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Web browser introduces vertical reader mode
In celebration of the third anniversarysince the browser’s first public technical preview, anupdate has been launched for the Vivaldi browser.With version 1.14, Vivaldi claims it has become the first browser to introduce a vertical reader mode. This version also includes Markdown support for Notes, rearrangeable Web Panels, and the ability to reorder search engines.The Vivaldi browser is the first browser to support a vertical reader view. ...
Ireland calls out to London's tech community
The compact Irish capital city, Dublin is the beginning of the IT migration, across the water and links with London, and has been winning awards and gaining plaudits for years. But 2018 is the year to get serious.Home to a rising number of tech giants including Google, Facebook, Linkedin, Airbnb, HubSpot, Adroll, Twitter, Amazon and eBay, Dublin ranks in the top ten cities in Europe according to the European Digital City Index, and scooped pole p...
What else did the Australians do for us?
With Australia Dayupon us, experts from flexible touring holidays, Distant Journeysthink it’s time to thank the many Australian inventors who have quite literally changed our world. They’ve collated together the top inventions that really affect our day to day lives.The Aussies have always been a creative bunch, so many of the essential gizmos and gadgets on our list can trace their roots Down Under.
Bringing cellular connectivity to a professional IoT platform
u‑blox has announced that its SARA cellular module series will provide wireless connectivity for a new end-to-end platform for Industry 4.0. With the platform, developed by Italian-based Iomote, businesses will be able to easily connect existing machines to the cloud to increase efficiency and augment their service offering. Iomote will present its new solution in a series of workshops that started in the Microsoft House in Milan this month.
A new light at the end of the tunnel
Try a quick experiment: Take two flashlights into a dark room and shine them so that their light beams cross. Notice anything peculiar? The rather anticlimactic answer is, probably not. That’s because the individual photons that make up light do not interact. Instead, they simply pass each other by, like indifferent spirits in the night.But what if light particles could be made to interact, attracting and repelling each other like atoms in ...
Startup company develops charging standard for electric vehicles
No cable, no charging column, and no non-standardised plugs. Austrian start-up company, Easelink has developed a technology with which electric vehicles can be automatically charged via pads fastened to the ground - anywhere from underground garages to drive-ins. The stage is set for the electric charging standard of the future.
A map app to track stem cells
Researchers who work with stem cells have ambitious goals. Some want to cure cancer or treat heart disease. Others want to grow the tissues and organs that patients need for transplants. Some groups are even working to develop highly personalised medicines, tailored to an individual’s genetics. However, the development of measurement tools for stem cell production is challenging, making it hard to determine what makes various new stem cell-...
Wake up to a delicious laser-induced graphene on toast
Rice University scientists who introduced laser-induced graphene (LIG) have enhanced their technique to produce what may become a new class of edible electronics.The Rice lab of chemist James Tour, which once turned Girl Scout cookies into graphene, is investigating ways to write graphene patterns onto food and other materials to quickly embed conductive identification tags and sensors into the products themselves.
Make or break? It's all about the component compatibilty
When designing modern machines and technical equipment selecting the right components and sub-systems requires the consideration of many factors; some more obvious than others. Gerard Bush of INMOCO offers some insight into the process.Engineering designers usually start a project knowing what they want their machine or equipment to achieve; naturally to working backwards from there to get an idea for an initial concept design.
Crystal clears the path for quantum light
Optical highways for light are at the heart of modern communications. But when it comes to guiding individual blips of light called photons, reliable transit is far less common. Now, a collaboration of researchers from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), led by JQI Fellows Mohammad Hafezi and Edo Waks, has created a photonic chip that both generates single photons, and steers them around. The device, described inScience, features a way for the qua...