Technology - general
Online media use shows strong genetic influence
09 Feb 2017
Indian-American teen finds cheap way to make saltwater potable
06 Feb 2017
Major technology firms and research institutions are looking seriously at a breakthrough that is estimated to impact millions of lives — cheaply deslainating seawater
Terahertz wireless could make spaceborne satellite links as fast as fibre-optic links
06 Feb 2017
A new technology enables data rates 10 times or more faster than that offered by the fifth-generation mobile networks (5G), expected to appear around 2020
Apple formally joins AI alliance
28 Jan 2017
Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM, and now Apple have joined ‘Partnership on AI’, which aims to ensure that artificial intelligence benefits society and doesn’t harm it
Faster websites with fewer bugs
27 Jan 2017
Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have designed a new system that automatically handles caching of database queries for web applications written in the web-programming language Ur/Web
Over to you, automation
27 Jan 2017
Scientists lay foundations for new type of solar cell
25 Jan 2017
Infrared radiation is converted into electrical energy using a different mechanism from that found in conventional solar cells, laying the foundations for an entirely new type of photovoltaic cell