Researchers at the University of California, Davis have found a surprising food source that could help reduce cows’ methane production: seaweed. A recent study from the university suggests bovines who eat an experimental mix of special food and a specific strain of seaweed produce less greenhouse gas than their peers. According to Pennsylvania State University, agriculture contributes up to seven […]
Can Eating Seaweed Reduce A Cow’s Methane?
Shopping On Snapchat?
Shopping and Snapchat could soon be synonymous. As originally reported by TechCrunch, the popular social media platform is experimenting with a new visual search feature called “Eagle.” App researcher Ishan Agarwal was the first to notice the Snapchat code in the Android version of the app, and has previously been the tipster behind a number of other app features, including […]
Kitchen In A Box
Young professionals living in micro-apartments and tiny homes can soon install a fully functioning kitchen in their residences, without the need for additional space or even complicated hardware. A recent graduate of Britain’s Royal College of Art has unveiled her capstone work titled Assembly – a single-package, flexible cooking set for millennials. The complete kit is about the same size […]
Duplex, The AI Telemarketer
NEXT-LEVEL ROBOCALLS. In May, Google debuted Duplex, an artificially intelligent assistant that can make mundane phone calls on behalf of a human. Now, Google is looking to partner with companies that want to use its human-sounding Duplex AI for tasks such as fielding customer service calls or telemarketing, according to a report by The Information. WHO TO BELIEVE? According to The […]
CatEye Quick Will Be Your Bike’s Computer
It was just yesterday that we heard about the CatEyeSYNC system, which allows up to seven bike lights to be controlled by one smartphone. Well, CatEye has also recently introduced its Quick cyclocomputer, designed with budget-minded commuters in mind. Traditionally, cycling computers are fancy rectangular things made for people who are into hardcore training – the devices display data such […]
Emirates To Serve Food From Worlds Largest Vertical Farm Soon
As more and more people crowd onto this little planet, current farming techniques don’t look efficient enough to keep us all well fed. To make better use of space, farms of the future may move into high-rise buildings. Now, the world’s biggest vertical farm is set to be built – like so many other “world’s biggest” things – in Dubai, […]
4 Reasons the iPhone 7 Plus is a Great Buy Today
Even though the releases of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X generated as much buzz as any other Apple product launch, tech reviewers are far from sold on them. The general consensus of the tech media on the iPhone X is that it does not live up to the hype. The experience of using the iPhone X sounds confusing and frustrating, […]
Skype To Introduce Read Receipts
If you want folks to know that you’ve seen their message (and are just choosing to be slow to respond), rejoice! There’s now another medium through which you can exercise your passive-aggressive tendencies (or just generally let folks know that their messages aren’t going into the void). This week, Skype announced that its latest version (Skype 8.26.76) will finally include “read receipts,” […]
Smart Bandage Has Arrived
Chronic skin wounds may be notoriously difficult to treat, but at the same time they shouldn’t be over-treated, subjecting patients to more antibiotics than is necessary. That’s why scientists have developed a “smart” bandage that only dispenses medication as needed. Developed by a research team at Massachusetts’ Tufts University, the prototype bandage is just 3 mm thick, and consists of […]
Intricate Design Morpheus May Become Macau’s Landmark
Zaha Hadid Architects has a way of designing buildings so intricate and complex that the photographs look like renderings rather than completed architecture. Their latest unveiling is Morpheus, the flagship hotel for the City of Dreams resort in Macau. While the sculptural design of Morpheus was inspired by China’s centuries-old tradition of jade carving, the structure of the hotel hardly […]