A man silenced by paralysis got his ‘voice’ back, thanks to AI
Casey Harrell was diagnosed with ALS, which left him paralyzed and unable to speak. Doctors implanted tiny electrodes in the speech center of his brain to pick up his brain waves. The electrodes connect to a computer that can translate his brain’s electrical signals into words, allowing him to “speak” again through a voice synthesizer. […]
U.S. Treasury Targets Iran’s Shadow Fleet with New Sanctions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced new sanctions targeting 4 entities and 3 vessels involved in Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical trade. This is part of ongoing efforts to limit the billions in revenue that support Iran’s nuclear program and terrorist proxy groups like the Houthis. These sanctions are part of a broader crackdown […]
Marge Simpson painting discovered on ancient Egyptian tomb goes viral
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Egyptian tomb featuring a painting that closely resembles the character Marge Simpson from the popular American animated sitcom The Simpsons. The 3,000-year-old tomb was found in the Egyptian city of Minya on the western bank of the Nile. The painting depicts a woman with yellow skin, a blue crown, and […]
The Thing: The Soviet Listening Device Gifted to the U.S. Ambassador in 1946
In 1946, soviet children gifted a carved great seal replica to the us ambassador, unknowingly hiding a listening device called ‘the thing.’ invented by leon theremin, it activated only when remotely illuminated and went undetected for seven years. found in 1952 during a counter-surveillance sweep, the bug’s discovery fueled cold war tensions and was revealed […]
Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language
Archaeologists discovered a basalt tablet in the Bashplemi Lake region of Georgia that features 60 characters across 7 rows, with 39 of the characters belonging to an unknown language. Experts analyzed the tablet and found that the characters bear some similarities to scripts from the Semitic, Brahmani, and North Iberian languages, as well as early […]
Satellites reveal stunningly detailed maps of Earth’s seafloors
A new satellite called the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite has mapped the Earth’s seafloors in unprecedented detail. In just its first year of operation, the SWOT satellite has provided more detailed information about the seafloor than 30 years of data collected by older satellites. The SWOT satellite measures the height of the […]
By tweaking materials, scientists create transistors that remember
The research team from Johns Hopkins University, led by Professor Howard Katz and graduate student Riley Bond, made a surprising discovery that could change the way memory works in electronics. By modifying the materials used in organic transistors, they created a new type of memristor – a device that can remember past charging states. The […]
Scotland and the biggest underwater discovery in history: The world has been searching for centuries
A Scottish green energy company, Oasis Marine, has developed innovative offshore technology to enable easier hydrogen refueling and electric charging for marine vessels. Oasis Marine offers two main products – the Oasis Hydrogen Buoy and Oasis Power Buoy. These provide offshore bunkering for hydrogen refueling and electrical charging respectively. This technology is seen as a […]
Man Keeps a Rock For Years Hoping It’s Gold. It Turns Out to Be Far More Valuable.
In 2015, David Hole was metal detecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia and found a very heavy, reddish rock. Convinced it contained a gold nugget, Hole tried various methods to break it open over the years, but the rock could not be cracked. Years later, Hole took the mysterious rock to the Melbourne […]
US firm builds floating wind platform in 40 hours, 10x faster
Aikido Technologies, a startup based in San Francisco, has developed a unique folding platform for offshore floating wind turbines that can be assembled in under 40 hours, 10x faster than traditional methods. The Aikido One platform uses a semi-submersible design that can transport a fully assembled floating wind turbine to the installation site. Once there, […]