Using data from the Curiosity rover, Nasa's Mars science laboratory/Curiosity team has determined that, long ago, water helped deposit sediment into Gale crater,
"By improving the communication capability of small spacecraft to support data-intensive science missions, OCSD will advance the potential to become a more viable option for mission planners,
The Cubesat will evaluate the ability to point a small satellite accurately as it demonstrates data transfer by laser at rates of up to 200 mb per second--a factor of 100 increase over current high-end Cubesat communications systems.
made from the same material found in smartphone and TV screens, which could improve vision in older people with presbyopia and cataracts.
which we probably know better as the material used in the screens of TVS and smartphones,
But even the most jaded among them might be surprised by a process that computer scientists in California
A computer processes the transfer in 30 milliseconds, no time at all for a human observer
"said one of the researchers Sriram Subramanian, professor of informatics at University of Sussex in England."
Additionally, according to Balaresque, the Lily software will even be able to learn a user face through a computer vision system that will always keep a user in the shot.
Lily is programmed to fly itself thanks to an external GPS device that can be slipped into a user pocket.
if a user is moving vertically such as a jump or fall. Additionally, the pocket unit will feature buttons that allow a user to bring the device closer
or further away, depending on the desired shot or limits of a physical activity. Of course, all of this wouldn mean much
of which can be trained onto the user through the use of the pocket GPS unit. Balaresque just might have a holiday hit on his hands
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#Australian scientists develop 3d printed organic solar cells capable of powering a skyscraper It no secret that solar panels are set to change the way the world harnesses energy-especially
According to the researchers, the printable panels are capable of powering entire skyscrapers and theye hoping to see commercial market production for the printed panels for use starting in low-power applications in the very near future.
According to the project website, the technology has the potential to ramatically reduce the dependence on more traditional sources of electricity in developed countries such as Australia,
and also provide a cheap, easily deployable source of electric power for remote regions beyond the reach of the grid in developing countries.
the printed cells offer the potential to allow printing onto actual housing materials including glass
the scientists also looked at ways of applying the technology onto smaller objects such as ipads."
"ipad covers, laptop bags, skins of iphone will no longer be just for casing electronics, but to collect some energy as well
a dissolvable tablet that treats seizures While wee seen a lot of interesting 3d printed medical applications appear in surgery rooms already think about 3d printed titanium implants
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#Open Space agency gears up to launch open source 3d printed telescope For those of us who love space
and space exploration but are currently earthbound for the time being, the next best thing is to have a professional-grade telescope that ransportsus into space
and that can capture images with a smartphone camera over the past two years: the Ultrascope. ifty years ago space exploration was the domain of governments,
Altogether-without the smartphone-the cost of building the telescope is just $312. In an interview with Science Magazine
(which features a 9-centimeter mirror) of their final Open source Ultrascope design this upcoming October at the San diego Maker Faire,
When paired with an internet-connected smartphone camera, the Ultrascope will also be able to take high quality photographs
The resulting crowdsourced data can then be used to either look at specific locations from another location
they now announce on their website. These tests took place in a vacuum chamber. The zero gravity 3d printer used in space.
and computers have struggled simply to continue to pick out your voice when nearby people are talking simultaneously.
Some proposed solutions revolved around complex algorithms or equipping robots with a large number of microphones focused on various positions in the vicinity,
our proposed method is a unique hardware-based approach by exploiting carefully designed acoustic metamaterials,
but the algorithm used for the sensor can almost always tell which direction it comes from.
According to Kim Francois, a spokeswoman from Materialise, the company will contribute with training for digital modeling and 3d printing procedures, clinical software development and technology support.
the key component in this entire venture is a custom-made and very impressive solar-powered, plug-and-play ultraportable 3d printing system.
A combination with easy-to-use software like Openscad is made easily. And remarkably it was conceived in a way similar to how many of us start out:
while an entire catalog of 3d printable files can be found on a supplied USB memory stick.
the acetabular cup is manufactured by the most advanced 3d metal printing technology. In the past, the cup was made through titanium alloy casting,
Doctors send data to the manufacturing enterprise, where an engineer builds 3d models with it.
in the future custom printing will ensure a perfect fit. So far, dozens of patients have received 3d printed hip replacement surgery,
By observing the transmitted video on a TV monitor, doctors can get a firsthand view of the patient organs
While similar devices, known as wireless capsule endoscopes, have been created in the past, the TE is notable for its soft tail,
which can either be converted to DC power for backup storage, or directly connected to power grids.
"A'wall wind'of stacked Microcubes3d printing technology, provided with the support of 3d Systemscloud-based manufacturing service Quickparts, played a major role in helping Yost realize this project.
Quickparts utilized 3d System SLS printing technology and three different materials: Duraform polyamide (PA), Duraform glass-filled (GF),
instead uses active mixing and fast-switching nozzles, allowing for the printing of concentrated viscoelastic inks and the simultaneous control of composition and geometry during printing.
Lewis is the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of engineering and Applied sciences (SEAS) and a Core Faculty member at the Ywss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard.
and filtering out the others. his type of measuring method delivers similar results to the edge detection filter in an image-processing software,
which allows the outline of prominent photo objects to be identified with the click of the mouse,
and generate the outline image from the measured sound data. Without the 3d printed device to amplify evanescent sound waves and minimise other noise,
The team took advantage of 3d printing instant feedback and rapid prototyping to experiment with new shapes, printing speeds, battery technologies, cleaner burning fuels,
which uses a bidirectional wireless charger to direct energy to and from the car or house as needed.
The robot was designed by MIT Computer science and Artificial intelligence Lab (CSAIL and could eventually allow robots to not only pick up,
These points are configured using a clustering algorithm, allowing them gripper to identify the object in front of it
in order to enable the gripper to be usable for a variety of existing hardware bases, simply by swapping out the 3d printed interface.
and thus had to rely on the clustering algorithm to choose the appropriate strength and grasping method (enveloping grasp for larger items, pinching grasp for lightweight ones).
such as small booksut with future research, that might not be a problem for long. uture work will take these core principles
They plan to add resolution with better flex sensors as well as multiple internal flex sensors to get independent data from different segments of each finger.
#This OLO box will turn your smartphone into a DLP 3d printer for just $99 The great majority of consumers today aren familiar with the processes behind 3d printing,
That right, our beloved smartphones, which follow us everywhere and replace an ever-increasing number of tools
the world first app-powered smartphone 3d printer, and are about to unleash accessible, affordable, and socially driven 3d printing on the world.
The OLO, for all intents and purposes, is powered a battery box (consisting of seven parts plus an engine) that fits on top of your Android, OS or Windows smartphone.
Users are simply to install the free OLO app, where they can upload, download, manage and share 3d designs,
put the box on their phones and hit rint. The device has a build volume of 7. 6 x 12.7 x 5 cm,
Because of the sharing-function of the app, the OLO is also being touted as the first ocial3d printer. he idea behind the development of OLO was to create a cheap 3d printer that anyone could easily use,
Despite more and more ser-friendly3d printers and 3d printing services hitting the market, the truth is that most people either do not understand the technology,
(or shall we say, all who already own smartphone). Priced at just $99 and with its free, easy-to-use app,
It an entry-level device for the curious, that might just get them excited enough to eventually upgrade to more complex 3d printer models and software.
and battery power source (standard AA 1. 5v that last for at least 100 printings), it is also ideal for anyone who is traveling
but users can print anything from functional replacement parts to art, like with normal 3d printers.
or other artistic models can be made for display or as gifts. Yet another advantage of resin 3d printing in comparison to FDM, for example, is that parts can be printed at full density in almost the same amount of time as hollow
3d printed objects directly from our smartphones? It turns out, it not as terrifyingly complicated as it seems.
However, in order to make full use of the smartphone exising features, the OLO simply replaces expensive lasers and projectors with the phone own LED display.
When you place your smartphone underneath the glass surface of the resin container, the app will make the screen light up in a pattern specific to the object you are printing.
As the directed light moves upward and hardens the resin, the object is built layer by layer,
resulting in high-resolution, durable prints. he big work wee done is to deploy the chemistry for a new resin that is capable of being cured not by UV LIGHT,
optimized for the OLO smartphone display light-source. In order to get the OLO on the market and into the hands of new or would-be makers,
200 projects for top clients including Calvin klein, Vodafone, and Coca cola, this is the first time any of their companies has used Kickstarter.
Then again, what better way is there to reach the socially connected in-crowd than through social media-driven crowdfunding itself?
and excitement, usually in that order, he said. hen told that OLO could turn your phone into a 3d printer,
whether the key to consumer 3d printing has been our smartphones all along. The official Kickstarter launch date hasn been announced,
Until then, users can register to win a free OLO 3d printer through their social media contest by taking a picture and posting it to Instagram with the hashtag#olo3d p
unlike smooth titanium or other biomaterials such as PEEK, has been associated in preclinical data with bone growth (osteoblastic) activity.
and Electrical and Computer engineering, respectively, have been working towards using cyber additive manufacturing technology in order to create new metal materials that possess stronger and lighter properties than existing metal materials.
and his team have developed a 3d printable device that converts any smartphone into a retinal camera, for less than NZ$50.
and the design is open-source and freely available for anyone to download and print, anywhere in the world.
First, the patient, second the lens and third my smartphone. All three object should be lined up in the same axis
I wanted it to be universal (to fit all kinds of phones. The design was supposed to eliminate to variable factors (the phone
and the lens) making them into a single unit, so a hand is freed to secure the patient.
They explored the potential of making a device not just for any phone but for any lens as well.
An app was created also to back the hardware with an integrated software. It called the pthalmicdocs Eye Appand will be available for download from the Apple App store from May 22.
The app is multifunctional in that it provides a range of vision tests, has image acquisition capabilities,
is part of their efforts to develop smartphone based teleopthalmology systems that link physicians with patients,
His team is also working on developing a portable smartphone-based slit lamp microscope for imaging the anterior segment of the eye, with working similar to the Opthalmicdocs Fundus.
and the intentions of the growing community of professional 3d printing users and the scene looks bright.
In this sense, users once again showed less concern for less concrete possibilities such as enabling co-creation, increasing production flexibility,
This data supports the idea that 3d printing is less accessible in Europe where people without experience in 3d printing would feel less inclined to think of it as a possible solution,
D printing Mushtari is a wonderful example of how far this collaboration can bring us.
what real computer aided manufacturing is ultimately about s
#3d Systems Demos Virtual Surgeries and Soft 3d printed Models in New orleans On top of its massive 3d printing portfolio and Quickparts services, 3d Systems also has an extensive medical design and 3d printing wing.
By converting a patient medical imaging data into a 3d printable model, doctors are able to create a soft and flexible model via multi-material 3d printing.
is 3d Systemsgrasp of the evolving reality computing ecosystem, which encompasses 3d scanning, 3d printing, VR,
Both pieces of tech will be on display at the Annual Meeting for the American Urological Association in New orleans from today until May 19.
The microfish were manufactured with microscale continuous optical printing (COP), an advanced, high-resolution form of 3d printing that was created in Chen laboratory.
The COP printer functions at a rapid pace, and is able to produce hundreds of their microfish within seconds of printing.
What makes this printer so efficient is its digital micromirroring array device chip (DMD), containing millions of micromirrors that function separately from one another to cast the desired microfish design onto photosensitive material,
which is solidified then once exposed to UV LIGHT. This advanced process results in these 3d printed microfish, able to swim naturally through liquids,
since a egacy3d printer can still inspire advanced research studies and projects. The ultimate goal of Dr. Wong study is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of powering an FFF 3d printer using solar energy to manufacture functional
The findings from this work were used to design an ultraportable, plug-and-play, solar-powered 3d printing system suitable for transport to,
With access to a satellite internet connection photovoltaic panels, and a 3d printer, any plastic and possibly ceramics or even metal (with binder jetting or future wire melting technologies) objects could be produced anywhere in the world.
Even complex parts could be assembled in a second phase with internet instructions. What is interesting about Dr Wong latest project is focused that she on a very basic,
easy-to-find, and affordable 3d printer, as well as off the shelf items that can be stored easily in carry on luggage.
which would allow the application of this stimulation to the scaffold once implanted on the damaged bone site.
Using Envisiontec 3d bioplotter they were able to take their research to new levels creating very complex multilateral 3d structures following specific designs previously programmed on the computer. his is an incredible advantage
rom this, we were able to design an implant with a rigid sternal core and semi-flexible titanium rods to act as prosthetic ribs attached to the sternum.
e built the implant using our $1. 3 million Arcam printer. The printer works by directing an electron beam at a bed of titanium powder
in order to melt it. This process is repeated then building the product up layer-by-layer until you have a complete implant. 3d printing has significant advantages over traditional manufacturing methods, particularly for biomedical applications.
and printer right at the hospital to create custom nerve guides right on site to restore nerve function.
A model of the modified Leapfrog Printer used in production. 4d printing can be defined as the combined use of advanced 3d printing technology and the change of form over time.
On display at ORNL EERE Industry Day, is integrated a complete energy system, consisting of a 3d printed home with a small kitchenette,
#Freedee Printing Solutions Launches Hungary First 3d Academy 3d Academy may be one of the top trends in European 3d printing lately.
one of them is Freedee Printing Solutions, one of Hungary first 3d printing and 3d scanning service and retailer.
scalable 3d printer farm using Makerbot hardware and software, developed especially for schools and universities. At the 3d Academy, Freedee will have 10 Makerbot Replicators
and one Replicator Z18, complemented by several 3d scanners and educational materials. These will be used as a base for the courses aimed at the general public and for collaborations with public schools.
which warms up the body core. As the warm blood leaves the core and travels toward the surface of the gills, it transfers its heat to the cold blood that is travelling back from the gills where it has absorbed oxygen from the water.
Wegner likens the system to a car radiator and says the exchange stops the heat from nearing the gill surface where it would be cooled by the water flow through the gills.
"The core message is using evidence to drive healthcare reform, "says Professor Marc Tennant of the University of Western australia,
They then used the computer's predictions to run practical experiments to test the results.
Their innovative Hydrelio Floating PV system allows standard PV panels to be installed on large bodies of water such as:
#Spot Glaucoma With Your Smartphone Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, have developed a method to diagnose glaucoma from smartphone images.
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore, have announced the development of a new and simple method to detect glaucoma early enough to prevent blindness.
Software developed at the IISC greatly simplifies the procedure by using software to rapidly analyse images which can be taken with a handheld fundus camera
or even with a smartphone camera. e calculate parameters like cup-to-disc ratio to identify potentially glaucomatous conditions,
Seelamantula says mass screening of fundus images by semiskilled people is possible with pre-screening software. he software allows rapid screening of the images and highlights those that need the attention of the specialist.
but there is interest in making it suitable for mass application by converting the Java-based software into an Android app for example,
evaluate toxicity and display the results in one simple process. Dr. Wang Zhiping, Director of research Programs at Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*STAR) Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTECH
such as ejector pins for iphones, watch springs for expensive hand-wound watches, trial medical implants,
which phosphates are added at key sites to influence the function of PER2. This hosphoswitchleads to two alternative fates for PER2:
After seven days there was a sixfold increase in the formation of new blood vessels in the mouse back muscles
and reset the cell programming. Dr Ciro Chiappini, first author of the study from the Department of Materials, added:"
"Instead of optically based sensing, the shape-changing probes are designed to operate in the radio frequency (RF) spectrum,
"Our data were taken in vitro. And some potential applications of the sensors may not be biological at all.
respectively So placing two different populations of GEMS at the same site makes it possible to track changes in two different variables at the same time--a capability the researchers demonstrated by placing GEMS with two different dimensions in the same location and detecting
effectively measuring a panel of potential biomarkers simultaneously, rather than just one, to better differentiate between different pathologies,
#Graphene Manufacturer Angstron Develops Cost-Effective Thermal Foil Sheets for Smartphones Graphene Manufacturer Angstron Develops Cost-Effective Thermal Foil Sheets for Smartphones Published on March 30,
2015 at 8: 42 AM Most smartphone users swipe and tap their way from app to app,
navigating their mini mobile computing world with ease. Very few think about the technology beneath their screens that conducts heat away from internal electronic components
and batteries to help maintain optimal performance. With the number of smartphone users expected to reach more than 2 billion worldwide by 2016,
manufacturers are being challenged to find new thermal management methods. Dayton Ohio-based Angstron Materials, Inc. has developed a family of cost-effective thermal foil products that can be customized for handheld devices and other products.
or greater thermal conductivity. iniaturization results in less space to dissipate heat generated from today high-performance processors,
which are suited for use in a range of applications including tablets, lap tops, flat screen TVS and EMI shielding s
Programming self-assembly by base-pairing alone is like writing computer code in machine language. The hope is that this new approach will make it easier to bend DNA origami toward practical ends,
in much the same way the advent of higher-level computer programming languages spurred advances in software engineering.
#Electroluminescence with Phosphor Nanoparticles Holds Promise for Modern Lighting Light-emitting diodes (LEDS) are the modern lighting devices used in lamps, signals, signs or displays.
Breast tissue is stained computationally using data from infrared imaging without actually staining the tissue, enabling multiple stains on the same sample.
Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois Using a combination of advanced microscope imaging and computer analysis,
The computer then translates spectral information from the microscope into chemical stain patterns, without the muss or fuss of applying dyes to the cells. e're relying on the chemistry to generate the ground truth
and act as the upervisorfor a supervised learning algorithm, said David Mayerich, first author of the study.
This allows the user to simply tune to a required stain for as many different stains as are necessary all without damaging the original tissue sample,
Aizenberg is also co-director of the Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology and a core faculty member at Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, leading the Adaptive Materials Technologies platform there.
After using computer simulations to test their novel approach, in collaboration with Prof. Anna C. Balazs from the University of Pittsburgh, Aizenberg team conducted proof-of-concept experiments in which they successfully separated thrombin, an enzyme in blood plasma that causes the clotting of blood
Currently, colors on computer and iphone screens come from dye materials pre-placed on the pixels.
The new technology may hold promise for many applications such as for jewelry, automotive interior trim, aviation, signage, colored keypads, wearable and electronic displays.
The initial target market is Cell Phone and Tablet glass surfaces. Tungstenglass is based a borosilicate glass that is infused with tungsten and carbon nanotubes.
visit http://info. xradia. com/Xradia-Ultra-Load-Stage. html. ZEISSTHE Carl Zeiss Group is an international leader in the fields of optics and optoelectronics.
ZEISS is present in over 40 countries around the globe with about 40 production facilities, over 50 sales and service locations and service locations and approximately 20 research and development sites.
Users are supported for software for system control, image capture and editing. The Microscopy business group has sales companies in 33 countries.
Application and service specialists support customers around the globe in demo centers and on site.
Additional production and development sites are in Oberkochen, Gottingen and Munich, as well as in Cambridge in the UK and Peabody, MA and Pleasanton, CA in the USA.
exterior shell and a conductive iron-nickel core. In a paper published this week in the Journal of Applied Physics
National Centre for Basic Sciences, mixed nickel oxide and iron oxide as a hybrid material and fabricated the novel core/shell nanostructure electrode."
In Singh's experiment, the core/shell hybrid nanostructure was fabricated through a two-step method. Using a standard electro-deposition technique,
eventually developing a highly porous iron oxide-nickel oxide hybrid shell around the iron-nickel core."
"The advantage of this core/shell hybrid nanostructure is that the highly porous shell nanolayer provides a very large surface area for redox reactions
"The remarkable electrochemical performances and material properties suggest that the iron oxide-nickel oxide hybrid core/shell nanostructure could be a reliable and promising candidate for fabricating the next generation lightweight, low-cost
An EPFL spin-off company, Nanolive, has developed the 3d Cell Explorer first-ever microscope that allows users to see inside living cells without any prior sample preparation,
by using MRI-like technology and proprietary software that uses holographic algorithms. The microscope is called the 3d Cell Explorer.
It combines state-of-the-art hardware with cutting-edge imaging software to record stunning 3d images of entire living cells within seconds and with a higher resolution than any conventional microscope available in the market.
The photographic"slices"are recombined then using clever holography software that digitally"stains"the cells, labeling its different parts.
The software, called STEVE, is now available for download and can be used to"travel"virtually inside cells.
It allows the user to digitally"paint"any part of a scanned cell. This is possible because it can automatically define all the different parts of a cell based on an optical property called the"refractive index".
allowing users to explore changes in the cell in real time. Through STEVE, the stains can be modified constantly by the user,
saved and reused for other cells.""Starting from today, scientists, medics and students all around the world will be enabled to travel inside 3d cells in full color by simply downloading STEVE on their laptop"says Nanolive CEO Yann Cotte.
Nanolive SA was founded in November 2013 at the EPFL Innovation Park (Lausanne) by Yann Cotte (CEO) and Fatih Toy (scientific advisor),
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