After a couple of teases earlier this year, HTC has finally unveiled its upcoming standalone VR headset at Vive Developer Conference in Beijing. Dubbed the Vive Focus, this all-in-one device features inside-out 6-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) “world-scale” tracking, meaning it doesn’t require external base stations nor sensors, so you can get positional tracking anywhere at any time […]

The Google Pixel 2 XL and iPhone X use very different OLED displays from different manufacturers. How do they compare and which is the best? Read on. The Pixel 2 XL’s display is made by LG Display — a newcomer to the smartphone OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display business, which to date has been monopolized by Samsung. […]

The iPhone X is here and it is really, really good. Many users are currently in a period of acclimatisation though, as Apple’s flagship handset markedly changes the way you interact with it, mandating the use of a series of new gestures as the iPhone X has no home button. Luckily, thanks to the fact that […]

The Galaxy Note 8 is Samsung’s latest flagship phone, and it’s been getting a warm reception despite last year’s issues with the Note 7. Samsung eventually canceled that phone because of battery fires, but the Note 8 seems to have a different issue: it’s freezing when owners try to make calls. So, one phone catches […]

TEHRAN- Researchers have designed a novel protein-sugar vaccine candidate that, in an animal model, stimulated an immune response against sugars that form a protective shield around HIV. The molecule could one day become part of a successful HIV vaccine. Researchers at the University of Maryland and Duke University have designed a novel protein-sugar vaccine candidate […]

TEHRAN– Five Iranian satellites developed by the local universities and science institutions are awaiting launch, an official announced, saying one of them, manufactured by Sharif University of Technology, will go into orbit within the next five months. In comments on Tuesday, Mansour Kabganian, secretary of a working group tasked with devising a road map to […]

TEHRAN- The 18th International Exhibition of Telecommunications, Information Technology & Innovative CIT Solutions of Iran (Iran Telecom 2017) kicked off on Monday at the Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds. The four-day event is hosting 225 Iranian and 102 foreign companies from Slovenia, Britain, Germany, Taiwan, China, Russia, Japan, Switzerland, France , Finland, Kazakhstan, Canada, Latvia, Norway and […]

It’s been a little over a year, since Xiaomi announced its Mi 5 smartphone. The device was a flagship and on stage, ex-vice president Hugo Barra stressed on how the Mi 5 offered better value for money over existing premium flagship smartphones in the market. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2. Image: tech2/Rehan Hooda In our review […]

TEHRAN– An Ohio State University’s research team led by Iranian researcher Nima Ghalichechian is designing “hovering” antennas that could boost cellphone signals and beam images straight to televisions. Nima Ghalichechian, an Iranian assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering, is leading a team of researchers at Ohio State University’s ElectroScience Laboratory (ESL) into designing “hovering” or suspended […]

TEHRAN– The fifth Iran International Conference on Engineering Education will be held in mid-November at Toosi University of Technology in Tehran. The event is scheduled for November 21-23 and will be held with a focus on internationalization of engineering education. Other topics to be discussed at the conference include engineering education with environment and sustainability […]