How to avoid (perhaps) the next air conditioner disaster
The surge in air conditioning threatens our electricity grids. Air conditioners will increase global warming, unless…
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Choose: universal minimum income or disaster.
Vituperated and opposed, but he is the only one who can face this crisis (and the next ones): the Universal Minimum Income is needed now more than ever.
Coronavirus can detonate US-China relations
The tensions in US-China relations go in the opposite direction to what the world needs. Coronavirus can fatally undermine them.
Coronavirus, the Pentagon sends its staff to underground bunkers
The U.S. Northern Command has sent teams of crucial personnel into underground bunkers to protect them from the coronavirus pandemic.
Telecom Italia: Internet traffic has increased by 70%
Italy in pre lockdown for coronavirus. Many closed services and the network is overwhelmed by smartworking and bored kids. Telecom Italia reassures. Hold up?
The battery of the future? Iron powder
Think of iron powder as a charged battery. When it is burned, you get energy from it and what is left is a dead battery in the form of rust. By making iron dust out of the rust again, you recharge the battery. And you can do it again and again. The capacity of iron powder for energy storage is impressive.
Coronavirus, the real data from the largest study ever made
From the data on the Coronavirus, which is the largest study ever carried out (on real patients), a true identikit of Covid-19 emerges, with all its strengths, and fortunately also its weaknesses.
Inovio claims to have discovered the coronavirus vaccine
Only yesterday the media spoke of 12-18 months required for a coronavirus vaccine. Inovio declares today to have it ready, the stock flies to the stock market.
CES 2020 closes its doors: here is the best of the best.
The CES 2020 has been a trade fair with a strong passing, which has shown us a flash of light for the next decade. Here is the best of the great Las Vegas vernissage.
Flash radiation therapy in a second, not in weeks: hopes from the USA
An experimental paradigm under development in the US can deliver 'flash' doses of radiotherapy: the quantities of an entire course in the space of a second
Horseshoe Bend, the Intel concept and the future of the folding PC
The foldable PC is the next challenge in computing: while Lenovo presents its at CES2020, Intel sets the standards with Horseshoe Bend, a crazy concept.
The 10 skyscrapers of the future born in 2019
The skyscrapers of the future will extend social life from the streets to the sky. Here are the projects born or started in this year that is coming to an end.
LESS, toilet spray that saves billions of liters of water
Who would save the world from their bathroom? Yet a new toilet spray coating developed by Pennsylvania State University does just that.
Now holograms can be seen, heard and touched
Ultrasound beams move a tiny polystyrene "brush" at breakneck speed which traces luminous 3D figures. The new holograms can be seen, touched and heard.
Dear Asimov, here we are: robots will kill
Future wars will be faster and more technological, but less human than ever: welcome to the era of robot soldiers. There is a perfect place to test advanced weapons: they are the Wallops Islands, a small patch of land off the coast of Virginia that seems to have come straight from Asimov's pen. If a fishing boat had passed there a year ago he would have seen half a dozen dinghies circulating in the area: a closer look would have revealed that the dinghies had no one on board. … Read more
AI makes paralyzed people write by hand
An artificial intelligence has doubled the writing speed of paralyzed people. They will soon be able to use their handwriting in thought
Genetic editing, the first results arrive: the future of CRISPR is being played now
Results from in vivo tests directly on humans, data on cancer patients and more: gene editing faces its future
The flying motorcycle that can also go on the road
The LMV 496 is an electric motorcycle with a range of 99 kilometers: with a button the wheels are lifted from the ground, transforming the vehicle into a flying motorcycle.
Developed metal that repairs itself at room temperature
For 6000 years we have made objects out of metal because it is strong and resistant: it takes a lot of energy to break it. The problem is that it takes a lot of energy to even repair it. You need a blowtorch that heats the metal parts up to 3500°C. Today, for the first time in the world, a research team has developed a way to repair metal at room temperature. A "regeneration" completely similar to the repair process of our bones, which will lead to the birth of... Read more
10 high-tech pocket gadgets to use every day
Over the years, the smartphone has brought together various devices that were once separate: music player, telephone, camera, video camera and so on and so forth. Yet there are still many high-tech gadgets to carry around: let's take a look at 10 technologies to carry with you every day. MINILOP Orbiter Fidget Spinner Tired of the same (already) old fidget spinner? This two-piece device consists of a magnetic ball that rotates a titanium disk producing a hypnotic… Read more
The USA launches giant spy balloons across the Midwest
According to a series of documents released by the Guardian, the US military is testing a large-scale surveillance system based on spy balloons.
