• COMPUTERS
    Bringing computer education up to code

    Inside the gymnasium of Bishop Woods Architecture & Design Magnet School in New Haven, about 150 students are showing off the results of months of computer programming work. It’s the last big event of Code Haven, an ongoing alliance between Yale undergraduate students and the New Haven Public Schools. In addition to Bishop Woods, the students […]

  • CLOTHING
    How your clothing habits can boost your productivity at work?

    The employees often get to hear certain encouraging phrases from their office department head. The most commonly used phrase is “there’s room for improvement”, “ work harder to achieve your goals” and etc. But, taking into consideration the number of hours you’ve to grind your head in the office, making the most of your time […]

  • CLOTHING
    Here’s What’s Killing Your Favourite Clothes! (And How to Stop That!)

    It takes approximately 6,800 litres of water to manufacture a pair of jeans. The materials often used in the production of fast-fashion aren’t sustainable or ethical. The annual carbon footprint emitted from the fashion industry is 10 per cent of global carbon emissions, which means more greenhouse gases are given off in this process than all the […]

  • CLOTHING
    Shabby Chic Tries Clothing

    Liliput & Co., which does business as Shabby Chic, the home goods brand known for its rustic furniture and ruffled drapery and bedding, is aiming for another area of the house — the closet. “I’ve been dressing people’s houses for all these years, and I felt that now’s the time to bring that same philosophy […]

  • GCHQ warns not to use Windows 7 computers for banking or email after Tuesday

    GCHQ has warned people not to do internet banking or use emails from computers with Windows 7 from Tuesday, when Microsoft will end support for the software. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the public-facing arm of the cyber spy agency, said that devices still using the operating system after next week will become increasingly […]

  • Man caught smuggling live monitor lizards inside electronics

    A Florida man pleaded guilty to his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were stuffed into socks and concealed inside electronics to be smuggled from the Philippines to the United States. Akbar Akram, 44, pleaded guilty in Tampa federal court Wednesday to one count of wildlife trafficking in violation of […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Diamonds can be gen-next wonder material in electronics

    Can diamond, the hardest material on the Earth, be bent? The question that intrigued scientists for years, now has an answer in the affirmative thanks to nano-engineering, according to Subra Suresh, a former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and one of the world’s top technologists. In one of his new cutting-edge research, Suresh […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Diamonds can be next wonder material in electronics

    In a series of experiments, the scientists demonstrated how synthetic diamond on a nanoscale can be bent up to a point, opening up completely new frontiers in electronics, microelectronics and nanoengineering. Representative image/Pixabay Can diamond, the hardest material on earth, be bent? The question that intrigued scientists for years, now has an answer in the […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    Discovery to launch Home & Garden TV in Italy

    Discovery Italia will strengthens its free to air offer by adding its ninth free-to-air channel in its portfolio: HGTV – Home & Garden TV on February 2. HGTV – Home & Garden TV will replace Motor Trend on the country’s DTT network. Alessandro Araimo, CEO of Discovery Italia: “Our portfolio continues to grow as well […]