A KAIST research team developed a new hybrid energy aqueous storage device that can be charged in less than half a minute. It employs aqueous electrolytes instead of flammable organic solvents, so it is both environmentally friendly and safe. It also facilitates a boosting charge with high energy density, which makes it suitable for portable ...
Scientists have discovered a novel chemical state of the element manganese. This chemical state, first proposed about 90 years ago, enables a high-performance, low-cost sodium-ion battery that could quickly and efficiently store and distribute energy produced by solar panels and wind turbines across the electrical grid. This direct proof of a previously unconfirmed charge state ...
Lithium-ion batteries could be under threat after the development of polymer materials by the universities of Surrey and Bristol, along with Superdielectrics Ltd., that could challenge the dominance of these traditional batteries. Only one year ago, the partners announced scientific results for novel polymer materials that have dielectric properties 1,000 to 10,000 times greater than ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) from a Chinese tech giant has defeated the country’s best player of the board game Go as China goes for AI supremacy. The artificial intelligence developed by Chinese company Tencent beat world No. 2 Go player Ke Jie last week with a 2-stone handicap, the official People’s Daily newspaper reported. AI supremacy ...
During the height of the Cold War, officials in the CIA devised a covert plan to keep tabs on Russians in Washington, D.C. As part of a clandestine experiment, “Project Acoustic Kitty” was launched by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology, which cost more than $20 million over five years in the ...
Quantum computing, if it ever gets started, might help us solve problems, like modeling complex chemical processes, that our existing computers can’t even scratch the surface of. However, unlike regular computers that can solve multiple problems, a quantum computer, at the moment, is far better at solving one specific problem only. Companies and researchers are using ...
Since the release of Apple’s iPhone X, the new biometric kid on the block is the iPhone X Face ID. In case you might be wondering. No, facial recognition is not a new concept. However, with its advent on the iPhone X, released in November of 2017, the biometric alternative to fingerprints for smartphones stepped ...
Apple confirmed that its iCloud data services in mainland China will be operated by a Chinese company in February 2018. The tech giant is complying with Chinese cybersecurity rules, introduced in July last year, which include a requirement for companies to store all data within China. The firm, Guizhou on the Cloud Big Data (GCBD), ...
Smart luggage is a recent offering that includes a myriad of battery-powered technologies. One brand allows the passenger to check in remotely via a smartphone app. Another has a built-in scale to prevent you from going over the weight allowance. There’s one that comes with GPS to track your luggage’s location with your phone. One ...
A serious design flaw in Intel chips has been discovered. It will require Microsoft, Linux, and Apple to update operating systems for computers all over the world. The problem has to do with the way certain Intel CPUs address certain types of memory, making it possible to potentially exploit parts of the computer memory that ...
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