Innovation Classroom robots prepare pupils for high-tech industry | Feature Tech Sep 27, 2018 Pilot studies are already underway in different countries. At the annual BETT exhibition in London, companies specialising in classroom electronics…
Innovation Virtual reality comes to Emperor Nero’s Golden Palace in Rome | Feature Tech Sep 26, 2018 The Golden Palace in Rome, built by Emperor Nero is getting the virtual reality treatment. Put on a headset and you will be whisked back in time to…
Innovation We Can Now See Individual Cells in This Mummy’s Hand | Feature Tech Sep 26, 2018 X-RAY SPECS Imagine that you’re an archaeologist who wants to know more about how a long-dead person lived. You don’t want to slice the body open, if…
Innovation Ocado develops robotic hand to pick groceries for customers’ orders | Feature Tech Sep 26, 2018 It has been developed by the technology team at UK-based online grocery retailer Ocado and is a result of SoMa (Soft Manipulation), a collaborative…
Innovation Scientists find home of mysterious ‘Oumuamua’ space object | Innovation Sep 26, 2018 Oumuamua, the mysterious celestial object that caught astronomers by surprise when it was seen speeding by the sun last year, just became a bit…
Innovation On Reddit, Russian propagandists try new tricks | Innovation Sep 26, 2018 Reddit users last week were able to trace links posted to a pro-Trump community back to a Russian propaganda website that shares web infrastructure…
Innovation Billionaire readies world’s largest plane to launch rockets into space | Innovation Sep 26, 2018 Paul Allen has a different idea. The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft has built the world’s biggest airplane — a twin-fuselage, six-engine beast…
Innovation Your weather report could be getting a lot better thanks to this brand new satellite | Innovation Sep 25, 2018 We all appreciate an accurate weather forecast. That’s why 300 kilometres inside the article circle a team of scientists are working away on data…
Innovation An eye on the sky with a travelling telescope in Kenya | Feature Tech Sep 25, 2018 Have telescope, will travel. That’s the mantra of Daniel Chu Owen and Susan Murabana in Kenya. The duo visit some of the most remote areas giving…
Innovation Should Pluto be a planet again? New study reignites contentious debate | Innovation Sep 25, 2018 The icy ball at the outer edge of the solar system was considered a planet from its discovery in 1930 until 2006, when a global astronomy…