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University Of Calgary is Latest Ransomware Victim
When it comes to viruses and malware, ransomware is some of the worst for companies to encounter. Threatening all of your systems until you pay up, ransomware benefits only the hacker with everything from your everyday user to hospitals suffering their attacks. The latest large profile target to be hit…
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Meet Blue Jay – The Beer Serving Drone
Drones are being used for all kinds of reasons these days, from creating entirely new sporting events to delivering your Amazon deliveries. While some are wary about the risks they put forward, people are often looking at new ways we can use drone technology to help make our lives easier. Introducing the…
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Amazon is Creating a Platform to Share Educational Materials
When you are a teacher, or anyone involved in training, you often spend more time creating resources and finding ways to reinforce a message rather than just hammering it home time and time again. In order to help with this Amazon are looking at creating a new site designed around…
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UK University Wins Funding for Robotic Stem Cell Factory
We as the human race are in an almost neverending fight with nature, although there really isn’t any doubt who will in the end. That doesn’t mean that we can’t put up a fight and make the best of everything until then. One of the main areas that we fight…
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Peanut Shells Used To Design a New Air-Purifying Filter
A hot topic within society today is the quality of air that we breathe; major cities including London have found that pollution is quickly on the rise and this has led to the associated health problems for citizens. Air purification research is always advancing to the point whereby the research…
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The Role Human Error Plays When Encrypted Communication Apps Are Compromised.
Encrypted communication tools and software have seen a steady rise since the many surveillance revelations that were exposed by whistleblowers, such as Edward Snowdon. The notion of encrypting your emails, web browsing history and even phone calls have led to a battle over security vs state monitoring, but, what are…
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First Detailed Public Map of the U.S. Internet Infrastructure Released
The location of major cables has always been a secret, but now researchers hope that the knowledge of it will spark thoughts on how to keep it safe. The Internet is a major part of people’s lives, in a forever changing world. It’s hard to think of as a whole…
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Companion: Walk Your Friend Home Through Their Phone
It’s late, it’s already dark and you’ve still got a little while to walk home from the bus stop. Your mind’s imaging everything from the safe walk home to a full night Halloween special. With a flick of your finger suddenly your best friend’s next to you, walking you home…
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How Much Would It Cost To Build a Bionic You?
Well this is an interesting start to an article, in a world where machines are fast evolving with the aim of becoming the new humans of choice, what would be the theoretical financial cost if you either quite fancied a bionic body double, or have decided to take a career…
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Analysing Your Brain Could Be 30 Times Faster Than A Supercomputer
The human brain, fascinating, exciting and full of possibilities, the notion to create, form an opinion and challenge the environment which we live in, is truly exceptional. We now might be able to find answers as to how powerful the human brain is after a project which is designed to compare…
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Navigate The Complex World Economy Within Harvard’s Interactive Map
If I were to ask you to quantify the world’s economic activity and the regions which experience the biggest growth, you might say, I am not sure and what are you doing in my kitchen! But there might be an easier way thanks to Harvard University’s Owen Cornec who has…
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Meet the Guy With the Largest Number of Facebook Friends
How many friends do you have on Facebook’s popular social media platform? Studies say that the average person between 18 and 28 years old has around 300, while older users have around 200. I personally have around 300 as well, but this guy from Melbourne would really make true Facebook…
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Website can Identify Birds Through Photos
A new website has crept up recently, created in a collaboration between Cornell University and Visipedia research project. The website isn’t fully automated just yet; it current works off an image that you upload and then asks you to pinpoint certain features such as the beak, tail and eye(s). From…
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Meet the Camera That Uses Light to Power Itself
If you think solar panels are the only thing that use photons to produce power, you might need to read this. Scientists from Columbia University seem to have developed a camera that uses light to power itself. The camera appears to have been developed in the university’s Department of Computer…
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Internet Access Makes You Think You Are Smarter than You Actually Are
Yale University has made a study regarding the psychological impact of searching for answers on the internet, having some interesting results regarding people and how well prepared they believe to be. “The internet is such a powerful environment, where you can enter any question, and you basically have access to…
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