Using specialized electromagnetic induction technology, the same basic principle behind wirelessly powering smartphones, ElectRoad powers electric cars with renewable energy while you drive. By supplying electricity to the car wirelessly from the road, ElectRoad removes the energy source from the vehicle, reduces the cost and weight of the car, and eliminates concerns about driving distances of battery-operated vehicles. How does it work? […]

He who can install solar paneling, does; he who cannot, Kickstarts energy-generating solar panel window blinds. Less than a week into its campaign, SolarGaps is more than halfway to reaching its $50,000 crowdfunding goal. The “obvious solution” for those who can’t or won’t invest in rooftop solar panels, SolarGaps promises to to reduce home or business electricity bills by up […]

Covo Mio is pretty much the smartest tiny house around. It comes with smart lighting, door locks, and a Bluetooth sound system, all controlled via your smartphone. It also has USB charging outlets, a TV, a sit-stand desk, a smart Nest thermostat and, of course, an Amazon Echo. There’s also a huge awning window, giving the space the feel of a […]

It’s no secret that potholes are a huge pain in India. While we may grumble that it’s because of cheap building materials or inefficient labor, the truth is that roads just naturally decay over time. But now, a team of scientists from the Netherlands believe they have the answer to prevent potholes from even forming. Schlangen’s technique mixes in tiny […]

Pepper is a human-shaped robot. He is kindly, endearing and surprising, designed to be a genuine day-to-day companion, whose number one quality is his ability to perceive emotions. Pepper is the first humanoid robot capable of recognising the principal human emotions and adapting his behaviour to the mood of his interlocutor. To date, more than 140 SoftBank Mobile stores in Japan […]

When most folks hear the words “virtual reality,” it’s likely that one of the first things that they think of is the explosive growth of this new technology as it relates to the gaming industry. Popular gaming systems such as Oculus Rift, PS VR and HTC Vive use augmented, virtual reality to create a more immersive experience during game play. […]

Forays by Google subsidiary DeepMind Health into the UK’s medical institutions have been characterized by health tech major themes. The initiative is called the “Verifiable Data Audit,” and was announced this week in a blogpost written by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and the company’s head of security and transparency, Ben Laurie. The Audit technology is not yet in place, but […]

When we talk about designing for an aging population, the standard approach has been to provide aid in the home– completing tasks, welfare modules, accommodating lack of mobility, which results in a life lived more statically. While these efforts to address ADLs – activities of daily living – are important, they fail to take on the greatest challenge: mobility outside […]

Virtual reality has always been a carrot, so to speak, at the end of a stick in the technology industry. No matter how fast they have run or progressed, the carrot continued to sit in front of them each and every time. Yet, despite this being the case, virtual reality has finally found the bearings necessary to become a reality […]

Developing efficient photoreversible color switching systems for constructing rewritable paper is of significant practical interest owing to the potential environmental benefits including forest conservation, pollution reduction, and resource sustainability. Here we report that the color change associated with the redox chemistry of nanoparticles of Prussian blue and its analogues could be integrated with the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanoparticles to […]