Science & Technology

– Manuscript – Ten years after introducing “Google Glass,” Alphabet Inc. has created a new kind of smart eyeglasses. The company says the wearable computer device can translate different languages in real time. A working model, or prototype, of the yet-unnamed device was presented to the public this week during the yearly Google I/O developer conference. Google did not … [Read more...] about Google Says New Eyeglasses Can Translate Languages in Real Time

– Manuscript – Scientists who study the evolution of language say wild chimpanzees have a more complex communication system than past research has shown. The researchers say the animal uses more than ten kinds of calls that can be combined into hundreds of different orders or sequences. The study team made 4,800 recordings of calls produced by members of three groups of … [Read more...] about Study Shows Chimps Share Complex Communication System

– Manuscript – This year, people around the world are lining up to buy electric vehicles even as prices increase. Electric vehicle, EV, demand has stayed strong even as the average cost of lithium-ion battery cells increased to an estimated $160 per kilowatt-hour in the first quarter from $105 last year. Costs rose due to supply issues, sanctions on Russian metals and … [Read more...] about Electric Vehicle Sales Increase Even with High Battery Prices

– Manuscript – The agency said it was the first time that humans had been “holoported” from Earth to space. The term holoport is a combination of the words hologram and teleport. A hologram is an image produced by a computer and made of light. Hologram objects appear in a shapely form, not flat like other images. Teleport means to travel extraordinarily fast using special … [Read more...] about NASA Doctor ‘Holoported’ to Space in Technology Experiment

– Manuscript – World demand for batteries to power electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to increase sharply in the coming years. To prepare for this demand, some nations are seeking to increase their own ability to produce the materials needed to make the batteries. Lithium-ion batteries are expected to remain the most widely used technology for EVs in the future. One of … [Read more...] about Demand for Electric Car Batteries Drives Nations to Seek Own Materials