The development of these systems is deeply intertwined with the nuclear age. In the mid-20th century, pulsed power systems were also used to create other military weapons, such as radar systems and rail guns. As the 20th century progressed, pulsed power systems were key to the creation of X-ray machines, then MRI machines and Nuclear […]
Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. Their new demonstrations show that it converts heat to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency—a performance better than that of traditional steam turbines. The heat engine is a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell, similar to a solar panel’s […]
Google has quietly released a free app for iOS to help you easily carry over data from an iPhone to an Android device, as reported by 9to5Google. The Switch To Android app works wirelessly, meaning you won’t have to worry about connecting the two phones with a cable. “The Switch to Android app from Google […]
A new Google One membership is on the way, offering users unlimited Google Photos cloud storage – however it’s only available to T-Mobile customers in the US, and it’ll cost $15 per month. Google Photos delivers one of the best photo cloud storage services – ideal for users who upload a lot of high-res images. […]
Companies in the financial sector are leveraging artificial intelligence to analyse and manage their data, here we look at how AI can transform FinTech Despite digital finance being well-established way before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, like many industries, COVID-19 has accelerated the pace of change within FinTech as the demand for online banking continues to […]
If Apple sticks to its usual calendar, we should get our first look at Apple Watch Series 8 in September. We’ll likely see watchOS 9 for the first time at WWDC in June as well. Both events are months away, but the Watch update rumors are ramping up. Apple is expected to reveal up to […]
The latest foldable smartphone hitting China is the Vivo X Fold. This is the first foldable you could call a 2022 flagship, with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. The phone retails in China for 8,999 yen, or about $1,400. This device looks as good as a Galaxy Z Fold 3, with an 8-inch, 120 […]
Milling rice to separate the grain from the husks produces about 100 million tons of rice husk waste globally each year. Scientists searching for a scalable method to fabricate quantum dots have developed a way to recycle rice husks to create the first silicon quantum dot (QD) LED light. Their new method transforms agricultural waste […]
When the power goes out or you’re visiting the great outdoors with gadgets in tow, you might carry a portable power station — and Anker might have just released the most advanced one yet. The new $1,400 Anker 757 Powerhouse offers 1500W of power and 1229Wh of capacity from a Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery, […]
Lithium-ion batteries are vital to a lower-carbon future. But they come with a downside: It requires a lot of energy to produce them, especially with the mining and refining of the metals. The worldwide lithium battery market is expected to grow up to tenfold in the next decade, according to a recent report by the […]
The researchers behind an energy system that makes it possible to capture solar energy, store it for up to 18 years and release it when and where it is needed have now taken the system a step further. After previously demonstrating how the energy can be extracted as heat, they have now succeeded in getting […]
Epic Game has announced it has received a $2 billion investment into its metaverse development, half of which comes from Sony. The PlayStation maker, which already has a minority interest in Epic, has thrown $1 billion at the Unreal and Fortnite developer to create “new social entertainment exploring the connection between digital and physical worlds,” […]
