Over the course of the next decade humans will integrate more with technology to 'upgrade' our lives including brain chips and exoskeletons, a new report claims. Produced by dentsu, a global advertising and digital agency, the report looks at ways the world could change over the next 10 years and the
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With the ever-increasing worldwide mass production of plastic, the inefficiency of current plastic recycling strategies has raised several environmental, societal, and economic concerns. Magnetic density separation (MDS) is an efficient state-of-the-art recycling technique that uses magnetized fluids to separate different types of plastic particles. Researcher Sina Tajfirooz has developed and
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Scientists have developed a method which changes how a person's brain functions to boost confidence and eradicate fears. It is believed the technique may have the potential to treat psychological conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), phobias and anxiety. Dubbed 'Decoded neurofeedback', the technology is still in its infancy and while Japanese
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Users who crave likes on social media may have thinking patterns that are fundamentally similar to those of lab rats seeking food, a study has concluded. Researchers from the US and Europe found that efforts to maximise 'likes' follow the pattern of so-called 'reward learning' also found in animals seeking food
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Prefabricated construction is the practice of assembling a variety of components of a structure at a manufacturing site and transporting those sub-assemblies to the location of the construction jobsite. Prefabricated construction is sometimes thought of as a low-end and mass produced mode of construction. In reality however, it is quite
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Out of all the electric vehicles, Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) constitutes around 95% to 99% of those batteries. This is despite the widely known fact that the rechargeable battery isn’t optimal for safety or resource-utilization. However, these days big automotive players are progressing towards solid-state batteries — a decision that is dubbed
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The UK government has set up a £2.5 million fund to provide devices, data and digital support to people with learning disabilities who can’t afford to get online. The new Digital Lifeline scheme will fund 5,000 internet tablets preloaded with data and free tech support for those facing a combination of
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In 1961, Tom Rogers of the Leo Burnett Agency created Charlie the Tuna, a jive-talking cartoon mascot and spokesfish for the StarKist brand. The popular ad campaign ran for several decades, and its catchphrase “Sorry, Charlie” quickly hooked itself in the American lexicon. When the CIA’s Office of Advanced Technologies and
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This hill is ubiquitous but surprisingly difficult to locate in reality. The iconic Windows XP default desktop wallpaper of a sloped green hill beneath a bright blue sky is one of the most viewed photos in the world, but its generic pleasantness has long stumped internet denizens in regards to its
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If you've ever watched Planet Earth, you know the ocean is a wild place to live. The water is teeming with different ecosystems and organisms varying in complexity from an erudite octopus to a sea star. Unexpectedly, it is the sea star, a simple organism characterized by a decentralized nervous
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