Ancient African Soil Technique to Fight Climate Change
In West Africa, a 700-year-old practice called “African dark earths” is said to change poor rainforest soil into fertile land. A study carried out by the University of Sussex in …
Converse Makes Sneakers with Wah-Wah Pedal
Converse has created something that guitar players all over the world will love The company is set to launch a sneaker that has a built-in wah-wah pedal. Named after a …
China Creates The World’s Fastest Computer
Earlier this week at the International Supercomputer Conference in Germany, a Chinese-built supercomputer was hailed as the fastest computer in the world. The Sunway TaihuLight, the world’s fastest computer, is …
Students Design Solar-Powered Phone Charger for Migrants in Greece
Smartphones have increasingly become an indispensable tool for refugees and migrants staying in Greece. The utility and capabilities that they provide such as communication and navigation are invaluable to these …
Piñatex: the Vegan Leather
You may know the pineapple as a sweet fiber-enriched fruit, but did you know that its leaves are now used to produce a textile? Spanish designer Carmen Hijosa visited the …
Advanced RNA Snipping Gene-Editing Tool to Alter the Future
In a recent study, an ribonucleic acid (RNA) version of CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats), a gene editing technology, was developed by scientific researchers led by Dr. Zeng …
Silicon and Artificial Intelligence to Handle Future Data Security
Data security is a crucial matter for anyone especially for businesses worldwide. As threats towards data security continue to rise, smarter security solutions using silicon and software are now being …
Samsung Unveils Two New Fitness Devices
Fitness geeks have something to look forward to as Samsung reveals two new wearables, with one aimed at runners. Designed for all-day wear like S2, Fit2 features a thinner design …
Transit Elevated Bus to Ease China’s Traffic Congestion
If you think your country’s traffic is bad, then you haven’t been to China. The Asian country’s gridlocked traffic in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai is legendary. To help …
Google’s Project Jacquard Could Be Their Best Wearable Platform Yet
Google introduced Project Jacquard at last year’s I/O developer conference but it was a very early prototype and more of a concept. A year later at the same conference, that …