Technology - New Discoveries, Research, Studies And Breakthroughs

Most of us already went through the (horrible) experience of noticing a scratch in our car's paint. Whether we hit a wall opening our door, inadvertently got a scratch by passing to close to a tree's branch, or someone bad intentioned made a scratch on purpose, it always feels bad - specially cause it looks bad. Fortunately, an innovation made by a Brazilian Institute is likely to put an end to this issue.

You probably heard about driverless cars before, specially Google's attempt of this. It has always been a goal to all auto-related inventors, and is nowadays closer to become a reality. Let's meet CaRINA, a driverless car developed in Brazil which is hitting the roads these days for testing and further development.

Humans have long dreamt of walking among robots controlled by artificial intelligence. But is that dream finally becoming a reality?

The history of the toilet is inextricably tied to  the history of humanity itself. A basic function of survival, excreting is a body function that simultaneously relaxes and repels the voider.  Through many years of employment, the toilet has evolved, but the purpose of it has remained the same.

I've a great deal of respect for first responders, but I'd never want their jobs. These men and women flirt with death on a daily basis, dealing with everything from chemical hazards to domestic disputes. It's not an easy job...but thanks to iRobot, it might have just gotten a little easier.

Le Whaf is a crazy new food gadget which is capable of turning food into nothing but a calorie-free vapor with the same flavor as the solid form from which it originates. So is this concept just wishful thinking, or will the next few years see Le Whaf sweep the food vapor-loving world? Find out.

There's a new video making the rounds this weekend, courtesy of the European Space Agency. Said video has a very simple purpose: to give us an idea of what the future of unmanned space exploration might look like. Let's have a look, shall we?

A new wrist monitor by Israeli medical startup company Seraphim Sense could revolutionize the world of mobile healthcare.

A few years and too many serious incidents later, cyber security is the Achilles’ heel in the Information Technology industry. The communication sector is aggressively looking to evolve and use smarter means to safeguard data and prevent security threats and breaches. A significant amount of R&D is being directed towards next generation models of cyber security and quantum key distribution systems offers critical advances.