Although electric bikes definitely are
more eco-friendly than exhaust-spewing cars, some people quite rightly
point out that the electricity used to charge their batteries typically
comes from not-so-green sources such as coal-burning power plants.
That's why Santa Cruz-based NTS Works created its NTS SunCycle pedelec
cargo bike. Unveiled this Wednesday, it features an integrated
photovoltaic panel that's reportedly capable of fully charging the
bike's battery within eight hours. Read More
Mathare is 500,000-resident slum in Nairobi
Kenya, where basic sanitation is non-existent, there’s no adequate water
supply and no school system, except for so-called street schools that
try to fill that gap. Only 10 percent of local youth will reach college
education. Most of the locals are part of the five billion people in the
world who are digitally excluded. Now, a new UK-based initiative called
Keepod Unite aims to reduce the digital gap in Mathare by providing an
OS that can be loaded onto a USB drive and plugged into just about any
shared PC. Read More
Though 3D printers
themselves are becoming more affordable, the complexities of 3D
modeling software have also proven a hurdle to entry to the consumer
market. While some companies have sought to enhance their mainstream
appeal with catalogs of pre-designed printable objects,
others are taking a more hands-on approach. Virtual reality firm
Sixense, which this week announced its motion controlled solution for 3D
modeling called MakeVR, hopes to make the design process more intuitive
and appealing for the average user. Read More
Emerging South Korean design studio Archiworkshop
has injected some serious style into its recently completed "Glamping
for Glampers" project. Located in the mountainous region of Yang-Pyeong
in South Korea, the remote glampsite features a series of luxurious
"tents" which add some serious comfort to the traditional camping
experience. Read More
Type 1 diabetics suffer from a lack of beta cells
in the pancreas, which are responsible for insulin production. Although
glucose monitoring and insulin injections allows the disease to be
managed, finding a way to replenish these beta cells would offer a more
permanent solution. Scientists at Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco
have provided hope for just such a treatment by developing a technique
to reprogram skin cells into insulin-producing beta cells. Read More
Serious car collectors never needed
an excuse to add a Shelby Cobra to their garage, but Shelby has provided
some extra incentive by celebrating the 50th anniversary of its FIA
Cobra small block race car with the limited-edition Shelby Cobra 289
FIA. Read More Historic Colossus computer marks 70th anniversary
By David Szondy
February 6, 2014
Sometimes the most important victories in a war
don’t occur on battlefields and don’t involve weaponry. On Wednesday, a
very unusual group of veterans gathered at Bletchley Park,
Buckinghamshire to commemorate an event that shortened the Second World
War and saved countless lives. They were the men and women who built
Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic digital computer,
and they and their families were at the National Museum of Computing for
a re-enactment of the day the famous machine began its code-breaking
operations against the Axis forces. Read More
Ultra HD 4K displays were everywhere at CES 2014,
with super high resolution displays measuring up to 110 inches in size.
But the question remains, do we need displays with such high
resolution, given that the human eye isn't likely to be able to tell the
difference between 4K and 2K in most viewing environments? And who is
making content in 4K anyway? Read More
Talking about the weather is a pastime as old as
language, but climate researchers from the University of East Anglia
(UEA) in the UK have just given people a whole lot more to talk about.
As part of an ongoing effort to increase the accessibility and
transparency of data on past climate and climate change, they've made
one of the most widely used records of Earth's climate accessible
through Google Earth. Read More
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