EV automakers have mostly relied on the skateboard chassis as the mainstream way of integrating a battery into an electric vehicle. But British start-up Page-Robertsrevealeda concept with a vertical EV battery design, which it claims reduces manufacturing costs up to 36%, and enables 30% more vehicle range. Why? As per the company, the skateboard structure has two main disadvantages: increased size and weight. According to CEO Freddy Page-Roberts, “The skateboard arrangement has become the mainstay of most EVs....

How very tiny technologies are helping tackle the global pandemic Diagnosis If you’re suspected of having COVID, swabs from your throat or nose will be taken and tested by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). This method checks if genetic material from the coronavirus is present in the sample. Despite being highly accurate, the test can takeup to three daysto produce results, requires high-tech equipment onlyaccessible in a lab, and can only tell if you have an active infection when the test is taken....

How Viber achieved profitability by NOT following the WhatsApp model Viber has 250 million monthly active users worldwide History Viber was founded in2010 by Talmon Marco and Igor Magazinnik, who worked together in the Israel defence force. Initially, the app just focused on person-to-person calling to compete with the likes of Skype. In 2012, the company began to develop the app as a messaging product with features such as stickers. In 2014, Japanese telecom giantRakuten acquired Viber for $900 million....

Right now there is something very interesting happening in the world of mobile music production and it’s essentially a development that’s going to radically change the way mobile devices are used to create and perform music in the future. It’s undeniable that the iPad has taken its place as a serious device for music making and performance since its release last year, with several major audio technology companies such as Korg, IK Multimedia and recently Native Instruments developing applications and hardware for the device, as well the iPhone and iPod touch....

How VR is used by psychologists to profile your personality Virtual fall As part of our study, we used head-mounted VR displays and handheld controllers, but we also attached sensors to people’s feet. These sensors allowed participants to test out a block before stepping onto it with both feet. As participants made their way across the ice, some blocks would crack and change colour when participants stepped onto them with one foot or both feet....