Uber will use ‘face detection technology’ to ensure all drivers and riders wear masks

Uber will use ‘face detection technology’ to ensure all drivers and riders wear masks from Monday as it seeks to claw back customers amid pandemic Uber announced Wednesday it is making face masks mandatory for all drivers and passengers, as part of new health and safety measures  Drivers will have to take selfies showing they … Read more

5G staff abused over conspiracy theories claiming the technology has links to coronavirus

Coronavirus cranks hurl abuse at 5G staff over bizarre conspiracy theories claiming the technology has links to the pandemic Openreach recorded 68 incidents of verbal and physical abuse since 1 April That compares with just 42 such incidents across the whole of 2019 The company said that attacks on staff have escalated amid the Covid-19 … Read more

NASA uses Nevada to test the Perseverance rover’s navigation technology ahead of Mars launch

NASA scientists travel to Nevada to test the Perseverance rover’s sensors and navigation technology in preparation for its 2021 arrival on Mars A team of NASA scientist traveled to Nevada to test the next Mars rover  Instead of bringing the full rover, they brought just its sensors and onboard tools Another team of 150 remote … Read more

POLAR CAPITAL TECHNOLOGY: Trust gives investors access to tech giants

POLAR CAPITAL TECHNOLOGY: Trust offers a way to invest in web giants like Microsoft, Apple and Google By Anne Ashworth For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 8 May 2020 | Updated: 09:27 BST, 9 May 2020   WHAT IS IT? The trust was ahead of its time in 1996 when it launched, focusing on … Read more

My lightbulb moment: Amanda Harrington reveals when she decided tanning technology had to change

My lightbulb moment: Self-tan innovator Amanda Harrington reveals when she decided tanning technology had to change Amanda Harrington remembers when she knew tan technology had to change She said that it was 2002 and she was spray-tanning a wealthy client in London She said she wasn’t a fan of spray guns as they didn’t give … Read more

Colour paint technology cools buildings by reflecting the sun 

Multi-layered coloured paint designed to cool buildings by reflecting the sun could become an eco-friendly alternative to air conditioners Coloured two-layer paint can dramatically cool building surfaces facing the sun Top layer absorbs light and a porous underlayer reflects infrared to resist heating US scientists’ new creation could also help keep vehicles and data centres … Read more

Apple will release COVID-19 tracking technology to governments weeks before previously planned

Apple says it will release COVID-19 contact tracing technology to governments weeks before the company had previously estimated The technology will be made available to developers on April 28   That date comes courtesy of Apple CEO Tim Cook Its technology will support the creation of COVID-19 contact tracing apps By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 23:53 BST, 23 … Read more

MPs take part in first virtual Parliament (with the odd wobble over technology)

Dominic Raab faced off against Sir Keir Starmer in the Commons today as MPs returned to work in the first ever ‘virtual’ parliament.  The Labour leader and Boris Johnson’s stand-in were among the few MPs in the chamber for Prime Minister’s Questions’ this afternoon as the hybrid legislature met for the first time. With just … Read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Yew Grove cashing in on Ireland’s booming medical technology sector

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Yew Grove cashing in on Ireland’s booming medical technology sector By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 18 April 2020 Medical technology is big business. Annual sales topped £350 billion even before the coronavirus pandemic, and Ireland is one of the foremost … Read more

Tesla shows off ventilators made using technology and parts from its Model 3 cars

As a critical shortage of ventilators looms, New York Governor Andre Cuomo revealed Friday that the state will begin repurposing BiPAP machines to sustain severely ill coronavirus patients.  Last week, the state resorted to converting anesthesia machines to supplement its stockpile of an estimated 6,500 ventilators.  Thursday, Cuomo said he wasn’t sure if BiPAP machines … Read more