Stimulation of the vagus nerve allows patient who had been in a persistant vegetative state for 15 years to track objects with his eyes and respond to simple requests.
Continue reading… “Nerve implant ‘restores consciousness’ to man in vegetative state”
We’ve officially hit peak ICO. Estonia, a small country in Northern Europe, just floated the idea of potentially raising money by issuing a token called “estcoins“.
Continue reading… “This European country may hold an ICO and issue its own cryptocurrency”
Today’s teenagers don’t seem to care much about hitting the open road, scoring a six-pack with a fake ID, or asking their peers out on dates.
The CampStove 2 is a wood burner which uses no charcoal or liquid fuels to operate, using only wood for fires.
These days, a radiologist at UCSF will go through anywhere from 20 to 100 scans a day, and each scan can have thousands of images to review.
Continue reading… “Scanning the future, radiologists see their jobs at risk”
If range anxiety is no longer an obstacle to EV adoption, the industry may take off like a rocket.
Continue reading… “EV Range Anxiety May Be a Thing of the Past”
Mark Zuckerberg didn’t get the IPL but he may have a shot at pro football.
The plan was to hack the hackers. Cybercriminals had targeted a global bank’s customers with phishing emails to break into their accounts. The legal option—waiting for law enforcement to investigate and perhaps apprehend the hackers—would have taken too long. So the bank was willing to try something else, and a team of security consultants offered to strike back.
As states legalize marijuana across the country for medical and recreational use, prices are dropping faster than growers and sellers would like them to, according to the Wall Street Journal. The cannabis industry has grown over the past few years, bringing in more than $6 billion a year in retail.
TOKYO/HIGASHI MATSUSHIMA, JAPAN (Reuters) – A northern Japanese city’s efforts to rebuild its electric power system after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami mark a quiet shift away from the country’s old utility model toward self-reliant, local generation and transmission.
Continue reading… “Quiet energy revolution underway in Japan as dozens of towns go off the grid”
KPJ Reddy, a professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, will soon be growing forests with the help of seed-bombing drones. Alarmed by how fast natural habitats and wildlife are disappearing, the nature lover was inspired to make a difference.
Continue reading… “Scientists from Bengaluru will now grow forests using drones”
In less than 30 seconds a hacker can install a $10 piece of pre-built hardware – easily purchased online – into a gas pump. This device is called a skimmer and it’s designed to get your credit card number when you use it at the pump.
Continue reading… “Someone finally made an app to detect credit card skimmers at the gas pump”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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