A brand new technology developed by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, has the potential to reduce crop losses across the developing world. A brand new technology d... Read more
Plants produce toxins to defend themselves against potential enemies, from herbivorous pests to diseases. Oilseed rape plants produce glucosinolates to serve this purpose. However, due to th... Read more
A small “picoprojector” could be embedded in a smartphone, tablet or other device. Researchers from North Carolina State University and ImagineOptix Corporation have developed new technology... Read more
A ‘MIRACLE’ breakthrough in DNA technology has been unveiled for the first time in Warrington. The new technology, designed in America, will eventually allow police to check the DNA of a sus... Read more
New Method for Infection Control in Hospitals PEORIA, IL — Thanks to some revolutionary new technology, the hardworking environmental services staff at Methodist Medical Center can be more t... Read more
New thought in any global arena doesn’t take long to propagate these days. Given an idea, there are now many small, highly skilled commando-like development teams that can employ the l... Read more
The new technology uses the Doppler effect Not one to be outdone by Disney’s any-surface touch interface, Microsoft Research, working with the University of Washington, has developed a Kinec... Read more
The implications for a 3D scanner can be quite cool 3D printing is turning heads these days, especially with do-it-yourselfers. Y Combinator startup Matterport has invented a small scanner,... Read more
The company says it can map the same area using the new system for around £100,000 and that the work can be completed in just an hour. A small company near Wolverhampton has launched breakth... Read more
Are 3D printers not amazing enough already? Apparently some scientists at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) didn’t think so, as they have now built one that can create in... Read more
And you thought multitouch gestures were annoying – how about mashing your whole hand on your screen to close an app or rapping on it with your knuckle to summon Siri (or Iris?). A new techn... Read more
While scientists have long had the ability to edit individual genes, it is a slow, expensive and hard to use process. Now researchers at Harvard and MIT have developed technologies, which th... Read more
A tiny radio chip is arousing fear – but also great enthusiasm. Is it a threat to everything that we know as personal data protection, or the optimal way of keeping track in a chaos of produ... Read more
Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit “nanostructure films” on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings for eyegla... Read more
Front-line staff in the nursing and care sector would welcome sensor and robot technology in nursing homes and the homes of elderly people. Read more
