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09/22/2018
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By Vicki Batts
New elastic “skin-tech” wearable display may revolutionize home healthcare
Home healthcare is a booming industry – thanks, in part, to the elderly population’s steadily growing numbers. And to keep up, new technologies are being developed to make self-care more accessible and easier to understand. For those who want to take care of themselves in the comfort of their own home in the years to […]
09/14/2018
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By Vicki Batts
Pentagon funds covert communications gear that attaches to your molar tooth and allows you to make cell phone calls from inside your own head
If you see someone talking to themselves, they might not be crazy: They might just be a secret agent. The Pentagon has just invested a staggering $10 million in a California company’s “Molar Mic” technology. The Molar Mic allows users to send and receive radio transmissions discretely with a device that attaches to the molar […]
06/20/2018
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By Vicki Batts
A new breed of solar-powered AI weeders could disrupt the $100 billion pesticide industry by reducing the need for universal herbicides
Robots and AI are poised to take over a host of human jobs — especially in the fast food industry, if McDonald’s is any indication. Now, it looks like there may be hope for robots to replace pesticides, too. Chemical pesticides peddled by the biotech and agricultural industries have proven themselves to be harmful to […]
06/15/2018
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By Vicki Batts
Bio-inspired robots now capable of self-repair
What’s next on the horizon for robotics? A new material that’s capable of self-healing could set the stage for advancements we’ve never seen before. While many natural organisms are capable of self-repair, for the first time, robots and other devices will be, as well. The new technology is seen as an exciting new frontier by […]
06/03/2018
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By Vicki Batts
Engineers have figured out a way to reduce plastic landfill, and you won’t believe how they’re doing it
Humans have generated an enormous amount of plastic waste over the last few decades – there is no question about that. It’s estimated that between 1950 and 2015, a staggering 8.3 billion tons of plastic was produced. And, as one might expect, a sad majority of it has ended up in landfills. The question of what […]
04/01/2018
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By Vicki Batts
Training AI to understand how people think: Google’s DeepMind is one step closer to “thinking” like humans… what could possibly go wrong?
AI machines or programs capable of understanding and executing human thought patterns have been a popular theme in sci-fi for decades. Countless movies and books have explored the possibilities of future AI — and most of it looks pretty darn grim for humans — and now Google’s DeepMind firm could be bringing what was once […]
11/28/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Australia developing wearable “medical black box” for soldiers that records their biometrics while broadcasting an emergency beacon signal
Soldiers in Australia may be getting a new wearable device that keeps track of their health status and whereabouts on the battlefield. In the event a soldier is injured, the biometric device would act as an “emergency beacon” that could help expedite medical assistance and evacuation. Experts hope the wearable technology will reduce overall casualty […]
04/11/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Clean water graphene breakthrough could allow millions to drink filtered seawater
As drought conditions continue to spread across the globe, from the 2015 drought in California that swept over 90 percent of the state to South American countries like Brazil, and even nations in Africa — it is clear that water is an ever-increasingly precious resource. Even though the Earth is approximately 70 percent water, the […]
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