-actin mrna in mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Sticky-flares are built upon another technology from Mirkin's group called Nanoflares,
it takes a great deal of energy to excite electrons from one level to another--and only displays photocatalytic properties under ultraviolet light.
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;
in the form of a polygon object, in 3d software normally used for computer-aided design or animation.
and we can do it in the same way as one might draw a 3d structure for printing out in macroscopic scale,
"The scientists also want to look for other materials that display this effect.""We think that there may be other new physics working here,
computers could operate even faster. But first engineers must build a light source that can be turned on and off that rapidly.
they are too energy-hungry and unwieldy to integrate into computer chips. Duke university researchers are now one step closer to such a light source.
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.
and one oxygen atom) can be polymerized to form polycarbonates in reactions that use special catalysts.
and progenitor cells isolated from the fetal liver of a mouse in Tan's lab. As Tan explained,"
#How to look for a few good catalysts Two key physical phenomena take place at the surfaces of materials:
The discovery could make it easier to find new catalysts for particular applications, among other potential benefits.
Ideally, this understanding helps us design new catalysts, Stoerzinger says. If a given material has a lower affinity for water,
#Light switches on a DVD There could be more to DVDS than has been assumed to date. The material comprised of germanium, antimony and tellurium in
"The storage mechanism in DVDS is based on the fact that laser pulses rearrange the structure of the material,
While DVDS are likely to soon become a thing of the past, this may not apply to their storage material.
The material owes its job to the fact that, in rewritable DVDS, laser pulses can convert it very quickly from a strongly reflective crystalline state into a much less reflective disordered version..
In the first demonstration of how the technology works, published July 30 in the journal Cell("Saturated Reconstruction of a Volume of Neocortex"),the researchers look inside the brain of an adult mouse at a scale previously unachievable, generating images
"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,
or use computer simulations to visualize how particles can form and attach. The international group met for a three-day workshop in Berkeley, California,
#From cameras to computers, new material could change how we work and play Serendipity has as much a place in science as in love.
from 20-megapixel arrays for cellphone cameras to photo detectors to atomically thin transistors that when multiplied by the billions could fuel computers.
"The result is usable energy that can provide power to mobile devices wirelessly.""Though not perfect by any means, Nikola energy-capturing case holds promise For a sponsorship contribution of $99,
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In one experiment with inflated mouse brain tissue, the researchers gauged the distance between two proteins that sit on opposite ends of neural synapses.
At the meeting, he showed an image of a half-millimetre slab of the mouse brain's hippocampus
Pushing boundaries Viviana Gradinaru, a neuroscientist at the California Institute of technology in Pasadena, says that Boyden technique is another example of how scientists are bypassing hardware limitations by modifying biological tissue.
But teixobactin has disappointed in its failure to kill ram-negativebacteria. This class, says Eisenstein, is a particular health concern
Marvin Andujar and Chris Crawford, have built a mind-machine method to control a drone through a wearable electroencephalographic (EEG) Brain-Computer Interface device.
The next step for this research is to incorporate a two way system that monitors user levels of engagement, cognitive workload
#Jaguar land rover Mind Sense research monitors brainwaves through the hands via sensors in the steering wheel Jaguar land rover has revealed the ixth Senseproject,
With its road safety research, The british firm is joining a number of other car makers that have been researching the measurement of brainwaves to monitor driver concentration in the car.
software is used to amplify the signal and filter out the pure brainwave from any background oisejaguar Land rover is currently conducting user trials to collect more information on the different brainwaves identified through the steering wheel sensors
but also allow the car to monitor driver stress levels. This would then allow the car to help reduce stress, for example by changing mood lighting, audio settings and climate control.
which means users wouldn have to touch the screen itself. In user trials this increases the speed of successful button selection by 22 per cent and therefore reduces the amount of time the driver is looking at the screen with their eyes off the road.
The system could also use mid-air touch to provide the driver with a sensation,
there will be no need for the driver to glance at the screen for visual confirmation which would help keep their gaze on the road ahead.
According to this Dailymail article, the software can be trained to associate a person thinking about a floating balloon with turning left.
and staff at Rancho Los Amigos to control a computer cursor and a robotic arm with his mind.
The arrays are connected by a cable to a system of computers that process the signals,
to decode the brain intent and control output devices, such as a computer cursor and a robotic arm. hese arrays are very small so their placement has to be exceptionally precise,
and it took a tremendous amount of planning, working with the Caltech team to make sure we got it right,
the location, the positioning and how you manage the hardware. Keep in mind that what wee able to dohe ability to record the brain signals
where a computer was attached directly to the ports extending from his skull, to communicate with his brain.
such as controlling a computer cursor; drinking a beverage; making a handshaking gesture; and performing various tasks with the robotic arm.
The implanted device and signal processors used in the Caltech-led clinical trial were the Neuroport Array
and Neuroport Bio-potential Signal Processors developed by Blackrock Microsystems in Salt lake city, Utah. The robotic arm used in the trial was the Modular Prosthetic Limb,
The vessels were detected after Louveau developed a method to mount a mouse meninges the membranes covering the brain on a single slide
according to the paper lead author Ram Madabhushi, a postdoc in Tsai laboratory. hen we knocked down this enzyme,
providing the most compelling evidence to date that this is a core transcriptional control mechanism, he says. anticipate that this advance will have broad implications ranging from the basic biology of transcription to pathological mechanisms involved in diseases such as Alzheimer disease
It like erasing a computer disk before you add new data. hen an egg cell is fertilised by a sperm,
Aix-Marseille and the German Mouse Clinic teamed up to investigate the initiation process of dendritic spines.
the team devised a computer algorithm to process OCT data and, nearly instantaneously, generate a color-coded map with cancer in red and healthy tissue in green. e envision that the OCT would be aimed at the area being operated on,
and the surgeon could look at a screen to get a continuously updated picture of where the cancer is
screen and wheels, the robot, located in a laboratory of Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland), was able to film as it moved
while displaying the face of the remote pilot via Skype. The person at the controls,
and the computer, allowing the pilot to rest while navigating. No difference between healthy and disabled subjects In the end, the tests revealed no difference in piloting ability between healthy and disabled subjects.
project called TOBI (Tools for Brain-Computer Interaction which began in 2008. Will robots soon become a fact of daily life for people suffering from a disability?
When exceeding defined threshold concentrations, biosensor output signals, connected via custom hardware/software, activated local or distant neurotransmitter delivery from the organic electronic ion pump.
To study histone composition in mouse nerve cells and related turnover, researchers fed young, post-weaning rodents a special diet containing heavy labeled lysines,
10.1016/j. neuron. 2015.06.014 Abstractcritical Role of Histone Turnover in Neuronal Transcription and Plasticityhighlights 3. 3 displays a unique saturating profile of nucleosome occupancy in postnatal brain
and Surgical Center for Retina developed software that detects eye diseases such as diabetic macular edema using a smartphone.
The software was developed in collaboration with biomedical engineers from the ITESM and uses the camera of the phone to detect any abnormality in the thickness of the retina. he idea is to detect
and send the patient to the specialist. sing the software will reduce costs and streamline the Mexican health system.
Software development has been satisfactory and is expected to soon be marketed and incorporated the basic health system.
or computer screens with finger strokes on a blue cloth covering a table in the display area behind him. t is just like normal fabric.
from suits or dresses to furniture or carpet, could potentially have computer touchpad style control capabilities woven.
Program director for the US NAVY Captain Jeff Dodge likened the upgrade from the MQ-8b based on a smaller airframe to the model aircraft to a brain transplant. e are taking the computer
He is a PC-3 Orion pilot by trade and while he is prepared not to write the obituary for airborne pilots just yet he understands that unmanned systems are booming,
mission payload operators and a tactical commander who are located in a control room with three large TV screens on the wall
and each operator working a keyboard, mouse and a bank of computer screens. There is no joystick and the system is ly by mousewith the operator using the computer mouse to control the aircraft
even if it is flying thousands of kms away. The future has arrived and as sure as night follows day it will involve fewer airborne pilots and increasing numbers of unmanned aircraft systems.
have seen we the last of piloted aircraft? Probably not, but it will become increasingly difficult in the years ahead to find a military pilot who actually takes to the air i
#Aussie bricklaying robot can build house in two days WORLD, meet your new bricklayer. A robotic, fully-automated machine is being developed in Perth,
It works by creating a 3d computer-aided design (CAD) laying program of a house or structure
while working in the area of computer-controlled machinery and witnessing the shortage of Perth bricklayers that the idea of a bricklaying robot really took hold.
paper, scissors Next, the team sent information from the implant to a computer, which translated it into instructions to move a separate robotic arm.
"To get around this, the team designed software that broadcasts meaningless data across several Wi-fi channels
"The team used the test to screen blood samples from 569 people from four countries the US, South africa, Thailand and Peru.
Matthews thinks it would be worth extending the screen to animal populations. He envisages screening wild populations of animals thought to be linked to emerging diseases."
#Smart mirror monitors your face for telltale signs of disease Mirror mirror on the wall, am I at risk of heart disease?
Facial recognition software looks for telltale markers of stress or anxiety, while the gas sensors take samples of the user breath looking for compounds that give an indication of how much they drink or smoke.
After the software has analysed the face which only takes about a minute the mirror produces a score that tells the user how healthy they seem.
It also displays personalised advice on how to improve their health. Wize Mirror is being developed by a consortium of researchers
and that none of the information posted came from CENTCOM's server or social media sites.
At this time however there is no evidence Pentagon servers were compromised. The only thing we know for sure is that credentials for the social media channels
and Youtube servers were compromised. Quoting defense officials Reuters reports that the images published on Twitter do not appear to pose a security threat
The frustrations of the switch were relatively minimal Knutson told NPR's Robert Siegel in an interview conducted over Skype.
was the biggest search engine in the world.""The New york stock exchange, they were freaking out, because they were all investing in these e-commerce companies,
when Calce got his first computer, at the age of 6 ."I was a pretty bratty kid.
me so he took a computer from his work and brought it home and was like'Here,
"Basically when I hit enter on the keyboard, the university networks all respond at the same exact time
and the problems and inherent flaws that come with computers and internet. s
#Hackers Strike Health insurer Anthem The country's second-biggest health insurer says cyberattackers infiltrated one of its IT systems
Inside a ground-floor windowless room there's a display that looks exactly like what you'd see out of an air traffic control tower.
But instead of windows these are actually screens. And the airport you're looking at isn't the one in Sundsvall.
And a problem landing an airplane is far more consequential than a laptop freezing up. Backman says when he saw the first mockup of this technology in 2004 he was dubious.
Many Uses Including Potentially For The Militarybecause once the windows are replaced with screens you can overlay all kinds of information on the display:
We watch it move across the screen. The sound shifts in stereo as the plane rolls along.
"But recent advancements in the field of computer-based modeling may make it easier someday for good surgeons to be great.
One such technology comes from Dassault systèmes, a French company that specializes in 3-D software to help engineers who design cars
and planes avoid potentially fatal outcomes. Earlier this week, Dassault released its highly realistic digital model of the human heart,
"Doctors wear 3-D glasses and use a joystick to zoom in to a ventricle or valve,
The software is free to organizations that agree to conduct research and share their findings with the project.
"Challenges to greater adoption of computer-modeling include a lack of data for some medical conditions,
hard drives stored more data in tinier spaces, songs were easier than ever to find and available for little or no money.
The recording industry's fight against that principle took on the form of invasive digital rights management software, advertising campaigns, threats and lawsuits.
Over recent years, Proximion has been developing complete temperature monitoring systems including interrogator and analysis software on an OEM basis. In addition to the launch of Wistheat,
this project will utilize 3ds's Direct Metal Printing technology as well as the additive manufacturing and materials expertise of Penn State's Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3d).
Sandia National Laboratory and Lockheed martin. The project is designed to integrate predictive technologies with 3dssls 3d printers to dynamically monitor parts at the layer level during the manufacturing process,
"Multi-view or glasses-free 3d displays have used a similar concept; but this work differs because the perceived images change with small movements in the near-field."
Traditional systems, including applications found outside ophthalmology in head-mounted displays, have tried to enlarge the eye box
"Global impact Challenges during the development process included finding a display approach that reduced any ambiguity about
allowing clinicians to better observe changes after treatment or perhaps enabling new ways to monitor diabetes."
"Furthermore, our light-field pattern can be incorporated readily into artificial reality headsets for self-calibration of near eye displays.
Emerging light-field-based near-eye displays could use such patterns for user alignment straight out of the box."
and of applications for terahertz technologies, underscored by a busy panel session at the LASER World of Photonics show in Munich.
Use of the algorithm is seen currently in voice recognition software, such as the iphone's Siri
The exact same software, which encodes how the robot can learn, was used to allow the robot to learn all the different tasks we gave it said UC Berkeley Professor Pieter Abbeel.
Stephen Elledge, an HHMI investigator at Brigham and Women's hospital and his colleagues made use of Virscan in order to screen the blood of 569 people in the US, Thailand, South africa and Peru.
Virscan screens the blood for antibodies against any of the 206 species of viruses that are known to attack humans.
#Stanford university Engineers create World First water-Operated Computer World's first water-operated computer has been developed. Researchers from Stanford university created this wonder by using magnetized particles flowing through a network of channels.
The computer working involves using droplets of water soaked with magnetic nanoparticles, the computer then uses electromagnetic field to pump the droplets around gates to perform logical operations.
The researchers said the droplets in the system can be used to complete any process that a normal electronic computer can.
and he developed the computer which could run with water. After carrying out a lot of research, Prakash has built a rotating magnetic field to coordinate with the flow of droplets in a timely manner and acts as a clock."
"The reason computers work so precisely is that every operation happens synchronously; it's what made digital logic so powerful in the first place,
The new computer provides a way to develop new high-speed, complex, electronic computers. This way, there are chances that the fluidic computer may find its uses in areas like biology, chemistry,
and other physical sciences. Prakash made it clear that their aim is not to compete with the electronic computers.
They aim to build a new class of computers having ability to control and manipulate physical matter r
thus facilitating the development of organic computers created by the interfacing of multiple animal brains with computers c
This unique configuration permitted volumetric imaging of cortical dendrites in the awake, behaving mouse brain.
but the principle of light-emitting filaments may have a new use in displays and optical communications.
and will pave the way towards the realization of atomically thin, flexible and transparent displays,
After identifying brain cancer's OCT signature, researchers at Johns hopkins university have developed a computer algorithm that rapidly generates a color-coded map that shows cancer in red and healthy tissue in green."
and the surgeon could look at a screen to get a continuously updated picture of where the cancer is
including future generations of film displays for smartphones and tablets e
#Laser-Writing of DVDS May have a Speed limit Phase-change materials used in DVDS and other digital storage media pass through a previously unknown intermediate atomic state under laser pulses.
The discovery could lead to faster computer memory systems with larger storage capacity but may also point to an unavoidable limit to data recording speeds, according to researchers at the California Institute of technology.
The atomic structure of phase-change materials changes from an ordered crystalline arrangement to a more disordered,
the research could one day aid the development of better data storage for computers, the researchers said.
when a rewritable DVD is erased i
#Optical Glucose Sensors on Commercial Path Optical Glucose Sensors on Commercial Pathleeds, England, July 17, 2015 A University of Leeds spin out company is seeking to commercialize an optical glucose sensor that could make finger
suggest that the new monitor has the potential to perform as well as conventional technologies. More clinical trials and product optimization are required for regulatory approvals
Veering away from the use of multicore processors capable of simultaneously handling massive amounts of data and instructions,
But 14 months ago Ossur upgraded his hardware. Now, at age 48, Olafsson can move his right ankle by thinking about it.
#Computer Chips Can Now Be made From Wood Not quite what we had in mindthe woods are lovely, dark, deep,
and filled with potential computer components. In a paper published in Nature Communications this week,
researchers announced the construction of computer chips made from wood. But don't expect to see hipsters advertising hand-carved artisan computer chips.
The wood product that the scientists are using is called cellulose nanofibril, or CNF. It is thin, flexible,
or attract moisture like wood normally does (think of a warped board--not something you want in a computer).
unlike a lot of the petroleum-based alternatives that manufacturers use to build the bases of modern computer chips.
"It will be years before computers containing wood-based computer chips hit store shelves, but computers as fertilizer isn't a totally crazy idea.
Society tends to treat electronics as disposable commodities. But unlike a glass bottle that gets recycled or food that hits a compost heap,
once that broken laptop heads into the trashcan, it doesn't disappear. Every year, 3. 2 million tons of electronic waste are thrown out in the United states alone.
and others like him (another team is building dissolvable circuits) are trying to deal with the e waste problem at the start--long before your phone gets stepped on or your computer crashes.
the material used in hard drives. A zettabyte of Lutz's synthesized polymer would be about 10 grams.
so it much preferable than, say, a floppy disk. The biggest limitation right now, however, is time.
but researchers hope that they can expand the property to other materials in the future. he knowledge gained from this study will be crucial in finding ways to reduce friction in everything from engines or turbines to computer hard disks and microelectromechanical systems,"nanoscientist Ani Sumant,
When cameras in the glasses pick up visual stimuli, software converts the information to electrical pulses sent as vibrations to be felt on the user tongue.
'Then, other chemical catalysts in the wing harden the liquid, filling in whatever crack or damage occurred.
and so on. orbes speculates that that'and so on'could include anything from nail polish to cracked cell phone screens...
We already have tablets that are paper-thin, but this display is much thinner than a human hair.
It can also achieve the full spectrum of color and only takes milliseconds to alter.
the researchers were able to create an ultra-thin and more efficient display. Unlike the screen of a cellphone, this display does need not to produce its own light source.
The amount of voltage applied to the liquid crystal sitting in the waffle wells alters its molecular orientation,
said that larger displays would have as good an image quality as a television. f you look in nature,
but it could also be used in the development of smart camouflage gear, color-changing fashion items and wall-sized screens l
but the study should help in designing future femtosecond laser displays. Although previous studies have used nanosecond
the Chimaera sends data about that spot to a computer where it is combined with information from a CT SCAN of the patient brain taken previously.
Well, lasers are being used more and more in transparent laser displays, even garnering interest from Apple. Being able to reproduce the color white with a laser is huge step towards making these technologies more viable.
enabling them to continuously monitor UV levels and notify users when radiation hits harmful levels,
#Anti-Radiation Glasses Protect Against Computer Eye Strain Zappi glasses are designed to protect the wearer eyes from the harmful light given off by digital devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers.
and looking at screens, Zappi founder and CEO Andy Jones decided to help guard people eyes against the damage of UV and blue light.
Zappi computer and gaming eyewear guards against these two specific wavelengths by filtering out the artificial blue light and offering UV 400 protection.
The nonprescription glasses are aimed at people who don normally wear glasses but view digital screens on a regular basis.
They minimize radiation from electromagnetic waves surrounding screens and are designed for use with smartphones, computers, tablets, gaming screens and TVS.
They also help reduce glare for those driving at night. The glasses are made from impact-resistant polycarbonate
with a scratch-resistant lens that also reduces glare to the eyes. The lenses provide UV 400 protection,
The computer and gaming glasses are aimed at every member of the family. Currently raising funds on Indiegogo, Zappi perks offer pairs for children (£25) and adults (£30),
The Instamic charges via any USB cord, and can record up to four hours of audio in one charge.
The software uses Brain computer interface (BCI) to transform raw brain signals into human emotions, which are displayed then as words through the mobile app.
and mobile software developers Yarr!.According to the World Heart Federation, stroke is the second leading cause of disability worldwide.
and studied brain-computer interface technologies, we knew for sure that this was a task we could complete.
I. am. here for ios and Android translates BCI data into human language and gives opportunity to go through all history of communication between paralyzed people and their relatives.
For Alexey Fedorov creative director Adwatch Isobar, the I. am. here app is just a start. e believe that the product wee developed is just the first step along the great road of discovery,
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