New York-based company 3Dphotoworks is aiming to make the 2D world of art accessible to blind people using a 3D printing process that turns paintings, drawings and photographs into 3D printed tactile fine art.Developed in collaboration with the National Federation of the Blind, the process of 3D tactile printing was inspired by the works on neuroplasticity by Dr. Paul Bach-y-Rita, a neuroscient...

Waves of change from the digital world are dramatically reshaping customer behavior and expectations in banking. Already more than half of consumers access their savings accounts primarily through digital channels. In addition, traditional banks face fresh competition from unexpected new sources. For example, financial technology, or fintech, start-ups are using software to disrupt nearly every...

Contrary to what the international media coverage might suggest, the smartphone market is about much more than just Apple and Samsung. While these two companies are still market leaders, their combined market share amounted to no more than 37.3 percent in the most recent quarter. Despite Apple (and to a lesser degree Samsung) stealing the headlines, the fact is that the smartphone market is not...

Rice, Penn researchers create implant with network of blood vessels.Using sugar, silicone and a 3-D printer, a team of bioengineers at Rice University and surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania have created an implant with an intricate network of blood vessels that points toward a future of growing replacement tissues and organs for transplantation.Samantha Paulsen, a bioengineering graduat...

Get your hands on a cube, bracelet or necklace made possible by combining half of the planet's elements.Sixty-two of the 118 discovered elements have been safely combined into a single product: the Element Cube. The cube sits well on desks, acting as a paperweight or an excellent talking point while at the office.Designers of the 2-inch-by-2-inch cube want to celebrate the hard work scientists...

Despite the fact that Millennials are coming of age in one of the most difficult economic climates in the past 100 years, a recent Nielsen global online study found that they continue to be most willing to pay extra for sustainable offerings—almost three-out-of-four respondents in the latest findings, up from approximately half in 2014.The rise in the percentage of respondents aged 15 - 20, al...

The ‘floating’ Cloud Observatory, built on urban rooftops, use evaporation to cool buildings.Buildings in warmer urban centers require costly and energy-consuming air conditioning to keep them cool — we recently saw an office tower designed to use natural air currents to regulate temperatures sustainably. Taking also from biomimicry, Spanish architect Nina Gonzalez Vives wants to use the eva...

During the history of a mankind various inventions have changed our lives completely. From the way we eat or communicate to the way we sleep. Find out how they have changed the way we shop with the help of this interesting infographic by CollectPlus.Infographic : http://infographicjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Inventions-that-changed-the-way-we-shop.jpg[CollectPlus]

Could the next Mac look like this patent that Apple just received for a wireless monitor? Apple has been granted a patent for a Macintosh computer with a removable monitor.The patent, which was granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, describes a "computer including a base and a display selectively removable from the base."Before you say, "Oh, that's the iPad Pro," the patent...