Scientists hunting for the next big thing in biofuels find 49 candidate plants
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Noke is the first Bluetooth padlock in the world
Security has always been a pretty high priority for any one regardless of the era that one lives in. Even if you were one of those cave dwellers in the past, surely you know how to set up a barrier at the mouth of the cave to make sure that you can sleep easy during the night so that no unwanted guests come in and perhaps snack on one of …
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All States Should Adopt Delaware’s Sweeping New Digital Inheritance Law
Delaware sure likes being first. The first state to ratify the Constitution just became the first state to enact a broad law that gives families the right to inherit digital assets the same way that they’d inherit physical assets. Now, it’s up to the other 49 states to follow suit.
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​Africa’s First Indigenous Aircraft Will Compete With Surveillance UAVs
While Africa’s backyard space program has yet to get off the ground, the continent’s first (arguably) homegrown aircraft has already taken flight. Throughout the continent, these ultralight two-seaters could soon fill the skies where long-range surveillance UAVs are too expensive to fly.
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Broadband is more important to Americans than cable
In the same way that WhatsApp has caused the number of text messages to fall, it looks as if cable is now less important than broadband in American homes. For the first time, the number of households that pay for a high speed internet connection has…
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Giant crowdfunded darts will search for life on Mars
Is there life on Mars? Curiosity didn’t find any, but that’s hardly a conclusive answer. In fact, a handful of NASA scientists claim that the US space agency is looking for life in all the wrong places. The Mars rover explored the red planet’s dry,…
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MIT Explains How To Turn an Old Car Battery Into a Working Solar Cell
There are over 1 billion cars in the world, and the vast majority of them use batteries made from lead. As lithium batteries replace these old timers, eventually there may be many of the lead suckers sitting in landfills. Which is why MIT wanted to find a way to reuse them—by turning them into a new kind of solar cell. It’s surprisingly simple.
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