The bicycle frame is made of aluminum and has dimensions of 1650 × 235 × 785 mm and a weight of only 13.6 kg. It has the wheels of 27.5 inches (69 cm) in diameter, Shimano hydraulic disc brake system ...
Read More »Britain To Ban Sale Of All New Diesel and Petrol Cars From 2040
The ban on vehicles running on petrol and diesel is part of plans to tackle air pollution, accelerating the push towards electric cars. The UK government is expected to announce the decision on Wednesday, according to Metro. It should be ...
Read More »Japanese Scientists Create Skin-Like Wearable Health Sensors
According to Science Daily, the Japanese scientists have developed a new hypoallergenic electronic sensor that can be worn on the skin continuously for a week without discomfort, and is so light and thin that users forget they even have it ...
Read More »World’s First Battery-Free Cellphone Created – Video
Researchers of the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and the University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering have developed a mobile phone that lets you call without battery. The device extracts its power from ambient radio signals and ...
Read More »In China, a robot has started delivering packages to people
Jingdong, or JD.com, China’s second-biggest e-commerce company after Alibaba, sent robots to deliver items for the first time yesterday (June 18), on the last day of a two-week-long shopping bonanza that recorded sales of around $17.6 billion, according to a ...
Read More »This New Material Is Set to Revolutionize Electronics
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered a new material that could change technology as we know it. This nano-scale, thin-film material is transparent and extremely conductive, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Futurism. Many common electronics, like smartphones and ...
Read More »Plastic-eating caterpillar could munch waste, scientists say
Researchers at Cambridge University have discovered that the larvae of the moth, which eats wax in bee hives, can also degrade plastic, according to the BBC. Experiments show the insect can break down the chemical bonds of plastic in a ...
Read More »Google Kitty Hawk flying car will be available this year
Google co-founder Larry Page’s mysterious flying cars will be available to buy by the end of this year, according to MailOnline. The billionaire’s company Kitty Hawk has officially launched after months of rumours and speculation. Kitty Hawk president Sebastian Thrun, ...
Read More »Ultrasonic Dryer Cuts Drying Time In Half
Fortunately, a team of researchers have come up with a much cooler system (in both senses of the word). Their experimental new dryer blasts clothes with ultrasound to effectively shake moisture off them, according to Geek. The average load of ...
Read More »China uses facial recognition technology for public toilet revolution
The unusual move — part of a “toilet revolution” — is another step in China’s vast upgrading of public facilities, according to USA Today. Bathrooms at tourist sites, notorious for their primitive conditions and nasty odors, are a special focus ...
Read More »Elon Musk wants to merge humans and machines via brain implants
The founder and chief executive of Tesla is simultaneously running both the automaker and Space Exploration Technologies Corp — commonly known as SpaceX. Now he wants to implant tiny brain electrodes that could one day lead to consciousness that doesn’t ...
Read More »Facebook and Nokia to set transatlantic internet traffic for massive boost
Facebook and Nokia have teamed up to send record-breaking amounts of data thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean. In recent tests, a new type of optical digital signal processing technology from Nokia Bell Labs achieved a capacity that’s roughly ...
Read More »New LiFi could be the answer to your WiFi woes
Staring at a swirling loading symbol could be a thing of the past as experts develop a way for multiple people to use the internet without affecting the speed. It’s called LiFi and relies on central ‘light antennas’ to beam rays of ...
Read More »High School Students Beat AI Robot in Math Test
An ‘exam-taking robot’ developed by China’s Chengdu Zhun Xing Yun Xue Technology Co. was defeated by a group of high school students in Chengdu in a test-taking competition, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Huffington Post. The four-year old robot took ...
Read More »Gita the robot may help you schlep the groceries
A 75-pound Gita prototype certainly made quite an impression on passersby as it rolled down New York’s busy Madison Avenue, according to USA Today. Several people stopped to gawk at Gita and snap pictures during a demonstration, and to ask: ...
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