DON'T EVER GIVE UP
Restoring touch through electrodes implanted in the human brain will require engineering around a sensory lag The brain responds differently to natural touch on a finger versus a direct electrical stimulation. Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library David Caldwell, University of California, San Francisco and Rajesh P. N. Rao, University of Washington More than 5 million people in […]
2022-03-14 More Drivers are Opting for Electric Vehicles, Here’s Why (StatePoint) If you think you’re seeing more electric vehicles (EVs) on the road, you’re not imagining it. From 2020 to 2021 alone, there was a 70% increase in registered EVs within the United States. Auto giants such as Ford and Chevrolet are […]
Got Zoom fatigue? Out-of-sync brainwaves could be another reason videoconferencing is such a drag Conversation in person usually feels effortless. Conversation over video? Not so much. nensuria/iStock via Getty Images Julie Boland, University of Michigan During the pandemic, video calls became a way for me to connect with my aunt in a nursing home and with […]
2021-11-30 The thousands of vulnerable people harmed by Facebook and Instagram are lost in Meta’s ‘average user’ data Mark Zuckerberg’s company says the kids are all right, but the data it presents is only about how the average social media user is doing. AP Photo/Eric Risberg Joseph Bak-Coleman, University of Washington Fall 2021 has been filled […]
Will glow-in-the-dark materials someday light our cities? Substances that persistently luminesce are already used in some bike lanes, and in the future could be applied to sidewalks, streets and buildings — saving energy and reducing urban heat By Kurt Kleiner Around the year 1603, Italian shoemaker and amateur alchemist Vincenzo Casciarolo tried smelting some […]
The promise and perils of life lived online The pandemic has immersed us faster and deeper in immersive communication technologies. It’s a disrupted, confusing, sometimes exhausting world — but shifting both the tech and our expectations might make it a better one. By Nicola Jones 6.9.2021 I am sitting in a darkened room, listening to […]
What Does 5G Tech Mean for You? (StatePoint) By now, you’ve heard about 5G or might have access to it on your smartphone, but do you know what it is, how it works or what it can do for you? 5G is the next generation of wireless technology, building on its predecessors 2G, 3G and […]