Modernization

Just Think of All the Things You Could Do With an Affordable Infrared Scanner for Your Smartphone

The Mu Thermal Imager, which detects drafty doors and windows, aims to be an affordable device for improving home energy efficiency.

  • By John Metcalfe, CityLab
Emerging Tech

New Tech Spots Humans Behind Walls of Flame

This firefighting device to "see" people trapped behind flames also makes them look supremely creepy.

  • By John Metcalfe, CityLab
Emerging Tech

How NASA Scientists Are Turning L.A. Into One Big Climate-Change Lab

Scientists have been probing the city's airspace for more than a year, as part of an interagency initiative called the Megacities Carbon Project.

  • By John Metcalfe, CityLab
Modernization

A new NASA image of North Korea’s lack of electrical infrastructure

The agency's Suomi NPP spacecraft reveals the country's energy bankruptcy.

  • By John Metcalfe, CityLab
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