Follow your feet! Scientists develop £2,700 ‘intelligent’ SHOE that helps blind people to avoid obstacles Austrian computer scientists created a shoe that pings vibrations to the wearer It warns blind and visually impaired people of obstacles using ultrasonic sensors They’re now working on an embedded AI camera for future versions of the shoe By Jonathan … Read more
Follow your feet! Scientists develop £2,700 ‘intelligent’ SHOE that helps blind people to avoid obstacles Austrian computer scientists created a shoe that pings vibrations to the wearer It warns blind and visually impaired people of obstacles using ultrasonic sensors They’re now working on an embedded AI camera for future versions of the shoe By Jonathan … Read more
Concluding a hunt that began almost 50 years ago, particle physicists from CERN and the US have detected an elusive and weird phenomenon called the ‘odderon’. It was formed by firing protons at each other at high energies in the Large Hadron Collider, the 17-mile-long particle accelerator circling under the French-Swiss border. This effort built on … Read more
Concluding a hunt that began almost 50 years ago, particle physicists from CERN and the US have detected an elusive and weird phenomenon called the ‘odderon’. It was formed by firing protons at each other at high energies in the Large Hadron Collider, the 17-mile-long particle accelerator circling under the French-Swiss border. This effort built on … Read more
SMALL CAP MOVERS: Avacta shares soar as test detects new Covid variant; Premier African on a lithium charge By John Harrington, Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 15:18 GMT, 12 March 2021 | Updated: 15:18 GMT, 12 March 2021 Premier African Metals continued its astonishing rise this week after it was formally granted an ‘exclusive prospect … Read more
Now scientists spot ANOTHER variant: Finland detects strain that ‘shares mutations with South African and Kent versions’ By Stephen Matthews Health Editor and Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 16:34 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 16:34 GMT, 18 February 2021 Finnish scientists claim to have found another coronavirus variant which shares some … Read more
International Space Station detects blue ‘jets’ of lightning shooting upwards from thunder clouds that could influence greenhouse gas concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere The phenomenon was detected by the European Space Agency’s ASIM device This is a collection of cameras, photometers and an X-ray/gamma ray detector The blue jet was seen coming from a cloud above the … Read more
Could this really be Nessie? Sonar detects mystery 30ft long shape 500ft below the surface of Loch Ness ‘Solid and pretty big’ contact was picked up by boat owned by Cruise Loch Ness The mystery creature is likely to feed on trout and eels at the bottom of the loch Follows 18 ‘confirmed’ sightings of … Read more
US military is testing a smart watch and ring system that detects illnesses TWO days before symptoms arise – and can recognize the coronavirus US military is using a Garmin watch and Oura ring to detect illnesses The system uses an AI that can notify users of an oncoming illness two days before symptoms appear … Read more
A hospital in Massachusetts has found another job for Spot, Boston Dynamics’ dog-like robot: Doctor. The yellow-and-black quadruped has been proven able to take patients’ vital signs from a distance of over six feet. That could allow healthcare workers to keep a safe distance from patients who may be infected with the coronavirus or other … Read more