F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Robotic hands are getting more touchy-feely
A group of scientists at Cornell University have created a way for soft robotic hands to feel their surroundings internally, much like we do. The group…
Your body: the ultimate time-keeper
How do we tell time? Looking at your watch or the clock can merely tell you what the measurement of time is and the…
CRISPR cures mice of blood deficiency through gene editing
One of the world’s most powerful genome-editing tools CRISPR is beginning to show just how efficient it can be. Researchers from the Perelman School…
Virgin Galactic VSS Unity aces first glide flight
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spaceplane has this week completed its first successful glide flight test. The flight was successfully completed at the hands of…
This Cape Town startup wants to help send your laugh to space
A new iOS app, called Laugh, could send your chuckle into space. The app was designed in conjunction with NASA’s Made in Space division,…
Fantastic Beasts cracks $500m at global box office
It seems that the wizarding community can’t get enough of Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. Warner Bros. has announced that the whimsical…
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (right here)
The new addition to JK Rowling’s repertoire, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, gives Harry Potter fans that much-needed dose of fantasy and magic….
Cockroach-like ‘biobots’, UAVs may help future disaster relief efforts
Researchers at the North Carolina State University have developed a way to map areas using a combination of both smart hardware and software, which…
Future HIV tests might use a USB flash drive-like device
Scientists at the Imperial College London and DNA Electronics have created a device which could help to save lives of HIV suffers. The device, which…
Ghost in the Shell gets its first live-action trailer
The original manga of Ghost in the Shell developed by Masamune Shirow has now become a cult-classic for any anime or manga enthusiast. Once the…
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