Sci-Tech

Dutch students STORM around world on self-made electric motorbike

(Reuters) — Undergraduates from Eindhoven University of Technology have successfully undertaken an 80-day round-the-world motorcycle journey on an electric motorbike they built from scratch. The team of 23 students, from various academic disciplines, launched the project, entitled STORM Eindhoven, two years ago with the aim of raising the profile of electric powered vehicles. “The 80 days around the world challenge meant that we had to travel 500 or 600 kilometers a day, even longer sometimes. […]

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Study crashes main Moon-formation theory

by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – The Moon, our planet’s constant companion for some 4.5 billion years, may have been forged by a rash of smaller bodies smashing into an embryonic Earth, researchers said Monday. Such a bombardment birth would explain a major inconsistency in the prevailing hypothesis that the Moon splintered off in a single, giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized celestial body. In such a scenario, scientists expect […]

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Highlights of 2017 Consumer Electronics Show

LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Here are some key highlights of the 2017 International Consumer Electronics Show, which concluded Sunday: – Alexa everywhere – Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa was the surprise star of the show, with dozens of new products and services integrating the voice-accessed machine smarts into appliances, TVs, speakers, lamps, cars and more. Analysts said the gains for Alexa could help unify a fragmented market for connected devices, and bring artificial intelligence […]

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Toyota unveils concept car with artificial intelligence system

(REUTERS) — Carmaker Toyota unveiled a concept vehicle featuring digital displays throughout and an artificial intelligence system on Wednesday (January 04) at CES in Las Vegas. According to Toyota, the vehicle features what they call ‘kinetic warmth,’ a warm and welcoming atmosphere to create a relationship between the driver and the car. “The CALTY team developed a concept that we’re calling Kinetic warmth. It’s a design philosophy that’s guided every element of the Concept-i’s creation […]

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NASA sending African-American to space station for the first time

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — NASA is sending an African-American astronaut to the International Space Station for the first time. The traveler is Jeanette Epps, a physics and science whiz who used to work for the CIA as a technical intelligence officer. Epps will head to the ISS as a flight engineer in 2018. Her commander will be Andrew Feustel, a veteran astronaut. “Each space station crew brings something different to the table, and […]

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The ‘flying car,’ autonomous aircraft that goes where no helicopter dares

    (Reuters) — After 15 years of development, an Israeli tech firm are optimistic of finally get their one-and-a-half tonne people-carrying drone off the ground and into the market. The Cormorant aircraft, billed as a flying car capable of transporting 500kg of weight and travelling at 115 mph, completed its first automated solo flight in November, taking off, flying and landing by itself. Developers Urban Aeronautics believe the vehicle, which uses internal rotors to […]

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Qatar World Cup construction workers to get ‘cooling’ hats

QATAR (Reuters) — Migrant workers building soccer stadiums in Qatar are to be given ‘cooling’ hard hats to reduce their body temperature. Scientists at Qatar University designed the solar-powered hard hats to improve conditions for 2022 World Cup labourers who rights groups say have suffered abuses. Mechanical Engineering student Abdullah Ibrahim Al-Ibrahimi was among the team which developed the helmet. “The head is an important body organ. Any increase in its temperature might cause harm […]

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‘Heart-in-a-box’ device helps save lives

As heart transplant surgery becomes more common, the supply of donor hearts in the United States continues to fail to meet demand. Now doctors in Seattle are testing a new system for transporting donor hearts that they hope will close the gap. https://youtu.be/9c1WqQAYCac

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Tech show looks beyond ‘smart,’ to new ‘realities

San Francisco, United States (AFP) — by Sophie ESTIENNE / with Rob Lever in Washington The mega-extravaganza of the tech world in Las Vegas is showcasing an array of new devices that get smarts from computer chips, sensors and artificial intelligence, but go further by opening doors to augmented or virtual realities. The Consumer Electronics Show, which begins with a series of media events Tuesday will offer trade professionals a look at new robotics, connected cars and […]

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Delft team seeks Hyperloop prize

Reuters — Researchers from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) are hoping to bring the futuristic dream of billionaire inventor Elon Musk to reality. In 2013 South-African business magnate Musk unveiled his concept of Hyperloop, a transportation system that would allow passengers to travel at almost the speed of sound inside reduced-pressure tubes. Last year Musk announced a design competition for students and independent engineering teams to build Hyperloop pods and operate them on a […]

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Coding schools aim to fill tech job demand

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) — A group of students in South Florida have enrolled in 10-week intensive course at Wyncode, an accredited school that aims to transform people with little or no computer coding experience into programmers with enough knowledge to get a job in the growing technology sector. Until now, a job in technology would require a university degree in computer science. Wyncode promises their students that they can teach them enough to […]

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