David Carr, from the Media Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), has developed a smart dispenser that provides a different taste to the toothpaste we use in the morning depending on the weather forecast.
As every year when these dates arrive, IBM has carried out a consultation among the research community to anticipate the technological developments that await us in the next 5 years. This is your 'Next 5 in 5' list.
Apple is currently the most innovative company in the world, according to a report just released by the consulting firm Booz and Company. It is followed, in second position, by the versatile Google. Microsoft ranks sixth, and IBM ranks eighth.
Time magazine has just released its selection of the 50 best inventions of 2010. Flying cars, mosquito catcher lasers, an organ bioprinter, a remote-controlled robot-life preserver and the popular iPad are among the chosen ones.
In November 1895, the German physicist Röntgen discovered a "mysterious ray" that had the power to produce an image after passing through meat, clothing, wood or metal, and which he baptized with the unknown "X". Since then the applications of X-rays have multiplied.
This mythical object, which is granted the virtue of indestructibility, is neither a box nor its color is black. Actually, there are two or three boxes painted in bright colors to facilitate their finding after an accident. It is a complex mechanism made up of three units.
Researchers at the University of Arizona (USA) have developed the first holographic device that can represent a scene in another location and update it in near real time, known as three-dimensional telepresence.
Scientists at the Fraunhofer Research Institute in Germany have developed a bandage that incorporates a pigment that changes from yellow to purple when there is an infection, indicating that it is time to change dressings.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
