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. […]
Delta commits $1 billion to carbon neutral plans
Delta has made a ten-year, $1 billion commitment to mitigate all emissions from its global business, starting next month. The US carrier said it would […]
Coronavirus: Seven Ways Collective Intelligence Is Tackling the Pandemic
“Tackling the emergence of a new global pandemic is a complex task. But collective intelligence is now being used around the world by communities and […]
[WATCH] Virtual reality puts visitors eye-to-eye with MLK
A high-tech museum exhibit puts visitors face-to-face with Martin Luther King Jr. as he delivers his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. The virtual reality […]
Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients lives by 3D printing valves for reanimation devices
The supply chain was broken, people and 3D printing rose to the occasion. Additive manufacturing may be able to play a role in helping to […]
Robotic seals and bionic limbs: How Japan is creating opportunity for medtech
” In nursing homes throughout Japan, an interactive, therapeutic robot is helping provide care to elderly residents. The robot’s name is Paro, and it looks like […]
New machine learning method could supercharge battery development for electric vehicles
“Battery performance can make or break the electric vehicle experience, from driving range to charging time to the lifetime of the car. Now, artificial intelligence […]
[WATCH] Cobod Demonstrates Construction Technology with Live 3D Printing of 4 Small Houses
“At the international Bautec construction exhibition in Berlin, Danish 3D printing construction company COBOD provided a live demonstration of its technology by 3D printing the walls of 4 small […]
Future Goals in the AI Race: Explainable AI and Transfer Learning
“Recent years have seen breakthroughs in neural network technology: computers can now beat any living person at the most complex game invented by humankind, as well as imitate […]
Tesla just made its one millionth car
“Tesla has produced one million electric cars, the company’s CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter. Musk made the announcement by sharing a picture of the car, […]
[WATCH] How Bionic Limbs Are Changing Lives
“A bionic revolution is brewing, as recent advancements in bioengineering have brought about scientific breakthroughs in rehabilitation for people with disabilities. The most cutting edge […]
Denver Startup Develops Smart Pill for Wireless Drug Delivery
“When you take a prescription pill, do you know where in your body the medication is being delivered? Is that medication effectively dispersed and are […]
Researchers one step closer to creating organic batteries
“Using organic materials are the way forward and that has scientists like Professor Thomas Baumgartner of the Faculty of Science and his team busy developing […]
Virginia Lawmaker Pushes for Blockchain-Powered Elections, Local Commerce
“In a bid to foster the adoption of distributed ledger technology-based (DLT) applications and services in her county, Delegate Hala Ayala recently provided two payments […]
Custom-Made Bones Are Being 3D Printed in a Lab Then Implanted in People
“Become partially android for a couple of years while your body heals itself. It may sound far-fetched, but for patients needing reconstructive surgery, this could […]
Fusion Startup Claims Breakthrough Will Provide “Unlimited” Energy
“An Australian fusion startup called HB11, a spin-off from the University of New South Wales, claims to have found a way to revolutionize current nuclear […]
Oxford VR uses virtual reality to treat social anxiety
Oxford VR (OVR), a U.K.-based virtual reality (VR) startup that emerged from Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry back in 2017, has officially launched a VR-based […]
Given Basic Income, People Kept Working And Got Healthier
“In 2017, the government of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, kicked off a three-year basic income pilot project. Basically, it handed out enough money to cover basic needs […]
Scientists Invent Device To Generate Electricity From Rain
“There have been numerous attempt to generate electricity using rain, but this may be one of the more effective solutions yet. Researchers have developed a generator that uses […]
Robot uses artificial intelligence and imaging to draw blood
“Rutgers engineers have created a tabletop device that combines a robot, artificial intelligence and near-infrared and ultrasound imaging to draw blood or insert catheters to […]
Goodyear’s smart tire concept ‘prints’ its own treads
The thunk-whumma-whumpa-whuppa sound of a tire puncturing and losing pressure at freeway speeds is unmistakable. However, if Goodyear has its way humanity might not have to endure […]
Coronavirus: Ten reasons why you ought not to panic
“Regardless of whether we classify the new coronavirus as a pandemic, it is a serious issue. In less than two months, it has spread over […]
49% of world’s GDP now covered by net-zero targets, study says
“Just under half of the world’s annual GDP is now covered by nations, regions and cities that are legislating for a net-zero emissions target, a […]
MIT Spinoff WaveSense’s Ground-Penetrating Radar Looks Down for Perfect Self-Driving
“Ground-penetrating radar may soon be the sensor that makes your car autonomous in all weather conditions. It turns out that when you scan the 10 […]
This Panasonic Camera Uses a Special Viewfinder that Lets Colorblind People See Color
“Panasonic recently partnered up with India’s Dentsu Aegis Network to create something really cool. Following in the footsteps of those glasses that “reverse” certain types […]
Carmakers Expected To Roll Out Wireless Car Chargers This Year
“Carmakers are expected to release wireless charging pads for electric cars based on a universally agreed-upon standard as soon as this year, CNET reports. The chargers work […]
The hunt for a coronavirus cure is showing how science can change for the better
“The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared an international public health emergency over the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus. One day later, the Wellcome Trust research charity […]
3D Printed Submarine Parts Ready for Serial Production
“Our recent article on a 3D printed underwater scooter ended with a prediction that we’ll be seeing a 3D printed submarine soon. While we’re still not quite […]
Georgia Tech physicists unlock the secret to perfect wok-tossed fried rice
” Fried rice is a classic dish in pretty much every Chinese restaurant, and the strenuous process of tossing the rice in a wok over […]
In A 1st, Scientists Use Revolutionary Gene-Editing Tool To Edit Inside A Patient And Restore Vision
“For the first time, scientists have used the gene-editing technique CRISPR to try to edit a gene while the DNA is still inside a person’s […]
GM shows 13 electric vehicles as it tries to run with Tesla
“General Motors, trying to refashion itself as a futuristic company with technology to compete against Tesla, rolled out plans Wednesday for 13 new electric vehicles […]
Vaccines without needles – new shelf-stable film could revolutionize how medicines are distributed worldwide
“The race is on to identify an effective vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. Once discovered, the next challenge will be manufacturing and distributing it around […]
New chip brings ultra-low power Wi-Fi connectivity to IoT devices
More portable, fully wireless smart home setups. Lower power wearables. Batteryless smart devices. These could all be made possible thanks to a new ultra-low power […]
‘Boy Genius’ Who Said He’d Make Oceans Clean Themselves Just Created Solar-Powered Barges That Clean Rivers
“All of us go through life-changing experiences from time to time, whether it’s our job or personal life. But some of us are inspired to […]
Virtual reality can bring ancient cities back to life and improve conservation
“Around 3,300 years ago, the port city of Ugarit was a vibrant urban centre, located strategically on the overland network linking Egypt with Asia Minor and on […]
Google’s DeepMind just shared AI-generated predictions about the coronavirus that could help researchers stem the global outbreak
“The UK-based team just used DeepMind’s new deep learning system to share its predictions about the protein structures of the coronavirus, which causes the disease. […]
Big Pharma Urges FDA To Use Blockchain For Drug Trafficking
25 leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, logistic partners, and other representatives of the pharma supply chain have published a report arguing in favor of adopting blockchain technology to […]
New Prefab Homes Never Need To Be Connected To The Grid
“Dvele is a manufacturer of prefabricated homes headquartered in Southern California. Building homes in a factory instead of onsite results in higher quality residences that […]
B corporations are pushing to change the way the world works
“There was a time when the only mention of a man’s family, during his long days of full-time work, was a single photograph propped at […]
Coinbase Becomes First ‘Pure’ Crypto Firm Approved as Visa Principal Member
“Coinbase, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, has been made a Visa principal member. Announcing the news on its blog Wednesday, the firm said the news marks it […]
More of Africa’s leading economies are already looking to wind to power their homes
“The stats tell a grim story: Africa is the world’s least electrified continent and its electrification rate is growing slower than anywhere else. To shore up […]
Blockchain For The Environment: It Is Real And It Is Here
“…what can the new blockchains do for the environment? As a paper presented to the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, or ECEEE, argued: Blockchain […]
Quantum internet: the next global network is already being laid
“Google reported a remarkable breakthrough towards the end of 2019. The company claimed to have achieved something called quantum supremacy, using a new type of “quantum” computer to […]
Researchers have invented a brick that can build itself
“What do you get if you mix sand, bacteria and sunlight? A self-replicating building material that pulls CO2 straight out of the atmosphere, according to […]
The future of work looks like staying out of the office
“It’s 2020: we finally live in the future! Or at least a future—one where broadband Internet connections and portable, reasonably high-powered computing tools are pervasive and widely […]
Red-state Utah embraces plan to tackle climate crisis in surprising shift
“In a move to protect its ski slopes and growing economy, Utah – one of the reddest states in the nation – has just created […]
Bio-electronic device can produce electricity using nothing but humidity
“There’s a huge variety of ways that we can potentially generate all the power we need for tiny medical sensors or other devices with minimal power needs. […]