Automakers Are Bringing Back Buttons and Knobs as Touch Screens Become Scourge for Drivers
Since 2010 automakers joined in unison in essentially mandating the use of iPads in our cars, but some are now walking this back.
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When Architect Asks AI to Design Futuristic Skyscrapers It Proposed a Vertical Forest
All he had to do was enter a series of text prompts, for which he used some like 'Utopian Technology' and 'Futuristic Towers'.
Recycle Any Device For Free: Apple, Google, Staples, Walmart, Best Buy Are E-Cycling Heroes-Even Paying for Shipping
"You make it, you recycle it." Companies need to be accountable for waste their products generate-and 5 huge companies offer free recycling.
Device Pulls Dozens of Liters of Water from the Air-Already Being Installed in Jordanian Desert Homes
The air conditioning-sized machine that can harvest 35 liters of water every day in a desert climate of 20% humidity.
Clever Tenant Uses ChatGPT to Force Landlord to Fix Washer and Dryer in Her Building
ChatGPT even quoted specific sections of the New York rent stabilization code and posited that the rent increase was retaliatory.
Intricate Feather Patterns of an African Bird Inspires New Water Bottle Design
The ingenious and unique feathers of a beloved African bird could provide the inspiration for space-age water bottles which keep liquid still whilst we move. The Namaqua sandgrouse, or "kilkamaine"— an Afrikaans word for the sound they make, is a desert specialist whose breast feathers can soak up water like a sponge and keep it […]
Microbot That Targets and Captures Damaged Cells is Real-Life Pac-Man
A tiny controllable robot acts as a real-life 'Pac-Man'—identifying and gobbling up damaged cells in living things.
Researchers Develop Glowscope that Turns Smartphone into Sensitive Microscope Normally Costing $100,000
The resolution they say is around one-thousandth of a millimeter, but the cost reduction could literally be hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Refrigerator-Sized Data Center Transfers Its Heat to English Swimming Pool, Saving Thousands in Energy Costs
Data centers have a massive overhead cost for keeping the technology cool, and this one is using a public pool.
New Tool Can 3D Bio-Print Inside Human Body to Construct Natural Tissue-Like Structures
A new device that acts as a three-in-one surgical tool can also 3D-print living cells inside the human body in real-time.
Company to Make History With World's First 3D-Printed Rocket Launch
Totally reusable, the Terran 1 will launch today from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral at 1:00 PM US Eastern Time, and will be streamed live.
Batteries 3D-Printed Using Layers of Powder Use 40% Less Material, Charge in Minutes and Recycle Easier
Using 40% less material, the machines can 3D print batteries at a rate of 2,000 megawatt hours per annum, far superior to existing methods.
MIT Develops AI that Predicts Lung Cancer Risk up to 6 Years in Advance, Like Finding a 'Needle in a Haystack'
Researchers at MIT developed a new AI model that can predict lung cancer risk up to six years in advance through a single low-dose CT scan.
New AI-Powered Farming Robot Trundles About Inspecting 50 Acres of Crops per Day for Pests and Disease
Most people imagine robots at work in a factory, but there's no less innovation going on at the farm—take this spoke-wheeled robot scout.
Researchers Harness Sunlight to Produce Both Power and Food-Using Light to Improve Each Harvest
By filtering the blue light, these translucent solar panels generate energy while saving the crops below from heat stress and water loss.
Scientists Find the Secret to 'Unhackable' Security Systems on the Wings of Butterflies
The scales of a butterfly are so unique under a microscope that they are being used in Serbia as the next revolution in security coding.
Scientists Design Tiny First-of-its-Kind Video Camera Backpack to Film 'Ant-Man' Perspective From Insect's Back
The tiny camera has offered University of Washington researchers the first ever live video feed that has been filmed from the back of a moving beetle.
New Mesh for Crops Keeps Out Insects, But Lets in Sun and Rain for up to 3x the Yield
Novel NC State University 3-D Spacer Textiles to protect crops from insect-infestation and that enhance plant growth. Learn more.
Inflatable Floodgates in Venice Named After Moses Save the City for a Second Time
Now used twice in a month, the MOSE flood defense system in Venice protects the historic city from flooding of up to 10 feet.
A Big Step Towards Hydrogen Fuel Out of Thin Air-Just Like a Plant
A porous, transparent electrode solar cell can generate hydrogen gas fuel from the moisture in the air around it.
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