three artificial intelligence tools that could help medical researchers fight cancer. Now, the company has decided to make all three tools open-source, meaning […]
Watch Ford F-150 All-Electric Pickup Tow Over 1 Million Pounds of Train
“Ford is starting to open up about the development of its all-electric F-150 pickup truck and it released a promotional video showing an all-electric prototype […]
California replacing 200 polluting diesel school buses with all-electric buses
“The California Energy Commission has awarded nearly $70 million to state schools to replace more than 200 diesel school buses with new, all-electric school buses. […]
This spray-on nanofiber ‘skin’ may revolutionize burn and wound care
“Imagine if bandaging looked a little more like, well, a water gun? Israeli startup Nanomedic Technologies Ltd., a subsidiary of medical device company Nicast, has […]
Smart Glove Lets You Grip Virtual Objects
“A new high-tech glove helps make virtual reality more tangible. The glove not only turns your hand into a sort of controller for VR experiences, […]
Chinese Scientists Say They’ve Found A Safer Alternative To CRISPR
“Researchers from China’s Peking University have developed a new gene-editing technology — and they think it shows promise as a CRISPR alternative for fighting human […]
The First Complete Brain Wiring Diagram of Any Species Is Here
“…Aided by modern computer algorithms, the team mapped roughly 7,000 neural connections of both sexes of C. elegans, while landmarking all synaptic locations. All the wiring […]
3D Printing Strikes A Chord in Preschooler Music Education
“In ‘Digital Fabrication: 3D Printing in Preschool Education,’ Federico Avanzini, Adriano Baratè, and Luca A. Ludovico explore the connection between 3D printing and the classroom […]
Kenya launches Africa’s biggest wind farm
“Kenya on Friday formally launched Africa’s biggest wind power plant, a mammoth project in a gusty stretch of wilderness that already provides nearly a fifth […]
IBM Unveils New “Electronic Tongue” To Taste & Identify Liquids
“Electronic tongues” are devices that can analyze materials just by coming in contact with them — and they have near-infinite applications, from testing water quality to […]
New Device Purifies Water While Generating Solar Power
“Conventional wisdom dictates you should keep water and electricity far away from one another. But now, a team of Saudi Arabian researchers say they’ve created a […]
Top 6 trends in higher education
“Around the world, tuition at universities is rising at a much faster rate than inflation and challenging students’ return on investment. Reduced government funding and […]
Microscopy and VR Illuminate New Ways to Prevent and Treat Disease
“A combined research team from Carnegie Mellon University and Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason is pairing a nanoscale imaging technique with virtual reality technology […]
A Finnish Startup Is Making Food Out Of Carbon Dioxide
“Solar Foods has developed a process that uses renewable energy and the carbon dioxide polluting our atmosphere to create an alternative protein it calls Solein. The company says […]
Robot Uses Machine Learning To Harvest Lettuce
“Crops such as potatoes and wheat have been harvested mechanically at scale for decades, but many other crops have to date resisted automation. Iceberg lettuce […]
Volkswagen will share electric car platform with Ford, says Reuters
“On Friday morning, Reuters reported that the collaborative alliance between Ford and Volkswagen is to deepen. Back in January, the two car makers announced plans to share technology […]
Can’t take the heat? ‘Cool walls’ can reduce energy costs, pollution
“If these walls could talk, they might tell you that cutting energy costs and pollution may be as easy as giving them a fresh coat […]
Alphabet Releases Its Master Plan for Toronto’s New Smart City
“Ever dreamed of living in a giant experiment? If so, Toronto may be the city for you. Sidewalk Labs has released blueprints for its proposed […]
3D-Printed Human Skin and Bone Could Save Astronauts on Mars
“Scientists from the University Hospital of Dresden Technical University (TUD) in Germany just 3D printedskin and bone samples to see if astronauts on Mars could use […]
Samsung Releases Blockchain and DApp Software Development Kit
“South Korean technology behemoth Samsung announced the release of its blockchain and decentralized application (DApp) Software Development Kit (SDK) in a recent post on its website. Per the announcement, the Samsung Blockchain […]
Nanotech ‘Epipen’ May Prevent Paralysis After Spinal Cord Injury
“An injection of nanoparticles can prevent the body’s immune system from overreacting to trauma, which could potentially prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according […]
Why Autodesk is investing in an urban prefab construction startup
“Factory_OS, a Mare Island, Calif.-based home construction startup, received strategic investments from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) and Citi (NYSE: C). The amount of the deal […]
Capturing heat wasted in solar panels for use in distilling clean drinking water
“A team of researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has developed a way to use waste heat from solar panels to distill […]
Gene Therapy Restores Vision In Blind Mice
“Thanks to a new gene therapy targeting specific cells in the eye, blind mice haveregained the ability to see. A team of neuroscientists developed a […]
Dutch Company Reveals An Electric Car That Charges Itself With Sunlight
“A Dutch company from Eindhoven has released a prototype car that has already sold 100 orders to be filled in 2011. What’s special about the […]
Scientists Gene Edited Plants To Make Them Better At Carbon Capture
“It’s not enough for humans to pump less carbon into the atmosphere. To address climate change, many experts say we’re going to need to find […]
[VIDEO] ‘The future of mobility is electric’: Jaguar Land Rover to build electric cars in UK
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Researchers say they’re closer to finding cure for HIV after using CRISPR technology to eliminate disease in live mice for the first time
“Researchers say they’re one step closer to finding a potential cure for HIV after successfully eliminating the virus in living mice for the first time. […]
Meet the future of agriculture. Say Hello to DOT
“In 2014, Norbert Beaujot started thinking about building an autonomous seeder and realized that if a powered platform could be adapted to facilitate other implements, […]
Utility-Scale Energy Storage Will Enable a Renewable Grid
“A roadblock to sustainable energy solutions is coming unstuck. The way the world gets its electricity is undergoing a rapid transition, driven by both the […]
Why the Future Is Happening Faster Than You Think
“People have no idea how fast the world is changing. So said Peter Diamandis to the audience at Singularity University’s Global Summit, taking place this week […]