Starting from this statement Microsoft has been working throughout the latest years with pioneers in marine energy to achieve the ambitious goal of Project Natick to develop self-sufficient underwater datacenters that can deliver lightning-quick cloud services to coastal cities (and save energy). Starting from this statement Microsoft has been working throughout the latest years with pioneers in marine energy to achieve the ambitious goal of Project Natick to develop self-sufficient underwater datacenters that can deliver lightning-quick cloud services to coastal cities (and save energy).

US startup Space Perspective, in collaboration with London-based design studio PriestmanGoode, is working on a new type of spaceship that will transport passengers and scientific cargoes to the edge of space. Flown by a pilot, the Spaceship Neptune will consist of a pressurized capsule attached to a high-performance space balloon. It will be able to safely reach the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere in about two hours. There, the passengers (called Explorers by the Space Perspective marketing team) will be able…

The first genetically-altered squid has scientists thrilled about a potential new way to study the intriguing cephalopods, a group including octopus, cuttlefish, and squid. Creatures that have famously complex brains, the largest of all invertebrates, and behavior including the ability to camouflage themselves (despite being colorblind) count, recognize patterns, problem solve, use tools, mimic other species and communicate using a variety of signals.

Among the latest and most interesting responses to racism, there has been a rather unexpected crossover collaboration between Gillette-owned brand Venus and Nintendo’s golden child Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Following the death of George Floyd by the hand of a white police officer and the subsequent nationwide protests, rioting, and civil unrest, there has been also a never seen before response from brands, media companies, and agencies as they have taken a stand against racism and social injustice, through…

Specifically designed to satisfy the needs of nightlife, live events and entertainment industries, Micrashell is a virus-shielded, easy to control, fun to wear, disinfectable, fast to deploy personal protective equipment (PPE) that allows socializing without distancing. During these times of crisis, all sectors in which any close interaction or physical contact was expected have entered a crisis never seen before, and despite the fact that we are talking about reopening, many sectors are unlikely to be as before.

Following the death of George Floyd, masses of people gathered across the US and around the globe, calling on elected officials to address long-standing systemic racism and inequalities, from police brutality to mass incarceration to healthcare. The massive human rights movements — crossing age, borders, colors, and genders — have reignited an otherwise downcast form of communication amid the many struggling to organize, and fighting to remain informed: the sharing of Google Docs.

Thanks to advanced human-machine interfaces, our mouth won’t serve that purpose exclusively anymore, yet we might still speak for romantic reasons. First presented in July 2019, Elon Musk’s Neuralink is a tech startup aiming to connect human brains directly with machines. In February 2020, Musk reiterated this goal. He claimed the team could implant the first chips in “less than a year.” From there, the goal would be to cover more…

At zero gravity it is impossible to grow any type of plant and this creates big problems as regards oxygen reserves in space travel. Thanks to a biomimicry approach, an engineering student solved this problem by designing the first artificial biological leaves. Melchiorri’s Silk Leaf project, which he developed as part of the Royal College of Art’s Innovation Design Engineering course in collaboration with Tufts University silk lab, consists of chloroplasts suspended in a matrix made out of silk protein.