The future of housing looks nothing like today’s
“After a century, Americans are choosing to live together–transforming not just the buildings we live in, but the way we live in them… …Over the […]
How families are giving a fantastic trip to loved ones in hospice using VR
“When hospice nurse Laurie McKay arrived at the emergency room, her patient — a man in his early sixties with terminal cancer and now a […]
Elon Musk just revealed new details about Starlink, a plan to surround Earth with 12,000 high-speed internet satellites. Here’s how it might work.
“SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk, is trying to launch an internet revolution. SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape […]
IOTA Partners With Luxury Fashion Brand To Make Use Of Distributed Ledger Technology For Its Supply Chain
“In recent news, the German blockchain foundation, IOTA is initiating a Distributed Ledger Technology to enable a more supportive and ethically sourced fashion industry along […]
EU CO2 emissions ‘significantly decreased’ in 2018
“The European Union’s statistical office estimates CO2 emissions in EU countries “significantly decreased” in 2018 compared to 2017. Eurostat estimates CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion […]
Swiss & Italian Researchers 3D Print Microdevices for Clean Water
“The authors have created a 3D printed microrobotic prototype capable of finding pollutants and kill bacteria. Ranging from micrometers to millimeters, the small machines can […]
GM Cruise Autonomous Vehicle Unit Gets $1.15B Investment
“A group of institutional investors is sinking $1.15 billion into GM Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle unit of General Motors. Cruise announced the investment from […]
Scientists Say They Have Created An Environmentally Friendly Alternative To Styrofoam
“From an environmental perspective, styrofoam is a disaster. It is one of those products that imposes huge costs on society, costs that are borne by […]
An Indian Bioprinting Startup is Working on 3D Printed ‘Liquid Cornea’ for Corneal Grafts
“In the last few years, there has been a continuous growth of bioprinting companies around the world, probably because the medical field is one of […]
This Tiny Electric Car Is Made From 80% Recycled Plastics
“Milan-based design studio Mandalaki recently unveiled the Birò O2, a concept car that puts a sustainable twist on Italian carmaker Estrima’s Birò, a tiny two-seater electric […]
AI Could Prevent Unneeded Tests in Patients with Stable Chest Pain
“Artificial intelligence (AI) could prevent unnecessary diagnostic tests in patients with stable chest pain, according to research presented today at ICNC 2019. A decision support […]
Nation’s First ‘Hempwood’ Factory Could Be Sustainable Lifesaver for Endangered Oak Trees in the US
“A new facility in Kentucky has become the nation’s first factory to begin cultivating “wood” out of hemp. In addition to being 20% tougher than […]
Major Companies Plan to Track Sea Food and Clothing Using Blockchain
“Blockchain has found a tremendous use case in supply chain management. A Forbes post published May 15, 2019, revealed that Bumble Bee Foods plans to use blockchain for […]
Exploring the Viability of Crypto Mining in the Renewable Energy Future
“With the world going green, we explore the high cost of crypto mining and if it is sustainable in the long-term. It is no secret […]
5 Breakthroughs Coming Soon in Augmented and Virtual Reality
“Convergence is accelerating disruption… everywhere! Exponential technologiesare colliding into each other, reinventing products, services, and industries. In this third installment of my Convergence Catalyzer series, I’ll […]
The byFlow 3D Food Printer That Could Make Culinary Personalization Happen
“Back in 2015, the Dutch company byFlow – then called 3D By Flow – launched their portable and multi-extruder 3D printer “Focus” on Kickstarter. Although their 3D printer […]
Radical new desalination technique may disrupt the water industry
“A Columbia Engineering team led by Ngai Yin Yip, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, reports that they have developed a radically new desalination […]
Move over, silicon switches: There’s a new way to compute
“Logic and memory devices, such as the hard drives in computers, now use nanomagnetic mechanisms to store and manipulate information. Unlike silicon transistors, which have […]
Vacuum Maker Dyson Patents Off-Road Electric Car
“Vacuum maker Dyson just unveiled early blueprints for its upcoming off-road electric car. The vehicle seems to be designed to be maneuverable even on rough […]
VR Can Improve Quality of Life for People with Dementia
“Virtual reality (VR) technology could vastly improve the quality of life for people with dementia by helping to recall past memories, reduce aggression and improve […]
Case Study: A 3D Printed Patient Specific Partial Finger Prosthesis
“From the University of Nebraska at Omaha, researchers Keaton Young, James E. Pierce, and James M. Zuniga explore prosthetics made via 3D printing in ‘Assessment of […]
These “biosolar panels” suck CO2 from the air to grow edible algae
“In London, scientists are testing the “BioSolar Leaf,” which uses carbon-hungry organisms to help clean the air better than trees can–all while providing an excellent […]
The World’s First 3D-Printed Village Is Coming to Latin America This Summer
“Acclaimed designer Yves Béhar of fuseproject, Austin–based construction technologies company ICON, and nonprofit New Story just unveiled plans to build the world’s first 3D-printed community, which will provide over […]
The World’s First ‘Zero-Waste Flight’ Just Landed In Australia
“Think back to your last flight: In addition to dehydration and jet lag, you probably exited the aircraft with a pile of trash in your […]
City of Austin in Texas partners with IOTA Foundation for a blockchain transportation initiative
“The transportation department in the city of Austin in Texas has recently partnered with IOTA Foundation. They will work on blockchain transportation use cases, which […]
Robotic Health Care is Coming to a Hospital Near You
“Medical robots are helping doctors and other professionals save time, lower costs and shorten patient recovery times, but patients may not be ready. Our research into human perceptions of automated […]
Inside Japan’s most innovative city
“Sandwiched between the mountains and the sea in Japan’s far-west corner, Fukuoka is a city trying to reinvent itself. In a land long dominated by […]
Toward 100% clean energy: two million solar strong and growing
“Today, IREC proudly joins the collective voice of advocates and industry celebrating a milestone we have worked for 37 years to witness: two million solar […]
World’s first upcycled high-rise is proposed for Copenhagen
“Danish architecture firms Lendager Group and TREDJE NATUR want to prove that building tall doesn’t need to come at the cost of the environment or human comfort. That’s why […]
Australian Man Receives 3D Printed Titanium Replacement for Sternum
“Walter Santos of Australia is living much more comfortably now, thanks to a 3D printed titanium implant in his sternum. The device, developed by Dr. Michael […]
AI can detect depression in a child’s speech
“A machine learning algorithm can detect signs of anxiety and depression in the speech patterns of young children, potentially providing a fast and easy way […]
Ingenious Gadget Could Harvest Battery Material From The Ocean
“These days, most batteries for electric vehicles are based on cobalt — a dwindling element sourced from mines that often employ child labor and other unethical practices. Now, a team of MIT […]
Ford Designers Are Using VR to Collaborate on Projects While Thousands of Miles Apart
“Ford recently partnered with Gravity Sketch to bring virtual reality into the car design process. Now the Blue Oval is highlighting one of the ways it […]
Moscow Student Councils Plan to Pilot Blockchain E-Voting in June
“Authorities of Moscow are planning to pilot blockchain-based electronic voting in universitystudent council elections in late June 2019, establishing methods that the city’s mayoral election may be next to apply, Russian news agency TASS reported on […]
Organovo: Bioprinting Could be the New Solution to Organ Transplantation
“Remember when movies like The Island seemed like a scary yet foreseeable future? In 2005, the sci-fi thriller introduced a compound inhabited by clones used for […]
Untangled Episode #12: How Distributed Ledger Tech Can Help In Nature & Wildlife Restoration
“The twelfth episode of Untangled, a podcast exploring the IOTA Ecosystem and beyond, is exploring how we can restore the quickly disappearing forests of the planet […]
Adidas continues drive toward sustainable manufacturing with FUTURECRAFT.LOOP performance shoe
“It’s not everyday a household name brand in the performance footwear industry announces a 100 percent recyclable shoe, fortunately for conscientious consumers and the planet, adidas […]
UKRI Studying Democratized Peer-To-Peer Microgrids
“UK Research and Innovation has begun a study to determine how people with small rooftop solar systems — called micro-generators — could create a peer-to-peer energy […]
New look at VW’s ID all-electric hatchback
“Volkswagen is about to open its order book for the ID all-electric hatchback, the first all-electric vehicle built on its new MEB platform made to […]
Forget Smart Cities (For a Minute), We Need to Talk About Smart Farms
“There’s a lot of talk about digital technology and smart cities, but what about smart farms? Many of us still have a romantic view of farmers surveying […]
Scientists Have a New Idea To Make a Fusion Reactor Practical
“Scientists are hoping a new upgrade at U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) could finally make fusion power a reality — […]
NYC Passes Bold New Legislation Requiring Green Roofs on New Buildings – and Much More
“New York City recently passed a trailblazing new piece of legislation that is set to propel the Big Apple towards the forefront of America’s fight […]
End to Aids in sight as huge study finds drugs stop HIV transmission
“An end to the Aids epidemic could be in sight after a landmark study found men whose HIV infection was fully suppressed by antiretroviral drugs […]
Creating Context-Aware Environments with Next-Generation Sensors
” Recent evolutions in the core enabling technologies for Internet of Things (IoT)-connected smart devices now make it possible to broadly deploy intelligent, “context-aware” environments […]
Futuristic Robot Farm Begins Selling Its First Produce
“In October, startup Iron Ox opened its first farm, where robots would tackle many of the tasks traditionally undertaken by humans. Now, the company’s leafy greens […]
JinkoSolar Has Already Secured More Than 10.7 Gigawatts In Orders In 2019
“Chinese solar PV manufacturing giant JinkoSolar has continued its strong recent performance, announcing on Tuesday that it had already secured over 10.7 gigawatts (GW) in […]
The Revolution Will Be Put On The Blockchain
“Reporter Rachel-Rose O’Leary talks about the way technology can be used to either ignite or suppress an uprising by common people and the role cryptocurrency […]
Injecting Fetal Brains With CRISPR Could Cure Genetic Conditions
“Controversial new research suggests there may be a way to prevent Angelman syndrome, a genetic developmental disorder that can cause seizures, difficulty communicating, and is […]
Electric Cars Are Estimated to Be Cheaper Than Regular Cars by 2022
“Electric cars have developed a reputation as the ultimate status symbol of the champagne environmentalist, but that could be very close to changing. New research from BloombergNEF says […]
America’s renewable energy set to surpass coal for the first month ever [VIDEO]
“America’s clean energy revolution is on the verge of a tipping point.The renewable energy sector is projected to generate more electricity than coal during the […]