Mac-Connected Projector Could Detect Touch Inputs on Walls
Mac-Connected Projector Could Detect Touch Inputs on Walls
Macs may be able to turn a wall or any surface into a touch input device in the future, with Apple researching ways to add touch-based interactions to a surface that doesn’t have any capability for touch sensing at all…
Japan to Eliminate Gas-Powered Cars as Part of “Green Growth Plan”
Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in about 15 years, the government said Friday in a plan to achieve Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s ambitious pledge to go carbon free by 2050 and generate nearly $2 trillion growth in green business and investment…
Korean Artificial Sun Sets the New World Record of 20-Sec-Long Operation at 100 Million Degrees
The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), a superconducting fusion device also known as the Korean artificial sun, set the new world record as it succeeded in maintaining the high temperature plasma for 20 seconds with an ion temperature over 100 million degrees (Celsius)…
2-Acre Vertical Farm Run By AI And Robots Out-Produces 720-Acre Flat Farm
Plenty is an ag-tech startup in San Francisco, co-founded by Nate Storey, that is reinventing farms and farming. Storey, who is also the company’s chief science officer, says the future of farms is vertical and indoors because that way, the food can grow anywhere in the world, year-round; and the future of farms employ robots and AI to continually improve the quality of growth for fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Plenty does all these things and uses 95% less water and 99% less land because of it…
Physicists Build Circuit That Generates Clean, Limitless Power From Graphene
A team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene’s thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current…
East Africa’s Electric Motorbikes Are Fueling a Carbon-Free Future
When Rwanda’s president said last August that he wanted all of the country’s motorbikes to be electric as soon as possible, Ampersand’s waiting list exploded. The country’s first electric motorbike company now has about 7,000 drivers in line for its vehicles. The problem is it can deliver just 40 bikes by the end of March…
Wearable Electrical Stimulator to Zap Alzheimer’s Disease
Stimulating humans’ sense of smell to prevent conditions such as Alzheimer’s Disease is the focus of international research led by the University of Otago…