California company creates windows with built-in solar panels to help residents comply with a state regulation mandating all new home constructions use solar power A tech company in Redwood City has made windows with solar panels in them The windows only absorb infrared and ultraviolet light to avoid dim interiors The company believes the windows … Read more
Bosch has created a coronavirus test and machine that gives results in two-and-a-half hours, removing the need to send samples to a laboratory. The results are 95 per cent accurate, according to the German manufacturer, better known for its washing machines and fridge freezers. Swabs from patients are placed into a special cartridge and put … Read more
A Dutch firm has created a new coronavirus test that can give results in just 15 minutes in the same fashion as a pregnancy stick. Sensitest’s blood test, manufactured in China, detects antibodies that signal the body is fighting the deadly infection. It is not able to spot the virus in its early stages, but … Read more
Company creates social distancing ‘scoreboard’ that ranks states on their adherence to isolation rules by using GPS data collected from phones The maps made by Unacast show how well each state is doing using GPS data It judges locations based on reduction in distance traveled Wyoming had the worst score, an ‘F’, while Nevada scored … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Kelly Osbourne has urged others to self-isolate amid the coronavirus crisis as her father Ozzy falls into the vulnerable health category due to his battle with Parkinson’s. In a powerful post shared onto Instagram on Monday, the media personality, 35, championed the fight against COVID-19 by creating the hashtag ‘stay home for Ozzy’. The former … Read more
Marks & Spencer has dedicated specific shopping hours for NHS workers and vulnerable customers in order to help them cope with panic buying. Supermarkets across the UK are being stripped bare of essentials while panicked customers hoard products such as toilet paper and hand sanitiser amid the coronavirus panic. Many shops have set limits on … Read more
Sniffer dogs could be out of work after Intel creates a computer chip that can ‘smell’ dangerous chemicals in drugs, explosives and other illegal substances Researchers created a circuit on a chip similar to the olfactory circuit in dogs The team then use artificial intelligence to spot different chemical ‘smells’ The algorithm identifies smells by … Read more
Pink creates a schedule for her family as they self-quarantine together during coronavirus pandemic By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 02:41 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 02:41 GMT, 17 March 2020 Pink is one of several celebs using their platform to raise awareness over the coronavirus pandemic. The three-time Grammy winner has urged her … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more