Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab For all of the advancements in genetic research, DNA synthesis hasn’t changed much in over four decades. That could make it a serious obstacle to scientists who are otherwise racing to develop a new drug or understand…
Taking a lesson from the automotive industry on automation, Mokumono partnered up with 3D Hubs to robotically build the bada$$ bike you see here. Unlike other bikes that are usually manufactured with hundreds of parts and days of manual work…
Here’s an easy way to sharpen upscaled photos in Photoshop CC June 25, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic Leave a Comment We have seen a couple of algorithms capable of upscaling low-res images. But you can also increase the resolution of…
The use of technology to motivate and encourage people to increase their fitness levels through tracking, personal goals and real-time feedback is extremely popular now, and its presence has increased massively in recent years. But, what about technology that’s tailored…
Amazon has gotten flack in the past for some of the challenges its crowdsourced “last-mile” delivery drivers face, but now it’s offering those with entrepreneurial ambitions the option to do more. Instead of showing up for gig work, drivers can…
For the past 12 years I’ve followed the rise of the startup — defined as a small business with global ambitions — from my perch at TechCrunch. During that period I watched business reporting change from a sleepy backwater on…
NASA literally saved us from a planet-wide apocalypse in the 1980’s. If they hadn’t noticed a huge problem in our atmosphere, life on Earth would have collapsed by the year 2065. Following is a transcript of the video. The early ‘80s…
iStockphoto Well, all of us boozehounds are destined to die a painful, miserable death. Condolences. It seems that while many of us, these days, are laying off the Taco Bell, consuming more fruits and vegetables, exercising more, cutting back on…
Barbara Alper via Getty Images Sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison has died at 84. Ellison, who was an author of novellas and short stories, wrote for shows including Star Trek, Babylon 5, The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. He passed…
NASA/ESA/STScI Last October, researchers spotted a long, skinny object speeding through our solar system, and they initially pegged it as a comet from another solar system. But as they continued to observe the object, dubbed ‘Oumuamua, its properties — namely…