A large-volume water generator that creates clean water from precipitation is the latest invention to have been awarded the $1.5 million Water Abundance XPRIZE by the XPrize organisation – a not-for-profit organisation that creates and manages public competitions intended to encourage technological development that could benefit humanity. More than 98 teams, from 27 countries, signed […]
A revolutionary new “robot millipede” is the latest bio-inspired technology promising to change the way we deliver medicine to patients. The project, which was developed by scientists from the City University of Hong Kong, is said to be able to deliver medicine to several different parts of the body, as well as detect toxins in […]
After five years in the making, the Ocean Cleanup initiative officially launched its first fleet system, System 001, earlier this week (8th September 2018) off the coast of San Francisco in a bid to help eradicate rubbish found in the ocean. Developed by Danish inventor Boyan Slat and his team of seventy engineers, researchers, scientists […]
As one of the biggest contributors towards noise and air pollution, scientists and researchers have spent decades looking for cleaner, more efficient ways to fly. And similar to the motor industry, hybrid technology is proving to be a real possibility for aviation, thanks to the success of several recent test flights. A growing number of […]
This year marks the 5th anniversary of the Soumac Awards, recognising the superb young talent and passion within the electronics and computer science industry. Every year, students from top Universities are invited to enter their innovative PCB or electronic projects into the awards, where judges are looking for demonstrations of technical knowledge and an innovative […]
