TECH & INNOVATION

The Grocerant: A Millennial Driven Hybrid

TECH & INNOVATION 03.15.2019 11:20 AM

What do you get when you mix a grocery store and a restaurant? A happy Millennial. Millennials, the tech-savvy, information fueled, WiFi-is-life generation, are causing an enormous shift in the world of grocery shopping.

Solar-powered moisture harvester collects and cleans water from air

03.15.2019 09:53 AM

UT Engineers combine hydrogels that are both highly water absorbent and can release water upon heating to create unique material that captures moisture and returns it as clean water

Facebook and Instagram were down for a day

03.14.2019 14:42 PM

The server configuration change is the reason behind Facebook and Instagram’s longest recorded outage

Toyota’s RV-like Lunar Rover

03.14.2019 14:38 PM

Toyota, no longer just for earthlings. Toyota plans to take off-roading vehicle design to astronomical heights, to the moon to be exact. The carmaker announced an upcoming collaboration with Japan's national space agency to design, develop and build the next generation of moon rover.

Recycling in Style

03.14.2019 10:27 AM

One-time use of plastic bottles could be the things in the past Have you ever wished there was something you could do to help minimize plastic waste? Well, now there is.

Scientists use a blender to reveal what's in our smartphones

03.14.2019 09:40 AM

Every year, 1.4 billion mobile phones are produced around the world. Many of us have more than one, but what are they made of, where do those materials come from, and what is the best thing to do with our devices once we have no more use for them?

Social Humanoid Robots: The Beginning of a New Race?

03.13.2019 13:01 PM

Artificial intelligence or artificial threat? Artificial intelligence is not a new science, but could it be the beginning of an entirely new race? As if it were ripped from a Hollywood blockbuster synopsis, robots with the ability to communicate, recognize people and learn new information are already amongst us.

Lookout app from Google can help identify objects for the visually impaired

03.13.2019 12:58 PM

This application was announced in 2018 and it is available on Pixel devices in the United States The Lookout application from Google is now available for download.

Virtual time-lapse photos can capture ultrafast phenomena

03.13.2019 08:35 AM

Scientists at EPFL's Engineering Mechanics of Soft Interfaces Laboratory developed a new imaging method called Virtual Frame Technique (VFT) that can generate thousands of images of these phenomena as they occur step by step.

Blindness to be prevented through a hydrogel contact lens

03.13.2019 08:30 AM

Scientists discover that blindness can be prevented through a contact lens made of hydrogel University of New Hampshire scientists have synthesized a hydrogel to be used as a contact lens for treating corneal melting, a precursor for blindness.

Free Hulu will now be offered to all Spotify premium users

03.12.2019 21:45 PM

The music-streaming service announced that they are offering a free Hulu plan to all of their premium users.

Quantum sensor is said to help cancer patients with their treatment

03.12.2019 11:04 AM

The newly developed quantum sensor is said to outperform the technologies that are currently used in monitoring the success of cancer treatments.

Movie technology inspires wearable liquid unit that aims to harvest energy

03.12.2019 09:35 AM

Technology designed to advance self-powering devices such as consumer electronics and defense innovations

Philippine Company Pushes for a Road Made of Recycled Plastic

03.12.2019 08:45 AM

San Miguel Corporation has proposed to use plastic in constructing roads in the Philippines. San Miguel Corporation (SMC), one of the most diversified conglomerates in the Philippines has announced their proposal to use plastic in constructing roads for the said country.