Blockchain For Scientists, Mexico Tech Hub & China Space Race

Blockchain For Scientists Takes On Elsevier, The Business The Internet Couldn’t Kill

In recent years have seen Elsevier profits swell to more than £900 millionclosing in on a 40% profit margin. It seems to be—as the Financial Timesclaimed in 2015—“the business the internet could not kill.”

Could blockchain be what brings science’s untouchable publishing giants down?

Now you can 3D print clay, cookie dough – or solid rocket fuel

It’s now possible to 3D print extremely viscous materials, with the consistency of clay or cookie dough with fine precision, thanks to work done at Purdue University.

This development may soon allow the creation of customized ceramics, solid rockets, pharmaceuticals, biomedical implants, foodstuffs, and more.

How Guadalajara Reinvented Itself as a Technology Hub

Mexico’s second largest city has nimbly transformed into a R&D hotpsot, offering a model for the country’s future

This Week In China Tech: China Drones Beat America, Music Makeup Comes To Retail And More

China beating Amazon to successfully establish fully commercialized drone delivery, a new type of online to offline buying experience combining China’s Spotify with retail, and artificial intelligence (AI) predicting which roads will flood in advance in order to reduce traffic congestion.