Entries from 2020-01-01 to 1 year

The manga industry is changing

(Summary) Manga is very popular worldwide for tense story and colorful characters. ‘Attack on Titan’ is the biggest hit in the last 10 years and coming to an end. Publishers are looking for a new series that could finally balance Japan’s $…

Tech giants face antitrust hearing

(Summary) The CEO of Facebook, Google, and Amazon were summoned before the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee on on July 29 due to their dominance of online search engines and the aggressive business models. They have been accused that…

Neuralink: The brain-computer interface

(Summary) Elon Musk announced his neurotechnology company succeeded in making a interface between human brain and computer. Its main purpose is that it allows paralyzed patients to control computers and phones to communicate by implant the…

Fruit battery

(Summary) Lithium ion batteries have contributed to today's technology but aren't eco-friendly because they need huge amount of water for being made and finally turn to e-waste. Researchers at University of Sydney have invented a supercapa…

$26-million robot dolphins for marine zoo

(Summary) Edge Innovations, a company in New Zealand, has developed robotic dolphins which are indistinguishable from real-life ones. A special animatronic effect creator contributes to this project. Their animatronics are expected to make…

Bike thief, beware; ‘uncuttable’ lock will soon be here!

(Summary) Scientists at Durham University invented uncuttable material called Proteus, being inspired by nature objects like the shell of abalone and grapefruit peel. Proteus is light but enough strong to prevent from being destroyed owing…

Google can now translate ancient Egyptian language

(Summary) Google has launch a new software called Fabricius, the first digital tool to understand hieroglyphs. It provides an interactive learning platform for your understanding the ancient symbols and translating your words into the hier…

Bitcoin heist on Twitter

(Summary) Last week, hackers succeeded in compromising influential accounts on Twitter in order to gather money from followers through Bitcoin. The hackers tweeted to ask followers to pay money in Bitcoin and they claimed that senders coul…

Kenya connects through Google’s "balloons"

(Summary) In Africa 78% of population didn't have access to the Internet in 2019 owing to several obstacles like tough landscapes, high cost of developing telecom infrastructure and limitations of thechnology. Google and Kenyan telecommuni…

Japan’s new "disaster-proof" bullet train

(Summary) Japan has frequently suffered from natural disasters through the years. The latest bullet train which was introduced this month has an innovative feature. The N700S has the inbuilt battery backup and can continue to roll when unf…