TECH & INNOVATION

DNA as Flash Drives: The Future of Storing Digital Image

TECH & INNOVATION 07.09.2019 08:46 AM

Study reveals how to store digital information through DNA metabolites Data storage is a concern since there are limitations in the capacity of current hard drives.

Free Apps All Dog Owners Should Download On Their Phones

07.08.2019 08:36 AM

For dog lovers, pleasing their beloved pet is the number one goal. Aside from the traditional way of training and playing with them, there are applications that will make your life easier and will keep your god healthy and happy.

Solar Energy Technology May Provide Clean Water Solutions

07.08.2019 07:58 AM

At the heart of building a world independent of non-renewable energy sources, experts found that solar energy technology may also help serve clean water solutions to communities.

AI Identifies and Classifies Wild Animal Behavior

07.08.2019 07:52 AM

AI-driven activity recognition has been used to record emotions of wild animals from walking style, it can also estimate how many people are in a room and it can create videos from start and end frames alone. But that is not all this invention is good for.

Are Self-Driving Cars Potential Game-Changer for Older Drivers?

07.06.2019 10:27 AM

It took about 8.3 seconds for older drivers to negotiate the obstacle compared to around 7 seconds for the younger age group

Aerogel Could Revolutionize Solar Energy Collection

07.04.2019 08:50 AM

The material lets sunlight pass through easily but blocks solar heat from escaping. A newly developed material that is so perfectly transparent you can barely see it could unlock many new uses for solar heat.

Siberian Cat is Fitted with Prosthetic Paws After Frostbite

07.02.2019 10:19 AM

An adorable cat who lost all four of his paws to frostbite has been fitted with a new set of titanium feet. Abandoned tom Ryzhik was out in -40C temperatures in Siberia, causing gangrene which led to him having his paws removed. Normally, injuries like this would result in the cat being put to sleep.

Insects Instigate Greener, Cheaper Membranes for Desalination

07.02.2019 09:59 AM

This case is the first-ever demonstration of MD membranes derived from intrinsically wetting materials

Friends, Not Fitbit, More Predictive of Health, Says Studies

06.28.2019 10:29 AM

What the researchers discovered was the social network structure provides a significant improvement in predictability of wellness states of an individual over using the data derived from wearables, like the number of steps or heart rate

Artificial Intelligence Identifies Potential Problems Caused by Global Water Supply Deficiency and Prevents Them

06.26.2019 09:24 AM

The Water, Peace, and Security Partnership (WPS) in the Netherlands developed a tool that uses artificial intelligence in determining where conflicts over scarce water will break out to a year in advance and creating a plan in preventing them.

Artificial Intelligence To Help Translate Infant Cries

06.25.2019 07:39 AM

When babies start to cry, their primary caregivers are signalled that they are either hungry, sleepy or need a diaper change. However, not matter how simple this may seem, to first time parents, a baby's cry always means something they have yet to comprehend. Luckily, a group of researchers from the Northern Illinois University is working on an AI that will help parents make a distinction between what are normal cries and what cries are a result of an illness.

Taste Neurons Can Be Controlled by Green Light

06.24.2019 08:26 AM

Study reveals that flies can be controlled in terms of their feeding habits through the absence of presence of light.

Circulating Liquid – ‘Robot Blood’ – Powers Robotic Applications for Lengthy Tasks

06.22.2019 09:45 AM

By designing power sources that give robots the ability to function for more extended periods, researchers think autonomous robots could soon be roaming the Earth’s oceans on vital scientific missions and for delicate environmental tasks like sampling coral reefs

Google’s Chat: The Android Version of iMessage

06.21.2019 09:35 AM

Chat will exist in Android Messages and in Samsung Messages. Google is bringing its version of iMessage to Android. Starting in the UK and France later this month, people with Android phones will be able to opt into the new texting service, which Google calls Chat.

Facebook Launches a Test Version of Its Cryptocurrency Libra

06.20.2019 11:11 AM

Mark Zuckerberg said he wants to make sending money as easy as sending a photo. For the last year, Facebook has been signaling it wants in on the cryptocurrency phenomenon.