2016 July

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF It’s like combining Google Maps with Tivo, authorities can watch an entire city with just…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What doesn’t sound fun about being sealed in a tube travelling at Mach 1.0!?  …

New nanotechnology aims to put a dent in the $745 billion counterfeit goods market Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de…

In a landmark decision, the distributed, decentralized community that makes up Ethereum came to a near-unanimous consensus to implement a…

Last month, an unknown attacker drained tens of millions of dollars worth of the digital currency Ether from The DAO,…

The US Navy’s new augmented reality helmet pushes diving into the twenty first century A new high-tech diving helmet being…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Pesticide free farming that yields 75 times more produce that a traditional farm, is this…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF For the first time ever a city has selected to build an energy storage device…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The race for hypersonic speed has never been hotter.   In August 2011 a superfast unmanned…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Researchers give new hope to infertile men and raise ethical questions about how we define fatherhood…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If AI can automate the legal profession is any job safe?   Law firm Baker &…