Science & Technology
Wearable body sensors that harvest energy from motion
Scientists have developed new technology that can help fabricate cost-effective and efficient piezoelectric devices for self-powered wearable devices that harvest energy from the human body to monitor diverse physiological parameters. Piezoelectric devices are based on […]
Engineers develop earbuds to combat drowsiness while driving
Drowsy driving is a critical hazard which contributes to road accidents worldwide. However, engineers have now developed earbuds to address the drowsiness while driving. Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed prototype earbuds […]
Crowdstrike blames update for letting bad data slip through causing global tech outage
Crowdstrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week’s global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV […]
Chinese scientists find traces of water in lunar soil brought by Chang’e-5 mission
Chinese scientists studying the soil samples of the moon brought by Chang’e-5 mission found water molecules in lunar soil, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The research, carried out jointly by researchers from […]
Cave discovered on Moon could be home for humans
Scientists have for the first time discovered a cave on the Moon. At least 100m deep, it could be an ideal place for humans to build a permanent base, they say. It is just one […]
Meteorites from Mars help scientists understand the red planet’s interior
Of the more than 74,000 known meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from asteroids or planets colliding together – only 385 or so stones came from the planet Mars. It’s not that hard for […]
Microsoft rolls out spellcheck, autocorrect for Notepad users in Windows 11
In good news for Notepad users, Microsoft has rolled out spellcheck and autocorrect in the Notepad app in Windows 11 -40 years after the text editor was first introduced in Windows in 1983. The tech […]