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The fabric that can tell the difference between a kiwi and an avocado
In collaboration with Microsoft, researchers at several universities in the United States and China have developed an interactive smart fabric. Dubbed Capacitivo, it can recognise certain devices or even foods placed on its surface, thanks to inbuilt electrodes. It has a variety of potential uses.
Even a pandemic can't stop the ever-growing popularity of geocaching
Deciphering codes, climbing trees, reading signs: Geocaching requires participants to fully immerse themselves. For more than two decades, people have been searching for hidden spots all over the world, and the pandemic has barely slowed the activity's growing popularity.
Going electric: how nylon fabric could one day charge your cell phone
Nylon is a plastic material from the polyamide family that is used in all kinds of day-to-day accessories, like stockings, sports apparel and even certain toothbrushes.
Singles’ Day: Livestreaming e-commerce draws in viewers using giant pancakes, VR gaming and other gimmicks
Sellers use livestreaming to sell everything from bags of sweet potatoes to Cartier jewellery during annual Chinese shopping festival, the largest of its kind. Livestreaming e-commerce sees a burst of activity this year after getting a boost from the Covid-19 pandemic.
No time to waste: Dispose of your devices properly
As every last Saturday of the month is slated to become national e-waste collection day in Malaysia, here's how you can play your part by properly disposing of unwanted electronic items.
Cut off: School closings leave rural students isolated
The closing of classrooms and the switch to remote learning because of the coronavirus have left students in this school district on the sparsely populated fringe of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico profoundly isolated.
Italy offers Christmas cashback in push for digital payments
Long a country where cash is king, Italy has been prodded towards electronic payments in 2020 by the coronavirus pandemic, while the government is adding encouragement of its own to boost struggling shops and crack down on tax evasion.
China’s online shopping addiction is killing its green packaging drive
If you worry about all the waste generated by the annual rush of holiday shopping and gift giving, it’s nothing compared to the mountains of discarded packaging that comes from a single event in China.
Opinion: User indulgence is the new user interface
Tech companies beware: As customers become increasingly sophisticated, demanding and vocal, they’ll want more features on their terms, not yours.
Environment and Water Minister hopes woman in viral video who dumped trash into river will apologise
In the video, a car can be seen stopping at the side of a bridge to allow a woman to discard two plastic bags into the river.
