Innovations

July 16, 2019 - 18:45 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - A team of Armenian engineers are building what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as a "sleep box". In April, Zuckerberg shared that he built his wife, Priscilla Chan, a device he called a “sleep box,” a wooden box that sits on the bedside table and emits a soft light between the h...

July 16, 2019 - 17:34 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - When a person becomes blind — as opposed to being born that way — their brain’s visual cortex is typically undamaged. However, it’s also fairly useless since it’s not receiving any information from the eyes. In an extraordinary medical trial, six blind people have now had their vision ...

July 10, 2019 - 11:50 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Digitain has announced opening a new UK regional office in Sheffield to support its international growth plan. The opening of the Armenian software company's office compliments Sheffield’s continued development as a leading city for driving business and innovation. Set to be led by Si...

July 1, 2019 - 17:15 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The electric jet could be feasible in just five years’ time, Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted over the weekend. The electric car entrepreneur, who has expressed interest in helping jets ditch the kerosene, claims batteries will be able to support the giant flying machines within the next fi...

June 24, 2019 - 16:17 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Pascale Xelot, Director for Developer Ecosystems & Startups of Europe at IBM, and Clemence Lebrun, Cloud Developer Advocate of Europe, paid a visit to Armenia on Jun 20-22. The two managed to hold 1-on-1 meetups with Open Government Data Hackathon winners and Climate Change Tech Accele...

June 20, 2019 - 16:28 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Customers of Ameriabank can now use Zangi messenger to reach the bank from any point in the world free of charge, regardless of the mobile operator, roaming availability, just having access to the Internet. To use the service, you just need to download the Zangi app and activate the se...

June 20, 2019 - 11:12 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Making the case that great music videos are “works of art” on the level of museum paintings or sculptures, YouTube and Universal Music Group on Wednesday, June 19 announced a partnership to “remaster some of the most iconic music videos of all time”, 9to5Google says The goal is to “ens...

June 19, 2019 - 17:58 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Samsung will show off its Galaxy Note 10 during a flashy Unpacked event on Aug. 7 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, CNet reports citing people familiar with the company's plans. The venue is the same place the South Korean technology giant launched the Note 9 last year. Since the la...

June 18, 2019 - 17:01 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook has announced a digital currency called Libra that will allow its billions of users to make financial transactions across the globe, in a move that could potentially shake up the world’s banking system, The Guardian reports. Libra is being touted as a means to connect people w...

June 15, 2019 - 12:23 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Apple has registered seven unreleased Mac models in the Eurasian Economic Commission database Thursday, June 13, including A2141, A2147, A2158, A2159, A2179, A2182, and A2251, according to listings uncovered by MacRumors. All seven models appear to be notebooks, as they are described as...