What is New, What is Cool

Solar Tanning Printer

2013-11-15T08:56:00.000-08:00

Solar Tanning Printer uses Sun to Print onto Paper

Google Files Patent for Electronic ‘Throat Tattoo’

2013-11-13T08:09:00.001-08:00

This is just too freakin cool!
Motorola Mobility/Google files patent application for electronic ‘throat tattoo’

Titan Arm: James Dyson Award Entry

2013-11-11T16:28:00.001-08:00

New microbatteries a boost for electronics

2013-04-20T10:30:00.001-07:00

With so much power, the batteries could enable sensors or radio signals that broadcast 30 times farther, or devices 30 times smaller. The batteries are rechargeable and can charge 1,000 times faster.

New microbatteries a boost for electronics

Microsoft's Future Vision: Live, Work, Play

2013-03-07T08:18:00.000-08:00

Linked Brains Communicate

2013-03-01T09:07:00.000-08:00

Researchers have electronically linked the brains of pairs of rats for the first time, enabling them to communicate directly to solve simple behavioral puzzles. Full Story (Via KurzweilAI.net)

Stretchable Batteries

2013-02-28T10:20:00.000-08:00

This development makes it now possible that these stretchable electronic devices could be used anywhere, including inside the human body.
Full Story (Via KurzweilAI.net)

Going to Mars

2013-02-28T10:13:00.000-08:00

If Dennis Tito has his way, two people will leave our planet in January 2018 and make a trip to Mars and back, with a quick flyby.
Full Story (Via KurzweilAI.net)

Printed Cars

2013-02-27T10:18:00.002-08:00

Picture an assembly line not that isn’t made up of robotic arms spewing sparks to weld heavy steel, but a warehouse of plastic-spraying printers producing light, cheap and highly efficient automobiles.
Full Story (Via Wired.com)

Watch A Computer get Better

2013-02-22T18:53:00.003-08:00

In the future, a person may be able to watch a computer screen and have his or her brain patterns modified to improve physical or mental performance.
Full Story (Via Science Daily)

A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes using Gene Therapy

2013-02-19T16:45:00.000-08:00

Researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have succeeded in completely curing type 1 diabetes in dogs with a single session of gene therapy by introducing a “glucose sensor” into muscle. Full Story (Via Kurzweil AI)

3D Pen

2013-02-19T16:24:00.001-08:00

A Bionic Hand that can Feel

2013-02-18T12:37:00.000-08:00

The first bionic hand that allows an amputee to feel what they are touching will be transplanted later this year in a pioneering operation that could introduce a new generation of artificial limbs with sensory perception. Full Story (Via The Independent)

Nano Printing

2013-02-15T10:04:00.000-08:00

With this printer, three-dimensional objects, often smaller than the diameter of a human hair, can be manufactured with minimum time consumption and maximum resolution. The printer is based on a novel laser lithography method.
Full Story (Via KurzweilAI.net)

Building a lunar base with 3D printing

2013-02-13T12:26:00.002-08:00

Setting up a lunar base could be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to build it from local materials, such as regolith.
Full Story (Via KurzweilAI.net)