Wright Electric is working on an electric airplane, which the company hopes will enter service in about a decade. The plane would be able to carry 120 ...
Vacuum cleaner company Dyson building electric car
Manufacturer of vacuum cleaners Dyson will produce an electric car that will, in all likelihood, be launched in 2020. Head of the company Sir James Dyson ...
STEM toy teaches kids to program
The STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) toy scene has seen a major upswing in the last few years. Now, Elemental Path is introducing ...
Rap helps sell the SDGs
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are instrumental in building resilience and making the world more sustainable, but it is sometimes hard to ...
IMPRESSIONS from the International Motor Show (IAA) Cars
This year’s slogan for the IAA Cars is “Future now”. It highlights digitization, electric mobility and urban mobility. SmartCityNews.global ...
Smart infrared sensor powers itself
As part of the DARPA’s Near Zero Power RF and Sensor Operation (N-ZERO) program, researchers at Northeastern University have developed a smart sensor for ...
Touchscreen plastic utilized to make bacteria useful
Researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute in Stockholm have found a new way to use the conducting plastic of touchscreens on smartphones, namely ...
China’s One Belt, One Road-project involves 4000km/h train
Chinas largest development project One Belt, One Road is yet to get another high-speed connected transportation vehicle – a 4000km/h fast train. The ...
AI to prevent texting & driving
Engineering researchers from Canada’s University of Waterloo might have found a solution to the problem of texting and driving on streets. They developed ...
Smart pen detects cancer in 10 seconds
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have developed a device that is capable of identifying cancer cells in mere seconds. Called the ...
