MIT researchers create a material with humongous commercial and industrial applications

It has the potential to revolutionise our way of life for the better by simplifying it and making it smarter. Although in the past researchers have put mind body and soul to figure out intricacies of building durable, low-cost synthetic muscles, it hasn’t resulted or pointed to any material progress. Either they have been too…

Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group outlines improved security for connected devices

If IoT device manufactures adhere to the best practices recommended by BITAG it could help mitigate DDoS attacks from script kiddies. In 2010, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, Comcast, Google, Microsoft and Intel along with a handful of other tech companies had collaborated forces with former FCC’s Chief Technologist, Dale Hatfield to form the Broadband Internet Technical…

To Save $48 Billion Deal, Anthem, Cigna Face Off Against U.S.

Very different views of the impact their proposed $48 billion combination will have on health-insurance markets were presented by Anthem Inc., Cigna Corp. and the U.S. government to a federal judge. Since the deal will increase the companies’ dominance and cut consumer choice, the biggest merger in the history of the American health-insurance industry should…

U.S. Department of Justice releases final draft for smart guns

The government has left the standard open for incorporating innovation in this technology. Way back in June this year, the U.S. Department of Justice had proposed a list of specifications for smart guns, as a way forward to bring safety technology into pistols. Among the measures proposed were a slew of fail safe countermeasures, including…