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Hot water flows on Enceladus, which could harbor life
The search for life in our solar system has pointed us in many directions like Mars and Europa. Now, a new study in Nature just made another candidate look even more promising: Enceladus, an icy moon...
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Non-invasive Alzheimer's treatment restores memory using ultrasound
Researchers at the University of Queensland have claimed an effective new, non-invasive method to treat Alzheimer's disease by using a form of ultrasound therapy (Photo: Shutterstock) Alzheimer's...
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Melomind headset plays chilled-out tunes in response to your brain waves
Melomind is a hew headset and app aimed at helping users to manage stress (Photo: Stu Robarts/Gizmag.com) The emergence of consumer electroencephalography (EEG) devices is giving us new ways to...
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3-D printer for small molecules opens access to customized chemistry
A machine that builds complex molecules from simple chemical building blocks was developed in the lab of University of Illinois chemistry professor Martin Burke. Credit: L. Brian Stauffer Howard...
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You are watching Avatar Technologies Digest #1. Now in English.We bring you the latest news in Technology, Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence every Monday. We hope to become the most...
View ArticleThe biggest biotech discovery of the century will make designer babies and...
Designer babies, genetically engineered to be super-smart, disease free, and physically fit, are the stuff of science fiction. But science fiction often predicts reality. The ability to edit human...
View ArticleFirst dogs, now birds: Meet DARPA’s new robot breakthrough (VIDEO)
A new two-legged robot is stepping over obstacles and keeping its balance in check – even when it's being kicked. Though funded by the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),...
View ArticleElon Musk: In the future, human-driven cars may be illegal
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The days of humans driving their own cars are numbered, according to Elon Musk. The reason, he said, is advances in sensor and software technology will eventually make cars' onboard...
View ArticleRevolutionary 3-D printing technology uses light and oxygen to synthesize...
A 3-D printing technology enables objects to rise from a liquid media continuously rather than being built layer by layer as they have been for the past 25 years, representing a fundamentally new...
View ArticleFrom bionic bras to 3D-printed stem cells
Rapid advances in 3D printing are changing everything from medicine to clothing. Australian scientists are using the technology to make long-dreamed-of projects possible, and it may not be long before...
View ArticleFinally: World's First Viable Bionic Heart That Works Without a Pulse
Australian researchers have developed the world's first bionic heart that pumps blood without a pulse and it could be ready for human trials within three years. If everything goes according to plan,...
View ArticleStanford scientists make leukemia 'grow up' and eat itself
A team at Stanford's School of Medicine has reportedly uncovered a potent new treatment method for combating one of leukemia's most aggressive forms -- and they did it pretty much by accident. While...
View ArticleRobot model for infant learning shows bodily posture may affect memory and...
An Indiana University cognitive scientist and collaborators have found that posture is critical in the early stages of acquiring new knowledge. The study, conducted by Linda Smith, a professor in the...
View ArticleCyberlegs project wants to equip amputees with robotic limbs
You'll see a lot more instances of robotic arms in the news, but it doesn't mean high-tech prostheses for the lower limbs don't exist. The Cyberlegs project, for instance, is developing robotic legs...
View ArticleRethink Robotics, Home Of Baxter, Brings A New Robot Arm To The Party
Remember Baxter, the robotic arm with a smiling face that you can teach to do simple, repeatable tasks? Well he has a little brother! Rethink Robotics’ Sawyer is a smaller, lighter Baxter with a...
View ArticleSub $300 exiii handiii 3D Printed Open Source Bionic Hand is Controlled by a...
As time goes by and technology improves, we are constantly seeing prices for previously groundbreaking technology fall to levels which allow for the adoption of this technology by the masses. 3D...
View ArticleWill robots make us their PETS? Apple founder Steve Wozniak has no doubt...
For years Steve Wozniak dismissed claims that technology, and particularly artificial intelligence, could threaten humans. But in a recent interview, the 64-year-old admitted he can now see some of the...
View Article#2 Avatar Technology Digest / 3D Printing, Cyberlegs, Robot Atrias,...
A very warm welcome to Avatar Technology Digest. And here are the top stories of the last week. As always we start our Digest with incredible news in Technology, Medical Cybernetics and Artificial...
View ArticleFuture robotics: Think self-fixing bridges; shoes that optimize for walking,...
Advances in materials science, distributed algorithms and manufacturing processes are bringing all of these things closer to reality every day, says a review published today in the journal Science by...
View ArticleNanotechnology platform shows promise for treating pancreatic cancer
Scientists at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have combined their nanotechnology expertise to create a new treatment that may solve some of the problems...
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