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Thanks to the power and versatility of 3d textile#printing, the Tamicare company has created a biodegradable

He cofounded Meetup. com, tried his hand at a hardware company, and spent time at online ad agency i-traffic in the late 90s.

##But there s this core market of people who are obsessed with their dogs, treat them like children,

that itself is going to be a lot of hardware, software and thousands of tech jobs. Country vs Citizens The NSA collectes metadata on all phone calls in the country who called whom,

when and from where. It is easy to see how this data could be very useful in tracking the networks involved in illegal activity.

desktop 3d printing technology, so hobbyists won t yet be capable of replicating this sort of weapon at home.

since the folks at Solid Concepts have fired already successfully their handgun 50 times without it failing. 3d printers capable of printing metal are#on the rise,

###Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think.##

000 for anyone who could help them hire a software developer. And now the newest trend reactive programming is rocking the developer community

Spreadsheet cell formulas are hands-down the best example of reactive programming. Cells#react#to changes in the data they reference automatically.

Whether you re a software developer, a manager, or an architect, you need to get savvy about how reactive programming concepts are going to radically transform the industry.

and creates a spec for the programmer. The programmer figures out how to best create a system to produce the desired result

and then constantly updates it as things change. Whereas a declarative system (reactive) asks the business user to simply describe what they want.

Then using that description the system delivers the desired end result, of course with the help of the programmer.

reactive programming lets computers take care of dependency management rather than leaving that work to the programmers.

Just like the simplest spreadsheet, reactive programming means logic is ordered automatically based on dependencies 4. Improve code quality Traditional code is error prone.

Reactive logic is applied automatically to all changes it s the next level up in reuse beyond object-oriented programming. 5. The big kids are into it Microsoft#led the effort#by releasing Rx extensions to its.

It s not just for the front end While Microsoft laid the foundation with the release of reactive extensions to.

One of the most anticipated digital products, after smartphones and tablets is wearable devices, even though manufacturers still have a long way to go to commercialize them.#

but lacks a common platform, like Androidand ios for smartphones, which enables all related wearable devices to operate and store data on it.

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#Since monitoring emails and phone calls wasn t enough, NSA now plans to watch you with super tiny drones Black Hornet Flying insects have one huge advantage over humans:

Images and camera feed are sent to a seven-inch wide mobile device supplied in the PD 100 kit,

#For now, it is focusing on synthetic meat made with 3d printers.####Artificial food seems to have a particular attraction for young tech barons,

substituting a super capacitor made from advanced carbon fiber-based nanomaterials that can be integrated into the body panels of the vehicle.

and roof panels are made of nanomaterial (see image below) that replaces the electric batteries used by conventional EVS.

The vehicle plugs in to initially charge and then recharges the supercapacitor panels during braking.

Additional panels can power the drive train. Volvo has yet to get beyond building a few of the panels

but it is encouraged by early tests which show that the material stores energy much faster than conventional batteries.

Integrating power storage into body panels is not a new idea. The#Lola B12 69/E, an electric racing car that recently set a land speed record for EVS of 328 kilometers (204 miles per hour,

#The 3d printer that can print a 2, 500 square foot house in 20 hours Contour crafting.

There have been huge advancements in 3d printing.##We have seen 3d printed oversized wrenches that measure 1. 2 meters in length.

using 3d printers to build an entire house in 20 hours. In manufacturing we use a process called CAD/CAM (computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing.

3d models are designed on a computer and then manufactured using CNC Machines or 3d printers. The design is manufactured into a physical object automatically, with instruction from 3d computer model to physical object without human interface.

Automated construction basically scales up this process. The size of the 3d printer is large enough to construct walls by depositing concrete based material layer upon layer to build a Wall in this video,

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#Japanese inventor finds solution to global trash problem by converting plastic to oil This Youtube video about the invention of a plastic-to-oil converting machine went viral

More than one hundred companies including startups such as Witricity and Proxybypower and giants such as Toyota (TM), Intel (INTC), Samsung,

In recent weeks, Intel and Hon hai/Foxconn, seeing wireless charging as a possible killer app for electronic devices such as laptops

And the embassy is following up with a business plan competition for local students, with an#ipad#Mini as the prize.

Included in the package were hundreds of pages of detailed development instructions, two years of emails with Lockheed and some hardware##but no rock.##

And please remember that new investments like this are very small by comparison to our core business.

expect it to use its core data-handling skills to shed new light on familiar age-related maladies.

And please remember that new investments like this are very small by comparison to our core business.

A small Photo Voltaic solar panel provides power for the micro controller, sensors, various valves, etc.

nozzles, and computer-controlled irrigation covering thousands of acres that conserve millions of gallons of water each day. s a brewer, we know that the area we can have the biggest impact in reducing water usage is within the agricultural supply chain,

Mobile devices have become radically smaller and more powerful in the past 10 year. The list of#tech-related tasks that the mobile devices we all carry around has grown longer by the#year.

The next step in technology s great disappearing act? Absorption into our clothes, body, and environment.####The question of how best to power that next step,

and connects them to laptops or smartphones over#Wifi networks. Previous research had shown it possible to run low-power devices off radio, TV,

The team made a tag that listens for Wifi signals being sent from a local router to a laptop or smartphone and vice versa.

Using this method, more powerful central devices#like smartphones, tablets, or laptops can communicate with a range of low-power devices and sensors within about two meters and at a rate of one kilobit per second.

A pair of smart socks could for example, relay data about your jog to a jogging app on your phone.

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author Micheal Gurnow wrote about a momentary exodus from public browsing software, especially when it came to the threat of government intrusion.

Google was replaced by search engines which allow users to surf the Internet anonymously. Likewise Google chrome and Microsoft Internet explorer were traded for proxy browsers Some found smartphone camera apps

which do not log a picture s GPS. Many reluctantly gave up Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram and Pinterest.

The truly worried encrypted their home computers. Understanding what it means tobe private So now that we re ready to pay for privacy,

what isn t in the hands of search engine giants such as Google. Per their report they feel,

that it is wrong in principle to leave search engines themselves the task of deciding whether to delete information or not,

using their iphone or Android handset as a room key. The feature won t start arriving until 2015,

#Vision-correcting electronic display could free users from eyeglasses The idea is to anticipate how your eyes will naturally distort whatever's on screen.

or laptop screen clearly could ditch the eyeglasses. The technology uses algorithms to alter an image based on a person's glasses prescription together with a light filter set in front of the display.

The algorithm alters the light from each individual pixel so that, when fed through a tiny hole in the plastic filter,

The technology is being developed in collaboration with researchers at MIT and Microsoft. In addition to making it easier for people with simple vision problems to use all kinds of displays without glasses

the technique may help those with more serious vision problems caused by physical defects that can't be corrected with glasses or contacts,

whose display they had affixed an acrylic slab topped with a plastic screen pierced with thousands of tiny, evenly spaced holes.

Gordon Wetzstein, who coauthored the paper while a research scientist at MIT s Media Lab, says the screen allows a regular two-dimensional display to work as

what's known as alight field display. This means the screen controls the way individual light rays emanate from the display, leading to a sharper image without degrading contrast.

The researchers tested out their device by using a Canon DSLR camera with the focus set to simulate vision problems like farsightedness.

Wetzstein says the next step is to build prototype displays that people can use in the real world something he expects could take a few years.

or that software tracks head movement and adjusts the image accordingly. Barsky expects this won t be much of a problem,

when we look at a display that doesn t look right, we tend to naturally move around to improve the focus.

says that if researchers used a display with a high enough resolution about double the 326 pixels per inch of the ipod Touch used in the paper the technology could be made to be used by more than one person at once.

or one like Chinese search engine Baidu s semi-autonomous car?##Instead of cars that have#no steering wheels, gas pedals,

the search engine giant in the land of self-reliant independence is building a car that takes over completely.

it s hard to see how the next generation of Apple-,Android, -and Windows-enhanced cars will not start tapping into the next generation of Siri s, Google Now s and Cortana s intelligence.

we expect a similar ecosystem of software vendors to develop. Despite the limited public pure-play Iot options, firms are exhibiting their bullishness towards publicly available layers.

invest in the publicly available hardware layers, wait for public investable options, or venture into the private markets.

Former IBM engineer and noted futurist#Thomas Frey#addressed a gathering of business leaders, entrepreneurs and community members on an issue he says is increasingly impacting the labor force:

For example, in the wake of Facebook s purchase of Oculus Rift, the amount of job postings for virtual reality designers skyrocketed,

Touchscreen interfaces are common. Dashboard designers take UI tips from iphones, and#automakers want to build apps for cars.

#Home depot starts selling Makerbot 3d printers 3d printed nuts and bolts from a Makerbot. Home depot, the world s largest home improvement chain, announced the start of a pilot program#to sell Makerbots.

Video)# The Makerbot printers, which range from a compact $1, 375 model to a high-end $2,

It s really about bringing about new innovation to customers. 3-D printers can whip up everything from#vagina selfies#to#handguns,

said Pettis of the current fleet of Makerbot printers, You can t use it as a hammer.

Downey said customers typically use the printers for personalization projects, like a Chicago father who Downey said purchased a Makerbot to print custom furniture for his daughter s dollhouse.

The current generation of 3-D printers are still relatively slow#printing an item the size of a Lego brick can take roughly half an hour

Ten years from now, it will be quite common for people to have 3-D printers in their homes

In addition to Home depot, companies like#Amazon, Staples and Dell have joined the ranks of 3-D printer retailers.

#Researchers develop new process that raises prospects of 3d printed bone grafts 3d printing could help mend broken bones.

One of the 3d printing health applications discussed the most is the manufacturing of bespoke scaffolds that could be used to mend broken bones.

but it has been held back by the difficulties in printing materials that are strong, flexible and can encourage the regrowth of healthy bone in the same way as current methods,

The problem however is that current 3d printing methods to make calcium phosphate scaffolds require the use of high temperatures Such temperatures make it impossible important drugs

Now, researchers in the U s. have developed a new way of printing in calcium phosphate that can be done at relatively low temperatures which results in a scaffold that is mechanically strong

Inkjet printing of collagen solutions with high resolution has not been utilized previously in 3d printing of calcium phosphates

Ellie is an early iteration computer simulated psychologist, a bit of complicated software designed to identify signals of depression

and other mental health problems through an assortment of real-time sensors (she was developed to help treat PTSD in soldiers

a Microsoft Kinect movement sensor to track gestures and jerks, and a microphone to capture inflection and tone.

"And we know that the body displays things that sometimes people try to keep contained.

"The mere belief that participants were interacting with only a computer made them more open and honest, researchers found,

rechargeable batteries that can be printed cheaply on commonly used industrial screen printers. The California startup has been testing its ultrathin zinc-polymer batteries in wrist-worn devices

where she collaborated with a researcher in Japan to produce microscopic zinc batteries using a 3-D printer.

The batteries that power most laptops and smartphones contain lithium which is highly reactive and has to be protected in ways that add size and bulk.

and one is displays, says Steven Holmes, vice president of the New Devices Group and general manager of the Smart Device Innovation team at Intel.

Despite demand for flexible batteries, Ho says no standard has been developed for measuring their flexibility, frustrating customers who want to compare chemistries.

full-color 3d printer Mcor Iris 3d printer Most people think 3d printing involves a machine that either extrudes molten plastic, in a way similar to how a hot glue gun works,

or think of one of the larger industrial level 3d printers manufactured by 3d systems or Stratasys.

##Fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3d printers mainly are limited to plastic and plastic-like materials. Plastics are the only materials that can be melted,

Industrial level 3d printers provide a lot of other material options, but these printers costs range from $75, 000 up to over $1 million.

Most individuals, and even a lot of businesses end up having to sit on the sidelines only dreaming that one day these prices will fall.

and even decades to come. 3d printing has been around since the early 1980s when Chuck Hull invented the first commercial 3d printer, based on a technology called sterolithography.

Many of the 3d printers available today still use this technology, including some of the larger industrial level machines.

Hull went on to create a company called 3d systems, which today is the largest 3d printer manufacturer in the world.

They still hold multiple patents on stereolithography although many have expired already. I recently was introduced to a 3d printer like none I ve seen before.

While walking around the Inside 3d printing Conference#recently, I saw some 3d printed objects that were unlike those on display by other companies.

When I picked them up, they felt as though they were printed out of wood. Upon talking to the marketing team on hand,

I found that this 3d printer did not fit into the same category as those other machines on the display floor.

That printer was the#Mcor IRIS, created by a company called Mcor Technologies. Mcor is a relative newcomer on the 3d printing scene.

Founded in 2005 by Dr. Conor Maccormack and Fintan Maccormack who invented an innovative new paper-based 3d printing technology back in 2003,

Mcor has quickly become one of the more talked about companies within the 3d printing industry.

Unlike traditional 3d printers, Mcor utilizes a technology that prints objects using three products: a water-based adhesive, inkjet printer ink,

and your standard A4 business paper. That s right, no expensive polymers, resins, or other materials are required.

That s what makes the Mcor line of 3d printers both unique and refreshing to those tired of the tremendous expenses associated with 3d printing in general.

Mcor currently offers two different 3d printers, the Matrix 300 +which was unveiled in 2009, and the full-color IRIS printer which was released in 2012.

Both printers utilize a technology called Selective Deposition Lamination (SDL. In SDL, standard sheets of paper, like you currently use with your desktop printer,

are fed into the machine. The initial sheet is bonded to the build plate, then the printer deposits an adhesive

and follows by stacking another sheet of paper on top. This occurs until the printer is ready to begin the actual cutting and printing of the object.

It begins to stack the paper using a process that selectively deposits a water-based adhesive to each individual sheet of paper,

before applying another sheet. The build plate is moved then up to a heat plate where it applies pressure to make sure that the two sheets of paper are bonded correctly together.

A blade cuts each layer of paper, one at a time, based on instructions received by computer CAD and slicing software.

This occurs until a completed object has been printed. When using the Mcor IRIS 3d printer, there is an additional step involved where each piece of paper is colored using a modified 2-dimensional inkjet printer,

and#Mcor s special water-based ink. A bar code is printed then on each page to make sure that they remain in the correct order

when being cut. The color is printed using the well known CMYK method meaning that there are literally one million colors available.

This allows for the printing of objects that can look extremely realistic. As you can imagine,

there are numerous uses for 3d printers like this. We have customers across vertical market segments around the world, Julie Reece,

Mcor s Director of Marketing tells 3dprint. com. Staples, Gunma Internet, Vincennes University, WH Williams/Williams 3d,

Personally I am impressed by the maxillofacial surgeon who is using Mcor 3d printing to create surgical guides,

and then 3d print their faces in full color with the Mcor IRIS. The resulting facial 3d prints were on display in a gallery in Europe.

Mcor s line of 3d printers cost between $36, 400 and $47, 600; a price that is pennies in comparison to some of the other industrial level printers on the market today.

The real savings, however, comes from the use of materials. While other companies suck their clients in,

due to the fact that many of them are only obtainable through the manufacturer themselves, Mcor printers use simple A4 business paper.

and printed on, is compatible with both of Mcor s 3d printers. This is because only the very outter edge of the paper is seen

once the printing of an object is complete. If you don t like how an object turns out,

Our mission is to make professional-quality 3d printing accessible to to everyone, while remaining safe,

The International Color Consortium (ICC) color mapping provides Mcor s 3d printers with increased color accuracy,

allowing their printers to print objects that look extremely realistic. This means that photographers, engineers and designers can all take photographs

and create CAD files, and then print 3d objects with enhanced color precision. Typically when 3d printers are fed color data,

they translate it into machine-specific colors, rather than maintaining the original ICC. This means that traditionally colors are not as realistic and precise as intended.

this no longer is the case on Mcor s 3d printers. Ask any creative or marketing professional:

and why we are the first 3d printer manufacturer to embrace them. A gram is a gram

Likewise, a company s logo will be the same colour on the computer screen as on a model 3d printed by the Mcor IRIS because of our ICC profile.

explaining in detail how their 3d printers function. Innovation is key when it comes to 3d printing technology.#

#There are new ideas popping up on a daily basis, many of which are realized eventually in the market.#

#Mcor is positioning themselves to be a leader in the ever changing, always growing 3d printing industry.

According to a Canadian Pet Market Outlook report, about half of Canadian households without children own pets.

because the technology and intellectual property has been floated to the public as an open source transportation solution.

The so-called Fingerreader, a prototype produced by a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user s finger, equipped with a small camera that scans text.

Special software tracks the finger movement identifies words and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert readers

Developing the gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.

and offices offers cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,

Audio cues in the software that processes information from the Fingerreader and vibration motors in the ring.

The Fingerreader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers, computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch screen,

said Shilkrot. That s because touching the screen with the tip of the finger would move text around,

producing unintended results. Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said. Berrier said affordable pricing could make the Fingerreader a key tool to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information economy.

Intel s latest chips have transistors with features as small as 14 nanometers, but it is unclear how the industry can keep scaling down silicon transistors much further or

A project at IBM is now aiming to have built transistors using carbon nanotubes ready to take over from silicon transistors soon after 2020.

transistors at that point must have features as small as five nanometers to keep up with the continuous miniaturization of computer chips.

New york. Nanotubes are the only technology that looks capable of keeping the advance of computer power from slowing down,

In 1998, researchers at IBM made one of the first working carbon nanotube transistors. And now after more than a decade of research, IBM is the first major company to commit to getting the technology ready for commercialization.

We previously worked on it as a sandbox type of thing, says James Hannon, head of IBM s molecular assemblies and devices group.

Hannon led IBM s nanotube work before Haensch, who took over in 2011 after a career working on manufacturing conventional chips.

Wilfried joined with a silicon technology background and our focus really shifted. Haensch s team chose the target for commercialization based on the timetable of technical improvements the chip industry has mapped out to keep alive Moore s Law

This is the point IBM hopes nanotubes can step in. The most recent report from the microchip industry group the ITRS says the so-called five-nanometernode is due in 2019.

IBM has made recently chips with 10 000 nanotube transistors. Now it is working on a transistor design that could be built on the silicon wafers used in the industry today with minimal changes to existing design and manufacturing methods.

IBM s chosen design uses six nanotubes lined up in parallel to make a single transistor.

The IBM team has tested nanotube transistors with that design, but so far it hasn t found a way to position the nanotubes closely enough together,

Last year researchers at Stanford created the first simple computer built using only nanotube transistors. But those components were bulky and slow compared to silicon transistors

says However, for now IBM s nanotube effort remains within its research labs, not its semiconductor business unit.

says IBM s Hannon. If nanotubes don t make it, there s little else that shows much potential to take over from silicon transistors in that time frame.

Although IBM hasn worked t out how to make nanotube transistors small enough for mass production, Mirta says it has made concrete steps,

They've developed software that can detect 400 different variations of humanmoods. They are now integrating this software into call centers that can help a sales assistant understand

and react to customer s emotions in real time. Better than that, the software itself can also pinpoint

and influence how consumers make decisions. For example, if this person is an innovator, you want to offer the latest and greatest product.

Mary Czerwinski is a cognitive psychologist at Microsoft Research doing pioneering work in Affect Computing.

Other technologies monitor how hard you're pounding on your keyboards (another possible indicator of mood.

Imagine if your computer flashed you a message: Don't send that e-mail! What does it all mean?

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