#Injectable Nanoscale Electronic Scaffolds to Monitor Neural activity It sounds unlikely, until you visit Charles Lieber's lab. A team of international researchers, led by Lieber, the Mark Hyman, Jr.
Professor of Chemistry, an international team of researchers developed a method for fabricating nanoscale electronic scaffolds that can be injected via syringe.
what they call simple but efficient structural color printing platformat the nanometer scale level. They believe the process holds promise for future applications,
Unlike the printing process of an inkjet or laserjet printer, where mixed color pigments are used, there is no color ink used in our structural printing process only different hole sizes on a thin metallic layer,
pigment-free color printing and relevant applications such as security marking and information storage. ther co-authors of the Scientific Reports paper are Dr. Fei Cheng,
#Innovative Hand-held Tool and App to Monitor for Signs of Skin cancer Unveiled at World Dermatology Conference Sadeghi,
#and my company, Metaoptima Technology. olescope#comprises a mini-microscope that attaches to a smartphone, an app (ios, Android,
or web compatible) and a cloud-based analytical platform called Dermengine#.#Once people take high-quality, high-resolution images of suspicious moles or skin abnormalities,
as people can self-monitor their moles and track changes over time. Visual changes in skin often signal the possibility of skin cancer.
and to work tirelessly to make it a reality. adeghi won recognition during the research and development phase of Molescope#,winning Wavefront Wireless Prize package ($40, 000) in the BCIC-New Ventures Competition in 2013, plus
While a graduate student at SFU (she earned a Phd in computing science in 2012 under supervisor
she said. he ability to monitor such gases in production facilities and coal fired power stations gives vital early warning of explosions,
which has paved the way for flexible mobile phones. Lead author, Phd researcher Philipp Gutruf, says the unbreakable,
they will be able to link to electronic devices to continuously monitor UV-levels and alert the user when radiation hits harmful levels.
Gutruf said the research used zinc oxide-present in most sunscreens as a fine powder mixed into a lotion-as the UV sensing material.
#Synchronous Computer Operates on Water Droplets Infused with Magnetic nanoparticles The computer is nearly a decade in the making,
The work combines his expertise in manipulating droplet fluid dynamics with a fundamental element of computer science an operating clock."
Because of its universal nature, the droplet computer can theoretically perform any operation that a conventional electronic computer can crunch,
or to operate word processors on this, "Prakash said.""Our goal is to build a completely new class of computers that can precisely control
and manipulate physical matter. Imagine if when you run a set of computations that not only information is processed
but physical matter is manipulated algorithmically as well. We have made just this possible at the mesoscale.""The ability to precisely control droplets using fluidic computation could have a number of applications in high-throughput biology and chemistry,
and possibly new applications in scalable digital manufacturing. The results are published in the current edition of Nature Physics.
Computer clocks are responsible for nearly every modern convenience. Smartphones, DVRS, airplanes, the Internet without a clock, none of these could operate without frequent and serious complications.
Nearly every computer program requires several simultaneous operations each conducted in a perfect step-by-step manner. A clock makes sure that these operations start
and stop at the same times, thus ensuring that the information synchronizes. The results are dire if a clock isn't present.
"The reason computers work so precisely is that every operation happens synchronously; it's what made digital logic so powerful in the first place,
A magnetic clockdeveloping a clock for a fluid-based computer required some creative thinking. It needed to be easy to manipulate,
allowing observation of computation as it occurs in real time. The presence or absence of a droplet represents the 1s and 0s of binary code
and the clock ensures that all the droplets move in perfect synchrony, and thus the system can run virtually forever without any errors."
and demonstrates building blocks for synchronous logic gates, feedback and cascadability hallmarks of scalable computation. A simple-state machine including 1-bit memory storage (known as"flip-flop")is demonstrated also using the above basic building blocks.
"Prakash said the most immediate application might involve turning the computer into a high-throughput chemistry and biology laboratory.
and the droplet computer offers unprecedented control over these interactions. From the perspective of basic science, part of why the work is so exciting,
is that it opens up a new way of thinking of computation in the physical world.
Although the physics of computation has been applied previously to understand the limits of computation the physical aspects of bits of information has never been exploited as a new way to manipulate matter at the mesoscale (10 microns to 1 millimeter.
Right now, anyone can put these circuits together to form a complex droplet processor with no external control something that was a very difficult challenge previously,
computation takes a special place. We are trying to bring the same kind of exponential scale up because of computation we saw in the digital world into the physical world."
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#Ultracompact Highly sensitive Nanomechanical Sensor Can Detect Viral Disease Markers Two young researchers working at the MIPT Laboratory of Nanooptics and Plasmonics,
and miniature dimensions, allowing it to be used in all portable devices, such as smartphones, wearable electronics, etc.
and transparent displays, and graphene-based on-chip optical communications,"said Hone, Wang Fon-Jen Professor of Mechanical engineering at Columbia Engineering and co-author of the study.
titled'Bright visible light emission from graphene',was published in the Advance Online Publication (AOP) on Nature Nanotechnology's website.
based partly on data from simulations used by the medical community. They found that the gold-bonded iodine-125 emitted six times as many low energy electrons as plain iodine-125.
Cube original family of motion sensors was designed for smartphones and tablets which have relatively large batteries,
Internet of Moving Things By 2020, analysts predict more than 50 billion1 devices will be connected to the Internet
From smartphones and tablets to smart clothing and wearables, mcube is enabling a new era called the nternet of Moving Things where the movement
generating valuable data and insights that will transform consumer experiences. n the highly competitive consumer market of inertial sensors,
Having successfully shipped over 100 million units in smartphones and tablets, mcube is now taking its proven technology
and developing products specifically optimized for the Internet of Moving Things. With the MC3600 product family
enable Iomt devices to power-down other components during user inactivity, dramatically extending battery life. The MC3610 is sampling now
while charging, different processes are at work in the two identical pieces of carbon pongewhich function as the electrodes in these devices, in contrast to earlier computer simulations.
They are used also in flashes in mobile phones and as a complementary technology to batteries in order to boost performance.
Previous theories had been made by computer simulations no one observed this in eal lifebefore. What the experiments showed is that the two electrodes behave differently.
#Keysight Technologies Introduces 9500 AFM With Integrated Software and Hardware for Ultrafast Scan Rates Keysight Technologies, Inc. NYSE:
The Keysight 9500 AFM system seamlessly integrates new software, a new high-bandwidth digital controller,
and a state-of-the-art mechanical design to provide unrivaled scan rates of up to 2 sec/frame (256x256 pixels).
Engineered with scientific and industrial R&d users in mind, the 9500 is the ideal system for an expansive range of advanced AFM applications associated with materials science, life science, polymer science and electrical characterization.
Available as a system option, Quick Scan is controlled through Nanonavigator, a powerful new imaging and analysis software package from Keysight.
In addition to supporting Quick Scan functionality, Nanonavigator software lets researchers save time by using a new Auto Drive feature that automatically and optimally sets all parameters for the 9500.
AFM novices and experts alike can appreciate Nanonavigator's efficient workflow-based GUI as it guides users step-by-step through system setup and operation via intuitive, eye-catching visuals.
For ultimate convenience, the Nanonavigator mobile app for smart phones and tablets allows remote monitoring of AFM experiments
and market leader helping to transform its customers'measurement experience through innovations in wireless, modular,
and software solutions. Keysight's electronic measurement instruments, systems software and services are used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment and operation of electronic equipment.
or'CRYO EM'-imaging samples frozen to-180oc-to show the proteasome complex in such extraordinary detail that they could view a prototype drug bound to its active sites.
The results could help improve scientists'ability to build molecules that interlock very specifically with target sites on proteins-a fundamental part of designing new anticancer drugs.
The research could help other scientists to use CRYO EM in structure-based drug design studies-in which researchers build the best possible drugs starting from a molecule which already binds to the active site of a target protein.
An inhibitor molecule used by the researchers was shown to be visibly bound at each of its three target sites on the proteasome.
and generated images using complex image-processing software. Senior study author Dr Edward Morris, Team Leader in Structural Electron microscopy at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, said:"
we were able to clearly show the target site for potential cancer drugs -and could even show an inhibitor bound in place,
#OSU Scientists Use Microreactor to Create Silver nanoparticles at Room temperature for Printed Electronics There may be broad applications in microelectronics, sensors, energy devices, low emissivity coatings and even transparent displays.
such vibrations produce a 300%improvement in the rate of water diffusion by using computers to simulate the flow of water molecules flowing through nanotubes.
Crowdsourcing the solutionthe project, initiated by IBM's World Community Grid, was an experiment in crowdsourced computing--carried out by over 150,
000 volunteers who contributed their own computing power to the research.""Our project won the privilege of using IBM's world community grid, an open platform of users from all around the world,
to run our program and obtain precise results, "said Prof. Urbakh.""This was the first project of this kind in Israel,
and we could never have managed with just four students in the lab. We would have required the equivalent of nearly 40,000 years of processing power on a single computer.
Instead we had the benefit of some 150,000 computing volunteers from all around the world,
who downloaded and ran the project on their laptops and desktop computers.""Crowdsourced computing is playing an increasingly major role in scientific breakthroughs,"Prof.
Urbakh continued.""As our research shows, the range of questions that can benefit from public participation is growing all the time."
"The computer simulations were designed by Ming Ma, who graduated from Tsinghua University and is doing his postdoctoral research in Prof.
Abbey Liebman 0 created a dress using conductive cotton threads capable of charging an iphone.
With ultrathin solar panels for trim and a USB charger tucked into the waist, the Southwest-inspired garment captured enough sunshine to charge cell phones
and other handheld devices allowing the wearer to stay plugged in. The technology may be embedded into shirts to measure heart rate
#Applied Nanotech Tests Ballistic, Blast-Resistant Armor Panels with Printed Electronic Antennas Applied Nanotech, Inc. ANI), a PEN Inc. company (PEN), announces successful completion
and test of fiberglass ballistic and blast-resistant armor panels that incorporate printed electronic antennas capable of sending
The armor-incased antennas also have jamming capability to block radio signals such as those used to remotely trigger explosives,
and bullet-resistant fiberglass panel products manufactured by Armortex.""Applied Nanotech and the university partners have made impressive technology strides to create new applications for our existing product line,
and other threats,"says Dr. Aly Fathy, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer engineering at UT Knoxville."
modeling and testing,"says Dr. Ahmad Hoorfar, Professor and Director of Antenna Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer engineering, Villanova University y
From there, he went on to form a core team by hiring a CEO Jeff Draa
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now an NSF funded Iorps Site, has helped more than 200 innovator teams conduct proof of concept studies and market research through a combination of gap funding, expert mentorship and entrepreneurial education.
along with other researchers developed nanoscale particles that introduce silver antimicrobial potency to a biocompatible lignin core.
Upon disposal, the rest of the particles also degrade easily due to their biocompatible lignin core.
and environmentally responsible method to make effective antimicrobials with biomaterial cores. Velev, INVISTA Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular engineering at NC State.
It is a key technology to enable the next generation of portable electronics, such as smartphones and tablets,
The technology is used already in computer hard drives and many other applications and scientists believe it could eventually be used for quantum computers,
The power of this innovative instrument is to simultaneously process large amounts of data, thus addressing a major bottleneck in pharmaceutical research:
rapid, data-rich biomedical imaging. By merging data simultaneously collected by thousands of microlenses optical elements each smaller than the width of a human hair this new multispectral microscope is able to produce a continuous series of datasets that essentially reveal how much of multiple colors
are present at each point in a single biological sample. harmaceutical research is awash with cutting-edge equipment that tries to image
Multispectral Imaging Color and Data Combinemultispectral imaging is used for a variety of scientific and medical research applications.
it also provides data about specific colors, or frequencies, in that image. Medical researchers are able to study these frequencies to learn about the composition
however, is very data intensive and slow since current multispectral microscopes can only survey a single point at a time with few color channels,
Orth and his team took inspiration from modern computing, in which massive amounts of data and calculations are handled simultaneous by multicore processors.
In the case of imaging, however, the work of a single microscope lens is distributed among an entire array or microlenses,
each responsible for collecting multispectral data for a very narrow portion of each sample. To capture this data,
a laser is focused onto a small spot on the sample by each microlens. The laser light causes the sample to fluoresce,
200 by 200 pixels wide. These individual multicolor images were stitched then together into a large mosaic image.
By simultaneously imaging 13 separate colors bands, the dataset produced was nearly 17 billion pixels in size.
The Challenge of Big Datathis novel approach initially presented a challenge in the data pipeline.
The raw data is in the form of one megapixel images recorded at 200 frames per second a data rate much higher than current microscopes
and process a tremendous amount of data each second. Over time, the availability and prices of fast cameras and fast hard drives have come down considerably,
allowing for a much more affordable and efficient design. The current limiting factor is loading the recorded data from hard drives to active computer memory to produce an image.
The researchers estimate that an active memory of about 100 gigabytes to store the raw dataset would improve the entire process even further.
Impact of Big data on Multispectral Imagingthe goal of this technology is to speed up drug discovery.
the team would like to expand to live cell imaging in which billion-pixel, time-lapse movies of cells moving
and this can generate 3d computer models of individual nanoparticles using the movies captured. The movie clips, posted along with the publication, show the unprecedented details of the structure of two platinum nanoparticles.
Particle 1 in action Monash University Youtube. comthe field had expected cubical or at least highly symmetrical platinum nanocrystals. t was surprising to learn that they form asymmetrical multi-domain structures,
and wireless communications to transistors operating at very high speeds. A constantly increasing demand for telecommunication bandwidth requires an ever faster operation of electronic devices,
pushing their response times to be as short as a picosecond. he results of this study will help improve the performance of graphene-based nanoelectronic devices such as ultra-high speed transistors and photodetectorssays Professor Dmitry Turchinovich,
the scientists explain how they used Sticky-flares to quantify ß-actin mrna in Hela cells (the oldest and most commonly used human cell line) as well as to follow the real-time transport of ß-actin mrna in mouse embryonic
Nanoparticles made from these polymers have a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic shell. Due to molecular-scale forces
BPA, another endocrine-disrupting synthetic compound widely used in plastic bottles and other resinous consumer goods, from thermal printing paper samples;
#Nano Cages Provide New Approach for Structuring Catalysts University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have developed a new approach to structuring the catalysts used in essential reactions in the chemical and energy fields.
Mavrikakis sees the nano cage structure has opened up a whole new avenue of investigation in synthesizing new catalysts."
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison designed the system such that the etching of palladium from the core could be understood,
Rapid and Inexpensive Modulator for Future Data Tansmission In February 1880 in his laboratory in Washington the American inventor Alexander graham bell developed a device
which he himself called his greatest achievement, greater even than the telephone: the"photophone"."Bell's idea to transmit spoken words over large distances using light was the forerunner of a technology without
which the modern internet would be unthinkable. Today, huge amounts of data are sent incredibly fast through fibre optic-cables cables as light pulses.
For that purpose they first have to be converted from electrical signals, which are used by computers and telephones, into optical signals.
In Bell's days it was a simple, very thin mirror that turned sound waves into modulated light.
Modern telecommunications use laser light with a wavelength of one and a half micrometers, which accordingly is the lower limit for the size of a modulator.
and thus to create the pulses necessary for data transfer, the researchers use the working principle of an interferometer.
As such a modulator is much smaller than conventional devices it consumes very little energy-only a few thousandth of Watts at a data transmission rate of 70 Gigabits per second.
given that the amount of energy used worldwide for data transmission is considerable-after all, there are modulators in every single fibre optic line.
Every year increasing amounts of data need to be transmitted at ever higher speed, which leads to an increasing energy consumption.
A hundredfold energy saving would, therefore, be more than welcome.""Our modulator provides more communication with less energy,
In the first demonstration of how the technology works, published July 30 in the journal Cell, the researchers look inside the brain of an adult mouse at a scale previously unachievable, generating images at a nanoscale resolution.
which is a way of saying that I would prefer to generate a hypothesis from the data
"The researchers have begun the process of mining their imaging data by looking first at an area of the brain that receives sensory information from mouse whiskers,
The cost and data storage demands for this type of research are still high, but the researchers expect expenses to drop over time (as has been the case with genome sequencing).
To facilitate data sharing, the scientists are now partnering with Argonne National Laboratory with the hopes of creating a national brain laboratory that neuroscientists around the world can access within the next few years."
"As long as data is showing you things that are unexpected, then you're definitely doing the right thing.
when we look at this data that we don't see something that we've never seen before
#Data Translation's ARM-Based Dynamic Signal Analyzer Module for Noise and Vibration Measurement To assist OEM users complete source code is provided that can be modified
Vibration testing has increased dramatically driven by the strong sales of consumer products such as cell phones tablets performance cameras
With the embedded Beaglebone Black industrialized ARM processor real-time processing and analysis for vibration testing is simplified greatly.
I/O. The ARM block processor is the TI AM335X ARM Cortex-A8 including BBB functions FPGA memory and support peripherals as well as interfaces for a USB host and client Ethernet
The module is ideal running open-source Linux using the TI AM335X SDK Essentials Version 7. 0. The DT7837 runs Linux 3. 12 with customer loadable kernel
modules LKM to expose the onboard hardware to Linux user space applications via virtual file interfaces s
She has beaten just her personal best in a computer adventure. But this is no ordinary video game flickering on the tablet computer screen in front of her:
Behind all the excitement is a new kind of fitness tool for the physically impaired. The game required movements help the woman exercise motor functions,
and stamina. he controlled her on-screen avatar with the movements of her upper body
and wirelessly transmit them via Bluetooth to the tablet on the table in front of her, where software processes all the data and relays it to her avatar.
Huber shoulder pad is part of the akrobatik@home project. Other elements of the IT-based fitness game,
voice controls from the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication systems FOKUS that enable users to navigate through the game menu,
and a video communication system from the company Bravis that allows users to interact via webcams. early fifty percent of adults in Germany suffer from physical impairments of a temporary or permanent nature,
Research in collaboration with users ur project is not just about developing innovative technology, but about starting with concrete needs, says Karolina Mizera,
The-bag an application for tablet computers that makes it easy for users to show their tickets on buses and trains,
whether rotational, vertical or horizontal. hile users play, they unconsciously do recommended the exercises by therapists.
says Mizera. ur focus was on closely integrating end users into the process and thereby developing technical solutions that are genuinely helpful
The project has shown how important participation is in terms of involving users and stakeholders before starting the technical development stage.
This includes developing advanced control technology for commercial video games and testing how the sensor technology could be integrated directly into clothing e
Currently, many energy companies use a technique called time-lapse reflection seismology to monitor offshore oil
The data are deciphered then to reveal details about subsurface structures. Each survey can cost tens of millions of dollars,
Another cable connects the sensor array to a platform in order to collect data in real time. The sensors record ambient seismic waves traveling through Earth's crust.
and the computer uses the reading to calculate the glucose concentration. The process is repeated then with UV LIGHT.
The computer then uses these two different readings to calculate the premature baby's blood sugar level.
These challenges are more cost-effectively met by bringing the controls connectivity such as Bluetooth and high-granularity sensing into the luminaires themselves.#
which results in an Internet of Awareness#through the convergence of Iot-connected lighting and sensor fusion#said Sajol Ghoshal who is responsible for Emerging Sensor Strategies at ams.#
#The AS721X family with Broadcom's groundbreaking easy-to-use connectivity from their WICED#Smart Bluetooth and Smartbridge platform delivers a secure plug-and-play connection to the Iot for big data aggregation and the anticipated wave of machine learning.#
#Competitive offerings in the space are essentially#build your own#devices requiring discrete components including sensors processors memory and
I/O chips that require design integration and time-consuming programming of control and communications algorithms.
In contrast the AS721X family delivers a fully integrated solution providing users with a high level of integration at far lower cost
Saturas'precision agriculture sensing system comprises of miniature implanted sensors wireless transponders and delivery of information to the farmer's Internet device:
computer tablet or smartphone. Despite numerous approaches to sensor-based irrigation including measuring soil and leaf moisture the market lacks a solution that combines accuracy ease of use and affordability.
and complete the development of a reliable user friendly and efficient industrial product to achieve a precise irrigation tool for farmers worldwide.
white goods, computer equipment, asset tracking, cold chain storage, industrial control and medical equipment. AEC-Q100-qualified versions are also available for automotive applications.
The Si705x temperature sensors are pin-compatible and software-compatible with Silicon Labspopular Si70xx RH and temperature sensor family.
and software to be reused easily for temperature-only applications. Pricing and Availability Samples and production quantities of Silicon Labssi705x temperature sensors are available now.
The Si705x USB dongle evaluation kits, priced at $49 (USD MSRP), streamline Si705x sensor evaluation and application development.
The Si705x USB dongle kits are supported by a Windows-based GUI that simplifies control of the Si705x sensors and temperature measurements.
A variety of source code and driver examples is available in Silicon Labssimplicity Studio development environment. For additional Si705x product information, to order samples and evaluation kits,
and to download development software, visit www. silabs. com/temperature-sensors i
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