China has actually built an elevated bus that straddles car traffic

Traffic jams are a pain, especially in the mornings when all of humanity joins together for a mutual cause – cursing the congested roads. Travelling by car is usually deemed more effective. But given the right circumstances a bus can hold the high ground and allow passengers to not only move at “lightning speed” compared to frustrated drivers, but also become more ecological means of transportation.

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Electronic skin patch offers the superior way of monitoring blood alcohol levels

Imagine the morning after a superb Friday’s night out spent in a good company. The wake-up call can be, besides the potential headache, the necessity to drive to a nearby store or to go pick up a family member from an airport. “Safety comes first”, the motto embedded in your head, pops up as soon as you reach out for the car keys. But are you really safe to sit behind the wheel? You need some proof.

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Scientists find an efficient way of converting carbon dioxide into a reusable fuel

The Earth is our home, there is no denying that. It has served us as a shelter for millions of years, providing all the proper conditions and means there are to preserve the human species. With so many factors to be treasured, humans havent been known to hold the planet in such a high regard, contributing to worldwide threats like global warming by burning the fossil fuels in power plants and car engines.

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Swirling data: Boosting computing power and info transfer rates tenfold

“The bigger, the better”. Today’s world is obsessed with this idiom and as such, it can be seen all around us. Automobile manufacturers make bulkier cars, engineers constantly strive to build taller buildings. But when it comes to computers and computer chips in particular, the opposite is true. Society’s ever growing demand for information sharing is loosely linked with how big, or rather how small the computer chips are.

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