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Smart glasses: Optic 2000 celebrates 50 years of innovation

The last edition of Las Vegas’ global innovation exhibition has been marked with French eyewear specialist Optic 2000’s 50th anniversary. After decades of focusing mainly on optics and design, the French firm is now addressing the next era of glasses: technology integration.

Researchers Suggest Previous Studies On Smartphone Addiction May Be Flawed

Researchers are now suggesting the there are some serious flaws in a large majority of studies and surveys that have been conducted in recent times which examines the impact on the psychological...

Myth Of Positive Health Impact Of Moderate Drinking Debunked In New Study

Earlier studies which had given rise to the notion that one or two drinks a day might protect against stroke have been negated in the results of a major genetic study which has also claimed a very...

Google’s Payments App Faced Antitrust Case In India: Reuters

Sale Growth From Pandemic Shopping For Costco, But Stay-At-Home Orders Prevented Bigger Gains

Novavax To Acquire Indian Vaccine Plant To Produce 1 Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

Renault And Nissan Expected To Scale Down Lofty Global Targets In A New Strategy

450 Employees It Will Sack Could Be Outsourced Work By British Airways: The Guardian

Volkswagen To Invest 2 Billion Euros In Chinese Electric Vehicle Industry To Increase Presence

$500 Million Fundraising Success For Didi's Self-Driving Unit Led By SoftBank

Renault Acknowledges Ambitions Were Too Big, To Axe 15,000 Jobs To Reduce Costs

Racist Abuse Defaces UK Website Of Amazon, Company Removes Slur

Facebook Settles Privacy Charges In Canada With A Paltry Pay $9 Million Fine

New Research Report Predicts Surge In Sale Of Electric Vehicle For 2021

Historic Mission Of SpaceX Takes American Astronauts To ISS

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People With Cornea Problems Now Have Hope In 3D-Printed Artificial Corneas

The manner in which stem cells or human corneal stromal cells taken from the cornea of a healthy donor can be mixed along with alginate and collagen for creating a solution which is printable and is called a ‘bio-ink’ has been shown in the proof-of-concept research which was published as a report...

New Era of Food and Beverage Packaging to be offered by GE Digital and SIG

A wide range of digital innovation in food and beverage packaging will be offered by a joint collaboration between GE Digital and SIG - a firm dealing in packaging systems and solutions dedicated for the food and beverage industry. The companies say that new possibilities, intelligent...

World's First Commercial Transaction Using Blockchain Done By It: Clams HSBC

The first successful commercially viable trade finance transaction with the help of blockchain technology in the world was conducted by HSBC, the bank claimed on Monday. A letter of credit was issued on behalf of U.S. food and agriculture firm Cargill by the bank. A shipment of soybeans...

Fake Star Launch Into Earth’s Orbit By A Space Company Angers Astronomers

A satellite that is linked to a giant disco ball was secretly sent into orbit by a New Zealand space company that is privately owned. And this act has drawn the criticism of astronomers across the world. A remote sheep and cattle farm on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand was used for the...

The First Completely Transparent Decentralized Blockchain Lottery Is Fire Lotto

It was in December that the Ethereum protocol was used to built and launch an international Blockchain lottery named Fire Lotto. The growth of digital economy has created multiple challenges for the lottery industry. But experts are of the view that innovation of the global...

Researchers Find Mosquitos Can Recall Human Smells As Well As Swats

It may seem quite startling to know that mosquitoes have the ability to quickly learn and remembers the odor of their hosts which can also help them to remember an unsuccessful swat for a long time. This was published in a study in the journal Current Biology on January 25 which...

Coffee Tradition Of Santiago De Cuba To Be Used By Authorities To Gain Profits

A different form of attention is being accorded to coffee plantations that are grown on the slopes of the Sierra Maestra Mountains in Cuba. The place lies about 500 meters above sea level. The Santiago de Cuba wants to make the coffee plantations a tourist attraction and for this purpose,...

Doctors Being Helped to Stay Fit And Prevent Burnouts by Physician Vitality Institute

A unique health institute that is meant to keep the doctors healthy is gaining popularity. The Physician Vitality Institute (PVI), which was founded by Dianne Ansari-Winn, is focused on helping the doctors who heal the world by aiding doctors to stay fit and healthy in mind, body and...

Life Of Internal Combustion Engine Set To Be Extended By New Nissan Engine

The message that gasoline-fueled engines are yet to die will be given by Nissan Motor Co at the Los Angeles auto show next week. This despite the fact that the Japanese car maker was an early mover in the electric vehicle market. The development of the internal combustion technology will...

Dilmah CEO Says Millions Would Be Replaced By Robots In The Tea Industry In A Few Years

The livelihoods of millions of workers in the tea estates – who are mostly low paid ones, is likely to be hit in the tea industry globally by a major robotic disruption, believes the CEO of a global beverage business. Dilhan Fernando, chief executive of Sri Lankan tea company Dilmah said...

HIV Treatment From GlaxoSmithKline's Viiv Gets FDA Approval

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Juluca, the HIV treatment that is produced by ViiV Healthcare, the company that is co-owned by GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Shionogi. This was announced by GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday. GlaxoSmithKline is the majority stakeholder in...

A Firm Says All The Shopping And Bill Paying Could Be Done By Smart Devices Everywhere Soon

There could be good news coming for those people who hate to do shopping and then standing in long queues to pay the shopping bills. According to the claims by one company, it would be possible for everyday devices will be making automatic "invisible" payments pretty soon. The idea for...