This holographic, flexible display could be used for 3D video conferences.Smartphones haven't really changed in the last few years. Yes, they're faster, have high resolution, and take better photos, but the core technology has remained relatively unchanged.But that might change soon. Researchers at Queen's University Human Media Lab in Australia showed off Holoflex, a holographic, flexible phon...

The New York Times and Chef’d, America’s first and only online meal store, today announced a multiyear collaboration that will make Chef’d the exclusive meal kit partner for NYT Cooking, an interactive recipe site and app designed to help you discover the world’s best recipes and become a better cook. Through this co-branded initiative, which will be available this summer, consumers will be...

The fashion industry has expanded its horizons of late to meet shifting demands from young consumers.Not only are companies seeking muses with a broader range of body types, they’re also finding inspiration in another area that captivates youth: gaming culture. According to a Cassandra Report study, 32% of Gen Zs want to create a video game, making the latest fashion and gaming crossovers a fo...

Concrete that can fix itself, roofing that can sweat and surfaces inspired by carnivorous plants are some of the radical new technologies that hold the key to transforming the building industry.The study, from the World Economic Forum, looks at how the building industry can adapt to some of the key challenges of the next few decades; from meeting the demands of rapid urbanisation to tackling cl...

Sensay, a new chatbot service, is not the uber bot. But its chatbot, which lets users get help from vetted strangers for any task, has hit 1 million users on just its main SMS-based service alone, and the number is accelerating, according to cofounder and chief operating officer Crystal Rose.Recent announcements from Facebook, Microsoft, Kik, Telegram and others have sparked a chatbot craze, a...

Ahead of the iPhone 7 unveiling, there’s still a lot we don’t know for certain about Apple’s next-gen smartphone. Will it really ship without a headphone jack? Will the battery life be much improved? Will the highly anticipated dual-camera system only be available on the iPhone 7 Plus?Yet despite the questions hovering over the iPhone 7, and despite the fact that the device isn’t slated to...

In the ever-changing mobile games market, it can often seem like success is unpredictable. New titles can rise from out of nowhere to dominate the download charts, while successful titles can seemingly fall from grace without explanation. As a result, many publishers choose to flood the market with several titles and then retroactively review their download rates and usage to determine which ti...

“Drink with Clean” is a simple, convenient and safe packaging design of the can mouth, which can protect the mouth from the contamination.Based on the idea of separating the air and the can mouth by using the aseptic membrane, we designed a new packaging of the can mouth.Problem: A survey indicates that there are more germs and toxic bacteria on the zip-top can than in the public lavatory. Si...

The engineering and construction (E&C) industry has been a relatively conservative one, slow to adopt innovative materials, technologies, and processes—so much so that labor productivity in the US has actually fallen during the last 40 years. Such torpor is worrying, given the central role that buildings and infrastructure assets play in daily life and the impact that the industry has on o...