According to the Federal Highway Administration, 54 percent of all US traffic fatalities occur on rural roads. Many of those accidents are in turn caused by drivers not seeing stop signs. New technology could help, by illuminating flashing lights on those signs in response to approaching vehicles. Developed by a team led by professors Sara Ahmed and Samer Dessouky, from […]
Self Powered Stop Signs Lights Up To Alert Drivers
This E-Bike Automatically Helps You To Modulate The Power
On a typical e-bike, you choose between different levels of electrical assistance. While the temptation is to select the maximum, what if that uses up the battery before you reach your destination? The French-designed iweech e-bike is claimed to automatically select the optimum level, so you do get where you’re going, but with minimal effort. As you regularly ride the […]
Breakthrough In Welding Metal & Glass Much Faster Now
Traditionally, welding has been limited to materials that share similar properties, so it’s tough to make even aluminum and steel join forces. But now, scientists from Heriot-Watt University are claiming a breakthrough method that can weld together materials as different as glass and metal, thanks to ultrafast laser pulses. Currently metals can be welded to metals and glass to glass, […]
New Tooth Tech
When you get a cavity filled, you may just assume that the fix will last indefinitely. In fact, though, fillings do have a limited lifespan. That said, a new dental material – and a new adhesive to keep it inside the tooth – could allow fillings to last longer than ever before. Developed by scientists at Oregon Health and Science […]
Back Pedal A Better Solution For Back Pain?
Did you know that back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide? Low-back pain costs Americans at least $50 billion in health care costs each year. There are lots of causes and reasons behind back pain. There are also tons of at-home solutions that pop up all over the internet. What if you could have a doctor approved device […]
“On The Go” Clean Space
While some businesses or research facilities have a constant need for a cleanroom, there are others that only require one once in a while – or perhaps they sometimes need to set one up in the field. It was with such scenarios in mind that the CAPE portable cleanroom was created.’ Developed by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and […]
Helmet Audio
Back in 2016 we first heard about the Bluetooth-equipped Coros Linx bike helmet, which streams audio from the user’s smartphone to bone conduction transducers in the head straps. Well, Coros is now trying something different and reportedly better, with its SafeSound line. Bone conduction transducers work by converting sound waves into vibrations that pass through the user’s cranial bones, bypassing […]
Samsung Notebook 9 Dos More
Today, Samsung announced two premium 2-in-1 convertibles aimed at creative types. Available in 13.3 and 15 inch display flavors, the Notebook 9 Pen models come with an 8th Gen Core processor, Gigabit Wi-Fi and can run for up to 15 hours between charges. And as the model name suggests, they both rock an S Pen that slots into the […]
5 Best Practices for Inventory Control
Inventory control can be costly when done incorrectly and catastrophic when the right parts are lacking. The risks may be minimal for a clothing store or some other venture in which customers expect product to be out of stock occasionally, but the threat is dire in the automotive, medical or pharmaceutical fields. Being unaware of which stock you have on […]
How to Leverage the Cloud to Grow Your Business with a Call Center
Companies around the world are quickly discovering that the cloud is allowing them to serve their customers better than ever before — and saving them big money in the process. While there are countless mega-corporations leading the charge, smaller players are also finding their niche by “targeting enterprise companies seeking reliable places to host high-end software tools and startups looking […]