Sunday, May 22, 2022

'Enormously risky': How NFTs lost their lustre

A slew of celebrity endorsements helped inflate a multi-billion dollar bubble around digital tokens over the past year, but cryptocurrencies are crashing and some fear NFTs could be next.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/enormously-risky-how-nfts-lost-their-lustre

US high schoolers design low-cost filter to remove lead from water

When the pandemic forced schools into remote learning, Washington-area science teacher Rebecca Bushway set her students an ambitious task: design and build a low-cost lead filter that fixes to faucets and removes the toxic metal.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/us-high-schoolers-design-low-cost-filter-to-remove-lead-from-water

Manufacturers getting to grips with airless tyres

Airless tyres that never go flat or need to be inflated: It's a decades-long dream that manufacturers hope to turn into a reality soon, but for truck drivers first.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/manufacturers-getting-to-grips-with-airless-tyres