Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has sold off $900 million of Walmart stock, choosing instead to invest billions in airlines.The sale, which leaves Buffett with nearly no shares in Walmart, comes as the US's largest traditional retailer has been rushing to catch up to Amazon and other online competitors.Amazon's market value is now $356 billion, compared with Walmart's $298 billion. Last yea...

A new method developed by Disney Research for wirelessly transmitting power throughout a room enables users to charge electronic devices as seamlessly as they now connect to WiFi hotspots, eliminating the need for electrical cords or charging cradles.The researchers demonstrated their method, called quasistatic cavity resonance (QSCR), inside a specially built 16-by-16-foot room at their lab. T...

Ebay surveyed car shoppers about their research and buying interests. 63 percent of respondents were likely to buy online.Every three minutes, a car or truck was sold on eBay via a mobile device during the fourth quarter of 2016. And if the results of a new eBay Advertising survey hold true this year, auto buyers could be more likely to buy online this year.According to the report released this...

Patients are opting for less invasive procedures, inspired by social media. Today’s airbrushing could be tomorrow’s Botox.Doctors say the pressure to look good comes from seeing your own face popping up on social media: Over 40% of surgeons in a recent American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery survey said patients said looking better in selfies on Instagram, Snapchat and F...

Living sensors at your fingertips. Cell-infused gloves and bandages light up when in contact with certain chemicals.Engineers and biologists at MIT have teamed up to design a new “living material” — a tough, stretchy, biocompatible sheet of hydrogel injected with live cells that are genetically programmed to light up in the presence of certain chemicals.In a paper published this week in the...

IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, 3-D printing will forever remain a niche thing. But if you or your kid happen to reside in that niche, making your own stuff has become crazy accessible.Much of the reason is software: Microsoft’s Paint 3-D app in the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update makes designing 3-D objects super simple, and kids can even print out their own Minecraft creations. But the hardware is fo...

GoBe2 wearable automatically measures calorie intake by detecting cell glucose levels, enabling users to visualise how their body processes their diet without having to upload calories themselves.We’ve seen previously how fitness wearables can track users’ unique stats by being in contact with the skin, such as this hydration monitor that uses light to measure blood water levels, and now ther...

Hate gridlock? Can’t find parking? Want cleaner alternatives? Mobility-as-a-service programs—with pilots in select locations already—may be coming soon to a city near you. Their potential? To solve urban density problems and make getting around easier and more efficient.If Netflix’s business model were applied to urban transportation, how might that change the way city dwellers get around?T...

Endless Pools provide all the benefits of traditional swimming pools, in a fraction of the space.Swim whenever you like on your own schedule at your own perfect pace. No traveling, no crowded pools, no heavy chlorine. Just your own precision engineered swimming pool, where you swim or exercise against a smooth current that’s fully adjustable to any speed or ability. Endless swimming pools are...