Infotech

SOUTH KOREA’s Samsung Electronics has become the world’s first commercially launch nationwide 5G services with the release of the Galaxy S10 5G, the world’s first available smartphone with built-in 5th-generation communications technology. The 5G service’s superfast network offers data speeds that allow users to download a movie in a second. It costs $1,200. Unlike the […]

SCIENTISTS have discovered a way to simplify how electronic devices use those electrons — using a material that can serve dual roles in electronics, where historically multiple materials have been necessary. Electronics rule the world, but electrons rule the electronics. A research team at The Ohio State University has discovered a way to simplify how […]

ACADEMICS from the University of Oxford and the University of Surrey have examined in the first study of its kind how Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) may have a substantial impact on the future of urban tourism. The study calls for future work that provides context-specific analyses that may reveal alternative ways of thinking about AVs for […]

NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a striking view of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and turbulent southern hemisphere as it performed a close pass of the gas giant planet. Juno is in a highly-elliptical, 53-day orbit around Jupiter. Each orbit includes a close passage over the planet’s cloud deck, where it flies a ground track that extends […]

China performs 5G-based remote brain surgery INDEED it is a landmark brain surgery. Chinese PLA General Hospital (PLAGH), with the help of China Mobile and Huawei 5G technology, carried out the operation on 16 March last. Conducted by Dr. Ling Zhipei, chief physician of the First Medical Centre of the Beijing-based PLAGH and Department of […]

China has sprouted cotton seed on the moon COTTON seeds that traveled to the Moon with China’s spacecraft Chang’e-4 have sprouted, according to CGTN, the global arm of state broadcaster CCTV. The news came after the lander and rover touched down on the Moon’s far side to conduct a series of experiments including testing the […]

A NOVEL electrocardiogram (ECG) method which uses signals from the ear and hand to check heart rhythm was revealed at EHRA European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress. The ECG does not require two hands and could be used by drivers, athletes, and the military. Study author Dr Raffaele De Lucia, of the University Hospital of […]

Hackers could hijack computers using a flaw HACKERS uncovered a security breach on the desktop version of Google Chrome before the company had chance to spot the flaw. The bug is more dangerous as it targets Chrome directly. Users must also actively reboot their computers in order to expel the flaw. Google tells users to […]

RESEARCHERS have created an electronic bandage that helps wounds heal FOUR TIMES faster. E-band was wrapped around the chests of rats with a cut on their backs.When they breathed, a positively and negatively charged layer rubbed together. Skin has a remarkable ability to heal itself. But in some cases, wounds heal very slowly or not […]

GADGETS are designed to keep people captivated when we are awake. Incidentally, technology hasn’t really bothered much about putting us to sleep, has it? Perhaps good earphones help in lulling you to sleep with some good tunes playing in your ear, but that’s pretty much it. Nevertheless, course correction could be on the way. The […]