Attack of the apps
By Robbie Forkish From TechCrunch It seems like a fair trade: Get your favorite mobile apps for free, be shown annoying ads in return. But that’s not all you’re doing in return. In reality, this trade has you giving up…
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Researchers use T-rays to look inside of broken microchips By Sean Buckley From engadget New microscopic terahertz camera can see through solid objects Terahertz radiation, or T-rays, can do some really incredible stuff. It can be used to scan for…
Liquid battery could last for over 10 years
By Jon Fingas From engadget It might be an ideal form of energy storage for solar and wind power. Modern batteries aren’t hampered so much by their capacity as their long-term lifespan — a lithium-ion pack can easily become useless…
FASTSIGNS® sponsors national business media show In Fort Lauderdale, Florida February 16-18
CARROLLTON, Texas, Feb. 13, 2017 — FASTSIGNS International, Inc., franchisor of FASTSIGNS®, the leading sign, graphics and visual communications franchise, announced today that it is attending and sponsoring at the National Business Media Show from Feb. 16 to 18, 2017 at the…
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EOI: Geothermal Project Coordination on consultancy basis, Grenada, Caribbean
By ALEXANDER RICHTER From Think Geo Energy A request for expressions of interest has been launched for the Coordination of a Geothermal Energy Project on a consultancy basis for Grenada in the Caribbean has been launched. The Caribbean Development Bank…
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Fukushima reactor’s radiation levels killed a cleaning robot
By Mariella Moon From engadget The machine was pulled out two hours into its mission. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) wasn’t kidding when it said the radiation levels inside Fukushima’s nuclear reactor are the highest they’ve been since its meltdown…
This blimp that looks like a butt is the largest aircraft in the world
BY NICOLE GALLUCCI From Mashable It’s a bird, it’s a plane, oh nope, hold on… it’s that aircraft that looks like a butt. Airlander 10, the world’s largest aircraft — appropriately nicknamed the “Flying Bum” for its resemblance to a…
Scientists make battery that runs on air and carbon dioxide
By Jamie Rigg From engadget Researchers at Penn State University have potentially come up with yet another way we could create energy from all that nasty carbon dioxide we pump into the atmosphere. They’ve developed an inexpensive flow cell battery…
Cambridge is giving cancer the 3D VR treatment
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch It’s always good to hear that scientists are bringing the latest technology to the fight against cancer, but virtual reality doesn’t seem like an obvious addition to the arsenal. Yet it’s VR and 3D visualization…
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These are the tiny drones that could save us if bees go extinct
By Mike Wehner From BGR As has been well documented in recent years, the population of many species of bees are in serious peril. The Trump administration is dragging its feet in adding some of the hardest-hit bees on the…
