#Wearable device provides continuous fetal monitoring The Pregsense monitor has woven sensors into an elastic harness to provide data around the clock on the status of the fetus and the mother's health in the later stages of pregnancy.
#Cheap 3d printed robotic arm controlled by the mind The technology used by most robotic arms
so using 3d printing. And he's made one that he says can read your mind.
or even the software that controls it-but the fact that it can be 3d printed for a fraction of the cost of modern prosthetics.
using not just any 3d printer, but precisely the kind many expect people to have at home in the near future."
"So 3d printing allows you to create something that's humanlike, something that's extremely customized, again for a very low cost,
we want someone that has a 3d printer, or very little printing experience, to be able to replicate this,
The breach affected OPM's IT systems and its data stored at the Department of the interior's data center,
"The last few months have seen a series of massive data breaches that have affected millions of Americans,"U s. Rep. Adam Schiff,
#Mood-changing wearable tech sets pulses racing The makers of'doppel'call it the next generation of wearable technology-one that can actually change the mood of the user.
Co-creator Nell Bennett explained how doppel represents truly empathic wearable technology instead of the current crop that often just monitor the body's activity."
Bilicki, along with the rest of Team Turquoise, believe doppel is a unique and game-changing addition to the burgeoning wearable technology market."
The real-time data generation is designed to be used in conjunction with optical wearable technology, such as Google glass. This means a surgeon can literally'see'exactly where they are within the body at any point during an operation.
and the burgeoning Internet of things will likely create an enormous demand for small wireless systems, Dr Adams said. nd as the number of services that a device must be capable of supporting grows,
including those that are made with graphene electrodes
#Gold Nano-Spirals Could Protect Against Identity Theft Most other investigators who have studied the remarkable properties of microscopic spirals have done so by arranging discrete nanoparticles in a spiral pattern:
#Solar cells that work on cloudy days just hit a record-breaking 22.1%efficiency There's been plenty of good news about solar power lately-not only are governments around the world using it more and more,
we're now able to harvest the Sun's energy more cheaply and efficiently than ever before.
it shows that black silicon solar cells are now real contenders that could help greatly reduce the cost of solar power in the future.
So if you weren't already excited about the future of solar energy, now is the time to jump on board
similar to how sensors in driverless cars create an impression of the pathways and obstacles around them.
made from water, carbon dioxide and renewable energy sources, and they say their pilot plant in Dresden will pump out 160 litres of the of the stuff every day in the coming months to power their Audi a8 cars.
the fuel is produced by converting corn-derived glucose-a renewable source of biomass sugar-into isobutane gas.
when it comes to the development of new technology-including the Internet of things, which aims to put a chip inside all our household appliances
"Powi-Fi could be the enabling technology that finally brings the Internet of things to life.""In the past, scientists have never been able to harness enough Wi-fi signals to power anything of much use.
The aesthetics might make that tradeoff worth it,"Princeton university energy storage engineer Daniel Steingart, who wasn't involved in this particular research,
with the aim of detecting viruses before they infect a significant number of people using a fleet of Unmanned aerial vehicles (or UAVS).
What's more, thanks to the latest advancements in molecular biology and genetic sequencing, samples can be processed faster
3d printing technology is having a growing influence on our lives, and the latest innovation to be announced is sized a full 3d printed bridge.
Industry experts MX3D are planning to create a steel bridge in Amsterdam in The netherlands using independent robot arms.
The robotic 3d printers are going to construct their own supports as they go, heating the metal to 1, 500 degrees Celsius (2,
"What distinguishes our technology from traditional 3d printing methods is that we work according to the'printing outside the box'principle,
"This bridge will show how 3d printing finally enters the world of large-scale, functional objects and sustainable materials while allowing unprecedented freedom of form.
"The project isn't just showcasing the novelty value of 3d printing, because the technology could eventually have a practical use too-in areas where natural disasters have occurred
now is now capable of producing at least half of their total energy from solar power. According to Reuters, BMW has funded already software
and vibrational spectroscopic techniques were used to monitor how the polymers gradually released their payload. The researchers ran a series of different experiments to check the temperatures required for the drugs to disperse,
By connecting enzyme-based biosensors to organic electronic ion pumps, Richter-Dahlfors and her team have managed now to create an artificial neuron that can mimic this function
the biosensor could be placed in one part of the body, and trigger release of neurotransmitters at distant locations.""
The results of lab trials have been published in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics. We're really looking forward to seeing where this research goes.
bicycle frames and wind turbines that don crack, and car windshields that could repair themselves after an encounter with an airborne pebble.
Stretchsense CEO Ben O'brien introduced the technology at the 2015 Wearable technologies Conference in the US,
which you can temporarily store your solar energy. In short, for a solar fuels future we cannot ignore gallium phosphide any longer."
where Intel and Micron say the new technology will improve the efficiency of big data systems.
and enabling genetic researchers to draw upon vast data sets in real time without any lag. But 3d XPOINT should also have applications for consumers
"It means that consumers can look forward to more competitive pricing in the solar energy sector, and according to Dr Jones, the discovery is shot a-in-the-arm for the whole organic materials sector."
#Laser-induced graphene'super'for electronics: Flexible 3-D supercapacitors tested Rice university scientists advanced their recent development of laser-induced graphene (LIG) by producing
and testing stacked, three-dimensional supercapacitors, energy storage devices that are important for portable, flexible electronics. The Rice lab of chemist James Tour discovered last year that firing a laser at an inexpensive polymer burned off other elements and left a film of porous graphene, the much-studied atom-thick
lattice of carbon. The researchers viewed the porous, conductive material as a perfect electrode for supercapacitors or electronic circuits.
An electron microscope image shows the cross section of laser-induced graphene burned into both sides of a polyimide substrate.
since their work to make vertically aligned supercapacitors with laser-induced graphene on both sides of a polymer sheet.
The flexible stacks show excellent energy storage capacity and power potential and can be scaled up for commercial applications.
But the graphene retains its ability to move electrons quickly and gives it the quick charge
#New device allows for manipulation of differentiating stem cells Electroporation is a powerful technique in molecular biology.
A computational element made from such a particle--known as a quantum bit or qubit--could thus represent zero and one simultaneously.
If multiple qubits are entangled meaning that their quantum states depend on each other then a single quantum computation is in some sense like performing many computations in parallel.
With most particles entanglement is difficult to maintain but it's relatively easy with photons.
But any quantum computer--say one whose qubits are trapped laser ions or nitrogen atoms embedded in diamond--would still benefit from using entangled photons to move quantum information around.
or hundreds of photonic qubits it becomes unwieldy to do this using traditional optical components says Dirk Englund the Jamieson Career development Assistant professor in Electrical engineering and Computer science at MIT and corresponding author on the new paper.
In the future it might be possible to efficiently operate even smaller decentralized units e g. at rural biogas facilities.
Via an effective methanation wind and solar power can be fed into the natural gas grid without any limitations.
For example it might be converted decentrally with the carbon dioxide produced by the about 800000 biogas facilities
Similar design strategies have great potential for use in a wide variety of human-made systems, from biomedical devices to microelectromechanical components, photonics and optoelectronics, metamaterials, electronics, energy storage
"Conventional 3d printing technologies are fantastic, but none offers the ability to build microstructures that embed high performance semiconductors,
#Defying the Achilles heel of'wonder material'graphene: Resilience to extreme conditions Researchers from the University of Exeter have discovered that Graphexeter--a material adapted from the'wonder material'graphene--can withstand prolonged exposure to both high temperature and humidity.
The research showed that the material could withstand relative humidity of up to 100 per cent at room temperature for 25 days as well as temperatures of up to 150c--or as high as 620c in vacuum.
The superior stability of Graphexeter as compared to graphene was unexpected since the molecules used to make Graphexeter (that is Fecl3) simply melt in air at room temperature.
At just one atom thick graphene is the thinnest substance capable of conducting electricity. It is very flexible
and engineers to adapt graphene for flexible electronics. This has been a challenge because of its sheet resistance
In 2012 the teams of Dr Craciun and Profesor Russo from the University of Exeter's Centre for Graphene science discovered that sandwiched molecules of ferric chloride between two graphene layers make a whole new system that is the best known transparent
"says Christopher Walsh, MD, Phd, chief of Genetics and Genomics at Boston Children's and co-senior author on the paper."
and Jonathan Karn, director of the Center for Aids Research and professor and chair of the Department of Molecular biology and Microbiology at Case Western Reserve's medical school.
Karn, the Reinberger Professor of Molecular biology.""It surprised us to find they all work as an aggregate."
Some day such buffers could be incorporated in quantum computers. While it is known already that the slow and fast light can be obtained using Brillouin scattering our device is far smaller
We can no longer think of fat tissue simply as energy storage Dr Kallies said. Fat tissue is increasingly being recognised as a crucial organ that releases hormones
if 3d printing and tissue engineering could be used for tracheal repair and replacement. Tracheal damage can be caused by tumor endotracheal intubation blunt trauma and other injuries.
if 3d printing might offer a solution. Drs. Smith and Zeltsman originally surmised that incorporating 3d printing
and tissue engineering to grow new cartilage for airway construction might be possible in ten to 20 years.
3d printing and tissue engineering. Tissue engineering is like other kinds of engineering except instead of using steel
That's where 3d printing comes in. A 3d printer can construct scaffolding which can be covered in a mixture of chondrocytes and collagen
which then grows into cartilage. Making a windpipe or trachea is uncharted territory noted Mr. Goldstein.
With 3d printing we were able to construct 3d printed scaffolding that the surgeons could immediately examine
and provided advice on how to modify the Makerbot Replicator 2x Experimental 3d printer to print with PLA and the biomaterial.
We 3d printed the needed parts with our other Makerbot Replicator Desktop 3d printer and used them to modify the Makerbot Replicator 2x Experimental 3d printer
The Feinstein Institute had looked previously at other 3d printers that can extrude living cells but the options are few and expensive.
so they decided to use the more affordable and accessible Makerbot Replicator 2x Experimental 3d printer that retails for $2499
which stays at room temperature is extruded during the 3d printing process and fills in gaps in the PLA scaffolding then cures into a gel on the heated build plate of the Makerbot Replicator 2x.
and other parts on their Makerbot Replicator Desktop 3d printer to produce a brand new bioreactor.
what is being created with 3d printers. To know that a Makerbot Replicator 3d printer played a role in a potential medical breakthrough is inspiring.
The results of the study as presented by Mr. Goldstein and Dr. Zeltsman at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons illustrate how the 3d printed windpipe
or trachea segments held up for four weeks in an incubator. According to Mr. Goldstein's abstract The cells survived the 3d printing process were able to continue dividing
and produced the extracellular matrix expected of tracheal chondrocytes. In other words they were growing just like windpipe cartilage.
When speaking about his work with 3d printing and this research Mr. Goldstein notes It's completely changed the trajectory of my academic career.
Combining this knowledge with 3d printing and getting into tissue engineering is something he didn't expect that at all
Now he is the Feinstein Institute's 3d printing specialist printing models of organs for preoperative planning
and optimizing the correct bio materials the correct way to bond the cells to the scaffold. 3d printing
The Bionic man is not the future it's the present. We have that ability to do that now.
To watch a video about 3d printing at the Feinstein Institute click the following link: http://www. feinsteininstitute. org/3d printer r
#Modular disability aids for world's poorest Inspiration hit Cara O'sullivan 21 from Battle East Sussex after a year's placement with the Medical Engineering Resource Unit (MERU
#Researchers use oxides to flip graphene conductivity A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania;
By demonstrating a new way to change the amount of electrons that reside in a given region within a piece of graphene they have a proof-of-principle in making the fundamental building blocks of semiconductor devices using the 2-D material.
Moreover their method enables this value to be tuned through the application of an electric field meaning graphene circuit elements made in this way could one day be rewired dynamically without physically altering the device.
Chemically doping graphene to achieve p -and n-type version of the material is possible but it means sacrificing some of its unique electrical properties.
but manufacturing and placing the necessary electrodes negates the advantages graphene's form factor provides.
We've come up with a non-destructive reversible way of doping Rappe said that doesn't involve any physical changes to the graphene.
The team's technique involves depositing a layer of graphene so it rests on but doesn't bond to a second material:
Here we have graphene standing by on the surface of the oxide but not binding to it.
or gaining electrons the graphene says'I can hold the electrons for you and they'll be right nearby.'
Because the lithium niobate domains can dictate the properties Shim said different regions of graphene can take on different character depending on the nature of the domain underneath.
That allows as we have demonstrated a simple means of creating a p-n junction or even an array of p-n junctions on a single flake of graphene.
Such an ability should facilitate advances in graphene that might be analogous to what p-n junctions and complementary circuitry has done for the current state-of-the-art semiconductor electronics.
What's even more exciting are the enabling of optoelectronics using graphene and the possibility of waveguiding lensing and periodically manipulating electrons confined in an atomically thin material.
and the charge carrier density of the graphene suspended over it. And because the oxide polarization can be altered easily the type
and extent of supported graphene doping can be altered along with it. You could come along with a tip that produces a certain electric field
and the graphene's charge density would reflect that change. You could make the graphene over that region p-type
or n-type and if you change your mind you can erase it and start again.
Strategies for converting fluorescent proteins into active biosensors of intracellular biochemistry are few in number and technically challenging comments Campbell.
and taking advantage of the fact that green and red fluorescence are mutually exclusive Ding was able to construct a wide variety of biosensors that underwent dramatic changes in fluorescence in response to biochemical processes of interest.
and engineering them to be biosensors that change their color in response to specific biological events Campbell has provided a tool for researchers to immediately pinpoint a major change at the cellular level minimizing the need for extensive biosensor optimization and providing
a versatile new approach to building the next generation of biosensors. This allows for a wide scope of applications notes Campbell.
#Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel petroleum processing The University of Minnesota has two patents pending on the research
Petrochemical and biofuel refineries use materials called zeolites that act as molecular sieves to sort filter and trap chemical compounds as well as catalyze chemical reactions necessary to produce
The key to improving biofuel and petrochemical processes is to find which zeolites work best.
Instead researchers from the University of Minnesota and Rice university developed a complex computational screening process that can look at thousands of zeolites in the virtual world
The first problem researchers tackled is the current multi-step ethanol purification process encountered in biofuel production.
Similar zeolitic materials could also have possible applications for separations in the biofuels and petrochemical industry.
and reproduced in plastic with a 3d printer. Then, using the same procedure the personalized device that the surgeon uses to determine the optimal points
The voltage that arises between these particles generates energy that we can exploit. Since the waste in the wastewater (organic material) is consumed and thus removed,
#New technique for producing cheaper solar energy suggested by research A team of experts from the University of Exeter has examined new techniques for generating photovoltaic (PV) energy--or ways in
The global PV market has experienced rapid growth in recent years due to renewable energy targets and CO2 EMISSION controls.
The research by the team from the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) based at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus in Cornwall is published in the journal Solar energy Materials & Solar cells.
Unlike conventional breast imaging techniques such as mammography and ultrasound MBI exploits the different behavior of tumors relative to background tissue producing a functional image of the breast that can detect tumors
This crowdsourcing and sheer wealth of data gives us the power to crack the brain's genetic code.
a new technology that will enable scientists to work virtually on Mars using wearable technology called Microsoft Hololens.
since the National institutes of health (NIH) launched its Big data to Knowledge (BD2K) centers of excellence in 2014.
"ENIGMA's scientists screen brain scans and genomes worldwide for factors that help or harm the brain--this crowdsourcing and sheer wealth of data gives us the power to crack the brain's genetic code,
In October 2014, the NIH invested nearly $32 million in its Big data Initiative, creating 12 research hubs across the United states to improve the utility of biomedical data.
"This'Big data'alliance shows what the NIH Big data to Knowledge (BD2K) Program envisions achieving with our 12 Centers of Excellence for Big data Computing
#First public lighting system that runs on solar and wind energy This system developed after four years of research is designed for inter-urban roads motorways urban parks and other public areas.
whereas current wind turbines need more than 2. 5 m/s says Ramon Bargall. This low intensity can provide six nights of electricity without wind
New method improves single-cell genomics analyses Single-cell RNA-sequencing is a relatively new technology that helps scientists understand how genes are expressed in different types of healthy tissue and in cancers.
With single-cell genomics we take cells from a tissue and group them into different types based on their expression profile identifying subtypes that may have a range of functional roles.
Our model now makes it possible to create such profiles using single-cell genomics s
and flow-cell cytometry systems--all applications where molecular biology is delivering tools and techniques but imaging methods have struggled to keep up.
Protein complexes molecules that transport payloads in and out of cells and other cellular activities are organized all at the nanoscale.
#Revolutionary microbe for biofuel production developed Biofuels pioneer Mascoma LLC and the Department of energy's Bioenergy Science Center have developed a revolutionary strain of yeast that could help significantly accelerate the development of biofuels from nonfood plant matter.
The approach could provide a pathway to eventual expansion of biofuels production beyond the current output limited to ethanol derived from corn.
and Lallemand Biofuels and Distilled Spirits.""The next step for BESC will be to demonstrate and again validate the application of the consolidated bioprocessing approach using thermophilic,
or heat-loving, bacteria to produce biofuels directly from biomass in a single process o
"Drawing on collaborative expertise in synthetic chemistry, molecular biology and translational medicine, the team has produced findings with significant potential to reduce inflammation, a critical driver of the devastating consequences of obesity-related diseases,
delivering enough energy to run a paper-based biosensor with nothing more than a drop of bacteria-containing liquid."
"While paper-based biosensors have shown promise in this area, the existing technology must be paired with hand-held devices for analysis. Choi says he envisions a self-powered system in
which a paper-based battery would create enough energy--we're talking microwatts--to run the biosensor.
#Graphene quantum dot LEDS Graphene is a 2d carbon nanomaterial with many fascinating properties that can enable to creation of next-generation electronics.
However, it is known that graphene is not applicable to optical devices due to its lack of an electronic band gap.
On the other hand, graphene quantum dots (GQDS), which are merely a few nanometers large in the lateral dimension, are shown to emit light upon excitation in the visible spectral range.
Seunghyup Yoo (Electrical engineering) have succeeded in developing LEDS based on graphene quantum dots. Highly pure GQDS were synthesized by an environmentally-friendly method designed by Prof.
Arraythe researchers have shown the artificial skin, made from electroactive dielectric elastomer, a soft, compliant smart material, can effectively copy the action of biological chromatophores.
"Our ultimate goal is to create artificial skin that can mimic fast acting active camouflage and be used for smart clothing such as cloaking suits and dynamic illuminated clothing."
"The researchers investigated making bio-inspired artificial skin embedded with artificial chromatophores using thin sheets (five to ten millimetre) of dielectric elastomer--a soft,
The international team of researchers co-led by Dr Natalie Borg from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular biology at Monash University,
The research, published in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular biology provides for the first time, detailed information on the shape of Anapn1
such as the creation of manufactured goods, biofuels and therapeutic drugs. Lead author of the study Professor Rudolf Allemann,
The three-part structures consist of a base of graphene followed by atomic layers of either molybdenum disulfide (Mos2
and atoms and the extended spin-coherence times are essential steps toward realizing real-world quantum memories and, hence, quantum computing systems,
Such interactions are essential to the creation and the connection of memory for quantum computers. Recent research
To further exploit the power and precision of LZA, the researchers applied a heat-sensitive elastic coating on top of the unassembled polymer film.
and provide backup for renewable energy sources that produce intermittent output, such as wind and solar power. But Chiang says the technology is suited also well to applications where weight
The work was supported by the U s. Department of energy's Center for Energy storage Research, based at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois o
efficacy vision-restoring implant The three-year clinical trial results of the retinal implant popularly known as the"bionic eye,
renewable energy and optoelectronics, are typically expensive and complicated to manufacture. In particular, current chemical synthesis methods use high temperatures and toxic solvents,
#Artifical neuron mimicks function of human cells Scientists at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet have managed to build a fully functional neuron by using organic bioelectronics.
However, scientists at the Swedish Medical Nanoscience Centre (SMNC) at Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with collegues at Linköping University, have created now an organic bioelectronic device that is capable of receiving chemical signals,
presented in the journal Biosensors & Bioelectronics, will improve treatments for neurologial disorders which currently rely on traditional electrical stimulation.
the biosensor could be placed in one part of the body, and trigger release of neurotransmitters at distant locations.
#Unlocking fermentation secrets open door to new biofuels"This work advances our fundamental understanding of the complex,
therefore facilitating the development of next-generation biofuels.""Microbial metabolism is a means by which a microbe uses nutrients and generates energy to live
advanced biofuels that can be used directly to fuel your cars,"added Lu, who is affiliated also with the Department of physics
and for guiding strain design and protocol optimization--invaluable for the development of efficient metabolic engineering strategies, expediting the development of advanced biofuels.
#Graphene: Magnetic sensor 100 times more sensitive than silicon equivalent Scientists have created a graphene-based magnetic sensor 100 times more sensitive than an equivalent device based on silicon.
Bosch has long been involved in sensor technology, notably in the automotive sector. In 2008, the company expanded beyond its pressure, acceleration and gyroscopic motion sensors, to geomagnetic, temperature, humidity,
Interested in whether graphene could enable new applications and improved sensor performance, Bosch has been investigating the use of the two-dimensional material in its pressure,
Top-down approaches to graphene device fabrication such as mechanical and chemical exfoliation would not work on a commercial scale,
Roelver cautioned that graphene-based sensor applications will require 5-10 years before they can compete with established technologies.
It is high carrier mobility that makes graphene useful in such applications, and the results achieved by the Bosch-led team confirm this.
Comparing and contrasting materials, Roelver in his Graphene Week presentation showed that the worst case graphene scenarios roughly match a silicon reference.
In short, graphene provides for a high-performance magnetic sensor with low power and footprint requirements. In terms of hard numbers
the result shown by Roelver centred on a direct comparison between the sensitivity of a silicon-based Hall sensor with that of the Bosch-MPI graphene device.
whereas with the boron nitride and graphene device the figure is 7, 000. That is a two orders of magnitude improvement.
stressing that Bosch takes graphene very seriously indeed as a future commercial technology y
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