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https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsby google.js?client=ca-pub-1087597153838936 Cracked phone screens could become a thing of the past thanks to breakthrough research conducted at The University of Queensland. The global team of researchers, led by UQ's Dr. Jingwei Hou, Professor Lianzhou Wang, and Professor Vicki Chen, have unlocked the technology to produce next-generation composite glass for lighting LEDs and smartphones, television, and computer screens. The findings will enable the manufacture of glass screens that are not only unbreakable but also deliver crystal clear image quality. Dr.Hou said the discovery was a huge step forward in perovskite nanocrystal technology as previously, researchers were only able to produce this technology in the bone-dry-atmosphere of a laboratory setting. Luminating composite glass. Credit: The University of Queensland "The emitting materials are made from nanocrystals, called lead-halide perovskites."  he said."T

https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsby google.js?client=ca-pub-1087597153838936 The Multi-Crop Thresher (MCT) is an engine-driven machine that can save farmers time and money, especially when compared to manual methods. Tanzania Key Facts ~ The MCT threshes crops up to 75 times faster than manual methods. ~ The machine can process crops commonly grown on smallholder farms, including maize, beans, sorghum and more. ~ Customers can earn income, paying off the machine after 70 hours. ~ Each MCT can generate USD $700 in annual income to a rural entrepreneur. ~ In 2021, Imara Tech plans to expand into other regions in Tanzania.  Multi-Crop Thresher (MCT) Key Features The MCT is an engine-driven machine that threshes crops up to 75 times faster than manual methods and saves the average small farm over a week and a half of post-harvest labor. The MCT has a modular design that allows it to process crops commonly grown on smallholder farms, including maize, beans, sorghum, and mo

https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsby google.js?client=ca-pub-1087597153838936 "The Desert Greenhouse turns wasted sandy land into arable land fit to grow 30 different kinds of fruits and vegetables." China Key Facts ~  There is an increasing number of wasted desert lands in the world. ~  The Desert Greenhouse solution has been successful in providing vegetable and fruit supplies to people living in desert areas ~  More than 30 kinds of fruit and vegetables can be planted in Desert Greenhouse including: eggplant, tomato, pepper, cucumber, potato, leaf lettuce, watermelon. ~  In China, depending on individual productivity, an adult farmer can operate and manage about 3 to 10 standard Desert Greenhouse. ~  Xinjiang Shawan Oasis Sustainable Development Institute plans to scale up its Desert Greenhouse solution is more developing in desert countries. A typical Desert Greenhouse coers a peice of desert land with a length of 30 meters and a width of 20 meters. Key F

https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsby google.js?client=ca-pub-1087597153838936   "At the time when pollution, in all its forms, represents a growing threat to the future of the planet, it is essential to improve our recycling processes and develop materials that are more easily decomposable. In this effort, researchers at  Tianjin University in China  have designed an easy-to-recycle, biodegradable plastic from DNA." Dayong Yang/ Tianjin University (China) A new plastic made from DNA is renewable,requires little energy to make and easy to recycle or break down. Traditional plastics are bad for the environment because they are made from no n-renewable petrochemicals,require intense heating and toxic chemicals to make,and take hundreds of years to break down. only  small fraction of them are recycled,with the rest ending up in landfill, being incinerated or polluting the environment. It is made by joining short strands of DNA to a chemical derived from vegetable

Instagram Meta-owned Instagram is probably one of the worst social networks in existence right now, as it (along with Meta’s other social network, Facebook) has faced scandal after scandal over the past few months. Even though the company isn’t doing much to address the countless mental health and misinformation campaigns ravaging the platform, there is a new feature that is pretty funny. I nstagram head Adam Mosseri shared a video on Wednesday ( via  The Verge ) that highlights two new features. First, the iOS app (and soon the Android version) now has the ability to remove individual photos from a carousel. Second, and definitely funnier, is a new ‘Rage Shake’ function coming to both iOS and Android. When you shake your phone, Instagram opens a dialog with a button for reporting problems with the app. You can also turn off Rage Shake from the same dialog, in case you accidentally activate it too often. It’s always fun when mobile apps or operating systems add functionality for shakin

~   Space Technology A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off carrying 53 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.

  Three months ago, Google revealed  a number of new features coming to Google Maps on iOS. At the time, Google Maps product manager Herman Ng said that all of the features would roll out before the end of the month. We promptly forgot about them, because Google never announced their availability when they did finally roll out. But,  as  The Verge  notes , all of the features have launched, including dark mode. So we figured we’d show you how to enable dark mode for Google Maps on iOS.

Ducati Pro-III comes with an NFC-based key   Ducati has unveiled the Pro-III electric scooter, touting the newest micro-mobility offering is its “most technically advanced.” Ducati Pro-III is equipped with a token that allows the owner to start the vehicle simply by bringing it close to the display. This, Ducati says, ensures the vehicle is only used by the person who has the chip. To start the e-scooter, all you have to do is to bring the NFC token to the display and wait for the “pass” sign to appear, and you are good to go.  The Pro-III is  powered  by a 350W motor and a battery pack that has 468Wh capacity, which can cover up to 50km with a single charge. The battery can be fully charged in about nine hours. The vehicle is priced at EUR 799 (roughly Rs. 68,400). Ducati Pro-III's 3.2-inch LED display can help manage several functions, including choosing between the four riding modes — 6kmph, 15kmph, 20kmph, and 25kmph. The USB port on it allows the rider to recharge smartphones

Outline: South Korea has implemented a new law that bans major app store operators --- Google Play Store and Apple App Store --- from forcing software developers to use their payment systems . The Korea Communications Commission said Google has proposed plans, which allow alternative payment systems at lower fees.

OVERVIEW Plastic is life-changing resource, but the same qualities that make it useful----- alongside poor management----- have created a global waste challenge. Here is what you need to know. Plastics boast a unique and useful set of properties. They are polymers, long chains of molecules made from repeating links called monomers, often produced from chemicals like petroleum. Its molecular structure can be engineered to present different characteristics—to be flexible or hard, transparent or opaque. They are durable, strong, lightweight, water resistant, and relatively easy and inexpensive to manufacture. Most modern plastics are made from fossil fuels like natural gas or petroleum; but as new technology emerges, plastics are also being produced from renewable materials like corn or cotton. There are thousands of patented plastics spanning countless sectors, all with unique attributes that make them fit for purpose. Plastic in our daily lives Plastic is virtually irreplaceable because

  British Car Manufacturing Company, Land Rover   on Tuesday announced its plans to add an all-electric Range Rover to its lineup in 2024. W hich includes plug-in hybrid and electric variants. The announcement is coming on the heels of the 2022 Range Rover revelation by the company, a fifth generation redesigned luxury SUV adorned  with tech  features, an electrical architecture mooted to support over-the-air software updates of the car. The new flexible architecture that will be the basis of the brand’s future models. Jaguar Land Rover had in 2017  inferred that all new vehicles in both the Jaguar and Land Rover brands would offer an electric or hybrid option from 2020 on. Features:  According to Land Rover, the 2022 Range Rover will come in a mild hybrid variant and a plug-in hybrid version of the new Range Rover is coming in 2023, with the extended-range plug-in hybrid set for 2023 outfitted with an inline six-cylinder engine with 48-volt mild hybrid technology, a 105 kW electric mo

There have been numerous reports of an iPhone SE 3 , a successor to the iPhone SE (2020) . The phone is expected to be the last Apple  smartphone with an LCD display and should have 5G support. New info has surfaced and it reveals the iPhone SE 3 has been postponed. However, a new model called the iPhone SE Plus will launch next year.         iPhone SE (2020)’ successor said to be the iPhone SE Plus The iPhone SE series is a line of affordable small-screen iPhones that was first introduced in 2016. The second phone in the series didn’t launch till last year and a successor is expected to arrive in 2021.   According to Ross Young (@DSCCRoss), the latest news regarding the iPhone SE series says Apple will launch an iPhone SE Plus in 2022. This phone will have a 4.7-inch LCD like the iPhone SE 2020, which is actually the same display as that of the iPhone 8 . The phone will also have 5G. He adds that the iPhone SE 3 which should have an LCD between 5.7 and 6.1 inches has been postponed to

Cybernic functional regeneration treatment using Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) may become a new standard treatment for all neurological ambulation disorders such as neuromuscular diseases including SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy), ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) etc. When a person intends to move a part of her or his body, the brain sends nerve signals to the muscles. People with physical disabilities, whose nervous systems are damaged cannot send these signals reliably to the muscles, resulting in difficulties moving as they would like. Such disabilities have been considered difficult to treat until now. However, a newly developed “cybernic treatment”, revolutionary robot treatment system that will regenerate and improve the patient’s own brain-neuro-physical functions, has begun providing dramatic changes in patients’ abilities to move autonomously. Cybernic Treatment dosen't strengthen muscles. Instead, it improves connections with the nervous system Mechanism: ~ When a person i

  While in years past most people looked at restaurants and food facilities as ones that depended mainly on pans, casserole, and other basic items, times have certainly changed over the years. From the smallest restaurants to the largest food production facilities, technology is introducing new equipment and ideas to the   FOOD INDUSTRY. To find out just how much things are changing, here are four types of technology making quite an impact:- Artificial Intelligence (AI) : ~  Used more and more in software at restaurants and production plants, AI is being used in many types of situations. One of the most frequent is helping restaurants and production facilities decide when production needs to be slowed down if product demand decreases. AI may be able to assist by using alternate ingredients or components, especially if a shortage exists. By using AI in this manner, the food industry can streamline its operations and boost production, both of which are increasingly important in helping t

 Come November 1 and WhatsApp will supposedly stop working on various of old-generation mobile phones from Apple, Samsung and others.   Facebook-retained  WhatsApp has confirmed that it will stop supporting Android smartphones running operating system 4.0.4 and more older from November 1, 2021 onwards and iPhones running iOS 10 and more up to date.   ~Here is list of the mobilephones that will lose support according to the report. Apple:                       Three old-generation iPhones are set to lose support. These include Apple iPhone SE (first-generation), iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus.       Samsung:                           The Samsung phones in the list include:  Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite, Galaxy Trend II, Galaxy SII, Galaxy S3 mini, Galaxy Xcover 2, Galaxy Core and Galaxy Ace 2.         LG:                 There are most number of LG phones in the list. The names are: LG Lucid 2, Optimus F7, Optimus F5, Optimus L3 II Dual, Optimus F5, Optimus L5, Optimus L5 II, Optimus L5 D