Month: February 2019

TRISH is helping astronauts prepare for longterm deep space travel such as on a mission to Mars

At the 2019 MIT Space2 workshop, TechRepublic Senior Writer Teena Maddox spoke with Director of TRISH Dorit Donoviel about how TRISH works with MIT, California Institute of Technology and NASA to fund research to safeguard the health and wellness of astronauts in deep space. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. More about…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com February 11, 2019 Off

New hotel suite promises 100% vegan experience

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: London-based design studio Bompas & Parr has created a completely plant-based hotel suite in London, reportedly a world first. The Hilton London Bankside suite, which runs around £500 a night, is entirely vegan, from bedding to mini-bar. The studio sought advice from UK’s Vegan Society to create a 100…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com February 11, 2019 Off

Technology turns carbon to diamonds at room temperature

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: A research team at North Carolina State University has discovered a way to create diamonds at room temperature. Man-made diamonds aren’t new but this development is significant because it means diamond fibres – the seeds of diamonds, if you will – can be created with a laser, according…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com February 11, 2019 Off

New avatar uses compliments to sell products

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By jrtrombold@gmail.com February 11, 2019 Off

New app could replace Ritalin

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: Researchers at Cambridge University’s Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, led by George Savulich, have developed an app that could help sufferers of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The app, called Decoder, aims to help users improve concentration. The game sends users on virtual “missions” to foil an…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com February 8, 2019 Off

Carbon sink absorbs carbon dioxide to produce clean energy

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: Researchers, lead by Changmin Kim at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), and from Georgia Tech have developed a new way of cleaning the atmosphere. The system works largely like a huge liquid battery. It absorbs carbon dioxide to produce electricity and useable hydrogen fuel. Using electrodes to extract…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com February 8, 2019 Off