Emerging Technology News

While the medical industry is under a complete microscopic revolution, Food Nanotechnology is slowly being understood to change the entire spectrum of the food industry, from Agriculture all the way through processing to packaging and cold chain storage and distribution. In the last decade, industry has pumped millions of dollars into “NanoFoods”, the industry name for foods created and perfected with nanotechnology, and the results and discoveries have been astounding to say the very least. While many companies are hushed about their research and development as little is understood by the public, all the major players are involved in ongoing research and many of the smaller companies are following suit.

Managing your personal finance has become easier than ever thanks to smartphone technology; whether you’re keeping an eye on your monthly budget or looking for creative way to invest your cash, there’s a finance app out there for you.

Any tech-savvy trainer with a MT4 download will know just how much time, money and hassle can be saved on a daily or monthly basis using some well-chosen personal finance apps. Here’s a look at five popular financial management applications for the iPhone and Android:

Australian military aims to lead the way in hazardous environment clothing testing with their new use of a simulated environment testing facility to put soldiers’ apparel through its paces. The facility has the ability to simulate a wide range of environments that Australian personnel may encounter while in the line of duty including a temperature range from negative 20 to positive 50 degrees Celsius. Donning everything from combat trousers through to helmets, virtual military troops, in the forms of mannequins, will be fully dressed and the clothing will be assessed to check whether it meets the set criteria and to discover what improvements can be made in the testing chambers.

Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming a part of all of your households, and soon smart home security will be a focus point of construction and how we can integrate security into these systems for maximum benefit. Imagine a system that can contact you directly when away from the house to let you know the state of your smart home security, or a system that can contact a professional dealing with gate motors Pretoria to arrange repairs for your front gate systems. The possibilities seem to be limited only to our own imaginations and needs, with the technology developing at an amazing rate.

A new method for performing ovarian cancer surgery that uses fluorescent light to “home in” on the cancer cells has been developed and is currently undergoing testing. This new method of performing the surgery uses the fluorescence to illuminate the cancer cells, thereby helping the surgeons to locate and identify malignant ovarian cancer tumours which are so small that they may otherwise be missed, and remove them during the surgery.

For a long time small package delivery has enjoyed the ease and convenience of electronic clearance and now this service has been made available to packages being delivered by air freight. Over 90 countries including the UK have agreed to use the paperless invoicing service for package delivery; a service that is not only free of charge but also saves time, money and trees.

Solar technology is developing at an unprecedented rate and installers of Green building practices are incorporating these ongoing changes in almost all new developments. Using a solar heating system can ensure you have hot water without the heavy power consumption, but how do you keep yourselves cool in summer? Thousands are spent in power bills for air conditioning during the sunny months, but a team in California may have the solution we’ve all been waiting for. With their new solar technology, they aim to change the sun’s rays into that cool breeze to ease the pressure inside the office.

While there are some theories that suggest by installing a solar heater system connected with your existing water heating system (geyser) you will damage the geyser, but in actual fact it may help to extend the life of your geyser. We take a closer look at how combining these two modern technologies can save you money and preserve the environment.

As technology evolves constantly, so are homes around the world. Smart Homes, or home automation, refer to intelligent and interconnected systems that can be controlled by intelligent software to assist with comfort, security and even health and safety requirements. Currently at the moment, many of these systems are only found in mansions or in a luxury property for sale in Earls Court, but no doubt in the next decade will be found in all new build homes. Smart technology can control everything from your morning cup of coffee preparation, through to automatically dimming the lights in the lounge when you put on your favourite blu-ray with pop corn. The possibilities are endless and based only on your own imagination and what you have seen before on the Jetsons and other science fiction shows.

We all know how important it is to have up to date software on our computers, but these devices may not always be able to supply the power needed and can result in overheating. To counteract this problem, one techie used LED lights to construct a circuit that would indicate when the CPU started getting too warm. While there is temperature monitoring software that you can use on your computer, when it comes to gaming there are number of users who will forget to check the software and risk overheating and damaging their computers.