WEB DESK, July 1(ABC): The ‘Switch to Android’ app for iOS users is finally available for a smooth transfer of data from iPhone to Android 12 phones. The free app allows the users to transfer the app data, contacts and calendar events from their iPhones to android phones as is. The app was previously launched for Pixel devices only. However, …

WEB DESK, July 1(ABC): Google has reached a deal with US developers that will allow customers to sign up for services that are not accessible through the company’s Play Store, marking the latest shift in a smartphone era that it shares with Apple Inc, reported. Alphabet Inc. also plans to invest $90 million in developers earning $2 million or less …

WEB DESK, July 1(ABC): Smart traffic signs combining Doppler radar and video with acoustic and weather sensors can track traffic volume and alert drivers in real-time to hazards ahead. Ever get caught up in a pileup or have a near miss with one during bad weather? Researchers in Poland have created smart road signs that use built-in Doppler radar, video, …

WEB DESK, July 1(ABC): A stretchable system that can harvest energy from human breathing and motion for use in wearable health-monitoring devices may be possible, according to an international team of researchers, led by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Professor in Penn State’s Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics. The research team, with members from Penn State and …

WEB DESK, July 1(ABC): A research team led by Professor Hee-Tak Kim from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has developed water-based zinc/bromine redox flow batteries (ZBBs) with the best life expectancy among all the redox flow batteries reported by identifying and solving the deterioration issue with zinc electrodes. Professor Kim, head of the Advanced Battery Center at KAIST’s Nano-fusion …

WEB DESK, July 1(ABC): UK scientists have been awarded funding to develop a robust, low-cost ventilator to help patients in low and middle-income countries suffering from severe respiratory problems due to Covid-19. Mechanical ventilation is a small but important part of the management of pandemic virus infections that affect the lungs, including SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), and influenza. Ventilators are typically expensive to …

WEB DESK, July 1(ABC): Upgrade to quantitative phase imaging can increase image clarity by expanding dynamic range. Experts in optical physics have developed a new way to see inside living cells in greater detail using existing microscopy technology and without needing to add stains or fluorescent dyes. Since individual cells are almost translucent, microscope cameras must detect extremely subtle differences …

WEB DESK, June 30(ABC): UK start-up Northern Lights Motors hopes its lightweight hybrid can bridge the gap between cars and bikes, making electric motoring more affordable.

WEB DESK, June 30(ABC): Apple Inc (AAPL.O) wants you to start buying gas directly from your car dashboard as early as this fall, when the newest version of its CarPlay software rolls out, accelerating the company’s push to turn your vehicle into a store for goods and services. A new feature quietly unveiled at Apple’s developer conference this month will …

MARANELLO, June 30(ABC): Ferrari (RACE.MI) makes some of the fastest cars on the road, but the luxury Italian automaker is taking the slow lane to an electric future as it tries to overcome the technology’s disadvantages against today’s powerful fossil fuel engines. At an investor day this month, executives promised a new era, with the first fully electric Ferrari in …