Technology
There has been no era like ours for the rapid development of technology. Stay updated on the hottest trends and advancements from all over the world.
Virtual reality makes you more empathetic
Walking a mile in someone’s shoes is little more than a mental exercise. But what if you could literally see what someone else sees? Or hear what they hear the same way they heard it? Companies are honing in on virtual reality technology, and new form of journalism is sprouting from it. It’s Read More...
App lets you lend your eyes to the blind
Blind people are as independent and able as any seeing person. But I could imagine there are times when it would be helpful to be able to “borrow” someone’s eyes. A new app called Be My Eyes lets you do that, not literally of course. The way it works is Be My Eyes connects blind people to Read More...
Looking for parking could be a thing of the past
Drivers waste around 70 million hours a year looking for parking. It’s not just a drag; it pollutes the environment, and wastes gas. To solve this problem Ford has come up with a way to use the sensors already embedded in many car’s bumpers, to help drivers parallel park, and use them to help Read More...
Tiny device harvests energy while you walk
New wearable devices are coming out almost every week, but many of them have to be charged, or run on replicable batteries—a 20th century problem for 21st century technology. Now German researchers have come up with small devices that lie buried in the heel of your shoe that generate energy as Read More...
Acupuncture pen checks for vitamins
We all need vitamins and minerals, and many of us are vitamin and mineral deficient. But what vitamins should you take? How do you know? Sure you could go to the doctor, but often our vitamin and mineral levels can change by the day. Now there’s a new acupuncture pen, called Vitastiq, that when Read More...
3D printers used to fight malaria
Malaria kills 1300 children per day. Doctors say that early diagnosis is key to surviving malaria, but getting test kits to rural parts of the developing world, where malaria is deadliest, can be difficult. Now engineers and doctors from Vanderbilt University have come up with a 3D printed malaria Read More...
Help cancer patients by playing a mobile game
Those who are diagnosed with cancer face a hard decision: Treatment or not? People respond to treatment differently. Doctors have backlogs of data that show how different patients responded to different treatments, but they are unanalyzed, and analyzing them would take years. Enter Reverse The Read More...
Drones used to protect wildlife
So far drones have been used to ferry tuberculosis tests around Papua New Guinea, and track deforestation in Sumatra. Now drones are being used to keep track of wildlife from the jungles of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the shores of British Columbia (BC). The drones are watching hippos Read More...
Cycling desks: exercising while you’re charging your phone
Cycling desks found at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, and in a train station in Lyon, let you exercise while you charge you digital device. The desks are called WeBikes and were conceived of by Patricia Ceysens, a Flemish government minister. The desks look like any stool and table arrangement but Read More...
Facebook initiative provides free Internet access to developing countries
It’s critical for a more just and fair world that developing countries get swiftly connected to the Internet. Last year Facebook started internet.org, an initiative that works with industries around the world to lower the barriers to bringing developing nations online. This week the project Read More...