The fledgling XRSpace, led by HTC cofounder Peter Chou, just unveiled a new Mova VR headset alongside a virtual world it’s calling Manova – a digital realm where people can meet to socialize, to be entertained, to be educated, and more. Considering much of the global population is currently indoors for a lot of the day, the timing couldn’t be […]
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Flexible Sensors Measure Vitamin C Levels In Sweat
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed flexible sensors that can be worn on the skin to sensitively track vitamin C levels in sweat. The devices could be useful in helping wearers to maintain optimal levels of the vitamin, which is important for a healthy immune system, and could be particularly useful for patients who are dealing […]
Antiviral & Anti Bacteria Aluminium Surface
If there’s one place where you don’t want viruses or harmful bacteria to be present, it’s in hospitals, where people are already vulnerable. A new process could help, by allowing aluminum surfaces in such buildings to kill the bugs. Led by Prof. Prasad Yarlagadda, scientists at Australia’s Queensland Institute of Technology started by exposing discs of ordinary 6063 aluminum alloy […]
Digital Nerve Map
As some readers may already know, in-ear stimulation of the vagus nerve can help relieve pain in other parts of the body. Thanks to new research by Austrian scientists, such treatments could soon be more effective than ever. The longest of the cranial nerves, the vagus nerve runs from the brain through the face, down to the thorax and abdomen. […]
Wearable Hand Sanitiser
Maintaining good personal hygiene is always important to reduce the risk of catching infectious diseases, but in the midst of a global pandemic it is downright vital. Washing your hands may be pretty easy when at home, but as lockdowns around the world ease and people venture out more, keeping hands clean becomes much more difficult. That’s where the Go.C […]
Electronically Charged Gel
Japanese researcher Homei Miyashita has developed a lickable device that uses five gel nodules made of dissolved electrolytes to replicate different food tastes without the user having to ingest anything. The gadget uses five gels made of dissolved electrolytes that, when electrically charged, provide controlled amounts of each of the five basic tastes to deliver a combination of tastes to […]
Abandoned Tanks Turns Into Art Museum
On the banks of Shanghai’s Huangpu River, Beijing-based practice OPEN Architecture has transformed five giant aviation fuel tanks into Tank Shanghai, a new contemporary art museum and open park. Developed over six years, the adaptive reuse project not only creates a new cultural asset for the city, but also helps reconnect residents to the waterfront. Located on an industrial site, the five […]
Is a Career in Data Science the Stepping Stone to Being the CEO?
Data scientists have many career opportunities. They could even be a CEO someday. One of the reasons they have so many opportunities is their breadth of skills. There are a lot of skills that data scientists need to learn. These include knowing how to create a docker registry and use Hadoop. Some of these skills could be invaluable in earning […]
Project Blu Transforms Plastic To Sustainable Pets Products
Project Blu is a U.K.-based startup company that is creating sustainable pet products made from recycled materials such as plastic, textiles and leather. Each Project Blu product is made using anywhere between 1 and 300 plastic bottles, and each sale comes with a company pledge to clean yet another pound of plastic from oceans and coastlines through its partnership with […]
Carbon Footprint Labelling
In a trailblazing move, Quorn, the meatless food manufacturer headquartered in the U.K., is now leveraging carbon labeling on more than half its product line. Carbon labeling delineates where greenhouse gas emissions are associated with production, manufacture, distribution and transport of a particular consumer product as it is brought to market. The carbon label serves to inform consumers of an […]