TECH & INNOVATION

Did NYC Mayor Just Ban Glass Skyscrapers?

During a press conference held on Earth Day, Bill DeBlasio, the mayor of New York, seemed to have threatened to ban glass skyscrapers, which was later clarified in his speech.

OpticSELINE Could Possibly Restore the Sight of the Blind

The electrode works by stimulating the optic nerve with light sensation. Researchers from Switzerland and Italy have teamed up to develop the OpticSELINE, a device with intraneural electrodes that stimulate the optic nerve with light sensation in the hopes of activating the visual cortex-in other words, restoring the sight of the blind.

How Artificial Intelligence Enhances Education

Artificial intelligence has a transformative power. AI changed business, banking, governmental processes, marketing, and any other industry you could think of. It changed education, too. Technology has become an inevitable aspect of the way we approach the learning process.

Facebook Developing Mind Reading Technology

Social media giant Facebook is working on mind reading technology that raises staggering ethical questions. The company is funding research on machines that will be able to pick up thoughts from a person's neurons. The technology will work on translating the neurons into thoughts.

NASA Pinpointed Japan's Tropical Storm Before Landfall

NASA's Aqua satellite provided forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center with infrared data and cloud top temperature information for Tropical Storm Krosa as it was making landfall in southern Japan.

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