TECH & INNOVATION

Taste Neurons Can Be Controlled by Green Light

TECH & INNOVATION 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.

How Bacteria Protect Themselves from Plasma Treatment

06.20.2019 09:29 AM

Genetic changes that increase the number or activity of the respective gene products are more capable of protecting bacteria from the effect of plasma treatment

Scientists Develop New Program to Monitor Street Signs via Google Street View

06.20.2019 09:26 AM

Researchers said that with the use of free and open source tools, they have now developed an automated system for doing that job, and doing it more accurately

Researchers Develop First Contactless Cardiac Arrest AI System for Smart Speakers

06.19.2019 09:10 AM

The scientists designed the proof-of-concept tool with the use of real agonal breathing instances captured from 911 calls, detected agonal breathing events 97 percent of the time from up to 20 feet (or 6 meters) away

Scientists Developed a Rapid, Easy-to-Use DNA Amplification Method at 37°C

06.14.2019 14:45 PM

The scientists initiated synthetic molecules called locked nucleic acids (LNAs) into the DNA strands, as these molecules are known to help achieve higher stability during hybridization

The Water-Out-of-Thin-Air Device That Won $1.5 Million Dollars

06.14.2019 09:05 AM

The device is called "WeDew," an abbreviation for wood-to-energy deployed water system. Two California designers have won a 1. 5 million dollar prize after building a shipping container that can harvest water from air.

AI Generate Facial Reconstruction Just By Listening to People's Voices

06.13.2019 09:40 AM

The algorithm approximated faces based on gender, ethnicity, and age, rather than individual characteristics.

Amazon and L’Oréal Let You Try on Makeup Digitally

06.12.2019 17:48 PM

L’Oreal teamed up with Facebook to let the users try on virtual makeup samples through the app. Applications that let your digitally try on makeup are not new, but L'Oreal hopes to bring these types of applications to a wider audience by integrating ModiFace, it is an Artificial Intelligence powered augmented reality platform, with Amazon's ever-growing product catalog.