Technology

Scientists Create Flexible Device Capable of Providing Sweat Analytics in Real-Time

Wearable tech is starting to take off, especially within the health and fitness industry. Scientists at Stanford University and the University of California–Berkeley have been determined to develop a device capable of tracking what’s secreted…

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The Human Brain Can Hold a Petabyte of Information…Almost the Entire Internet

As per new research from the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, the human brain’s memory capacity is 10 times larger than previous estimates. Researchers created a 3D reconstruction of tissue from a rat’s hippocampus,…

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Paralyzed Man Walks Again After World’s First Cell Transplant

A Breakthrough for Spinal Injury Patients Last year, medical teams from Poland and the UK collaborated on a new surgical cell transplant allowing 40-year-old Darek Fidyka to walk again. The new procedure gives hope to…

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The Growth & Importance of Cutting Edge Knowledge Management (KM) Software

Knowledge doubled in the 17th and 18th centuries due to new technologies such as the printing press, leading to better opportunities for vastly more people. The feudal system in Europe gave way to personal empowerment,…

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The Promise of Advanced Machine Vision Systems

IndustryTap has reported on neuromorphic vision sensors that help machines see better, modeling and designing vision technology based on the dragonfly eye, and systems that help robots see around corners. Machine Vision (MV) is anything but simple with lenses,…

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New Trauma Foam Stabilizes Critically Wounded Soldiers, Patients

Cutting Edge, Revolutionary Science & Medicine Dr. David King, a trauma surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, a former army medic, has treated soldiers in war zones and patients severely injured at home such…

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Your Stomach Acid Can Dissolve Metal

We all know about stomach acid and how it helps us digest the food we eat. But did you know that this acid in your stomach is so strong that it can even dissolve metal?…

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Mind Over Matter: Using Brain Waves to Control Electronic Devices

The recent history of human technology shows an increasing number of products and services that can be controlled remotely and automatically using computer algorithms. But what about the prospect of controlling devices using your own…

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The Future of Plastics? 96 Million “Shade Balls” Create Evaporation Barrier in California Reservoir

Presentiment of a Clean Future Necessity is the mother of invention. Can it be that pressing environmental problems will change the role of plastics in our lives? According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the answer…

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Solar Balloons Flying Above the Clouds Generate Electricity Night and Day

As per NASA, the sun irradiates the earth with 174 Petawatts (Pw) of solar energy per day. Approximately 30% of this energy is reflected back into space, and a major part of it is absorbed…

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