Collaborate Disseminate
Due to the ongoing pandemic, more people than ever before are currently stuck sitting at their computers, using services like Zoom and Skype. The just-announced Wave for Work smart ring, however, is made to help free them up.Continue ReadingCategory: W… Continue reading Smart ring lets users maintain distancing … from their computer
Discarded lobster shells, oyster shells, and used wine bottle corks would typically be considered waste by most people. However, they are all being put to good use as building materials for a sustainable pavilion designed by BakerBrown Studio, planned … Continue reading Sustainable pavilion being made from used cork and waste oyster shells
Commonly called the African piano, the kalimba is the commercial version of a traditional Zimbabwean instrument known as the mbira, which dates back thousands of years. That said, a brand-new high-tech tool has been designed to teach people how to play… Continue reading High-tech device teaches you to play an ancient instrument
The first comet known to visit our Sun after being born around an alien star may also be the most pristine comet ever discovered, according to the results of a new study. The research sheds light on the distant solar system in which the wandering body,… Continue reading First known interstellar comet is most pristine ever discovered
A team from Georgia Tech has just announced a world-first: a 3D-printed rectifying antenna the size of a playing card that can harvest electromagnetic energy from 5G signals and use it to power devices, turning 5G networks into wireless power grids.Con… Continue reading Energy-harvesting card treats 5G networks as wireless power grids
Mining giant Rio Tinto has announced it’s going to install a pilot version of Heliogen’s high-temperature “solar refinery” at a Californian boron mine, supplying clean energy as well as heat for industrial processes, with operations expected to start i… Continue reading Rio Tinto to deploy Heliogen’s AI-powered industrial “solar refinery”
Astronomers have discovered the aftermath of a cosmic hit-and-run in our own galactic neighborhood. While studying the closest star cluster to the Sun, ESA scientists realized that it may have been disrupted by a huge lump of invisible mass, possibly d… Continue reading Dark matter drive-by may have disrupted closest star cluster to Earth
Swedish boat-builder Candela is looking to make some waves in the local water transportation scene with a fancy new foiling ferry it claims will be world-beating in a number of ways. The P-30 is designed to become the fastest all-electric passenger shi… Continue reading Foiling ferry to become the world’s fastest electric passenger ship
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has officially confirmed on its Weibo blog that its upcoming Mi Mix phone, to be launched in a few days, will be the world’s first smartphone to use “liquid lens” technology in its camera.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Xiaomi to launch the world’s first liquid lens smartphone camera
A new study led by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University is challenging the common assumption that video conferencing is better than audio-only communication for collaborative group activities. The findings suggest video cues may in fact lower a … Continue reading Drop the Zoom video? Audio-only communication boosts group IQ