With a slow cooker in microwave ovens, researchers at KTH have created a gel that purifies water. It can absorb everything from heavy metals to textile dyes and antibiotics. KTH is collaborating with Politecnico di Torino in Italy on the development of a hydrogel that efficiently absorbs water and traps pollutants. At the same time, […]
HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY. Legends like Jesse James and Doc Holliday wore it, and it ended Wild Bill Hickok’s life. The fast-firing Coltrevolver is one of the strongest symbols of the Wild West era. “God created mankind. The Colt revolver made them equal. ” This is an old saying that is usually attributed to Samuel Colt […]
From development to manufacturing and sales, Saft creates tomorrow’s battery. In early April, the company launched the powerful digital monitoring solution Intelli-Connect, which takes Safts’ customer collaboration to new levels. Juice in Oskarshamn is Sweden’s and the east coast’s battery mecca. Saft delivers batteries to the whole world that are used in your market sectors […]
Volta Trucks will broaden the production of electric trucks with three more models. The trucks will roll off the belt in two years – but the company’s founder Carl-Magnus Norden does not want to waste money on building his own factories. Volta Trucks is still a long way from starting serial production of trucks. The […]
A majority of the most popular fertility apps collect and share sensitive data – without users’ knowledge or approval. It shows a study from Umeå University and Newcastle University. In the fertility apps, users can enter information related to both privacy and health, such as information about abortions, infertility and pregnancy. Although they contain sensitive […]
More than ten people are reported dead and many injured when a bridge collapsed and a subway train crashed into a road in Mexico’s capital. Authorities in Mexico City have so far counted 15 dead and about 70 injured. Mexican media have posted dramatic sequences from the event on Twitter. The accident happened at 22.20 […]
On the underside of the robot are eight laser modules. Together they should be able to take cabbage of 100,000 weeds per hour. It is difficult to manage it without damaging the cultivated crops in the field. It is becoming increasingly difficult to be a farmer who does not offer organic products, and a non-toxic […]
The opening of the Hisingsbron, the new bridge over the Göta River in Gothenburg, may be postponed. The reason is a serious error that was discovered in the construction, writes Göteborgs-Posten. A deformed part of the frame of the lifting bucket means that the bridge, which according to the plan will open to traffic on […]
HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY. Long before the introduction of the home computer in Sweden, three young people sat in a terminal hall at KTH and put together the very first Swedish-language computer game. This is the story of the mythical Cottage. “You are standing on a bridge somewhere in Småland. Behind your sun-warmed back you go […]
Cheering joy – but also terrible ice cream. In the municipal buildings in northern Sweden, there is now a feverish search for housing opportunities to accommodate everyone who gets a job in the new, green battery and steel investments by Northvolt, LKAB and H2 Green Steel. Say the municipal politician who does not turn upside […]
