(Image credit: Pixabay) There's hope... We, and everything else, live in a giant greenhouse that depends on the sun's energy to maintain a delicate balance of life. About half of the light that travels to Earth's atmosphere passes through t...
A team from the University of California, Berkley, have developed a new method to make plastics truly compostable. The modified plastic breaks down in less time using just heat and water. (Photo from University of California) A little shining ho...
This airplane was designed using the MagicDNA software and strands of DNA, coming in at 1000-times smaller than the width of a human hair. (Image credit: Ohio State University) Scientists from Ohio State University have developed a method to de...
Researchers produced borophane, a 2D form of boron that is stable at standard temperatures and air pressures. Borophane could have applications for batteries, electronics, sensors, photovoltaics, and quantum computing. (Image Credit: Mark Hersa...
A visualization of an Alcibierre warp drive, which is expanding and contracting space-time. (Image Credit: AllenMcC/Wikimedia, Creative Commons) We might be seeing warp drives that would enable faster space travel in the future. I doubt any time...
These ultrathin OLED tattoos are only 2.3 micrometers thick. (Image Credit: Jonathon Barsotti/Italian Institute of Technology) Tattoos have been around for thousands of years as a way for people to express themselves, but now they can be used di...
Microsoft Mesh allows users in different physical locations to meet in a shared virtual environment. Participants appear either as a customized avatar or as themselves. (Image Credit: Microsoft) During the Microsoft Ignite developer conference o...
Mohsen Azadi, the paper’s lead author, wields a scalpel in preparation for the photophoretic experiment. (Image Credit: Eric Sucar, University Communications) Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have successfully used light to levitate two sm...
I really should be working but... I like to check into the E14 community. I regularly check to see if I've missed any Essentials training. Sure enough, the Reputation & Points > Missions says I need to complete Power II. ...
Every particle of the coronavirus from infected people around the world could fit inside a can of soda with room to spare. (Image Credit: CDC) Viruses are observed under advanced microscopes, but what about COVID-19’s total volume? Christian Yat...
MIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that detect explosive material in groundwater. The technology could be used to detect pollution and climate change in the future. (Image Credit: Annie Spratt/Unsplash) Spinach plants are...
Elon Musk has recently promised to award $100 million to anyone who develops the best carbon capture technology. (Image Credit: Unsplash) On January 21st, 2021, Elon Musk announced that he is promising to pay a $100 million prize for the best ca...
Mike Ambinder plays a game wearing the OpenBCI Ultracortex BCI Array. (Image Credit: Mike Ambinder/Valve Corporation) In an interview with New Zealand’s 1 News, Valve Software’s Gabe Newell offered a few insights into the company’s exploration o...
The new wearable device can also administer medicine to help monitor certain diseases. The new sensor can help monitor diseases like oral ulcers and oral cancer (Image credit:Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain) A new wearable device could change how we ...
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www.youtube.com/watchDoctors have successfully implanted KPro on a 78-year-old bilaterally blind patient. Professor Irit Bahar and Dr. Gilad Litvin celebrate a successful procedure with the first recipient of KPro. (Image credit: CorNeat Vision) ...
From using drones to transmit quantum particles to new quantum algorithms, quantum communication could be closer than we think. Could drones be the next method for quantum communication? (Image credit: XIAO-*** TIAN, HUA-YING LIU AND ZHENDA XIE) ...
Researchers have developed a new sensor that monitors a plant’s health for early nitrogen deficiency diagnosis. The portable Raman leaf sensor can be clipped on plants to monitor their health. (Image credit: Nature) Believe it or not, plants do ...
IKIN demonstrated a buzzing bee in a holograph. The device is expected to be released for consumer purchase later this year. (Image Credit: IKIN) Many filmmakers and other creators have found inspiration from the original “Star Wars” film.  ...
I’m writing this beginning paragraph last. Is this a wish-list for the engineers who have everything, or just for myself. Nevertheless, maybe you didn’t get what you wanted – or needed this year. Maybe you didn’t get that special person what they wan...
Fiber-optic cables connect state-of-the-art devices to demonstrate high-fidelity quantum teleportation. (Image Credit: Fermilab) In a collaborative effort, scientists from technology companies claim to have achieved sustained, long-distance quan...
This is a continuation of my previous post Seeeduino XIAO Expansion board . I'm going to use the RTC and microSD card to datalog time stamped temperature and humidity data from the DHT11 sensor to a file. I'm going to use the RTC (...
The capsule collected an asteroid sample the size of dust and pebbles. It also contained fine, black grain outside the chambers. (Image Credit: JAXA) JAXA revealed that the recently-returned Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully collected about 5.4 ...
