Category: Sci-Tech
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Lyme Disease In Canada And USA Has Epidemic Potential- New Microbes Discovered
Spring means fresh flowers and sunny days, but it also brings seasonal health issues as the weather gets warmer: from Rosacea to Lyme disease. Most likely, you or someone you know has been affected by Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness in North America with more than 300,000 cases diagnosed each year. In a…
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A New Poetic Role Of Technology In Our Homes
Digital Domestic Dialogues “Digital Domestic Dialogues” stages a near future in which technology has acquired an emotional and sensitive intelligence: it is capable of exciting itself and others through everyday gestures as an analog and primordial archive of human communication, culture and social dynamics. Robots and users interact with a range of seemingly familiar objects…
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Cancer Vaccine Book Details How To Make Treatment
The Reinvention of Coley’s Toxins by Donald H. MacAdam is a fascinating read. If you are expecting a dry and brooding book you are in for a treat because MacAdam has a dynamic flair for presenting facts and characters in an enjoyable story telling fashion. The history leading up to the formation of MBVax is…
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The Most Common Keyboard Joke In Existence
As we get older we get wiser. It’s just part of the deal. We have all heard the expression that knowledge is power, but power can also be corrupting. Sometimes, it’s good to get a reminder that as smart or as knowledgeable as we think we might be there is always something new to learn.…
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Future Of Happiness Will Be Brain Stimulants
Happiness…..I popped the pink pill into my mouth and waited for the expected feelings of ecstasy. No, the pill wasn’t the drug XTC, but rather a legal and safe “hacking” alternative. Then I put on my trans-cranial stimulation device, known as “The Thync,” and waited to see what happened. Wow! After five minutes, it felt…
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Astrolab FLEX Moon Rover Nears South Pole Mission
Monaco, April 2024 The American company Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab), a strategic partner of the Monegasque Venturi Group, has been awarded a NASA contract to support the development of Artemis campaign’s lunar terrain vehicle. Its rover, known as FLEX, is equipped with batteries and wheels developed by Gildo Pastor’s teams in Monaco and Switzerland. Gildo Pastor…
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Electric Vehicles – All You Need To Know
The world needs to cut carbon emissions and fight climate change. This need has caused a huge change in the car industry. Electric vehicles (EVs) are at the forefront. This shift toward electrification is a technological and economic revolution that is changing the way we think about transportation in addition to being an environmental need.…
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Twenty-One Vehicles With Elite Silhouettes
There’s nothing quite like the sleek side profile of a vehicle with a long hood, a fast roof, and a smooth decklid. But there is more to our shared love of cars, because, we should also consider the smooth, singular sideline of a minivan. While that isn’t an answer one would expect when asking about…
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How AI Is Transforming Wine Selection and Curation
The meeting and event planning industry is experiencing a significant transformation amid an era where the vintage charm of wine meets the cutting-edge sharpness of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This renaissance, characterized by a blend of tradition with technology, is reshaping the essence of event-driven wine selection, moving away from the notion that tech seeks to…
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How To Prep For An Imminent EMP Attack
There you have it… from Dr. Peter Vincent Pry himself, director of the EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security… An electromagnetic pulse (EMP for short) would literally send an entire country back in the 1800’s in a matter of seconds, by frying everyone’s electronics and leaving us in the dark. Here’s Ben Carson…
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How To Reboot Ottawa’s Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate
The federal government has proposed regulations requiring the sale of a minimum numbers of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) in Canada (20 percent of all light vehicles in 2026, ramping up to 60 percent in 2030 and 100 percent in 2035). The flip side of this requirement is that the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE)…
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AI Governance Alliance Calls for Inclusive Access to Advanced Artificial Intelligence
World Economic Forum’s AI Governance Alliance says a global effort is needed to create equitable access to artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence holds the potential to address global challenges, but it also poses risks of widening existing digital divides or creating new ones. Three new Forum papers offer recommendations on building safe systems and technologies, ensuring…
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Why Open Science Is Feeling Like Closed Science
How open is open science?While open science practices are being adopted worldwide, new UNESCO findings reveal a tale of uneven growth. According to the newly released UNESCO Open Science Outlook 1: Status and trends around the world, access and sharing of its benefits remain unequal across regions and disciplines. Why is open science so crucial? In…
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Dual 4K 60Hz HDMI Display Adapter With USB Power Delivery Passthrough
Bus-Powered USB-C® Adapter Harnesses DisplayLink® Technology to Drive Two Displays, Supports Connection of Computers’ USB-C Power Cable for Laptop Charging and Operation, All Through a Single Computer Port What’s New:Sonnet Technologies today announced the USB-C® to Dual 4K 60Hz HDMI® Adapter, a new addition to the company’s line of dual-display adapters for Apple® M series and…
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Window Cleaning Robot Cracks 400$ Price Mark
Cleaning is called a “chore” for a reason, it’s a pain to do and nobody likes doing it! Imagine if there were robots that could do ALL of the cleaning for you so that you can relax and spend more time living your life. Look no further than Ecovacs Robotics, an award-winning brand of home…
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Combining Bass Loudness & Decay Times To Improve Stereo Quality
Research from acoustics scientist Dr. Floyd Toole indicates that bass quality accounts for about 30% of your system’s sound quality. So, I’ve experimented with target curves that raise the bass loudness relative to other frequencies and added bass traps to reduce its decay times to improve my system performance and satisfaction. My experiments are on…
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Seven Steps For Countries To Regulate Generative AI In Education
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools have far-reaching implications for education and research. Yet the education sector today is largely unprepared for the ethical and pedagogical integration of these powerful and rapidly evolving technologies. A recent UNESCO global survey of over 450 schools and universities showed that less than 10% of them had policies or formal guidance on…
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OPED: Made by Human: The Threat of Artificial Intelligence on Human Labor
This Article is 95.6% Made by Human / 4.4% by Artificial Intelligence One of the most concerning uncertainties surrounding the emergence of artificial intelligence is the impact on human jobs. 100% Satisfaction Guarantee Let us start with a specific example – the customer support specialist. This is a human-facing role. The primary objective of a Customer Support…
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Canada Ranks 26th On Digital Quality of Life Index
Surfshark’s most recent Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index ranks Canada 26th in the world by overall digital wellbeing and is outranked by the U.S. Our country has dropped by six positions since last year’s edition, falling from 20th to 26th. The study covers 92% of the global population and indexes 117 countries by looking…
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9 Years Since China Landing- NASA Warns They Could Take Over The Moon
It’s the 9th anniversary of China’s 2014 Moon landing and it deserves special attention. Many Westerners are unaware of their impressive accomplishment because for the most part it was not reported in the mainstream media. Even now, getting information on China’s mission is challenging and the reports that are readily available seem to be from…
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Lightning-fast Connectivity: The Fastest Broadband in Canada For Gamers
Let’s get right to it! Here is the breakdown: You can find the full dataset here. Earning it the nickname ‘Canada’s Silicon Valley’, Kitchener, Ontario, is a technology powerhouse with numerous tech companies, start-ups, and research institutions. It achieved first place for broadband speed at 287 Mbps. Toronto follows closely behind, with 283 Mbps. As…
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World First- Venturi’s Hyper-Deformable Lunar Wheel Presented At Paris Air Show
Earlier this week, Venturi Group presented its latest invention at the international Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France: a hyper-deformable lunar wheel. Venturi Lab designed and manufactured the wheel using materials it created. The Venturi wheel is a world first. A turning point in the history of the space industry, Venturi has reinvented the…
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New Lunar Rover Will Be Largest Ever And Includes Disruptive Innovations
Recently, H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco visited Venturi Group’s Monegasque headquarters. photos: Venturi/BebertWelcomed by the Group’s President, Gildo Pastor, the Sovereign was invited to take a historic first look at the lunar rover “FLEX”, developed by Venturi Astrolab (USA) in collaboration with Venturi Lab (Switzerland) and Venturi (Monaco). FLEX will be the largest and…
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Making Life Easy With Easier Parking
With driverless cars already on the streets, will there be similar AI breakthroughs in the future of parking? In the ’60s, The Jetsons, a cartoon about a family living in the future, featured a flying car that folded down into a briefcase when not in use. It is unlikely that we will ever see that solution…
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Using Laser Technology to Detect Cancer Cells
We’ve come a long way since hearing Dr. Evil of Austin Powers’ movie fame describe “a sophisticated heat beam, which we call ‘a laser’ ” to take over the world, or sitting in awe watching Jedi knights in Star Wars blast through enemies using lightsabers. Now in real life, lasers are being used to…
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Disruptive Composite Materials Developed Via Vancouver Company & University Of British Columbia
Up coming next generation of polymer materials creates more durable and recycle-ready composites ALUULA Composites is collaborating with the University of British Columbia (UBC) Composite Research Network to develop world-first recycling applications for high-performance, UHMWPE-based composite materials. The new material has been recently featured in Air&Cosmos, Composites World, Innovation in Textiles, and Plastics Today. “When we first revealed our work…
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USB Juice Jacking Is New Way Hackers Attack Travelers
How to avoid being hacked this vacation season. According to a recent study by cybersecurity firm NordVPN, one in four travelers has been hacked when using public Wi-Fi while traveling abroad. However, unsecured Wi-Fi is not the only factor travelers should be worried about. This month, the FBI published a tweet (see below) warning users against smartphone…
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Canada Take Note: UK Needs Hydrogen to Achieve its Net Zero Goals?
The UK Hydrogen Strategy estimates that to meet Net Zero aims by 2050, hydrogen will make up 20-35% of the UK’s final energy demand (250-460 TWh a year). Hydrogen therefore has a critical role to play in the decarbonization of industry, power, heat and transport. Yet in this recent report, the UK Hydrogen Champion found that there is…