Three Smart Blinds to Level Up Your Smart Home Game in 2019

TECH & INNOVATION 05.02.2019 11:58 AM

There is now a wider range of more affordable alternatives with new mechanics and new designs that could take your smart home game up a notch.

Sewers Could Help Clean Our Atmosphere

05.02.2019 11:16 AM

Researchers have concluded that sewer plants serving municipalities worldwide offer a major option for capturing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Although cautioning that research and development is needed before the systems could be deployed, the team identified several potentially viable paths to using sewage as a carbon sink — that is, sewer plants could clean the atmosphere as they clean water.

UCI Engineers Developed Next-Generation, Adaptive Space Blanket with Heat regulation Properties

04.29.2019 15:20 PM

The engineers have made a version with changeable properties for users to regulate how much heat is trapped or released

Scientists Designed DNA That Folds into a Smart Nanocapsule for Drug Delivery

04.29.2019 11:48 AM

Now it is possible to load and pack the nanocapsule with several cargoes, closed for delivery and opened again through a subtle pH increase

The Dead Could Outnumber the Living on Facebook by 2070

04.27.2019 13:56 PM

The number of dead users could increase to 4.9 billion before the end of the century Academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), a section of the University of Oxford, have made a recent analysis that predicts the dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within fifty years, a drift that will have severe consequences on how we handle our digital heritage in the future.

New Curriculum in Vietnam Colleges to Include "Green Building Design"

04.26.2019 10:06 AM

Soon, there will be available well-rounded courses on green building construction for college students in Vietnam.

NYC Sets Emission Cap, Building Owners to Retrofit their Properties with Upgrades

04.26.2019 10:05 AM

It is time for people to exert more effort in helping the environment cope up with the damages. (Photo : Adam Jones)Repair Work - Midtown Manhattan- New York City - New York - USA Global warming is one of today's pressing environmental issues that humanity is trying to undo.

The First Step toward Ultra-High-Speed Wi-Fi

04.25.2019 13:56 PM

Researchers have found out a way to extract and transmit wireless signals from laser frequency combs

Taiwan Introduces New Formulation of Reinforced Concrete

04.25.2019 08:52 AM

Most residential buildings are built with traditional reinforced concrete which are limited to rise up to 27 floors only.

Democratic Resettlement Community in Namibia Uses Sand-Filled Bottles For Construction

04.25.2019 08:51 AM

The Democratic Resettlement Community (DRC) found a way to provide proper structures for the settlers.

EndoPil: The Holy Grail in Weight-Control?

04.25.2019 07:49 AM

Researchers in Singapore have developed EndoPil, a self-inflating weight-control pill that overcomes the limitations associated with endoscopically administered intragastric balloons.

A No-Engine, No-Fuel Aircraft

04.24.2019 16:01 PM

University of the Highlands and Islands creates the first large-scale aircraft to be powered by variable-buoyancy propulsion.

Designed to be Environmentally-Friendly, Speed Art Museum Earns LEED Gold ® Certification

04.24.2019 12:04 PM

World-renowned architect Kulapat Yantrasast designed the new Speed Art Museum to be highly sustainable in every sense.

Astronauts Anticipating Interior Designed Room in Spacecrafts in the Name of Health

04.23.2019 17:50 PM

Scientists are lobbying the idea that spacecraft designers should look into improving the interior design of the astronauts' home away from home.

New Personalized Deep Learning Tool Recommends Routes By Estimating Runners’ Heart Rates

04.23.2019 08:19 AM

A tool capable of identifying essential features that affect workout performance like whether a route has hills and the user’s level of fitness