Intelligent Living

The twenty-first century is the century of information and telecommunication technologies. The importance of technology in education is evident. It is difficult, if not impossible, to imagine a student who does not use computers, electronic gadgets, or the internet. Students receive and send emails to their professors and use resources...

Trying to soothe and put to sleep a crying baby can be difficult and draining. For the best chance of success, a recent study recommends holding the baby in your arms and walking around with it for five minutes. Kumi Kuroda, the study’s corresponding author and lead scientist, said: “Many...

For many years, Parkinson’s disease symptoms were treated using implants that regulate brain electrical activity. However, recently it has been clear that these implantable devices may be capable of so much more. A new design that uses built-in triboelectric generators to turn the user’s breathing movements into electricity could improve...

Mushrooms have been proposed as eco-friendly substitutes for leather and packaging materials, among other things. In addition, a recent study suggests that they could also be used in biodegradable electronics. The Reishi Mushroom This novel use for mushrooms was “more or less an accidental finding” made by Austrian researchers Doris...

Divers are cultivating herbs in a fascinating underwater garden off Italy’s Northwestern coast, around an hour’s drive from Genoa. According to National Geographic, terrestrial plants are grown in nine underwater transparent plastic greenhouses called “biospheres,” which can be seen shimmering from the surface. Nemo’s Garden The submerged installation, Nemo’s Garden,...

On Sept. 15, 2022, Air Canada announced a purchase agreement with Swedish company Heart Aerospace for electric-hybrid aircraft, bringing electric aviation one step closer to the runway. Heart Aerospace Short-range commercial planes are beginning to make sense due to advancements in battery technology. As a result, several startups are developing...

A recent study by the University of Michigan finds that local wind and solar jobs can fully replace the jobs lost at coal plants across the United States as the country’s power-generation system transitions away from fossil fuels in the coming decades. The Study Nearly 80,000 workers were directly employed...

Taco Bell continuously seeks new ways to satisfy its customers, introducing enticing favorites like nacho fries. The latest idea from Taco Bell is to provide ultrafast charging stations to the growing number of electric vehicle (EV) drivers so they can “get an EV charge and a chalupa all in one...