Disaster management and relief is a very important area of research for scientist around the world. With changing climatic conditions in various part of the world, the world has become more vulnerable to disasters now. Both natural disasters and human made disasters pose a grave threat to entire humanity and to avoid casualties various steps are being taken by the ...

Thanks to social media, surprises are known for being an essential part of a unique marriage proposal. However, you don’t have to be ready to propose in order to surprise your partner. Surprises are a wonderful way to let your partner know how much you love them – and how much you’re paying attention to the details. The enjoyment of ...

Technology has a way of improving practically every aspect of our lives. One area that this is particularly noticeable is in guns. It seems like every year a new gun comes out that takes us closer to the futuristic weapons we’ve seen only in science fiction movies and video games. To see what we mean, check out these eight recent ...

As a vaper, you’ve probably realized that there are a million and one e-juices available on the market. But, we’re here to remind you, not all e-liquids are made equal. Many of the e-liquids available on the internet and in vape shops around the world contain synthetic flavorings and chemicals you’d probably rather not inhale. Here at Blacknote, we create ...

Sci-fi movies have long promised an eventful future filled with spaceships and worker robots. Surprisingly enough, not everything from sci-fi movies is fantasy. Sure, we don’t have anti-gravity landspeeders yet, but check out this list for swanky gizmos from sci-fi movies that have already become a reality: 1.       Robots Who doesn’t love R2D2, C3PO and Wall-E? The number of sci-fi ...

We are lucky to live in the time of computer technology and the digital revolution. If you don’t think so, try living of the grid, it’s not easy. It’s hard to say which technologies have been the most important, or influential, in driving our contemporary culture, but the internet is sure to be high on any list. The internet has driven technology and computing ...

2014 marks 152 years since the first flickers of the commercial giant we now call a television, first made an appearance in the mid-19th century. Since then, it has not only won itself status as an unparalleled source of entertainment but has also emerged as one of contemporary society’s favourite mediums for advertising, information and news.  Read on for a ...

Trying to watch what you eat? There’s help around the corner. If you have so far been relying on self-tracking devices like Fitbit to give you a count of the calories you burn, it may just about be the right time to think about taking the next step – measuring the calories on your plate before you consume them. Sure, there are apps that let you enter calorie estimates and manual diet charts you can consult to keep track of your calorie consumption. But let’s face it, they aren’t nearly as accurate as you would like them to be. GE researchers believe they might have a great solution: a device capable of directly measuring the calories in your food.

Have you ever heard a joke that was so long that by about a quarter of the way through you wanted to stop listening but just couldn't because you wanted to know the punchline? Well read on because we're about to re-enact said scenario.

Chilean astronomers have announced the discovery of 16 new "Super Earths", making scientists hopeful that we could make contact with extraterrestrial life in the next 15 years.