Transparent and viscous, a new synthetic hydrogel from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers is taking cues from nature. The new hydrogel’s toughness is comparable to the bon... Read more
A team of Florida State University materials researchers has developed a new type of light-emitting diode, or LED, using an organic-inorganic hybrid that could lead to cheaper, brighter and... Read more
We are in the midst of a great revolution the payments space We are in the midst of a great revolution the payments space: anyone with a phone can now accept credit cards; online-to-offline... Read more
A lot of the things we do today will make our grandchildren burst out laughing. Yes, we used to drive to a store to rent a movie. Yes, there were huge patches of America where you couldn’t g... Read more
Square, the mobile payments start-up, has tried to make cash obsolete by giving small businesses, like farm stands and cafes, a way to turn their cellphones or tablet computers into credit c... Read more
The proliferation of credit cards as a payment method preferred by millions of consumers has led to the co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, creating Square – a credit card reader device that... Read more