European parliament is about to pass new laws to protect net neutrality in European Union. As part of a bigger proposal to create a single telecommunications market for the EU, European Parliament passed regulations that would not only protect net neutrality, but kill the unpopular roaming fees between EU member...
This is the first year of new fully electric formula series. Its name is Formula E and it is run by FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) which also runs F1. In fact, Formula E was devised as a complimentary series to the top-notch Formula 1. The new electric series will...
This bulb may look and even shine like any other light bulb, but this LED lamp developed by Lighting Science can actually make people feel more energized or sleepy on command. NASA even plans to use this technology on the International Space Station to help astronauts with their sleep (they...
So far, guns made by a company called TrackingPoint has been used only by wealthy hunters. The company makes weapons that have integrated electronic targeting system that can make a rookie shooter look like an experienced marksman. Now, the U.S. army has decided to buy several of these weapons to...
Scientists have reconstructed an extremely old asteroid crash that was much stronger than the one that annihilated dinosaurs 65 million years ago. This brutal impact happened 3.26 billion years ago and the asteroid was four times bigger than dinosaur-killing rock – 37 to 58 kilometers. The created crater was 500...
Over the last years, there have been several small start-ups, like Ouya or GameStick, which came up with their game consoles to compete with traditional players like Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo. The progress of these new players has not been exactly a breakthrough. But when Amazon enters the game, we...
We already know that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has, with all likelihood, crashed into the Indian Ocean. But the chance to find out more about its story is getting slimmer, as the plane’s black box sends a sonic ping, a kind of emergency signal, only for 30 days. People have...
1.5 billion dollars is the amount of money that Korea’s science ministry will invest in creating a superfast 5G wireless coverage by 2020. The ministry wants to achieve speeds that would allow downloading an 800 megabytes large movie in a single second. It also plans to provide internet connection aboard...
As the seemingly endless search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 showed, the technology used for locating a lost aircrafts are badly in need of upgrading. When an aircraft crashes at sea, it often shatters to countless parts, which can be carried away for miles and miles across the vast ocean....
Some of the natural changes in Europe’s climate over the past 1,000 years, including the deadly, cold winters of the 16th and 18th centuries, can be actually explained by variations in sun’s activity. According to the Earth scientists, the solar output drops correlate with the cool-down periods in the North...
Since the new flagship consoles – Sony’s PS4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One – were released in late November last year, both companies have been shouting all kinds of sales numbers to show they sell better than their counterpart. However, neither Sony nor Microsoft have reasons to be very happy about...
If you’re looking for a vaguely frightening realization of just how good robots are getting at activities that require a high degree of optical precisions and fine motor control, than the video below has exactly what you need. In a promotional short film created by robotics company KUKA, we see...
Disable Read Receipt Everyone has a friend or client who messages them just a little too much on Facebook. And by default, as soon as you’ve read their message, they will see a note that the message has been read. This puts the pressure on you to respond to the message...
As technology advances, so do our homes. Some technologies have yet to become common in every household, but there was a time when not all houses had television sets. Here is a glimpse at some of the most technologically advanced and somewhat expensive homes, which have features that might someday...
Outernet wants to use tiny satellites to take the whole world online, even in countries where dictators wish they wouldn’t. Welcome the Outernet. The implications of free Internet for the entire planet are vast. Cheaper access from Internet providers is probably more of an immediate impact than change in North Korea,...
