Matt Reimer makes his money farming fields in Southwestern Manitoba, Canada. The main commodity in this part of the World is grain. Besides the person driving the combine harvester, there is a position which requires even more relentlessness. There is always a person who drives a tractor next to the harvester, collecting the…
The abuse of opioid drugs that help chronic patients ease their pain has reached epidemic proportions. World Health Organization’s 2014 report states that in the year 2010, estimated 16 651 deaths were caused by prescription opioid overdose just in the United States. In a similar vein – in 2014, nearly two million…
A rechargeable electrode that is paper-thin, 10% lighter than what we are used to, and can function properly in disagreeable conditions? All but reality at this point. Team of researchers, led by Gurpreet Singh from Kansas State University, has developed an electrode with a unique…
We still have ways to go when it comes to reliable nanotechnology. It is already being used in modern computer parts and variety of consumer electronics, as well as water-resistant fabrics. However, consistent production of more sophisticated nanostructures is still proving extremely difficult…
Just two days after the FBI has confirmed that it got into the iPhone which belonged to the San Bernardino shooter, it offers the same service in a murder case in Arkansas. Cody Hiland, the attorney in the Arkansas case, requested help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
First, let me introduce you in case you did not hear of her. Tay was Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence project that was supposed to imitate 19 year-old girl online. She was up and running on Kik, Twitter and GroupMe. Like she said in one of her twitter posts, the more she talks with humans, the more she learns…
Infrared (IR) sensing – technology at the forefront of motion and heat detection has seen great success in the commercial market. A wide range of applications for home-entertainment, healthcare equipment, temperature sensing for air conditioning, all the way to autonomous personal vehicles…
‘How Cuckoo Filter Can Improve Existing Approximate Matching Techniques’ by Vikas Gupta (Netskope Inc.,
