(Natural News) The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has completed a limited study on “wearable biosensors, similar to the Apple Watch or Fitbit.” The NIBIB biosensors tracked respiration, heartbeat, and temperature measurements just like the popular personal fitness devices, but the more powerful NIBIB sensors also had the capacity to record a male participant’s “level of activity, radiation exposure, levels of […]

(Natural News) Look, up in the sky! Is it a bird or a plane or even Superman? No, it will probably be an unmanned airship that is silently spying on your every moment with a surveillance camera on a 24/7 basis. An article in The Daily Mail recently reported on this latest airborne menace from […]

(Natural News) Just like everyone else, the construction industry is turning to automation. A new report on Bloomberg.com notes that modular factories are saving American developers both time and money while filling in the labor gap. An example the authors of the article give, is Baltimore-based Blueprint Robotics which builds homes on an assembly line, […]

(Natural News) An international defense contractor has announced a new, multifunction unmanned ground vehicle that eventually can operate with artificial intelligence. Called Ironclad, the UGV can carry out missions such as camera-equipped reconnaissance, casualty evacuation, “area denial” (i.e., a remote weapon station), and bomb disposal, all of which are dangerous functions normally handled by human […]

(Natural News) An acoustic sensor network that keeps an ear out for endangered elephants is about to get a much-needed upgrade. The system will get an artificial intelligence that can analyze bulky sound files fast enough to find any animal in danger. The Elephant Listening Project (ELP) is installed in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in […]

(Natural News) Ours is arguably the laziest generation in the history of humankind. If it isn’t instant, doesn’t come in a box and isn’t available immediately, there probably isn’t much demand for it. This innate lack of desire to work for anything extends to the chore of purchasing groceries, too. The Internet has unashamedly fed […]

(Natural News) The next time your coworker forgets to take a shower or puts on some awfully strong perfume, you can air your complaints while brandishing the newest smell detector from Japan to prove your point. An article in Sora News 24 reported that this handheld device can accurately grade the strength of the smell […]

(Natural News) Normal battery materials have pretty much hit their limit in terms of storage capacity and charging speed. U.K. researchers have turned to unorthodox options, such as niobium tungsten oxides, which can be used to make rapid-charging electrodes, an article in Science Daily stated. These crystalline materials cannot store more energy than their conventional […]

(Natural News) Just when you thought that tracking humans through technology couldn’t get any worse, engineers have developed a smart wristband that uses a wireless connection to smartphones to power a new generation of devices that monitor personal health and environmental data. In a study that was published in the journal Microsystems and Nanoengineering, researchers […]

(Natural News) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working on an agricultural bio-weapon, and a team of scientists are speaking out about it. For many years, agricultural firms have experimented with plant life, genetically modifying crops to confer desired, profitable traits. This experimentation has largely been conducted in labs, whereas genetic modification is […]