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Ethan Oakes

Regular Hitecher contributor since 2017, journalist, Master in Economic Security. His interests include programming, robotics, computer games, and financial markets.

Wrong ideas about cryptocurrency

articles | Mar 16, 2021 | Crypto & Blockchain | 26

At the moment, the world had seen as much as more than 2000 different issued crypto assets. As the attention to the many cryptocurrencies rises, also increase in the numbers of misconceptions which surrounds the top coins and other projects. No doubt, the principal known issues with this should be discussed.

How does a hologram work?

articles | Jan 22, 2021 | Tech & Security | 82

Holograms are an essential part of any sci-fi action movie. However, just how advanced is the technology in real life? Let's look at what holograms are, how they are used, and whether it is possible to create a hologram with our own fair hands.

All about the cryptocurrency Litecoin

articles | Nov 10, 2020 | Crypto & Blockchain | 383

Compared to its more popular brothers - the cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum, Litecoin, or "digital silver" as users call it, often gets overlooked. Different publications often ignore it. But they shouldn't. After all, this blockchain system has a huge number of users around the world and its capitalization is estimated in the billions of dollars.

The Top 10 Blockchain Projects in the World

articles | Oct 27, 2020 | Crypto & Blockchain | 738

Blockchain projects compete with each other in terms of their speed of operations, as well as their attractiveness to the global financial community.

Medical diagnostics with the help of a smartphone: six applications

articles | Aug 25, 2020 | Med & Bio | 86

The first iPhone was released in 2007. Since then, smartphones have replaced dozens of other devices, but what are their prospects in medicine?

TEST: Emotional intelligence: a resource that raises business efficiency by 30%

articles | Jun 13, 2019 | Business & Startups | 142

We are aware that Hitecher readers set high goals for themselves. You most likely aspire to leadership and advancing your career. We have prepared a test that will help you to evaluate your emotional intelligence level and be a good guide of how to enhance it

What is transhumanism?

articles | May 27, 2019 | Tech & Security | 930

Can science and technology not only change a person's life, but contribute to their self-improvement? What are the pros and cons of artificial intervention in the evolutionary process? These questions are at the core of the concept of transhumanism.

The Darknet

articles | Mar 01, 2019 | Tech & Security | 258

The Darknet is a part of the Internet that is not accessible to regular users. Essentially, it is a hidden network established by trusted peers (participants) using unconventional ports and protocols, thus...

Social engineering

articles | Feb 27, 2019 | Tech & Security | 46

Social engineering is a set of psychological techniques used to gain access to information. It is often incorrectly assumed that social engineering is used exclusively in cyber fraud and other illegal...

AMAZING SPIDER ROBOT FROM NASA

news | Feb 25, 2019 | Gadgets | 40

Space has always fascinated people. Even in antiquity, travelers learned to navigate by the stars. The first detailed map of the stars dates back to 140 AD. However, many sources claim that astronomy...

Nanotechnology: making thinner jewelry

articles | Feb 20, 2019 | Tech & Security | 401

What is nanotechnology? Nanotechnology is a combination of many scientific disciplines, which include physics, chemistry, biology, and others. The prefix «nano» means one billionth of a part of something....

3D printing: from cakes to firearms

articles | Feb 18, 2019 | Tech & Security | 114

3D used to be known exclusively in cinemas. But in recent years 3D printing has become increasingly popular, and is sometimes called alternative design. The technology was first introduced in 1984. After several decades it has the possibility to change the world beyond recognition.

Amazon to Make People Stay Away From People

news | Jan 21, 2019 | Gadgets | 25

For security purposes Amazon employees will get utility belts that ward off robots.

Scientists Discover Plants’ Amazing Ability

news | Jan 21, 2019 | Med & Bio | 25

It sounds incredible but some types of plants can… hear! Their hearing however is different from that of humans.

Scientists grow blood vessels from stem cells

news | Jan 21, 2019 | Med & Bio | 40

This spells a breakthrough in the treatment of cancer, diabetes and other diseases.\n

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Crypto purchases that made history

articles | Mar 22, 2021 | Crypto & Blockchain | 26

Most people have learned about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies only recently and at first were wary of them, as if they were a pyramid scheme. But due to the rapid spread of information about blockchain...