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Tushy is the simple bidet for every toilet
3:45pm, 15th May, 2018

Tushy is the simple bidet for every toilet

If there’s one thing I envy in the global spirit and character its the appreciation of a fine bidet. Hygiene being close to godliness, one can imagine the huddled scientists at CERN and KAUST and Tokyo University creating scientific marvels, secure i...
Watch a laser-powered RoboFly flap its tiny wings
7:45pm, 15th May, 2018

Watch a laser-powered RoboFly flap its tiny wings

Making something fly involves a lot of tradeoffs. Bigger stuff can hold more fuel or batteries, but too big and the lift required is too much. Small stuff takes less lift to fly but might not hold a battery with enough energy to do so. Insect-size dr...
Researchers create a real cloaking device
8:15am, 10th May, 2018

Researchers create a real cloaking device

Researcher Amanda D. Hanford at Pennsylvania State University has created a real cloaking device that can route sound waves around an object, making it invisible to some sensing techniques. From the : Hanford and her team set out to engineer a metama...
Canal+ gives up on its cable box, switches to Apple TV
12:15pm, 15th May, 2018

Canal+ gives up on its cable box, switches to Apple TV

French premium cable television company is slowly moving away from building its own set top boxes. As Next INpact , you can now subscribe to Canal+ and get an Apple TV 4K with Canal+’s myCanal app already preloaded. Canal+ has been around for decades...