The days of wearing bifocals or constantly swapping out reading glasses might soon come to an end. A team led by University of Utah electrical and computer engineering professor Carlos Mastrangelo and…
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Your Android Device’s Pattern Lock can be cracked within just 5 attempts
The popular Pattern Lock system used to secure millions of Android phones can be cracked within just five attempts – and more complicated patterns are the easiest to crack, security experts reveal….
Smartphone microscope offers cost-effective DNA sequencing and genetic mutation analysis
Just like an alphabet is made up of individual letters, DNA is composed of chemical bases. And in the same way that letters must be placed in a specific order to form…
Renewable Diesel – MIT Engineers program Yeast to convert Plant Sugars into Oils
MIT engineers have genetically reprogrammed a strain of yeast so that it converts sugars to fats much more efficiently, an advance that could make possible the renewable production of high-energy fuels such…
Aira Visual interpreter for the Blind uses Smart Glasses
There are an estimated 20 million blind and low-vision people in the United States, according to the American Foundation for the Blind. For helping them, a San Diego based startup named Aira…