Tech

Robots can be used to assess children’s mental wellbeing, study suggests

September 6, 2022

Tech

British Reporter– Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests according to University of Cambridge.

The importance of protecting privacy in a post-Roe world

After the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial decision in June 2022 to overturn

by British Reporter

August 10, 2022

4 mins read

How social media posts could affect credit scores

Researcher warns of risks with using alternative data in lending. What does your

by British Reporter

May 18, 2022

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World’s most powerful particle accelerator comes back to life

British Reporter — After three years of shutdown, the most powerful particle accelerator

by British Reporter

April 27, 2022

5 mins read

Education·Tech

The world’s first biodegradable shoe

Stephen Mayfield, a molecular biology professor at UC San Diego, now has a stake in the business of footwear alongside partners Michael Burkart and Robert Pomeroy from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. After six years of research and experimentation, these professors

by British Reporter

April 27, 2022

3 mins read

Tech

Flying Buses in California Skies

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has awarded a team of researchers from the University of California campuses at Merced, Berkeley and Davis a two-year grant to simulate urban air mobility in the San Francisco area, and to draft regulations for this

by British Reporter

April 18, 2022

4 mins read

Tech

Tech’s role in Russia’s war on Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made unequivocally clear that the battlefields of this crisis involve both a literal ground war and a highly destructive digital war. Social media platforms, news sites, and apps are embroiled in an ongoing information war, where harrowing

by British Reporter

April 6, 2022

1 min read

Mobile·Tech

No increased risk of brain tumours for mobile phone users, new study finds

Brotosh Reporter — Longstanding fears that using mobile phones may increase the risk of developing a brain tumour have been reignited recently by the launch of 5G (fifth generation) mobile wireless technologies. Mobile phones emit radiofrequency waves which, if absorbed by tissues,

by British Reporter

March 30, 2022

2 mins read

Tech

Money Flows Into Addiction Tech, But Will It Curb Soaring Opioid Overdose Deaths?

David Sarabia had already sold two startups by age 26 and was sitting on enough money to never have to work another day in his life. He moved from Southern California to New York City and began to indulge in all the

by British Reporter

March 21, 2022

5 mins read

Business·Economic·Tech

Through the metaverse, and what can be found there

The term “metaverse” has entered pop culture lexicon in recent years, largely due to Facebook, but the idea itself isn’t new. Since the late 1970s and early 1980s, many of those in the technology community have imagined a future state of the

by British Reporter

March 9, 2022

5 mins read

Tech

£3.5 million for start-up giving robots a human touch

British Reporter — A Scottish start-up at the Higgs Centre for Innovation, has raised £3.5 million to give robots a sense of a touch.

by British Reporter

March 4, 2022

2 mins read

Tech

Risks of using AI to grow our food are substantial and must not be ignored, warn researchers

British Reporter — Imagine a field of wheat that extends to the horizon, being grown for flour that will be made into bread to feed cities’ worth of people. Imagine that all authority for tilling, planting, fertilising, monitoring and harvesting this field has

by British Reporter

February 24, 2022

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Tech

Galaxy’s Purposeful Innovation With Discarded Fishing Nets

British Reporter — Over the last decade, Samsung Electronics has worked to reimagine product design and development to do more with less when it comes to the planet’s natural resources. Samsung’s latest step in this mission was the recent creation of a

by British Reporter

February 18, 2022

1 min read

Tech

New adaptable smart window coating could help heat or cool a home and save energy

British Reporter — Researchers at the University of Oxford have collaborated with industry experts to develop an adaptable smart window technology that could reduce the energy usage of an average home by up to a third.

by British Reporter

February 8, 2022

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