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by Céline CORNU Agence France-Presse MILAN, Italy (AFP) — It’s the black prancing horse’s 70th birthday and gleaming Ferraris are out in force in Italy this weekend to celebrate. Some 500 sleek, purring sports cars are gathering in Milan on Friday before the festivities move to Modena, where founder Enzo Ferrari was born, and end with an exclusive party in Maranello, where Ferraris have been made since World War II. “Ferrari is a mythical brand: it has […]
Reuters — Fitness trackers remained big business at this year’s IFA consumer technology fair in Berlin, with major players like Fitbit and Garmin announcing new devices. However, waterproof fitness trackers for swimmers are often limited to data gathering, such as stroke rate per minute or distance swam. Hong Kong-based start-up Platysens is hoping to make a bigger splash with its ring-style swim analyser. Instead of a typical wrist-worn device, their ‘Seal’ prototype comprises two ‘rings’ […]
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) — A spin-off company from the University of Tokyo has developed a motion and health tracking wearable technology with stretchable wires and sensors embedded onto traditional textiles. Dubbed “e-skin”, the makers say it can withstand high strain rates when subjected to the wearer’s repeated and extreme movements, making it ideal as ‘smart’ sportswear. So-called ‘smart clothing’ has been developed by a number of companies, most notably luxury brand Ralph Lauren with its […]
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) — The third generation of Swellpro’s waterproof drone has gone on display at the IFA consumer technology fair in Berlin. Swellpro says it was the first company to develop waterproof drone technology. The idea came about when founder Eric Hu saw a drone crashing into the sea while on holiday in the Caribbean islands. Swellpro’s technical manager for China, Anthony Kuhn, told Reuters: “It’s a stomach turning feeling when you’ve got your […]
CHIBA, Japan (AFP) — Japanese giant Nissan Wednesday unveiled a new electric car with an extended range and semi-autonomous driving functions, as it seeks to battle off competitors in a sector it once pioneered. The second-generation Nissan Leaf has a potential range of 400 kilometers (250 miles) between charges, compared with 250 kilometers for its previous version. It also boasts semi-autonomous driving capabilities such as keeping the vehicle automatically in one lane on the motorway […]
With the recent news about North Korea developing a hyrdrogen bomb, and that it had even recently detonated one, curiosity about what exactly is an H-bomb followed. Hydrogen bombs have a destructive power to dwarf even the nuclear weapons dropped on Japan in 1945. Unlike atomic or A-bombs, where the explosion comes from the splitting or fission of a heavy atomic nucleus, hydrogen or H-bombs work on the principle of nuclear fusion, when two […]
Reuters — An autonomous robotic parasol that tracks the sun and charges itself with integrated solar panels was demonstrated this week at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin. Developed by United States-based company Shadecraft, the Sunflower’s main purpose is to provide shade just like a regular parasol. But it is also packed with connected technology including a built-in security camera, a microphone, speakers, and lights. Throughout the day the Sunflower follows the sun – […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Microsoft on Friday announced that a major update to its Windows operating system will be released globally on October 17. Release of Windows 10 “Fall Creators Update” will come the same day that Windows Mixed Reality headsets powered by the software hits the market, Microsoft executive vice president of operating systems Terry Myerson said in a blog post. Unlike virtual reality gear already available, Windows headsets made by partners […]
by Pascale Mollard Agence France Presse PARIS, United States (AFP) — A sleek, subterranean X-ray laser to be unveiled Friday in Germany, by far the most powerful in the world, has scientists in a dozen fields jostling to train its mighty beam on their projects. European XFEL will reveal — and capture in images — secrets at the sub-atomic level, promising breakthroughs in medicine, biology, energy, information technology and chemistry. It will map the molecular […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) — A Taiwanese company is aiming to make laser engraving available to anyone by creating a device that comes at a fraction of the costs of conventional laser engraving tools. Cubiio, the name of a device which resembles a small Bluetooth speaker rather than a tool for shooting lasers, is currently able to load images from a memory card and engrave them onto various objects. According to its inventor, a future update […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The largest asteroid in more than a century will whiz safely past Earth on September 1 at a safe but unusually close distance of about 4.4 million miles (7 million kilometers), NASA said. The asteroid was discovered in 1981, and is named Florence after the famed 19th century founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. “Florence is the largest asteroid to pass this close to our planet since the first near-Earth […]
CAIRO, EGYPT (Reuters) — A group of engineering students in Cairo have built a machine that produces alternative fuel from vehicle tires. The university students came across the idea when they were looking for a graduation project and learnt about the technology from a professor. One of the students, Mohamed Saeed Ali, said the technology is inexpensive and easy to operate. “The project consists of the container in which we put the shredded tires. We […]
