Yuxin Chen and colleagues engineered a wearable microphone jammer that is capable of disabling microphones in its user’s surroundings, including hidden microphones. Their device is based on a recent exploit that leverages the fact that when exposed to ultrasonic noise, commodity microphones will leak the noise into the audible range. Moreover, their device exploits a … Continue reading This Bracelet Can Jams Microphones (Amazing Products)
A “no-touch touchscreen” developed for use in cars could also have widespread applications in a post-COVID-19 world, by reducing the risk of transmission of pathogens on surfaces. The patented technology, known as “predictive touch,” was developed by engineers at the University of Cambridge as part of a research collaboration with Jaguar Land Rover. It uses … Continue reading AI-Based ‘No-Touch Touchscreen’ Could Reduce Risk Of Pathogen Spread From Surfaces (Amazing Products)
When we leave our house, we used to have nagging questions like did we leave our stove open? Did we leave the door open? Or yeah, Did we leave our kitchen tap open? No worry. Ring company have a solution for your nagging questions. Yeah, they recently unveiled a flying home camera that you can … Continue reading Worried About If You Left The Stove On? This Camera Can Check (Amazing Products)
A thunderstorm is brewing. How do you know? Your dog Milo is showing classic signs of distress: panting, shaking, and pacing around the room. To make matters worse, you’re about to leave for work. A “smart” den could save your pup’s day. ZenCrate was designed to help dogs cope with their greatest anxieties, including thunderstorms, … Continue reading ZenCrate Could Help Soothe Your Dog’s Anxiety (Amazing Products)
If you live in a big city, then you know that urban space is at a premium. At some point, most of us have a kitchen that’s more like a pantry with a sink, attached to a walk-in closet that was advertised as a bedroom. So what if, instead of needing a bed, a dresser, … Continue reading Ori Is An Entire Apartment In One Robotic Piece Of Furniture (Amazing Products)
Shiveluch, an active volcano located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Russia, has had more major eruptions than any other volcano in our current period of geologic time – by a lot. In addition to having 5 times the number of explosive eruptions as Mount St. Helens, Shiveluch also boasts incredibly water-rich magmas that might … Continue reading There’s Lots of Water in the World’s Most Explosive Volcano (Amazing Places)
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have successfully used graphene — one of the strongest, thinnest known materials — to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in laboratory experiments. The researchers say the discovery could be a breakthrough in coronavirus detection, with potential applications in the fight against COVID-19 and its variants. In experiments, researchers combined … Continue reading ‘Wonder Material’ Can Be Used To Detect COVID-19 Quickly, Accurately (Material Science)
UM researcher Meradeth Snow holds a vial containing ancient human DNA. Only an anthropologist would treasure millennia-old human feces found in dry caves. Just ask Dr. Meradeth Snow, a University of Montana researcher and co-chair of UM’s Department of Anthropology. She is part of an international team, led by the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Joslin Diabetes … Continue reading Research Reveals Ancient People Has More Diverse Gut Microorganisms (Biology)
Genomic analysis of human samples from dry caves shows stark differences with modern industrialized bacterial populations. Scientists are rapidly gathering evidence that variants of gut microbiomes, the collections of bacteria and other microbes in our digestive systems, may play harmful roles in diabetes and other diseases. Now Joslin Diabetes Center scientists have found dramatic differences … Continue reading Ancient Gut Microbiomes May Offer Clues to Modern Diseases (Medicine)
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