- Technology May Enable Texting After Your Phone Dies http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2013/08/technology-may-enable-texting-after.html 6 comments technology
- New circuit breaker enables much broader use of DC current, more than a century after AC current won the battle of the electric technologies. http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/01/power-transmission 3 comments technology
- Advances in detector technology enable positron emission imaging without tomography step https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/detector-advance-could-lead-cheaper-easier-medical-scans 7 comments science
- The technology in the dress enables something that Phillips calls 'emotional sensing' : Dresses for geeky brides. http://www.weddingclan.com/wedding-dresses-geeky-brides.html 5 comments technology
- China has developed its own technologies that will enable it to reprocess spent nuclear fuel http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12107126 25 comments worldnews
- New technology has enabled cyber-crime on an industrial scale: A decentralised dark economy makes cyber-crooks more effective and harder to catch https://www.economist.com/international/2021/05/06/new-technology-has-enabled-cyber-crime-on-an-industrial-scale 2 comments technology
- AMD Adaptive Computing Technology Enables Next-Generation DENSO LiDAR System https://www.techpowerup.com/303939/amd-adaptive-computing-technology-enables-next-generation-denso-lidar-system 11 comments amd
- I was looking at old posts on this sub and came across this. Amazing how technology enabled us to actually pay using our watches nowadays. https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/yv1fi/my_dad_got_tired_of_paying_at_starbucks_with_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf 141 comments apple
- Suggestion: Clicking on a science pack in the tech menu should take you to the technology that enables you to craft it https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/74yydw/suggestion_clicking_on_a_science_pack_in_the_tech/ 10 comments factorio
- MIT engineers invent a temporary tattoo technology that enables people to create interfaces on their own skin. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a22323/mit-duoskin-tattoo/ 7 comments technology
- World changing technology enables crops to take nitrogen from the air rather than expensive and environmentally damaging fertilisers http://phys.org/news/2013-07-world-technology-enables-crops-nitrogen.html 143 comments science
- The Flight From Conversation: "We've become accustomed to a new way of being 'alone together.' Technology-enabled, we are able to be with one another, and also elsewhere, connected to wherever we want to be. . . . We have gotten used to the idea of being in a tribe of one, loyal to our own party." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-conversation.html?pagewanted=all 13 comments technology
- IBM's new chip technology enables computer chips to communicate using pulses of light (instead of electrical signals) http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-ibm-breakthrough-chip-technology-path.html 57 comments science
- "Memjet" technology enables inkjets to print 2 pages per second http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-memjet-technology-enables-inkjets-to-print-2-pages-per-second 2 comments reddit.com
- Researchers propose an economical and accurate power estimation method to inform energy conservation decisions for commercial buildings. The technology will enable commercial building energy-managers to make low-cost as well as highly accurate energy-saving proposals. https://www.tus.ac.jp/en/mediarelations/archive/20220228_3861.html 2 comments science
- China Sends World’s First 6G Test Satellite Into Orbit. The technology is expected to be over 100 times faster than 5G, enabling lossless transmission in space to achieve long-distance communications with a smaller power output https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/china-sends-world-first-6g-test-satellite-into-orbit 18 comments technews
- Scientists have developed a method to generate circularly polarized light from the ultimate symmetrical structure: sphere. This method can be used to encode information in phase and polarization direction of circularly polarized light, enabling novel quantum communication and encryption technologies https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/news/2020/047835.html 36 comments science
- Urine test reveals quality of your diet – and whether it’s best for your body. The technology, which produces an individual’s urine ‘fingerprint’, could enable people to receive healthy eating advice tailored to their individual biological make-up. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/198535/urine-test-reveals-quality-your-diet/ 1117 comments science
- "Human-in-the-loop" technology enables networked Humans to think together as a Super-intelligent System https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-019-0189-7 7 comments technology
- Vattenfall to test salt-based power storage technology: "SaltX’s technology enables this “salt battery” to be charged several thousand times and the energy stored for weeks or months without losses" https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-vattenfall-power-batteries-salt/vattenfall-to-test-salt-based-power-storage-technology-idukkcn1rn1j8 24 comments worldnews
- The Raspberry Pi is a technological breakthrough in so many ways that an entire library and showcase arena could easily be filled with achievements it has enabled and with the knowledge which has been created around it, all in just half a decade. Here's my vote for most impressive project of 2018. https://drew.beer/blog/blog/project-poolbot 4 comments raspberry_pi
- Winning: Student At Columbia Univ. develops 'Racing Auditory Display(RAD)' technology which enables the blind to play racing games on a level competitive to sighted players https://bystandrresearchanalyticsdata.com/3205-2/ 5 comments programming
- I see where BTC is going. Forbes trying to convince people that fast payments must be enabled by third parties like paypal instead of bitcoin technology itself. The recent mastercard blckchain patent proves the act these shills are putting together http://archive.is/nOIso#selection-915.0-924.0 41 comments btc
- New technology promises to curb wasteful methane flaring in oil and gas fields. The new reactor uses the addition of an electric field to make methane easier to break down, enabling the use of much lower temperatures and an inexpensive nickel catalyst. https://news.wsu.edu/2017/08/01/wasteful-methane-flaring-alternative/ 3 comments science
- The Little-Known Company That Enables Worldwide Mass Surveillance: "technology that allows its clients to “monitor, intercept and capture 100% of traffic on networks.” The Auckland-based company’s motto is “power to see all” and its logo is an eye." https://theintercept.com/2016/10/23/endace-mass-surveillance-gchq-governments/ 3 comments worldnews
- Researchers have created a chip for the nano-manipulation of light, paving the way for next gen optical technologies and enabling deeper understanding of black holes.They designed an integrated nanophotonic chip that can achieve unparalleled levels of control over the angular momentum of light. http://phys.org/news/2016-04-black-holes-nano-control-paths.html 69 comments science
- A new startup is looking to redefine the weather industry using new technology built into smartphones. The connected and always-on environmental sensors enable more accurate weather modeling than before, providing a hyperlocal and personalized forecast. https://medium.com/@joinsunshine/the-story-of-sunshine-part-1-c6ca630455da#.6d0gne80f 5 comments technology
- QNAP Launches 12Gbps, SAS-enabled, 40GbE-ready, Intel Xeon Quad-core TVS-ECx80U-SAS-RP series NAS with Qtier Technology and New 12Gbps SAS Expansion Enclosures https://www.qnap.com/i/en/news/con_show.php?op=showone&cid=449 23 comments hardware
- Samsung had found a new technology that enables data transmission speeds of up to 4.6Gbps, or 575MB per second, a fivefold increase from 866Mbps, or 108MB per second http://phys.org/news/2014-10-samsung-wi-fi-feats-60ghz-band.html 10 comments technology
- More efficient fuel cells for vehicles - Angling chromium to let oxygen through: A serendipitous finding has resulted in a semiconducting material that could enable fuel cells to operate at temperatures two-thirds lower than current technology, scientists report http://www.pnl.gov/news/release.aspx?id=1072 4 comments science
- "Military spending has gone up during wars of the last decade, which means cuts have fallen on everything else -- such as medical research, science, energy, technology, and foreign aid. These were investments that enabled us to put a man on the moon and invent search engines like Google..." http://www.ourtime.org/could-it-be-a-clear-explainer-video-about-the-national-debt-that-is-not-boring/ 8 comments politics
- Swish. Sweden’s major banks joined forces to launch an app allowing users to transfer money in real time using mobile technology. - Two years ago, Instant money transfers between banks using an app and the phone number of the recipient were enabled in Sweden. http://www.thelocal.se/20121219/45172 13 comments technology
- The N.S.A. has increasingly made use of a secret technology that enables it to enter and alter data in computers even if they are not connected to the Net. The technology uses a covert channel of radio waves that can be transmitted from tiny circuit boards and USB cards inserted into the computers. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/nsa-effort-pries-open-computers-not-connected-to-internet.html?/ 6 comments worldnews
- 3D manufacturing: Print me a Phone (posting to /r/space because this is a major enabling technology for deep space flight / settlement) http://www.economist.com/node/21559593 3 comments space
- New Bill in the UK wants internet to be censored from porn by default: The Bill wants technology for filtering out porn to be provided at point of sale on every Internet enabled electronic device that can download content http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/04/18/new-porn-censorship-private-member-bill/ 90 comments worldnews
- Lasers Enable Finer Chip Structures - "A research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said it has found a new way to shrink circuit structures in semiconductors." http://www.tomshardware.com/news/science-research-mit-semiconductor-lithography,14296.html#xtor=rss-998 9 comments technology
- iPad 3 Display rumored to be a low-power IGZO technology enabled by a $1 billion Apple investment in Sharp http://www.macrumors.com/2011/11/23/thinner-ipad-3-coming-with-low-power-retina-display/ 25 comments apple
- Hair-like filaments enable some bacteria to remove uranium from contaminated groundwater. The discovery could aid in the development of radioactivity clean-up technologies. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110905/full/news.2011.519.html 5 comments science
- TSA makes it clear the so-called naked scanners are the equivalent of searching your body. Something courts have historically ruled cannot be done without probable cause. That technology enables the search to be conducted at a distance doesn't make it less an invasion of privacy. http://www.examiner.com/independent-in-rochester/a-second-perspective-on-the-fourth-amendment 10 comments politics
- Firefox 4 Vision: Fast, Powerful, And Empowering. Firefox 4 Will Be Making A Browser Super-Duper Fast, Enabling New Open, Standard Web Technologies (HTML5 And Beyond!), Putting Users In Full Control Of Their Browser, Data, And Web Experience. http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/05/10/firefox-4-vision-fast-powerful-and-empowering/ 3 comments reddit.com