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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...

J&J Says Will Stop Selling Its Talc-Based Baby Powder In US And Canada

HSBC Targets Growth In Double-Digit For Its Wealth Asset Growth In Asia By 2023

US Adds Dozens More Chinese Companies To Its Blacklist

Renault Could Disappear, Warns French Minister

Google Will Not Make A.I. Tools For Oil And Gas Sector Firms Anymore

Nissan Plans 20,000 Job Cuts, Primarily In Its European Business And Developing Countries: Kyodo

Innovation

Bionic Eyes would be Given to Ten Blind Patients in England in 2017

Funding for more testing of Argus II, otherwise known as the 'bionic eye', would be provided by the National Health Scheme (NHS), the British agency has recently announced. NHS (National Health Service) England said very recently that surgery that will see an implant placed in their...

Hyperloop Between Abu Dhabi and Al Ain Likely as Study for the Feasibility of the Project Begins

Aiming to cut the journey time between Abu Dhabi and Al Ain to as little as eight minutes is an American hyperloop company. To explore locations for stations and tracks within the next few months, Abu Dhabi's Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport signed an agreement on Monday with...

Bitcoins at its Ticket Machines to be Sold by Swiss Rail Operator

Bitcoins, the web-based digital currency, would be sold on its ticket machines by Switzerland's national railways firm SBB as the firm is branching out next month with the launch of a new service. The state-owned company announced on Friday that in a two-year experiment that will test...

Can Lab-Grown Diamonds Still Be A Girl’s Best Friend is Jewelry Makers' New Challenge

Diamond has always faced a conflict question - Why not grow a stone in a laboratory, free from bloody wars and ethical conflicts that taint the $79 billion diamond industry? And it is questions like these that was the reason for the birth of companies like Ada Diamonds — a start-up make...

Hacking Into Emotions of Traders is Wall Street’s Next Frontier

A millennial who had only recently been allowed to set foot on a Wall Street floor, was obviously in deep trouble as he made bad bets and lost $4.9 million in a single afternoon in a panic to recoup his losses. But this wasn’t the end to his career as he was simply taking part in a...

Despite Medical Emergency, Missouri Man Helped by Tesla Autopilot to Reach Hospital

Joshua Neally was helped to reach the nearest hospital in time by his brand-new Tesla Model X when he started having severe chest pains and potentially saved his life. The 37 year old Neally felt a sudden biting pain in his chest when the air was sucked from his lungs while he was...

Not a Drop of Fuel Used by Solar Powered Airplane to Complete a Globe-Circling Flight

Predictions that within a decade, commercial flights with electric aircraft will become a reality have started after a round-the-world trip in a solar-powered airplane was completed by a 63-year-old former Swiss Air Force pilot and a hypnotherapist five years his junior with a penchant for hot-air...

Drone Parcel Deliveries Tested by Amazon in the UK

In a move that aims to bring the unmanned flying machines closer to being used for deliveries, Amazon, the U.S. e-commerce giant said that it has partnered with the U.K. government to test drones in Britain's rural and suburban areas. Permission to explore "three key innovations" have been...

Lampposts and Churches Could be Used by Amazon as Delivery Drone ‘Perches’

In what is being seen as a major technological change for the online retail business, Amazon’s delivery drones can now recharge and pick up packages from docking stations. Amazon, one of the world’s largest online retailing firms and an e-commerce giant, would now be allowed to build such...

A Robot Dog that Dances and Protects - Domgy

Derived from an affectionate anagram of the phrase "my dog,", Roobo, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, recently pulled back the curtain on an artificial intelligence-powered "pet robot" named Domgy. Even though his functions are more like robotic housekeeper Rosie than the family's pet dog...

Era of Artificial Technology Declared by Tech Moguls

Humans will need to implant "neural laces" in their brains to keep up with computers that would be driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning which will create sophisticated computers. These were the views of Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk expressed while addressing a...

Companies Facing Likely Fraud to be Connected to Breached Data by a Startup

The rising instances of data breaches is driving defenders to seek new ways to connect the dots and stop secondary crimes sooner even as the continuing parade of mass data breaches increases the opportunities for miscreants to use grabbed credentials for all manner of fraud. The Dark Web,...