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Scientists over at Disney Research (DR), Walt Disney’s scientific innovation arm, have been breaking ground on some highly innovative technologies in the Internet of Things (IoT) space. Last year, the folks at DR showcased how light bulbs could be used to connect IoT devices and now, they have developed something that could forever change the way IoT gadgets are...

China has achieved another renewable energy milestone, installing a remarkable 7.21 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in the first quarter of 2017. Over the same period, the nation generated 21.4 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity – an 80 per cent increase compared to the first quarter of 2016. Total installed capacity now stands at almost 85 GW – according to...

Security analysts could soon become the first employees asked to show up to work inside virtual reality. Thanks to a new virtual reality tool built by the Colorado-based startup ProtectWise, cybersecurity professionals may soon be patrolling computer networks — like real world beat cops — inside a three-dimensional video game world. Scott Chasin, CEO and co-founder of ProtectWise, sees a future...

New Delhi: With 8.8 gigawatt (GW) of capacity addition projected for the year ahead, India is set to become the third biggest solar market globally in 2017, overtaking Japan, according to the India Solar Handbook 2017 released by Bridge to India (BTI) on Monday. The report by BTI, a consulting firm in India’s clean technology market, said solar capacity in...

Graphene is considered to be one of the most promising new materials. However, the systematic insertion of chemically bound atoms and molecules to control its properties is still a major challenge. Now, for the first time, scientists of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, the University of Vienna, the Freie Universität Berlin, and the University Yachay Tech in Ecuador succeeded in precisely...

SINGAPORE — The Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Tuesday (May 9) tested new features at two pedestrian crossings in the city, as part of a six-month trial to improve safety, in particular, to get distracted pedestrians to pay attention to traffic-light signals. “Nowadays, people get very distracted, so this is to bring their focus back to the pedestrian crossing,” LTA...

Premstaetten, Austria (9 May, 2017) -- ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high per-formance sensor solutions, today introduced an integrated color point sensor IC, which marks a breakthrough in the product category, providing dramatically improved accuracy while cutting bill-of-materials and production costs for manufacturers of handheld color analysis instruments. The new AS7261 JENCOLOR® XYZ sensor is a complete...

Drones are changing the way oil and gas facilities and infrastructure are being inspected and monitored by enabling the rapid and safe collection of high-resolution imagery and video of plants, platforms, and pipelines. Since it’s an era of digital transformation in oil & gas industry and we are aware of many challenges of oil & gas industries those are still...

Geneva, 8 May 2017 – "Scientific and technological progress is an essential means to eradicate poverty and create a better world for all. We should not see it as an existential threat," said Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi Secretary-General of UNCTAD about the opening of the twentieth session of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), the...

Award winning Sentifi, recognized as the leader in AI and crowd-intelligence for financial markets, returns to India to strengthen existing partnerships with BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) MoneyControl and Indiainfoline; while introducing the cutting edge technology to Financial News publishers in New Dehli and Mumbai. In Mumbai,  Asia’s first and fastest exchange Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has partnered with Sentifi to...