Amid GMO Strife, Food Industry Vies For Public Trust In CRISPR Technology
There’s a genetic technology that scientists are eager to apply to food, touting its possibilities for things like mushrooms that don’t brown and pigs that are resistant to deadly...
New technology could cut MRI scan times
Patients who have to undergo a magnetic resonance imaging scan may be spared the ordeal of having to lie still in the scanner for up to 45 minutes, thanks to new technology patented by Rice...
How technology will help fight food fraud
Food fraud is everywhere. In the aftermath of the horsemeat scandal in Europe, and with cases reported around the world, including in Canada, awareness is high. Dalhousie University recently...
The eyes have it: how technology allows you to speak when all you can do is blink
Steve Thomas and I are talking about brain implants. Bonnie Tyler’s Holding Out For a Hero is playing in the background and for a moment I almost forget that a disease has robbed Steve of his...
3 Technology Trends That Could Dominate 2018
here’s only a few months left in 2017, which makes it a good time to look at what some of the biggest technology players are working on right now and how that might translate into new tech...
Richard Branson invests in LA’s Hyperloop One to advance new train technology
Richard Branson’s Virgin Group announced Thursday that it will partner with makers of the world’s first commercial electrically and magnetically propelled pod-in-a-tube train system, Hyperloop One,...
Six Ways Technology can Add Revenue to Your Farm
As you log hours in the combine, grain cart tractor or semi this fall, your thoughts are likely to jump ahead to next year. Is there anything you can do differently than the past year? “The answer...
The environmental cost of an iPhone
Thanks to advances in metallurgy and integrated circuit design, computers are working themselves into every aspect of our lives. From appliances to smart phones, it seems like everything these days...
