Take a Break! It Can Lower Risk of Early Death
There is a direct correlation between sitting for long periods of time and the high risk of an early death. Your sitting time, which includes TV time, time sitting in your car, or even sitting on a…
Engineering
Porsche Mission E Hits Street in 2019
First appearing in 2015 as a concept, the all-electric Porsche Mission E sport sedan will hit the streets in 2019. Company chairman Oliver Blume made the announcement at this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show. Poised to…
Survival Bunker: Staying Alive Luxuriously
We’re not saying it’s time to go underground now—or ever, for that matter. Natural disasters, war, and disease are a part of the human condition, unfortunately. But with the recent onslaught of tragically bad news…
Coca-Cola Installs First 3D Robotic Sign in Times Square
Coca-Cola has always been at the forefront of outdoor advertising innovation. It put its first advertising billboard up in New York’s Times Square in 1920, and created one of the first-ever neon billboards there in…
Facial Recognition: Smile to Pay the Colonel
At a KFC restaurant in China, you can pay for your meal with a smile … and a little money. In the city of Hangzhou, the enormous Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, along with their affiliate…
Hyperloop One Global Challenge Winners Announced
On Sept. 14, Hyperloop One announced the winners in its Hyperloop One Global Challenge, a competition to identify the best routes for its high-speed, futuristic transportation system. There were 10 winners out of a field…
3D Printing: Solar Sinter Makes Objects From Glass
The vast majority of 3D printing technologies, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), use a layer-by-layer strategy. But thanks to some rapid improvements in technology and a growing understanding of the process, 3D printing has…
Leading Food Hygiene Lab Reports on the Inlabtec Serial Diluter
Inlabtec has published a customer video report that describes the experiences of Swiss Quality Testing Services (SQTS) (Courtepin, Switzerland) in replacing traditional test tube-based serial dilution with the Inlabtec Serial Diluter. SQTS is a leading…
Energy Harvesting Fabric Generates Electricity
Scientists have discovered a radical new way to create electricity from fabric. Soon, your pants could be charging your smartphone while you wear them. An international team of scientists from The University of Texas at…
ReRAM: Will New Memory Device Replace Flash?
Keep an eye out for Resistive Random-Access Memory (ReRAM), an up-and-coming type of computer memory technology. ReRAM is currently under development by a number of companies—including Panasonic, HP, Adesto Technologies, and Crossbar, among others. It…
