While it is already possible to control computers via hand gestures, doing so typically involves using peripheral electronic devices or special embedded hardware. The Typealike system, however, brings such functionality to existing computers, no added …
Egg white powder is a very widely used food ingredient, which means that a lot of hens have to be raised on a lot of farms, consuming a lot of feed and producing a lot of waste. There may soon be a greener alternative, however, thanks to a fungus which…
Laptops can already be thought of as folding devices, but generally not in the same way as, say, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is a folding device. There are exceptions of course, but Asus has unveiled something a little different at CES 2022 in the shape of t…
This simple but somewhat colorful-looking tiny house on wheels by Baluchon serves as the primary home for its owner and child in Brittany, France. Though it sports compact dimensions, even by tiny house standards, the firm managed to squeeze in some no…
During the numerous lockdowns of the last couple of years, the humble webcam has helped many of us feel less isolated thanks to videoconferencing platforms like Zoom. But such things can lack depth. What we need is the kind of freestanding holograms li…
Snøhetta’s upcoming Beijing Sub-Center Library in China is not like your average city library. It will feature glazed walls that enclose a series of tree-shaped columns, as well as a forest canopy-like roof. The idea behind its eye-catching design is t…
The universe is governed by two sets of seemingly incompatible laws of physics – there’s the classical physics we’re used to on our scale, and the spooky world of quantum physics on the atomic scale. MIT physicists have now observed the moment atoms sw…
American eVTOL pioneer Joby Aviation is accelerating its path to FAA type certification, today unveiling a second pre-production prototype that’s already approved to join the company’s flight test program. It’ll take its first flights later this month….
San Francisco startup Petra says its new contactless thermal drilling robot can make steady progress through the hardest rock on Earth – stuff that would normally destroy drilling equipment – so quickly and cheaply that it could make a lot of undergrou…
Animals are constantly shedding DNA into their environment, traces of which can then be detected in soil and water – and now, perhaps even air. Two new studies collected air samples from zoos and were able to identify a range of animals living in and a…