"This game goes beyond virtual reality. Virtual reality reproduces the surrounding environment, but it offers no rewards system.
Our aim was to motivate patients to know their body and mind better. Videogames are entertaining and motivating,
"Indeed, the videogame identifies boredom, excitement or anxiety in patients-and their cognitive responses-with the help of emotion recognition technologies and biosensors.
US and Canadian funding agencies have been aligned to the EC in view of coordinated calls aiming to build a global imaging laboratory based on Grid/Cloud computing. Proactive actions of US funding agencies have been elicited to raise appropriate funds
and Sophia-Antipolis (FR), leaders in the field of biomedical image processing and grid computing for biomedical applications.
This wearable technology will be of great benefit to the sports industry. The biochemical engineers are now looking at integrating their prototype into A t-shirt together with other sensors,
#Biofuels to be processed by oil refineries EU research seeks to run yesterday's refineries on next-gen fuels.
The project will develop renewable energy sources and promote in particular the use of lignin a by-product of wood pulp production.
The process will also help reducing the production costs of biofuels. According to the project's coordinator Yrj Solantausta There are good opportunities for both new companies because of new technologies being developed
However, the results give hope that in future any liquid hydrocarbon fuels could be produced from sunlight
and water to synthesis gas (syngas) in a high-temperature solar reactor containing metal-oxide based materials developed at ETH Zürich.
The syngas (a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide) was converted then into kerosene by Shell using the established"Fischer-Tropsch"process.
Although producing syngas through concentrated solar radiation is still at an early stage of development, the processing of syngas to kerosene is already being deployed by companies,
including Shell, on a global scale. Combining the two approaches has the potential to provide secure
The call includes a topic on the development of the next-generation technologies for biofuels and sustainable alternative fuels v
isn't too different from a regular 3d printer, but instead of printing with plastics, it deploys edible ingredients squeezed out of stainless steel capsules:"
but faster than regular 3d printing. Other than being capable of creating complex designs, such as very detailed cake decorations or food arranged in unusual shapes,
Now, a 3d printed estate featuring a swimming pool, jacuzzi, car port and 2, 400 square foot house could be coming to a sleepy plot of land in upstate New york. The ambitious project is being undertaken by New york city architect Adam Kushner,
alongside partners including 3d printing pioneer Enrico Dini and his D-Shape firm. Kushner told CNN that surveying has begun already with excavation work also set to commence soon.
But the project hinges on getting the giant 3d printer, which will be used to produce the digitally designed building blocks of the estate on-site, into the country.
and mixing them with a magnesium-based binding agent to produce the 3d printed building blocks required to piece the estate together.
This technique is vastly different from other 3d printing methods, Kushner says, and enables the production of many more"sculptural forms"that simply aren't possible with other systems.
And although the 3d printed estate is something only the very wealthiest would be able to replicate,
"Integrating progressively more advanced 3d printing methods into the construction industry has been a topic that has generated many eye-catching headlines in recent years.
The process of contour crafting--where large 3d printers are assembled on a building site (much like what will happen on Kushner's estate)
when they claimed to have 3d printed a mansion and six-story tower block in the city of Suzhou, eastern China earlier this year.
Meanwhile, in The netherlands, DUS Architects continue to piece together a 3d printed house using its"Kamermaker"machine.
however are more cautious about the immediate potential of 3d printing technology in the construction industry. In an interview with CNN in 2014
Dr. Phil Reeves, managing director of UK-based 3d printing consultancy and research firm Econolyst, described 3d printing a house on site like that planned by DUS as counter to existing building techniques
however, the benefits of large-scale 3d printing are many and will likely increase as the technology becomes more advanced."
Dutch firm build'world's first 3d printed houseread: Life inside the densest place on eart t
#UK and U s. Intelligence agencies to Up Cyber security Cooperation Britain and the United states will increase cooperation on cyber security Prime minister David cameron said setting up cyber cells to share intelligence
pollution and promote sustainable agriculture. While these negative effects are known, the impact of this trend in Asia is undocumented still largely,
Many of the signatory companies have set their own renewable energy and energy efficiency goals. Ikea, for example, has set a goal to use 100 percent renewable energy for its global facilities by 2020
and recently announced the purchase of a 165-megawatt Texas wind farm that will boost the home furnishing company total wind production capacity to nearly 1, 000 gigawatts of electricity per year.
and accelerate the City efforts to implement energy efficiency and renewable energy across its own municipal building portfolio.
Nonetheless, a thriving, self-sustaining private sector market for energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy generation will be essential if New york city is to achieve its goals.
#Intel Smart city Tech Furthers City's Green Goals Intel and the city of San jos Calif. are collaborating on a public-private partnership to further the city s Green Vision goals.
The project known as Smart cities USA is expected to help drive San jos s economic growth foster 25000 cleantech jobs
The pilot program in San jos is Intel s first smart city implementation in the US. The scalability of Intel architecture enables the intelligence
and flexibility necessary for cities across the country to quickly deploy a range of smart city solutions for everything from air
and the internet of things and combine test beds projects and activities from different sectors including smart manufacturing healthcare smart energy intelligent transportation and disaster response.
To address the escalating demands of existing and future residents cities are looking for ways to introduce more technology to become smarter about the use of limited resources The Smart cities USA pilot project will give San jos residents real-time local data that can
The city of San jos has installed a sensor demonstration platform using Intel Gateway Solutions for the Internet of things with an Intel Quark processor and third-party sensors.
Each gateway incorporates Wind River Intelligent Device Platform software with Mcafee security features connected to Intel s Hadoop distribution in the cloud.
IBM and Cisco are the top smart city suppliers positioned to become global leaders in the market according to a July 2013 Navigant Research report.
The firm forecasts that the global smart city technology market will grow from $6. 1 billion in annual revenue in 2012 to $20. 2 billion by 2020 0
##Leveraging expertise in optical biosensors and hemorrhagic fever diseases our collaborative research effort has produced a highly sensitive device with the potential to perform rapid diagnostics in clinical settings.##
In the controllable biosensor developed by doctoral candidate Nicolas Lapique the gene responsible for the output signal is not active in its basic state as it is installed in the wrong orientation in the circuit DNA.
so that much of it can be made using 3d printing in order to keep the price low. This was achieved by collaborating with Jonathon Slightam and Vito Gervasi at the Milwaukee School of engineering.
or months says Mark Pallen professor of microbial genomics at University of Warwick Medical school. Plus relying on laboratory culture means using techniques that date back to the 1880s.
Researchers used Argonne s Magellan cloud computing system to analyze the data; additional support came from the University of Chicago Research Computing Center.
This technique, made possible through the use of graphene, results in extremely fast response times of tenths of a second,
These nanoelectronic graphene vapor sensors can be embedded completely in a microgas chromatography system which is the gold standard for vapor analysis,
#Telehealth consults improve child abuse exams Telehealth consultations for clinicians at rural hospitals improve their ability to provide forensic examinations for sexual abuse, according to new research.
Published in the journal Child abuse & Neglect, the study shows that clinicians with access to expert nurses provided more thorough
which connects researchers from disparate fields to experts in computer programming to help analyze large data sets. ee currently working with autism experts at Duke Medicine to determine what sorts of easy tests could be used on just a computer
#Microchip could detect infection in artificial joints A tiny microchip could improve postoperative care for patients with knee replacements
One in 100 Americans has an artificial joint, Star says, nd bacterial infections are a common complication of the implant.
and the family crowdfunding site, the Scleroderma Cure Fund, helped support the research h
#Anticancer drug reverses schizophrenia symptoms in teen mice An experimental anticancer drug appears to reverse schizophrenia-related behavior
and is a prime example of how genomics can transform public health, says Julia Newton Bishop,
#Math that predicts glucose paves way for artificial pancreas A mathematical model can predict with more than 90 percent accuracy the blood glucose levels of individuals with type 1 diabetes up to 30 minutes before a change in levels. any people
ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS n the past decade, much progress has been made in the development of a mechanical rtificial pancreas,
he says. ut creating an artificial pancreas that delivers the right amount of insulin at the right times has been a challenge
Our model configuration of recursive estimator and optimal controller will constitute an effective artificial pancreas. The National institutes of health, the National Science Foundation,
The nanoporous films maximize the amount of exposed edge increasing its potential uses for energy storage
Molybdenum disulfide isn t quite as flat as graphene the atom-thick form of pure carbon
When viewed from above it looks like graphene with rows of ordered hexagons. But seen from the side three distinct layers are revealed with sulfur atoms in their own planes above and below the molybdenum.
In the controllable biosensor developed by doctoral candidate Nicolas Lapique the gene responsible for the output signal is not active in its basic state as it is installed in the wrong orientation in the circuit DNA.
In standard hospital instruments the magnetization of the atomic nuclei in the human body is measured inductively using an electromagnetic coil.
By an optical measurement of the magnetization they were in several cases able to confirm the presence of other magnetic atomic nuclei in the immediate vicinity. uantum mechanics then provides an elegant proof of
and to sharpen the detail of 3d printing. hese findings show the potential to engineer the properties of materials using not only temperature
Lang now a senior researcher at Exxonmobil observes that the finding may have potential in 3d printing.
Perhaps the biggest roadblock to adopting fusion energy is that the economics haven t penciled out.
Fusion power designs aren t cheap enough to outperform systems that use fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.
and will present results this week at the International atomic energy agency s Fusion energy Conference in St petersburg Russia. ight now this design has the greatest potential of producing economical fusion power of any current conceptsays Thomas Jarboe a professor
A fusion power plant producing 1 gigawatt (1 billion watts) of power would cost $2. 7 billion
and get significant fusion power output. The team has filed patents on the reactor concept and plans to continue developing
#and ultimately wearable. his material#just a single layer of atoms#could be made as a wearable device perhaps integrated into clothing to convert energy from your body movement to electricity
Christoph Benning professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Michigan State university and his colleagues unearthed the protein's potential
while seeking ways to improve algae's capacity as a biofuel. Its application in cancer research
But to convert them into truly viable biofuel producers we need them to grow and produce oil simultaneously. he secret for making this happen was CHT7 the gatekeeper that cues cells to wake up
For biofuels this would remove a major hurdle and gives scientists a way to potentially produce high amounts of oil and biomass.
The app s minimal processing footprint means it could also run on smart watches or in augmented reality glasses like the Apple Watch or Google glass.
#Hybrid#dots#offer cheaper way to run fuel cells Last year chemist James Tour made graphene quantum dots from coal.
Now his team has combined the dots with tiny sheets of graphene. The result is a hybrid material that could make it much cheaper to generate energy with fuel cells.
The lab discovered boiling down a solution of graphene quantum dots (GQDS) and graphene oxide sheets (exfoliated from common graphite) yielded self-assembling nanoscale platelets that could then be treated with nitrogen and boron.
and excellent conductivity between GQDS provided by the graphene base. The boron and nitrogen collectively add more catalytically active sites to the material than either element would add alone. he GQDS add to the system an enormous amount of edge
which permits the chemistry of oxygen reduction one of the two needed reactions for operation in a fuel celltour says. he graphene provides the conductive matrix required.
#Google glass software adds captions to conversation Georgia Institute of technology Posted by Jason Maderer-Georgia Tech on October 3 2014new speech-to-text software for Google glass can help hard-of-hearing people with everyday conversations.
#Compressed bits store tons of quantum data University of Toronto Posted by Lindsay Jolivet-U. Toronto on September 29 2014scientists recently demonstrated that it s possible to compress quantum bits or qubits without losing information.
So it would require only 10 qubits to store all of the information about 1000 qubits
and only 20 qubits to store all of the information about a million. Digital compression in the world of classical information theory is fairly straightforward.
A qubit can be in a uperpositionbetween both zero and one until you measure it at
Measured one way a qubit might reveal a value of either zero or one. Measured another way it might show a value of either plus or minus.
So you don t want to collapse the quantum state of the qubit until you re ready to.
Once you ve made a single measurement any other information you might have wanted to extract from the qubit disappears.
You could just store the qubit until you know you re ready to measure its value.
or millions of qubits. ur proposal gives you a way to hold onto a smaller quantum memory
In the experiment Lee Rozema a researcher in Steinberg s lab and lead author on the paper prepared qubits in the form of photons
The experiment showed that the information contained in three qubits could be compressed into only two qubits
One caveat is that the information has to be contained in qubits that have been prepared by an identical process.
However many experiments in quantum information make use of just such identically prepared qubits making the technique potentially very useful. his work sheds light on some of the striking differences between information in the classical and quantum worlds.
#Canâ graphene transform an apple into a doughnut? ETH Zurich rightoriginal Studyposted by Barbara Vonarburg-ETH Zurich on September 25 2014 More than 50 years ago a Russian physicist predicted that it s possible to transform from one topography to another.
and now researchers have used a double layer of graphene to demonstrate that it is indeed possible. e were able to prove the existence of a Lifshitz transitionsays Anastasia Varlet a doctoral candidate at ETH Zurich who was part of the research team that made the discovery.
nevertheless the researchers have achieved exactly that by using a double layer of graphene. The Lifshitz transition does not apply to objects in our normal environment;
when experimenting with the double layer of graphene: at a low water level there are three independent but equivalent lakes.
and initially the ETH team was had unaware it found the material that others had been looking for. e observed something strange in our measurements with the graphene sandwich construction that we were not able to explainsays Varlet.
To produce the sandwich construction Varlet enclosed the double layer of graphene in two layers of boron nitride a material otherwise used for lubrication
#Slimy hairs let microbes clean up toxic waste Michigan State university rightoriginal Studyposted by Layne Cameron-Michigan State on September 15 2014stronger airsmake microbes developed to clean up nuclear waste even better at their jobs
#Ant-size radios could help create Internet of things A new radio the size of an ant can gather all the power it needs from the same electromagnetic waves that carry signals to its receiving antenna no batteries required.
The detector which is interconnected based on the carbon atoms in graphene can sense light over an unusually broad range of wavelengths including terahertz waves between infrared
and doctoral student in electrical engineering. e provide a simple design that includes some 3d printed and off-the-shelf components.
The hydrogen gas could power fuel cells in zero-emissions vehicles. The battery sends an electric current through two electrodes that split liquid water into hydrogen and oxygen gas.
Although touted as zero-emissions vehicles most of the cars will run on hydrogen made from natural gas a fossil fuel that contributes to global warming.
That goal is achievable based on my most recent resultshe researchers also plan to develop a water splitter than runs on electricity produced by solar energy. ydrogen is an ideal fuel for powering vehicles buildings
and storing renewable energy on the gridsays Dai. e re very glad that we were able to make a catalyst that s very active and low cost.
#Clear material on windows harvests solar energy Michigan State university rightoriginal Studyposted by Tom Oswald-Michigan State on August 20 2014a new type of ransparent solar concentrator
or mobile devices to harvest solar energy without obscuring the view. Past efforts to create similar materials have been disappointing with inefficient energy production
The technology is featured in the journal Advanced Optical Materials. t opens a lot of area to deploy solar energy in a nonintrusive waylunt says. t can be used on tall buildings with lots of windows or any kind of mobile device that demands high aesthetic quality like a phone or e reader.
#Test keeps graphene pure enough for electronics Rice university rightoriginal Studyposted by Mike Williams-Rice on August 18 2014it s easy to accidentally introduce impurities to graphene
They expect the finding to be important to manufacturers considering the use of graphene in electronic devices.
Even a single molecule of a foreign substance can contaminate graphene enough to affect its electrical and optical properties says Junichiro Kono of Rice university.
The researchers used it as a substrate for graphene. Hitting the combined material with femtosecond pulses from a near-infrared laser prompted the indium phosphide to emit terahertz back through the graphene.
Imperfections as small as a stray oxygen molecule on the graphene were picked up by a spectrometer. he change in the terahertz signal due to adsorption of molecules is remarkablekono says. ot just the intensity
but also the waveform of emitted terahertz radiation totally and dynamically changes in response to molecular adsorption and desorption.
and changes over time. he laser gradually removes oxygen molecules from the graphene changing its density
The experiment involved growing pristine graphene via chemical vapor deposition and transferring it to an indium phosphide substrate.
Laser pulses generated coherent bursts of terahertz radiation through a built-in surface electric field of the indium phosphide substrate that changed due to charge transfer between the graphene and the contaminating molecules.
or any future device designs using graphene we have to take into account the influence of the surroundingssays Kono.
Graphene in a vacuum or sandwiched between noncontaminating layers would probably be stable but exposure to air would contaminate it he says.
and Masayoshi Tonouchi at Osaka s Institute of Laser Engineering are continuing to collaborate on a project to measure the terahertz conductivity of graphene on various substrates says Kono.
The experiments showed that the copper foam converted CO2 into formic acid a compound often used as a feedstock for microbes that produce biofuels at a much greater efficiency than planar copper.
This technique made possible through the use of graphene results in extremely fast response times of tenths of a second as opposed to the tens or hundreds of seconds typical in existing technology.
These nanoelectronic graphene vapor sensors can be embedded completely in a microgas chromatography system which is the gold standard for vapor analysis the researchers say.
#Wi-fi backscatter could make Internet of things real A new method uses radio frequency signals as a power source
or other wearable device communicates directly with your online profiles storing information about your daily activities where you can best access it all without requiring batteries.
and connect these devices to the internet has kept this from taking off. f Internet of things devices are going to take off we must provide connectivity to the potentially billions of battery-free devices that will be embedded in everyday objectssays Shyam Gollakota an assistant professor of computer science
or wearable technology could run without batteries or cords by harnessing energy from existing radio TV
and Google glass but viewing it can get boring. A new video highlighting technique can automatically pick out the interesting parts.
or Google glass for example and quickly upload thumbnail trailers to social media. The summarization process avoids generating costly internet data charges and tedious manual editing on long videos.
Yeisoo Yu a research associate professor in Wing s research group at the Arizona Genomics Institute led the sequencing effort.
##and using the optical gain from the semiconductor to amplify the light energy. The amplified sensor creates a much stronger signal than the passive plasmon sensors currently available
#Patients tell more secrets to virtual humans Patients are more willing to disclose personal information to virtual humans than to actual ones,
The study provides the first empirical evidence that virtual humans can increase a patient willingness to disclose personal information in a clinical setting.
It also presents compelling reasons for doctors to start using virtual humans as medical screeners. The honest answers acquired by a virtual human could help doctors diagnose
Virtual humans For the study, which will appear in Computers in Human Behavior, researchers recruited 239 adults through Craigslist.
director of virtual humans research and a professor of computer science. he virtual character delivered on both these fronts and that is
including virtual humans to help detect signs of depression, provide screening services for patients in remote areas,
and use it to generate electricity or some other useable energy source such as biofuels. CHARGE SEPARATION It takes about one-third of a second to blink your eye.
It also the only known natural enzyme that uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
and the University of Michigan Center for Solar and Thermal energy Conversion, as well as the Research Council of Lithuania funded the research R
and breast procedures each year, is an aging nuclear reactor in Canada that expected to stop operating in 2016.
The researchers used the method to enrich lithium-7, crucial to the operation of most nuclear reactors.
Renewable energy The batteries could pave the way for renewable energy sources to make up a greater share of the nation energy generation.
and wind turbines can only generate power when the wind blows. That inherent unreliability makes it difficult for power companies to rely on them to meet customer demand.
Mega-scaleenergy storage is a critical problem in the future of renewable energy, Narayan says. The new battery is based on a redox flow designimilar in design to a fuel cell,
#Stretchy, bendy, stronger-than-ever graphene fiber Researchers have created a simple and scalable method of making strong,
stretchable graphene oxide fibers that are scrolled easily into yarns and have strengths approaching that of Kevlar. This method opens up multiple possibilities for useful products.
For instance, removing oxygen from the graphene oxide fiber results in a fiber with high electrical conductivity. Adding silver nanorods to the graphene film would increase the conductivity to the same as copper,
which could make it a much lighter weight replacement for copper transmission lines. In addition, the researchers believe that the material lends itself to many kinds of highly sensitive sensors. e found this graphene oxide fiber was very strong
much better than other carbon fibers, says Mauricio Terrones, professor of physics, chemistry and materials science and engineering,
GRAPHENE SLURRY FILM The researchers made a thin film of graphene oxide by chemically exfoliating graphite into graphene flakes,
-and p-type material achieved solar power conversion efficiency up to eight percentâ##among the best results reported to date.
and accessibility of solar power for millions of people. he field of colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics requires continued improvement in absolute performance
#Extra-hairy microbes make biodiesel sustainable With the help of Geobacter microbes, biodiesel plants may be able to stop creating hazardous wastes
and eliminate fossil fuel from their production process. The platform, which uses microbes to glean ethanol from glycerol
wee come up with a way to allow producers to generate bioethanol, which replaces petrochemical methanol.
Geobacter are naturally occurring microbes that have proved promising in cleaning up nuclear waste as well in improving other biofuel processes.
These hairlike appendages are the managers of electrical activity during a cleanup and biofuel production. First
she adds. ne bacterium ferments the glycerol waste to produce bioethanol, which can be reused to make biodiesel from oil feedstocks.
Geobacter removes any waste produced during glycerol fermentation to generate electricity. It is a win-win situation.
to develop industrial-sized units that could handle the capacities of a full-scale biodiesel plant.
The next step will be field tests with a Michigan-based biodiesel manufacturer i
#New battery turns wasted heat into energy Stanford university rightoriginal Studyposted by Dan Stober-Stanford on May 22 2014researchers have developed a new battery technology that captures low-temperature waste heat
which states that the voltage of a rechargeable battery is dependent on temperature. o harvest thermal energy we subject a battery to a four-step process:
The DOE in part through the Solid-state Solar-Thermal energy Conversion Center helped support the MIT research.
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