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Joseph Shavit
Oct 29, 2021
Computer scientists develop method for identifying disease biomarkers with high accuracy
Researchers are developing a deep learning network capable of detecting disease biomarkers with a much higher degree of accuracy.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 28, 2021
Feeling depressed? Columbia University researchers developed an app to help
Research shows that training primary care physicians in to identify and treat depression can improve patient outcomes and even save lives.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 28, 2021
Building real buildings on the blockchain
Buildings that own and run themselves: this idea, from the think-tank Dezentrum, was put into action for the first time in a prototype.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 28, 2021
Canada hospitals use drones to carry lungs for transplant
In the dark of night, a drone takes off from a Toronto hospital rooftop, the hum of its rotors barely audible over the bustling cars.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 27, 2021
Skin-inspired sensors show how our body moves
Scientists have created wearable, stitchable, and sensitive sensors from flexible polymers and bundles of carbon fiber.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 27, 2021
Dutch company unveils $5.8 million electric 'Super Sub' -- 3x faster than competition
The sub is two knots faster than the top cruising speed of a bottlenose dolphin, and five knots faster than the average submersible.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 26, 2021
A flexible space telescope lens that can be rolled for launch and unfurled in space
The lightweight flexible holographic lenses, many meters in diameter, could be rolled for launch and unfurled in space.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 25, 2021
Stretchy, bendy, flexible PeLEDs may be the first step in an electronics revolution
Sure, you could attach two screens with a hinge and call a cell phone “foldable,” but what if you could roll it up and put it in your wallet
Joshua Shavit
Oct 25, 2021
New material paves the way for more powerful and safer batteries
Researchers are working to replace the liquids commonly used in today’s lithium ion batteries with solid materials.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 24, 2021
Inflatable housing start-up Spartan Space is preparing for lunar habitation
TechTheMoon, the first incubator dedicated exclusively to the Moon, welcomes its first five start-ups. They will facilitate life on the moon
Joseph Shavit
Oct 23, 2021
Would you get an eye scan in exchange for free cryptocurrency?
It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie — metallic orbs that scan people’s eyes to pay them in digital currency.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 23, 2021
'Ray guns' let scientists use light instead of DNA to tell plant populations apart
In this new study, we've shown that you can use light instead of DNA to define plant populations, at a similar level of detail.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 22, 2021
New technology can make manual labor 60 percent easier
EksoVests, a type of exoskeletons, can reduce muscle strain by 60 percent for workers in the industrial, logistics and construction sectors
Joseph Shavit
Oct 22, 2021
Researchers develop self-healing polymers for cracked cellphone screens
Two Concordia researchers from the Oh Research Group in the Faculty of Arts and Science are looking at ways to "self-heal" your cellphone.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 22, 2021
New device just cleaned up 20,000 pounds of trash out of the Pacific ocean's Garbage Patch
Non-profit that wants to remove 90% of the floating ocean plastic by 2040 recently introduced a new large-scale cleanup system called Jenny.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 22, 2021
Auto sector shifts gear towards recycling parts and batteries
The auto industry is revving up its recycling efforts as it faces pressure to reduce its colossal carbon footprint.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 21, 2021
New app transforms an iPhone into a 3D augmented reality-ready camera
To capture 3D humans, the standard approach is to perform a volumetric capture within a specialized studio equipped with dozens of cameras.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 20, 2021
Crosswing the hybrid prosthetic leg and skateboard and other Michelin Challenge Design winners
Michelin Challenge Design has focused on welcoming a new generation of designers, thinkers, and transport enthusiasts into the auto industry
Joseph Shavit
Oct 20, 2021
Introducing Thumby, the Worlds Smallest Games Console
For those who want their gaming consoles ultra small while they’re on the go, this stamp sized Game boy-like handheld may be the way forward
Joseph Shavit
Oct 19, 2021
Want to reduce your carbon footprint? Build a smaller house with no basement
Researchers have some practical advice for developers, homeowners and urban planners who want to reduce their environmental impact.
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