MauiKit Aims to Bring Apps That Can Run on Linux and Android Creating the same apps and software for different platforms is not an easy task for the developers. To make an app run on desktops, developers need to write a source code. However, to make the same app run on mobile devices, the developers have to write a different source code. With the new MauiKit, developers would be able to build convergent apps, that can run on both platforms with the same source code....

New “Air-Gen” Device Can Generate Electricity out of Thin Air As the threat of climate change looms in our planet, scientists around the world are constantly trying to restrain the burning of fossil fuels for human activities.Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have devised a way togenerate electricity by using nothing but the air around us. It just uses the air and not any wind-mill or wind-turbine. Developed in the lab of the researcher, Jun Yao, the “Air-gen” generator uses electrically conductive wires....

This Bracelet Jams Microphones of Nearby Alexa and Google Assistant Speakers Private conversations are not private anymore. Companies like Google, Amazon and Apple admitted that theirsmart speakers record private conversationsof users. These are then sent to the companies to “enhance user experience”. However, when Ben Zhao, a computer science professor at the University of Chicago, bought an Alexa-enabled Echo device, his wife, Heather Zheng, who is also in the same profession, wasprofoundly sceptical about the “always-on” microphoneon the device....

This Cyborg Man Devised a Way to Play Music with His Mind With all the developments in biological tech, prosthetic arms and legs are advanced products that are truly helping people around the world to walk without a natural leg or hold things without a natural arm. With a prosthetic arm since he was 3 months old, Bertolt Meyer, 42 now, has taken the prosthetic tech to a whole new level....

This iPhone Case Uses Origami-Style Folds to Add a Stand to Your Device Smartphones have become our go-to device to consume content, be it watching movies or shows or videos on YouTube. However, holding a smartphone up for long hours to watch something can be tiring. Well, that’s the reason different accessories like PopSockets or iRing have become really popular. However, these accessories are likely to add more bulk to your smartphone which are already bulky if you’ve a case installed....

This Smartphone Will NOT Let You Click “Nudes” If you are on social media, you might be familiar with the phrase “send nudes”. The phrase was popularised by the rising level of naked selfies that teens and young adolescent sent to their partners to get kinky if I might say. Well, not with this smartphone. The Tone E20 is an Android smartphone that prevents users from taking a nude selfie....

You Can Buy This One-of-a Kind Nintendo PlayStation for $360,000 The Nintendo PlayStation. Wait, this sounds a bit odd, doesn’t it? Nintendo makes Gameboys and Switches. The PlayStation is Sony’s creation.How can there be a Nintendo PlayStation? Well, the truth is that the Nintendo PlayStation actually existed way back in the 1990s, but never made it to the consumer market. It wasback in the 1980s when Sony was eager to enter the video games business....