Pizza bytes! Pakistan enchanted by first robot waitresses
In this photograph taken on July 4, 2017, a robot waitress delivers food at a pizza restaurant in Multan Pakistan's first robot waitresses ...
Chip combines computing and data storage in 3D
A chip has been built by researchers at Stanford University and MIT which is said to use multiple nanotechnologies, together with a new computer architecture, to process massive volumes of data.
Sprayable sensors to detect structural health
Nanocomposites-inspired sensors have been developed by a Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) research team which can be sprayed directly on flat or curved engineering structural surfaces – such a
The misappropriation of the identities of famous people on Twitter
Professor Ana Mancera Rueda. Credit: University of Seville Professor Ana Mancera Rueda from the Department of Spanish Language, Linguistics ...
A new way to practice passing in soccer
Assists uses soccer-style goals, LED lights, and an electronics system to simulate professional passing trainers. Credit: Northwestern Unive ...
The impact of solar lighting in rural Kenya
Solar lighting – an attractive substitute for kerosene lanterns? Credit: SolarAid Photos While climate change has led many high-income coun ...
BERT to verify multiple high speed interface designs
Looking to offer a higher level of integration, Anritsu has released a signal quality analyser (SQA) which supports next generation telecoms, data centre and storage network transmission standards suc
Tailgating blamed for rear-end crashes queue-jumping blamed for tailgating
Credit: Queensland University of Technology Tailgating is the leading cause of rear-end crashes with one-in-two drivers failing to keep a s ...
Temperature sensor to extend battery life
A temperature sensor that runs on 113pW of power has been developed by electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego as part of their work boosting energy efficiencies of individual p
Smarter control for border patrol
An Air Force Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, similar to those used by US Customs and Border Protection, goes out on patrol from Balad Air ...
Qatar Airways joins Gulf carriers off US laptop ban list
In this Jan. 15, 2015, file photo, a new Qatar Airways Airbus A350 approaches the gate at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. Qatar Airways j ...
Germany shuts down darknet child porn site makes arrests
German authorities say they have shut down an online child porn site that had more than 87,000 members and arrested the man suspected of run ...
First battery-free cellphone makes calls by harvesting ambient power
UW engineers have designed the first battery-free cellphone that can send and receive calls using only a few microwatts of power. Credit: Ma ...
Volvo goes electric ditches cars powered solely by gas
A Volvo XC 90 during an interview with Volvo Cars CEO Hakan Samuelsson at Volvo Cars Showroom in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. ...
Sixth MOX nuclear shipment leaves France for Japan
Protesters say the nuclear shipment is too dangerous A cargo of reprocessed nuclear fuel containing highly radioactive plutonium left the F ...
Custom-made clothes for all within reach says top designer
Japanese designer Yuima Nakazato claimed Wednesday that he has cracked a digital technique which could revolutionise fashion with mass made- ...
New Mexico firm uses motion of the ocean to bring fresh water to coastal communities
Tim Koehler, a Sandia National Laboratories mechanical engineer, is using computational fluid dynamics modeling to help the Santa Fe, New Me ...
Team develops sprayable sensing network technology for structural health monitoring
The nanocomposite sensors developed Professor Su Zhongqing from PolyU Department of Mechanical Engineering can be sprayed directly on flat o ...
Tracking humans in 3-D with off-the-shelf webcams
Computer scientists have developed a system that requires only a web camera to capture a person's movements digitally in 3-D. Credit: Oliver ...
Smart bandage to monitor wounds
A high-tech system that supplies nursing staff with relevant data about the condition of a wound has been developed by researchers from Empa, ETH Zurich, the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtech
Volvo is first major carmaker to forgo traditional engines (Update)
A Volvo XC 90 during an interview with Volvo Cars CEO Hakan Samuelsson at Volvo Cars Showroom in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. ...
Baidu CEO's self-driving car stunt stumps police: media
Chinese internet giant Baidu's roll-out of a new self-driving car may have police trying to figure out who to ticket, local media reported W ...
China's WeChat fans can chat on the go in Europe
WeChat, known as Weixin in China, was launched in 2011 and is the world's most popular messaging service Chinese tourists can now use the p ...
High precision control of printed electronics
It is now possible to create devices that switch rapidly at a threshold voltage, say researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University. This could enable the control of cu
Volvo is first major carmaker to forgo traditional engines
Volvo will begin producing electric motors on all its cars from 2019, becoming the first traditional automaker to forgo the combustion engin ...
Concrete from wood
2017-07-05 20:00:07Concrete from wood
Credit: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Houses can be made of wood, as they were in the past – or of concrete, as they are today. ...
Graphene based spin FET could integrate data processing and storage
Graphene Flagship researchers based at Chalmers University of Technology have produced working versions of a graphene-based spin field-effect transistor operating at room temperature and say this is a
LiS battery test centre is ‘first of its kind’ in Europe
OXIS Energy has set up an International Lithium Sulphur battery system test centre in Abingdon. Said to be the first of its kind in Europe, the facility will enable OXIS to further its development of
Chipset ‘to bring value’ to performance scope market
According to Rigol Technologies, its Phoenix oscilloscope chipset will allow the needs of higher performance applications to be addressed by future instruments.
Volvo to only make electric-powered cars from 2019
Swedish car maker Volvo says all its new cars from 2019 will have an electric motor, ending altogether the manufacture of automobiles that h ...
Image: Drone antenna test
2017-07-05 18:00:02Image: Drone antenna test
Credit: ESA–G. Porter, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO This 6 m-wingspan unmanned aircraft is supported in mid-air within ESA's Hertz radio-frequency test ...
Dubai's Emirates says US has exempted it from laptop ban
Passengers check into a flight at Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Abu Dhabi's air ...
Troubled China tech giant LeEco confirms assets frozen
Assets linked to LeEco and its founder and CEO Jia Yueting have been frozen in a dispute with a creditor Assets linked to Chinese tech gia ...
Emirates Turkish Airlines try to join Etihad off laptop ban
Passengers check into a flight at Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Travelers bound ...
Pulling the plug on huge hacking
Hack attack. Wikipedia, CC BY-SA Salim Neino had been waiting for something like WannaCry. ...
China's young gamers face 'King of Glory' playing time limits
There is growing concern in China that long periods online is posing a serious threat to the country's youth All-night gaming marathons wil ...
Defect-free coatings for silicon spheres
Inside the ALD coating plant at the Fraunhofer IST: the coating chamber for three-dimensional objects. Credit: © Photo Fraunhofer IST ...
Mobile control with facial gestures
Test person with EarFS prototype controlling the mobile phone using facial gestures. Credit: © Photo Fraunhofer IGD Mobile devices pla ...
Innovative bracing for durable structures
Across the world, severe earthquakes regularly shake entire regions. More than two billion people live in danger zones – many of them in str ...
Virtual laboratory—fast flexible and exact
From input data obtained through experiments, via the virtual laboratory, to creation of material cards for component simulation. Credit: &# ...
Thai reform body suggests tight regulations on social media
A policy-writing body advising Thailand's military government has suggested imposing stringent restrictions on internet usage, intended in p ...
Solar cell design using diverse plant pigments
A member of the Faculty of Biology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, in cooperation with colleagues, has optimized and characterized ...
Detecting forged parts of photographs faster and more accurately
Copy-move forgery is difficult to detect because it involves copying an object or an area in an image and using it in another part of the sa ...
On computer science—a turbo in the algorithm
rbg h j. Credit: Lauri Rantala/Flickr A new "Interview on Computer Science". Serge Abiteboul and Christine Froidevaux interview C ...
World's smallest and most accurate 3-D-printed biopsy robot
S4 side wide annotated . Credit: University of Twente The world's smallest and most accurate 3-D-printed biopsy robot was revealed last wee ...
Ensuring carpoolers are compatible is key to ridesharing success
Ensuring that would-be carpoolers are riding with people they actually like could potentially decrease car use by nearly 60 per cent, resear ...
Samsung to invest $18 billion in memory chip business
Samsung Electronics will invest nearly $18 billion in its chip business, the South Korean firm said Tuesday, as it seeks to expand its lead ...
Tencent's plans to list its answer to Kindle Store in Hong Kong
Chinese internet giant Tencent is to list China Literature, the country's biggest online publishing business, in Hong Kong with a report say ...
Communication in times of crisis
Simple and robust signalling technology proves reliable in a crisis. Credit: Katrin Binner Researchers at the TU Darmstadt around Professor ...
Molecular diodes now an option
A way to reach a rectification ratio thought a theoretical impossibility has been demonstrated by an international research team from the University of Central Florida (UCF), the University of Limeric
EU states have right to ban Uber: top lawyer
San Francisco-based Uber insists it is a service, not a transport provider, connecting riders with freelance drivers directly and much more ...
Superstretchable supercapacitors
A stretchable and compressible supercapacitor has been developed by researchers at the City University of Hong Kong. The polyelectrolyte can be stretched to 1000% in length and compressed to 50% in th
Microsoft plans layoffs in sales force shake-up: reports
Microsoft is allegedly planning to shift its focus from software to cloud services, a change that could produce a round of layoffs Microsof ...
Silicon Valley's sexism problem: Could the tide be turning?
In this Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, file photo, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Kalanick ...
UK pilots warn of disaster seek tougher rules for drones
The British Airline Pilots Association is warning of a looming catastrophe unless drones are subject to tougher regulations. ...
Jay-Z album boosts his Tidal streaming site
Jay-Z's Tidal was the most downloaded app for iPhones in the United States on Friday and Saturday, jumping 163 places from Thursday, accordi ...
Computer scientists use wave packet theory to develop realistic detailed water wave simulations in real time
Wave packet theory has inspired a new water wave simulation algorithm. The pictures are screenshots taken from the software developed by the ...
IoT development platform aims to speed product time to market
Cypress and Arrow have announced a development platform designed to help engineers get connected IoT products to market more quickly.
York EMC acquired by European product testing group
In a move which is said to underpin its ability to provide regulatory compliance services, York EMC Services (YES) has been acquired by Eurofins Product Testing.
UK student 18 arrested in international cyberattack
An 18-year-old student in northwestern England has been charged in a series of cyberattacks on the websites of nearly a dozen multinational ...
A robot to help visually impaired schoolchildren find their way
Credit: EPFL Marc Delachaux Alexandre Foucqueteau has taught Cellulo, a little hand-sized robot, how to help visually impaired children fin ...
How internet routers work and why you should keep them secure
Credit: www.shutterstock.com Most of us would be bereft without Wi-Fi but give a little thought to the technology that beams us the interne ...
Bridges in Austria often exceed expectations
Patrick Huber and Tobias Huber, performing experiments. Credit: Technische Universität Wien Assessing old bridges using modern standar ...
IoT development platform aims to speed product development
Cypress and Arrow have announced a development platform designed to help engineers get connected IoT products to market more quickly.
Laser on chip has bandwidth of 290Hz
Working in collaboration with Lionix, researchers from the University of Twente have developed a diode laser on a chip with a bandwidth of 290Hz. According to the team, this is the most accurate such
New system greatly speeds common parallel-computing algorithms
A new system dubbed Fractal achieves 88-fold speedups through a parallelism strategy known as speculative execution. Credit: MIT News The c ...
Reach of search warrant for emails at issue in appeals case (Update)
This July 3, 2014, file photo, shows the Microsoft Corp. logo outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. On the surface, the inv ...
Tesla says its Model 3 car will go on sale on Friday
In this March 31, 2016, file photo, Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk speaks at the unveiling of the Model 3 at the Tesla Motors design studio ...
Opto spintronic devices could outperform conventional electronics
Researchers at Linkoping University say they have discovered how to control and transfer spinning electrons and believe this could pave the way for novel hybrid devices that could outperform existing
Dubai online retailer Souq.com says sale to Amazon completed
Dubai-based Souq.com, the Middle East's biggest online retailer, says its sale to Amazon has been completed. ...
Law firm DLA Piper says its email is back after cyberattack
Law firm DLA Piper says it has restored its email service five days after it was knocked out in a worldwide cyberattack. ...
Russian anti-virus CEO offers up code for US govt scrutiny
Eugene Kaspersky, Russian antivirus programs developer and chief executive of Russia's Kaspersky Lab, watches trough a window decorated with ...
Silicon Valley investors taking heat over sexual harassment
Sexism in Silicon Valley may be coming in for a reckoning, prompted by women coming forward with stories of sexual harassment by industry bi ...
Microsoft Trump administration clash over email searches
This July 3, 2014, file photo, shows the Microsoft Corp. logo outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. On the surface, the inv ...
Abu Dhabi airport now exempt from US laptop ban
In this May 4, 2014 file photo, an Etihad Airways plane prepares to land at the Abu Dhabi airport in the United Arab Emirates. The capital o ...
US antitrust crackdown on Amazon? Not so far
Despite having as much as 50 percent of the online retail market, regulators so far have shown little interest in looking into any antitrust ...
Samsung to sell recycled Note 7 phone in South Korea at $611
Samsung Electronics said Sunday its recalled Galaxy Note 7 phones will be recycled and sold starting this week in South Korea. ...
Californians take a shine to solar power
Nearly 4.9 million homes in California are now powered by the sun's rays Jacquie Barnbrook had grown tired of the high electricity bills an ...
Apple opens first store in Taiwan
Apple has opened its first store in Taiwan in the landmark skyscraper Taipei 101 Apple opened its first store in Taiwan on Saturday with mo ...
Companies still hobbled from fearsome cyberattack
Trucks loaded with containers are lined up outside a terminal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 29, 2017. ...
'Crackas' hacker sentenced to 2 years in prison
A North Carolina man has been sentenced to two years in prison in connection with a series of computer hacks that targeted former CIA Direct ...
Advanced prosthetic arms developed by Pentagon set for sale
US Army Veterans during a live demonstration of the first veteran being fitted with the LUKE (Life Under Kinetic Evolution) prosthetic arm i ...
Context is king when advocating for renewable energy policies according to political science professor
Credit: University of California - Santa Barbara The first rule of advocating for climate change-related legislation is: You do not talk ab ...
Team accelerates rendering with AI
Modern films and TV shows are filled with spectacular, computer-generated sequences which are computed by rendering systems that simulate th ...
SFU researchers chart a path to decarbonizing Canadian transport in new report
A new report from researcher Tiffany Vass and professor Mark Jaccard in Simon Fraser University's School of Resource and Environmental Manag ...
Building codes not enough to protect homes against water damage in severe storms
The none-structural storm damage: ceiling failure due to water ingress into roof cavity. Author provided When Tropical Cyclone Debbie made ...
Generic situation-aware guidelines to help robots co-exist successfully alongside humans
Credit: University of Hertfordshire Artificial intelligence experts from the University of Hertfordshire, Dr Christoph Salge and Professor ...
Bayer stock plunges on profit warning
Shares in German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer plummeted in Frankfurt Friday, after it issued a profit warning over weak perform ...
Why politically motivated cyberattacks might be the new normal
Credit: Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University An international cyberattack struck parts of Europe, Asia, and the United States on Tuesday, ...
New technique elucidates the inner workings of neural networks trained on visual data
Neural networks learn to perform computational tasks by analyzing large sets of training data. But once they’ve been trained, even their des ...
Raspberry Pi wins MacRobert Medal
The team behind Raspberry Pi has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s MacRobert Medal, one of the most prestigious engineering awards made by a UK organisation. Along with the gold medal, the team a
Verotec supplies rack cases to AJAX programme
Southampton based enclosure specialist Verotec has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide custom 19in 6U 600mm deep rack cases to house part of the ISAR system in the AJAX next generation armoure
Global cyberattack seems intent on havoc not extortion (Update)
Trucks loaded with containers are lined up outside a terminal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 29, 2017. ...
New method of measurement could lead to cheaper more accurate sensors
A new method for measuring extremely tiny objects could lead to cheaper, more accurate sensors for use in fields including medical research ...
Could Apple's next big thing be a car?
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is focusing on "the most important project in artificial intelligence" - software that powers ...
Global cyberattack may have aimed for havoc not extortion
Trucks loaded with containers are lined up outside a terminal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 29, 2017. ...
What Amazon wants from Whole Foods: Data on shopping habits
In this Thursday, April 27, 2017, file photo, shoppers roam through an Amazon Go store, currently open only to Amazon employees, in Seattle. ...
Ex-bosses stand trial over 2011 Fukushima crisis
The hearing in Tokyo comes more than a year after ex-Tokyo Electric Power chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata, 77, and former vice presidents ...
Study finds hackers could use brainwaves to steal passwords
Credit: University of Alabama at Birmingham Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggest that brainwave-sensing headsets, ...
Instagram enlists AI to filter nasty comments
Instagram said that the filter scanning for spam is designed to work in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russ ...