This Week in Tech

World’s First Space Hotel to Begin Construction in Low Earth Orbit in 2025 Complete With Restaurants, Cinemas and Rooms for Up to 400 Guests

World’s First Space Hotel to Begin Construction in Low Earth Orbit in 2025 Complete With Restaurants, Cinemas and Rooms for Up to 400 Guests

Work is due to start on the world’s first ‘space hotel’ in low Earth orbit in 2025 – and it will come equipped with restaurants, a cinema, spa and rooms for 400 people…


World’s First Non-Invasive Wearable Device for Newborn Babies, Worn on Their Foreheads, That Simultaneously Measures Blood Jaundice, Oxygen Levels and Pulse Rate

Researchers in Japan have developed the first wearable devices to precisely monitor jaundice, a yellowing of the skin caused by elevated bilirubin levels in the blood that can cause severe medical conditions in newborns. Jaundice can be treated easily by irradiating the infant with blue light that breaks bilirubin down to be excreted through urine. The treatment itself, however, can disrupt bonding time, cause dehydration and increase the risks of allergic diseases. Neonatal jaundice is one of the leading causes of death and brain damage in infants in low- and middle-income countries…


Report: New Nintendo Switch With 4K Output, OLED Screen Will Release Before Christmas

Last year, Bloomberg reported that a new model of the Nintendo Switch would be out sometime in 2021. Today, they’re reporting some more specific details, like the size of the screen and some 4K news…


Betting on Death of Petrol Cars, Volvo to Go All Electric by 2030

LONDON (Reuters) – Volvo’s entire car lineup will be fully electric by 2030, the Chinese-owned company said on Tuesday, joining a growing number of automakers planning to phase out fossil-fuel engines by the end of this decade…


YouTuber Builds Working 3D-Printed Turbojet Engine and Tests It in His Attic

YouTuber Integza is known for a few things; pushing home-fabrication and 3D-printing to their respective limits, and being a little eccentric. The latter you just have to accept, the former is where things get interesting…


Oppo’s Expanding Phone Can Grow and Shrink on Demand

A smartphone with an expanding display that can grow and shrink on demand has been demonstrated by Chinese phone-maker Oppo…


Microsoft Releases M1-Native Visual Studio Code for Developing Apps

Microsoft’s app development software Visual Studio Code has been updated to run natively on Apple Silicon M1…