Engineers use replica to pinpoint California dam repairs
In this Friday, June 16, 2017, photo, hydraulic engineering professor Michael Johnson looks at the water flow on a replica of the Oroville D ...
Drivers cautious but curious over automated cars first Canadian study shows
Schulich transportation engineering master's student Mahsa Ghaffari has conducted a survey on attitudes toward autonomous (driverless) vehic ...
Phone scams cost billions. Why isn't technology being used to stop them?
Blocking scams should be easy. Credit: Pixabay World-wide, credit card fraud and other scams cost the public billions of dollars. While cre ...
IET scholarship goes to printed nanoelectronics student
PhD student Grigorios Rigas has won the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Postgraduate Scholarship for an Outstanding Researcher – the highest scholarship to be awarded by the Institutio
How to help kids navigate fake news and misinformation online
Research has shown kids can be duped by native advertising. Credit: Syda Productions/Shutterstock Young people get a huge amount of their n ...
Topological insulators made magnetic
A topological insulator (TI) film 25 atoms thick that adheres to an insulating magnetic film has been created by researchers from the University of California, Riverside, Massachusetts Institute of Te
The friendly honk: Acoustical remake of car horns alerts without jarring
Sound permeates the human experience—we are exposed to sounds from birth to death, and the human auditory system can distinguish and classif ...
Fewer than 90 accounts hit by UK parliament cyberattack
British lawmakers said they were unable to access their e-mail accounts remotely as parliament's security team battled against a cyberattack ...
Seeing with your ears: Novel acoustics project aims to improve virtual reality explore ear shape effects on 3-D sound
Screenshot of a visual rendering model of Notre Dame Cathedral, created based on plans, laser scan data and site visits. Credit: Ghost Orche ...
A risky fix to repair a city's gutted streetlight grid
For years, residents in this cash-strapped city watched helplessly as thieves gutted 33 miles (53 kilometers) of streetlight wiring, plungin ...
China drone king turns to farming
Drone maker DJI was founded in 2006 in an apartment in Shenzhen by a young graduate with a passion for model planes and now makes almost two ...
CIA chief: Intel leaks on the rise cites leaker 'worship'
In the May 11, 2017 file photo, CIA Director Mike Pompeo listens while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. In an interview that aired ...
UK Parliament investigates cyberattack on user accounts
British officials were investigating a cyberattack Saturday on the country's Parliament after discovering "unauthorized attempts to acc ...
Pay-TV could lose 1 million customers this quarter analyst says
Pay-TV operators could lose 1 million subscribers this quarter, a Wall Street analyst says. ...
Wearable technology could save lives and dollars in construction industry
At first glance, there's nothing remarkable about SolePower's latest work boot prototype. ...
Review: Aukey mechanical keyboard brings a dance party to your desktop
Some people like typing on a good old clickity-clack keyboard. ...
US investigates after lab improperly ships nuclear material
U.S. regulators said Friday they are launching an investigation into the improper shipment of nuclear material from the laboratory that crea ...
Google to stop scanning Gmail for ad targeting
Google's Gmail service will no longer scan the contents of user emails, relying instead on other data for personalized ads Google said Frid ...
Cut US commercial building energy use 29 percent with widespread controls
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is studying how advanced building controls in energy-using equipment such as heating and cooling syste ...
Bioengineers create more durable versatile wearable for diabetes monitoring
Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have developed a wearable diagnostic biosensor that can detect three interconnected, diabet ...
Equipping form with function
2017-06-24 00:01:02Equipping form with function
The mechanisms for a waving wind-up toy is adjusted to fit the shape of a turtle. Credit: IST Austria Common toys such as steerable cars or ...
Founder of Russian messaging app defies official ultimatum
The founder of a Russian encrypted messaging app is defying the government's request to provide information about his company. ...
German parties salvage vote on social media hate posts bill
Germany's governing parties have cleared the way for parliament to vote on legislation designed to get illegal content such as hate speech o ...
Technological innovation 'trumps' politics
Cheap and clean: Offshore wind power. Credit: MR1805 / iStock Technological innovation, often induced by national and sub-national policies ...
Explainer: how law enforcement decodes your photos
Your photos can tell law enforcement a lot about you. Credit: allen/Flickr, CC BY-ND For as long as humans have been making images, we have ...
Synthetic options for the diesel engine
Professor Christian Beidl with the world’s first oxymethylene ether powered research vehicle. Credit: Katrin Binner Synthetic fuels, such a ...
Researchers design sounds that can be recorded by microphones but inaudible to humans
The sound's frequency is designed by the researchers and transmitted from ultrasonic speakers, completely inaudible to humans but able to be ...
Scientists design unique energy absorbing container
The unique energy absorbing container designed by SPbPU scientists. Credit: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Computer-A ...
hitchBOT creators to study how AI and robots can help patients
Credit: McMaster University McMaster and Ryerson universities today announced the Smart Robots for Health Communication project, a joint re ...
Subsidizing electric vehicles inefficient way to reduce CO2 emissions: study
Subsidizing electric and hybrid cars would not only cost Canadian citizens a fortune, but would also utlimately provide little environmental ...
Imagination announces ‘formal sales process’
Imagination Technologies says that, following approaches from a number of interested parties, it has put itself up for sale. According to the company, it is in preliminary discussions with potential b
Toshiba gets earnings report extension faces delisting risk
In this Thursday, June 15, 2017, photo, the logo of Toshiba Corp., Japan's electronics and energy company, is seen on a worker's jacket in Y ...
Liquid metal to enable flexible energy harvester
Thermoelectric generators offer the ability to convert body heat into usable energy and it is preferable these devices should thin, soft and flexible. However, flexible modules have yet to match the p
Russia threatens Telegram app with ban
The Telegram messenger application lets people exchange messages, photos and videos in groups of up to 5,000 people Russia's state communic ...
Don't leave baby boomers behind when designing wearable technology
Wearable devices have been heralded as one of the next great technological frontiers. They can provide all users, including older ones, with ...
Tesla looking at entering music streaming
Tesla would offer multiple levels of service starting with a radio-type platform akin to Pandora, Recode reported, quoting anonymous sources ...
'Superhero' 3D printed hands help kids dream in Argentina
In this June 12, 2017 photo, Kaori Misue breaks into a smile in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Misue has a brand new prosthetic hand thanks to the ...
France's Altice USA surges in New York market debut (Update)
Altice USA, part of the telecom empire of French magnate Patrick Drahi—seen at a March 2017 press conference in Paris—raised some $1.9 billi ...
Tesla eyes manufacturing in China
In a Sept. 29, 2015, file photo, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., talks about the Model X car at the company's headquarters, in Fremont, ...
Germany expands surveillance of encrypted message services
German investigators will now be able to insert into users' cellphones and computers spy software (or a "Trojan horse") to access ...
CIA penetrated by insider network of candy thieves
A report released this week shows the premier US intelligence body discovered that insider hackers had stolen more than $3,300 worth of pota ...
New design improves performance of flexible wearable electronics
NC State's thermoelectric harvester has the material quality of rigid devices inside a flexible package. Credit: Mehmet Ozturk, NC State Uni ...
Electric vehicles inefficient way to reduce CO2 emissions: study
Subsidizing electric and hybrid cars would not only cost Canadian citizens a fortune, but would also utlimately provide little environmental ...
EU leaders urge Internet giants to fight online extremism
The EU joined forces with US-based Internet firms more than a year ago to combat online extremism EU leaders on Thursday urged Internet fir ...
Researchers develop landmark achievement in walking technology
Human-in-the-loop optimization combines a software algorithm with versatile emulator hardware to automatically identify optimal assistance s ...
A new platform for Whole Foods? How deal could upend grocery
In this Friday, June 16, 2017, file photo, a shopper arrives at a Whole Foods Market, in San Antonio. Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal ...
France's Altice USA rallies in New York market debut
Altice USA, part of the telecom empire of French magnate Patrick Drahi—seen at a March 2017 press conference in Paris—raised some $1.9 billi ...
Tesla in talks to open a factory in China
In a Sept. 29, 2015, file photo, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., talks about the Model X car at the company's headquarters, in Fremont, ...
China orders halt to video streaming on major websites
Weibo, a Twitter-like social network, had 340 million monthly active users at the end of this March—surpassing Twitter itself during the sam ...
Facebook wants to nudge you into 'meaningful' online groups
In this Wednesday, June 21, 2017, photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, talks with Facebook group administrators Lola Omolola, left, E ...
Deal signed for eight more Galileo satellites
Following agreement with prime contractor OHB-System, Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) has started manufacture of eight navigation payloads for Galileo, Europe’s global navigation satellite system.
Negative tweets can trash TV programs for other viewers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Negative social media comments about a television show tend to lower enjoyment for other viewers, while positive ...
New spectral eye video database SPEED revolutionises eye-tracking
Info-graph for SPEED showing the gender diversity, iris-colour diversity, and nationality diversity within the database as well as example i ...
Uber's problems highlight silicon valley's faltering vision for the future
Broken mirror. Credit: Photographee.eu/Shutterstock It would be nice to think that Uber's problems are going to be fixed with the resignati ...
Facebook offers Indian women tools to protect privacy
Facebook has 184 million active monthly users in India, its second-largest market after the United States Facebook has introduced new secur ...
Line messaging digital theme park to open in Thai capital
Customers take a selfie with merchandise at Line Village in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Thailand's most popular text-messagi ...
Texting-based surveys capture purchasing and behavior data from people living in remote areas
mSurvey uses text message-based surveys to gather purchasing behavior of people living in previously hard-to-reach communities in Kenya, the ...
The world's first 3-D printed reinforced concrete bridge starts to take shape
The printing of concrete for the 3D-printed bridge has begun. Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology Today the Built Environment depart ...
Foxconn founder: US expansion might top $10 billion
In this Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, file photo, Foxconn Technology Group Chairman Terry Gou waves as he arrives at a hotel in Beijing. Gou says t ...
Study assesses risk in a changing insurance market for driverless vehicles
In October 2015, tax giant KPMG published a report projecting a 60 percent reduction in the $135 billion auto insurance market by 2040 owing ...
Most drivers could go electric within 10 years
Credit: Steffen Thoma/Public Domain Electric and hybrid electric vehicles are in the fast lane to wider adoption, according to a new study ...
Study demonstrates a better way to store renewable energy
Wind farms are a common source of renewable energy that needs to be stored. Credit: University of Arkansas In an effort to find better way ...
Solution to shrink digital data storage
A way to store digital data in half the space has been found by chemists at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU).
Light-scattering tool peers into pancreas to find cancer
NSF-funded researchers have developed a technique that is based on the physical principles of light scattering to non-invasively determine t ...
Copying plants to improve flexible electronics
Mimicking the structure of the ‘powdery alligator-flag’ plant has enabled researchers from Zhejiang University, China, to make a graphene-based aerogel that could be used to create flexible electronic
NXP extends Cortex-M0+ MCU portfolio
NXP has launched the LPC84x family of microcontrollers in a move targeted at meeting demand for cost and power efficient devices. “We’re extremely excited to be ramping the LPC84x family into producti
Zigbee enhancement supports dual band operation
Zigbee PRO 2017, the latest addition to the Zigbee Alliance’s technology portfolio, is said to be the first mesh network capable of operating in two ISM frequency bands simultaneously: 800 to 900MHz f
Uber CEO is pushed out as company tries to clean up its act
In this July 10, 2012, file photo, Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick arrives at a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kalanick said in a ...
Well-known names surface as possible Uber CEO candidates
In this Wednesday, June 22, 2016, file photo, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg speaks at the American Enterprise Institute, ...
Taiwan's Foxconn says Toshiba deal 'not over'
The head of Taiwan's tech giant Foxconn said Thursday its pursuit of Toshiba "is not yet over", a day after the Japanese firm anno ...
Inflight internet ready to take off
By 2021 more than 17,000 airliners are expected to be fitted with inflight internet facilities Inflight internet access, a nascent market s ...
AP Source: Sandberg has no plans to leave Facebook for Uber
At least one well-known person has already taken her name out of the running to be Uber's next CEO. ...
Uber pushes its founder out as it tries to clean up its act
In this July 10, 2012, file photo, Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick arrives at a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kalanick said in a ...
University of Michigan getting driverless shuttles this fall
A driverless shuttle carries passengers at the University of Michigan, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Two driverless shuttles ...
Scrutiny intensifies over safety at US nuclear weapons lab
The safety record at the U.S. laboratory that created the atomic bomb is facing intensifying criticism as work ramps up to produce a key com ...
Uber searches for a new CEO in wake of Kalanick's departure
In this Wednesday, June 22, 2016, file photo, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg speaks at the American Enterprise Institute, ...
Airbus and Boeing eye lucrative maintenance market
Airbus and Boeing are both looking to target the lucrative maintenance market in the coming years Airbus and Boeing wheeled out the usual r ...
Kia tops new car quality survey for second straight year
In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, file photo, the 2017 Kia Niro sits on display at the Chicago Auto Show, in Chicago. Kia has claimed the top ...
Small food makers wonder about Amazon-Whole Foods impact
This Thursday, June 15, 2017, photo, shows a Whole Foods Market sign on the door at a store in Coral Gables, Fla. Some small and mid-sized f ...
Is Nike joining the Amazon roster?
In this Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, file photo, Nike products appear on display at the SIX:02 shop inside Foot Locker's redesigned Manhattan fl ...
Imagination announces MIPS collaboration agreement with Sequans
Imagination Technologies is to extend its agreement with Sequans Communications for MIPS processor IP. Sequans has chosen the MIPS CPU for a number of its LTE chip platforms which are used to power a
529s make it easier to ask family friends for college cash
People have used crowdfunding sites to raise money for business ideas, help afford medical emergencies and even to pay for vacations. Now th ...
Carnegie Mellon's RoboTutor advances to Global Learning XPRIZE semifinals
RoboTutor, educational technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University that teaches children basic math and reading skills, has been name ...
Intel signs up as top Olympic sponsor through 2024
The International Olympic Committee says it has signed a deal with technology provider Intel, one week after McDonald's ended its long-stand ...
NXP invests in the future automotive
NXP has announced that it is to collaborate with Elektrobit (EB) on a new platform for highly automated driving, and extends its partnership with HARMAN to speed up time-to-market for connected car so
All that's cool and quirky at the Paris Air Show
Visitors looks at the flying car Pegasus 1, built by French entrepreneur Jerome Dauffy at Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, east of Paris, Fran ...
Ringing the changes: Dutch bike lock blocks rider's phone
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A telecom company in the Netherlands has teamed up with the country's traffic safety authority to develop a bicyc ...
Fuel of the future
2017-06-21 22:00:16Fuel of the future
From wind to hydrogen: In the wind farm Raggovidda in Finnmark, the wind allways blows. At the same time, the power grid lacks capacity to e ...
Five ways virtual reality is improving healthcare
Credit: chombosan/Shutterstock Virtual reality is much more than just a new form of entertainment, it is increasingly being used in a wide ...
Get in on the ground floor—how apartments can join the solar boom
Getting your strata committee to agree to solar panels is tricky, but it can be done. Credit: Stucco While there are now more solar panels ...
Intelligent underground robot for urban environments
Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) are leading the implementation of a new kind of autonomous underground robot with i ...
Chatbots aren't Terminators—they're just trying to 'optimize outcomes'
Chatbots aren't taking over the world (yet). Credit: iStock Yes, Facebook's chatbots have created their own, non-human language to communic ...
Political bots are poisoning democracy – so off with their heads
Bottery and aggravated assault. Credit: Mopic Propaganda bots posing as people are increasingly being used on social media to sway public o ...
Dutch bike lock to boost safety by blocking rider's phone
A telecom company in the Netherlands has teamed up with the country's traffic safety authority to develop a bicycle lock that also locks mob ...
Apple opens new round in battle with Qualcomm
Apple has expanded its legal battle against Qualcomm, accusing the US chip maker of charging for invalid patents in the latest twist in the ...
Bug-proof communication with entangled photons
Fraunhofer IOF‘s quantum source. Designed to be fully operational even after extreme stress. Credit: Fraunhofer IOF Due to the rapidly grow ...
Kalanick Uber's disruptive driving force
Travis Kalanick was the driving force behind Uber, taking a spur-of-moment idea and turning it into the world's most valuable venture-funded ...
Toshiba chooses US-Japan bidder for memory chip biz sale
This May 26, 2017 file photo shows the company logo of Toshiba Corp. displayed in front of its headquarters in Tokyo. Troubled Japanese elec ...
Embattled Uber CEO Kalanick steps down (Update)
Uber said Wednesday that its embattled chief executive Travis Kalanick had agreed to step down from his job, as the company tries to clean u ...
Timeline: Uber's rough year leads to CEO's resignation
Uber has had a rough year, largely of it its own making. There have been lawsuits, allegations of sexual harassment and a profanity-laced ou ...