Believe it or not, Plato& 39;s ancient idea that the Earth was made of cubes is, on average, correct.July 23, 2020Researchers have found that the philosopher Plato may be right after all: the world, on average, breaks down into cubes — and not just in the game Minecraft. A new paper from Hungary and the U.

February 04, 2014A Bogota based company has come up with an innovative shoe sole that detects and transmits the locations of nearby landmines, thus saving the lives of those heading into the jungles of Colombia. Image Source: Save One Life The sole, which has been developed by Bogota-based Lemur, uses a planar coil placed on a thin conductive material set in the sole to detect nearby metallic objects (read landmines) using electromagnetic waves.

It& 39;s known as the Yarrabubba impact crater and is 2.2-billion-years-old.January 22, 2020Over the years Earth has been hit by numerous asteroids and comets, all of which have left their mark behind. At present, it& 39;s sometimes hard to tell where these ancient impacts occurred, and even harder to determine when they happened.

Ancient civilizations like the Egyptians built enormous structures to wow the world with greatness, and it worked. However, the real wonder lies in the details; in the level of precision they reached without modern tools. Without rulers, set squares, or even tape measures — almost out of nowhere — ancient engineers seemed to jump entire historical epochs ahead of themselves.

March 14, 2014When it comes to purifying water we have been making great strides, however all of this isn’t any good as for the majority of time the tech is far out of reach in the parts of the globe where it is needed the most. Many people today have water purifiers in their homes and even in their fridges, but filters such as these are not viable in some parts of the world as they are not affordable or readily available.

Cryptography is the backbone of modern technology – do you know how it works?February 09, 2020When you hear the word & 34;cryptography,& 34; your brain probably jumps to someone sitting in a dark room staring at lines of code. You might also think of highly trained software engineers protecting endless amounts of data in digital infrastructure.