Printder — Amazing New System Promises to Turn Your 2D Printer into a 3D Printer
Those who play video games are familiar with the concept of backward compatibility, hardware or software systems that can successfully use interfaces and data from earlier versions of the system or...
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Valery Spiridonov says he is ready to put his trust in Dr Sergio Canavero. 30-year-old computer scientist was born with Werdnig-Hoffman disease. Genetic muscle-wasting disorder has left him seriously...
View ArticleFountain of youth uncovered in mammary glands of mice
Professor Rama Khokha and Dr. Hartland Jackson (Courtesy of University Health Network). The Fountain of Youth has been discovered and it’s not in Florida as Ponce de Leon claimed. Instead, it was...
View ArticleNew Liquid Metal Inkjet Printing Can Produce Flexible Circuitry
Creating truly flexible electronics requires applying super-thin layers of conducting materials to already bendable materials—but doing so accurately is difficult. Now, a new form of inkjet printing...
View ArticleTo Build Multitasking Robots, Mimic The Human Brain
White matter tracts within a human brain Credit: Was a bee via Wikimedia Commons,CC by 2.5 Our brains are complex organs, separated into many parts and units for different functions and computations....
View Article3D-Printed Kidney Tissue Is Here
Organovo has been working on printing functional human tissue since being incorporated in 2007, and first printed a cellular blood vessel in 2010. Since January 2014, it has offeredbioprintedliver...
View ArticleTo Predict Future Diseases, Doctors Will Map Newborns' Genes
If you could find out your baby’s future health problems right after he or she was born, would you want to know? Some new parents will get to make that decision soon. This month, doctors in Boston will...
View ArticleArtificial muscle set for a stretch in space
An artificial muscle developed by Lenore Rasmussen (pictured) will be tested aboard the ISS (Photo: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications) When the Dragon spacecraft is propelled into space atop...
View ArticleVIDEO / #5 Avatar Technology Digest / 3D bioprinting of tissues, Head...
Welcome to #5 Avatar Technology Digest. Every Monday we bring you news on technology, medical cybernetics and artificial intelligence. Every week we keep you informed on exciting science break-throughs...
View ArticleScientists create invisible objects in the microwave range without...
This is the radio-frequency anechoic chamber used for the experiment. Credit: ITMO University Physicists from ITMO University, Ioffe Institute and Australian National University managed to make...
View ArticleThis Movie's Realistic AI Scared the Shit Out of Me
When I watched the trailer for Ex Machina, I was excited. It wasn’t just the uncanny and attractive robot Ava, either. There were androids, AI, Turing tests! This looked like the scifi movie of my...
View ArticleA Pair Of Robot Arms Could Make You Dinner
The 2011 MasterChef champion Tim Anderson has a new apprentice--a robo-chef. “It’s the ultimate sous-chef,” Anderson told BBC News. “You tell it to do something--whether it’s a bit of prep or...
View ArticleTumor Patient’s Shoulder & Arm are Saved From Amputation (3D Printers)
When most people hear the phrases “additive manufacturing” or “3D printing”, they usually picture the technology being put to use in large factories, creating prototypes, or in someone’s garage who’s...
View ArticleSpaceX's Falcon9 Rocket Came Close To A Successful Landing (video)
Yesterday's failed attempt by SpaceX to land Falcon9 on a sea barge marked another setback in the company's attempt to build a reusable rocket. But a newly released video shows just how close the...
View ArticleGraphene device makes ultrafast light to energy conversion possible
Using layers of graphene, scientists claim to have created a photodetector that converts light to energy in less than 50 quadrillionths of a second (Image: ICFO/Achim Woessner) Converting light to...
View ArticleResearchers: a biorevolution enabling to experience everlasting youthfulness...
Humans have long been obsessed with reversing ageing. Source: Supplied IT is likely the first person who will live to be 1,000 years old is already alive today. This is according to a growing regiment...
View ArticleI Would Replace My Right Arm With a Robotic One
Right now, as I write, my arm hurts. I just want to take it off. It’s nothing out of the ordinary, just some tendonitis and tennis elbow, due to overuse. But had I been a car, I hope my owner would...
View ArticleULA Vulcan launcher will return to Earth by helicopter
The Vulcan rocket will use a reusable booster engine configuration The United Launch Alliance (ULA) has entered the reusable launcher race with its Next Generation Launch System (NGLS), also known as...
View ArticleVery lifelike humanoid can react to facial expressions, engage in...
With his lively eyebrows, winkled cheeks and eyes that follow you around the room - this state-of-the-art robotic head is menacingly lifelike. The humanoid, known as Ham, has been drawing in crowds...
View Article#6 Avatar Technology Digest / Robot Chef, Augmented Vision, Google's robot...
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