Aug 22, 2019 | Blockchain, Democracy, Featured
Andrew Yang, one of the candidates for the 2020 presidential election in the U.S., wants to modernize voting via blockchain technology. Yang said it is “ridiculous” that in 2020, Americans are still standing in line “for hours” to cast a vote in booths, and...
Aug 22, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Energy, Featured
If you drive an electric vehicle or you’ve been talking about getting one, chances are good that you’ve heard people say something like this: “Those EVs aren’t so green. They all run on electricity generated by burning coal!” That’s true if you happen to be charging...
Aug 22, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured
Human beings tend to bury objects that they consider most important to their lives. It’s not surprising, therefore, that some people chose to buy games, including board games. Some of these artifacts have survived the centuries, leaving modern-day archaeologists with...
Aug 15, 2019 | Featured, Mobility, Robots & Drones
Taking inspiration from the traditional cane, a team of researchers from Columbia Engineering in New York has come up with a LiDAR-enabled robotic assistant which offers light-touch support for the mobility-impaired. Dubbed Canine, the device improves the user’s...
Aug 15, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Robots & Drones
When the robot revolution comes, the weapons robots use to destroy us could be cobbled together from the scraps of our own society. You’ve been warned. More realistically, though, researchers like a group at Georgia Tech are trying to figure out how robots can help us...
Aug 15, 2019 | Blockchain, Featured, Robots & Drones
Walmart has reasserted its interest in blockchain-backed drones with a recent patent application. The commerce giant filed for an application entitled “Cloning Drones Using Blockchain” in January 2019 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office publishing...
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