CHEAP: My sweet-sounding god, the Sonos Play:5 wireless speaker is 20% off

Dec02
by on December 2, 2019 at 11:12 am
Posted In: Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! I love listening to music through good speakers. While headphones are an intimate and enjoyable way of listening to your favorite tracks, there’s little better than cranking the volume on some speakers and really feeling those tunes. While it’s good to have a full amplifier and standing speaker set-up, this just isn’t convenient or suitable for a lot of people — especially if you have a fair few rooms you want music in, and you mainly listen to digital tracks. In this instance, it’s often…

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MIT engineers made a cheaper and more efficient device to trap carbon dioxide

Dec01
by on December 1, 2019 at 9:00 am
Posted In: syndication


Capturing carbon dioxide from smokestacks, and even removing it directly from air, might be the only way to avert the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Engineers at MIT have now created a device to trap carbon dioxide that is much less energy-intensive and costly than today’s technologies. The device, reported in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, works a lot like a battery. It absorbs carbon dioxide from air passing over its electrodes. It could be made as small and large as needed, making it easy to use at different carbon dioxide emission sources. And unlike today’s carbon-capture techniques, it works…

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Biosensor-equipped glasses could monitor diabetes through tears

Nov30
by on November 30, 2019 at 9:00 am
Posted In: syndication


Brazilian and US scientists have developed a glasses-based biosensor capable of measuring blood glucose levels through a person’s tears, offering a less invasive test for diabetics. Glucose levels need to be frequently monitored in people with diabetes, a disease that affects 62 million people in the Americas and 380 million worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes has been rising alarmingly in recent decades — with the fastest increase in low- and middle-income countries — and could affect 580 million people by 2035. Many people with the disease use a portable glycosometer to measure blood glucose levels by pricking their…

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Cryptocurrency exchange IDAX’s CEO reportedly missing with the company’s cold wallet

Nov29
by on November 29, 2019 at 11:18 am
Posted In: cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A relatively small cryptocurrency exchange has halted deposit and withdrawal services after its CEO has reportedly gone missing. The IDAX exchange posted an announcement earlier today saying it had halted some operations after its staff were unable to make contact with the global CEO. The CEO is said to have taken access to the company’s cold wallets with them. At this point, it’s not known why the CEO has supposedly vanished. According to CoinMarketCap, IDAX serviced some $500 million worth of Bitcoin trades over the past 24 hours — compared to top ranking exchange BitMEX, which serviced over $2 billion.…

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HSBC will reportedly use blockchain to move $20B in digital assets

Nov28
by on November 28, 2019 at 11:03 am
Posted In: blockchain, Hard Fork


Global bank HSBC is planning to track $20 billion worth of digital assets on a blockchain-based custody platform by March next year. According to Reuters, the platform, known as Digital Vault, will allow investors to get real-time access to records of securities purchased in private markets. HSBC’s platform will digitize paper records and leverage blockchain tech in a bid to maximize efficiency, reducing the time it takes for investors to make checks or queries on their holdings. While it sounds like an interesting idea, HSBC hasn’t clarified the potential cost savings of using such a system. Banking on blockchain As…

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