Moving forward with 4-D printing Another active area of investigation for the lab is-D printing,
After demonstrating the 4-D printing concept, the lab soon found itself pursuing a number of intriguing applications with several companies.
Commercializing collaborations Self-Assembly Lab researchers may have certain applications in mind as they develop new concepts such as 4-D printing.
#Silicon photonics meets the foundry Advances in microprocessors have transferred the computation bottleneck away from CPUS to better communications between components.
says Rajeev Ram, professor of electrical engineering at MIT. His group develops energy-efficient photonics, nd the way we do that is to miniaturize the devices,
Ram lab aims to overcome major hurdles in integrating optical interconnection for microprocessors within existing manufacturing systems. typical microprocessor fab costs between 1 and 3 billion dollars,
Ram says. Making material progressover time, new materials and devices will provide far more powerful integration of photonics on silicon.
Simultaneously, the cost of 3-D printers has fallen sufficiently to make them household consumer items.
Now a team of MIT researchers has opened up a new frontier in 3-D printing:
Like other 3-D printers now on the market, the device can print designs created in a computer-assisted design program,
far higher than the temperatures used for other 3-D printing. The stream of glowing molten glass from the nozzle resembles honey as it coils onto a platform,
Klein says the printing system is an example of multidisciplinary work facilitated by MIT flexible departmental boundaries in this case
the device then monitors how these reflections vary as someone moves in the environment and intelligently stitches the person reflections across time to reconstruct his silhouette into a single image.
Preventing kinase over-activity The'Phosphosense'technology screens compounds for use in drugs and has produced a new way of detecting the activity of enzymes called kinases.
#Insights into potential substitutes for costly platinum in fuel cell catalysts Replacing inefficient and polluting combustion engines with fuel cells is not currently feasible
because the cells require platinum-based catalysts. The PNNL study shows how to create particles with a similar reactivity to platinum that replace some of the platinum with Earth-abundant metals.
It may be used to create alloy nanomaterials for solar cells, heterogeneous catalysts for a variety of chemical reactions, and energy storage devices."
"The researchers are now exploring different metal combinations with various platinum ratios to get the desired characteristics for fuel cell catalysts.
#Shape changing display could spell the end for the 2d graph Imagine your computer screen could change shape.
Imagine if that screen could spring to life at the touch of a fingertip, translating numbers and trends into shapes
Researchers have developed a 3d prototype display which brings data to life in just this way sounding the death knell for the two dimensional bar chart.
which translates data into a three dimensional display. The interactive grid of 100 moving columns enables people to understand
The 3d display is radically different to interacting with data on a flat screen. A month's sales figures for example spring to life
Lancaster hosts a world-leading Human computer interaction research lab, developing the kind of shape changing displays which could one day make it into our homes, offices and perhaps even our mobile phones.
But for these shape-changing displays to be effective, researchers and developers first need to understand how people interact with them.
This tactile platform allows us to use those inherent skills to examine datasets normally confined to flat 2d displays."
if every pixel on your screen could move? Imagine the possibilities. Our lab works to develop new devices that merge the physical and digital worlds
and less than 1%each year had hardware problems. Inverter failures and fuse failures were reported more commonly than panel failure.
so a computerized ATLAS hardware"trigger system"grabs the data, makes a fast evaluation, decides if it might hold something of interest to physicists,
"This trigger hardware system makes measurements but they are very crude, fast and primitive.""To further pare down the data,
helped develop software to monitor the performance of the trigger systems'thousands of computer processors."
Professor Shu Kobayashi's group at the Graduate school of Science has developed highly active immobilized catalysts (heterogeneous catalysts)
and demonstrated simple and highly efficient synthesis of (R)- and (S)- rolipram by an eight-step continuous flow reaction using multiple column reactors containing the immobilized catalysts.
Professor Kobayashi's application of flow chemistry techniques to the production of fine chemicals using heterogeneous catalysts has resulted in simple method to synthesize (R)
and without purification of products from catalysts. Professor Kobayashi says"This new technology can be applied to not only other gamma aminobutyric-acids acids and medicines but also various chemicals such as flavors, agricultural chemicals,
The technology, using a large screen to enhance the sense of reality and interactive avatars, synchronises the different realities so they all coordinate as one.
receivers and other hardware used to implement it. According to Vadim Makarov of the University of Waterloo and colleagues, many scientists assume that
says this idea of actively damaging QKD components was"not previously on the radar screen"of scientists working on quantum-communication technologies.
the development of QKD is"always a cat and mouse game
#China Stocks Extend Slide Amid Warning of Severe Trade Pressure Shanghai/Beijing: Chinese stock markets tumbled for a second straight day on Wednesday as investors crowded the exits,
"said Davish Jain, chairman of the Soybean Processors Association of India.""Our oilseed and edible oil production will not rise
Applications of these devices include advanced microscopes, displays, sensors, and cameras that can be mass-produced using the same techniques used to manufacture computer microchips. hese flat lenses will help us to make more compact and robust imaging assemblies,
Manipulating the polarization of light is essential for the operation of advanced microscopes, cameras and displays;
In a modern, multicore chip, every core or processor has its own small memory cache, where it stores frequently used data.
Simultaneously, the cost of 3-D printers has fallen sufficiently to make them household consumer items.
Now a team of MIT researchers has opened up a new frontier in 3-D printing:
Like other 3-D printers now on the market, the device can print designs created in a computer-assisted design program,
far higher than the temperatures used for other 3-D printing. The stream of glowing molten glass from the nozzle resembles honey as it coils onto a platform,
Klein says the printing system is an example of multidisciplinary work facilitated by MIT flexible departmental boundaries in this case
At the macroscale, among other applications, invisibility cloaks could prove useful for 3d displays. This research was funded by the DOE Office of Science a
At the macroscale, among other applications, invisibility cloaks could prove useful for 3d displays. This research was funded by the DOE Office of Science i
Using mouse models, the researchers tested their sunblock against direct ultraviolet rays and their ability to cause sunburn.
The research group already recruited large populations of students to help determine the connectome of a part of the mouse retina
and monitors to locate other vehicles on the road enables the Inspiration Trucks to remain in their lane,
or Universal Software Radio Peripheral. The system compares the reference and surveillance signals, interprets the very small frequency shifts,
Graphene has long been pursued as a potential replacement for indium tin oxide (ITO) as a transparent electrode material for displays.
Graphene has long been pursued as a potential replacement for indium tin oxide (ITO) as a transparent electrode material for displays.
#3-D Printing Software Turns Heart Scans into Surgical Models A new 3-D printing system can transform medical scans of a patient heart into a physical models that help
pediatricians explained how hardware and software specialized for genetic analysis can provide such fast and lifesaving information.
A processor from the company Edico Genome that designed to handle the big data of genetics.
Using Edico Genome DRAGEN processor, the researchers got this step down from 15 hours to 40 minutes.
The DRAGEN processor delivered its critical speed gains to the hospital servers thanks to its architecture,
He envisions the DRAGEN processor outputting its analysis directly into a patient electronic medical record, where actionable intelligence would be flagged for the physician.
#Bright blue PHOLEDS Almost Ready for TV A new energy-efficient organic LED (OLED) that glows a deep blue is finally close to meeting the most stringent U s. video display brightness requirements,
OLEDS have enabled a new generation of bright, high-quality, low-cost, power-efficient, flexible, lightweight flat panel displays.
Each pixel in an OLED display typically consists of red, green, and blue OLEDS that shine with different brightnesses to produce any desired color.
but developing the kind of bright deep blue PHOLEDS needed for video displays has proven challenging.
work sponsored by Universal Display Corporation and the U s. Air force. The researchers added their new lights nearly meet the most stringent requirements of the National Television systems Committee (NTSC),
and a confluence of new hardware technologies that freed computation from the desktop and automated multivariate collection of big data.
Finally, a confluence of hardware and software technology advances are creating opportunities to address this market.
inexpensive but sophisticated hardware sensors have emerged to automate the collection of massive data sets. With these technology shifts, exciting technologies like drones, AI, satellite mapping, robotics,
It hardware/software solution enables farmers to analyze every drop of water on their property,
The key innovation Apple made with the iphone interaction model was based getting touch input right its capacitive screens
But square does it without any additional hardware by leveraging the fact that they own the payments stack.
location and cell network strength to automatically determine whether youe available for a call and display that information to friends.
which involves both DIY hardware and learn to code software, and similarly offers a graphical interface to simplify programming.
Airware integrated hardware software, and cloud system lets enterprises customize drones to check on gas pipelines,
But long-term, theyl likely be commoditized as hardware makers around the globe clone and undercut each other on price.
monitor farm land, and survey big tracts of land. Planes and helicopters can be terribly expensive for collecting this overhead video and measurement data, though.
Screen Shot 2015-05-04 at 7. 29.15 AM To create the nanofiber thin membrane that could be produced at scale,
Screen Shot 2015-05-04 at 7. 24.11 AM This filtration membrane is highly flexible and durable
Screen Shot 2015-05-04 at 7. 24.34 AM Liquidity tech has been verified third-party by Biovir Laboratories, a microbiological testing facility, that it meets the EPA standard of 99.9999
#Voxiebox Displays 3d Images Just Like R2d2's Message From Princess Leia Voxon, chosen out of the Hardware Alley to do the ildcardpitch during Techcrunch Disrupt NY, demonstrated a truly amazing
Its unique combination of hardware and software, developed over 30 years of tinkering in a New york garage, literally rints lightin three dimensions,
and a dome mirror projecting the image onto the screen. Specialized techniques render the 3d scene onto a spherical projection in real-time In other words,
your name comes up on a transparent LCD screen box, and you pull out a bowl of quinoa.
"One purpose of this experiment was to show we could integrate bacterial catalysts with semiconductor technology.
To do that, they need model systems to study nature's best designs, especially the catalysts that convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars at room temperatures."
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,
the printed cells offer the potential to allow printing onto actual housing materials including glass
our proposed method is a unique hardware-based approach by exploiting carefully designed acoustic metamaterials,
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,
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
"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.
which allows the outline of prominent photo objects to be identified with the click of the mouse,
The team took advantage of 3d printing instant feedback and rapid prototyping to experiment with new shapes, printing speeds, battery technologies, cleaner burning fuels,
in order to enable the gripper to be usable for a variety of existing hardware bases, simply by swapping out the 3d printed interface.
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,
and battery power source (standard AA 1. 5v that last for at least 100 printings), it is also ideal for anyone who is traveling
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
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.
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,
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.
D printing Mushtari is a wonderful example of how far this collaboration can bring us.
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
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
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
After seven days there was a sixfold increase in the formation of new blood vessels in the mouse back muscles
Very few think about the technology beneath their screens that conducts heat away from internal electronic components
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
#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.
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.
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.
and Display Solution AG, showcased a pioneering 3d encapsulated touch sensor for the automotive industry. The partnership is delivering the first ever,
The demonstrator provides an example of multifunctional display with 5 finger touch realized in IML technology.
For example, a keyboard sticker could be used to type and send messages. Currently the sensor stickers are connected via cable to a computer system.
while a first pulse excites the sample under study, a second pulse monitors the change in the sample.
The study, published today (date) in Nature Communications shows that cancer mouse models injected with immune cells carrying SPIOS and armed with the cancer killing oncolytic virus (OV)
#Universitat Jaume I Patents Graphene-Based Catalysts for Energy conversion and Storage Researchers at the Universitat Jaume I have developed materials based on graphene that can catalyse reactions for the conversion and storage of energy.
Thus, the patented materials can be used both in the development of catalysts as well as storage batteries or other energy types p
it should be fairly straightforward to make the SIM technologies accessible and affordable to other labs."Most of the magic is in the software, not the hardware,
One purpose of this experiment was to show we could integrate bacterial catalysts with semiconductor technology.
especially the catalysts that convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars at room temperatures.""This is not about mimicking nature directly
This is a crucial step in creating a new generation of foldable electronics-think a flat-screen television that can be rolled up for easy portability-and implantable medical devices.
The researchers used mouse embryonic fibroblast cells to determine biocompatibility; that, along with the fact that the stretchability of gold nanomesh on a slippery substrate resembles the bioenvironment of tissue
In comparison with other vapor sensors based on nanosheets, the new photonic architecture displays markedly increased response times, higher sensitivity and long-term stability. his unique combination of properties enables it to track
#Nanostructure Changes Colour When Finger Comes Near Touchscreens suffer from mechanical wear over time and are a transmission path for bacteria
What they really want is to use it in touchless displays. ecause these sensors react in a very local manner to any increase in moisture,
it is quite conceivable that this sort of material with moisture-dependent properties could also be used for touchless displays
and monitors, said Ganter. Touchless screens of this kind would require nothing more than a finger to get near the display to change their electrical or optical properties and with them the input signal at a specific point on the display.
Taking phosphatoantimonate nanosheets as their basis the Stuttgart scientists then developed a photonic nanostructure which reacts to the moisture by changing colour. f this was built into a monitor,
the users would then receive visible feedback to their finger motionexplained Katalin Szendrei, also a doctoral student in Bettina Lotsch group.
for instance by moving a finger towards the screen. he reason for this lies in the storage of water molecules between the phosphatoantimonate layers,
we could see touchless displays also being deployed in many places where people currently have to touch monitors to navigate,
Displays in public placesthat are used by many different people would have distinct hygiene benefits if they were touchless.
if theye going to be used in anything like a display. And that, again, has to meet not one but two different requirements:
a USB-powered breath-controlled device that resembles a harmonica and comes with special software to allow musicians to play digital music or control a computer with varying levels of breath.
Interestingly, a subsequent challenge with a lethal strain of mouse malaria parasite in these vaccinated animals showed considerable protection against malaria.
The use of low-cost components such as LEDS, reflectors and USB detectors, combined with the all-plastic housing and lenses, will allow future versions of the prototype to be mass-produced h
Random access memory (RAM) is an example of volatile memory. Nonvolatile memory is slow but stable and it continues to store the data even
Engineers led by Stanford have demonstrated a way to create memory that combines the stability of flash memory with the speed of RAM.
Previously, printing techniques have been applied to integrate electronics into plastic labels only, but with the VTT methods it is now also possible to produce more environmentally friendly paper-based security tags.
electronic circuits and sensors can be integrated directly into different materials by printing, thus producing novel security tags for sealing shipments
In the ROPAS project, VTT showed that roll-to-roll technology for printing electronics is suited also to the manufacturing of paper-based security tags.
#Prosthetic Hands with Macro-Sieve Peripheral Nerve Interface Can Feel Hot and Cold and Sense of touch Daniel Moran, Phd, professor of biomedical engineering in the School of engineering & Applied science and of neurobiology,
Once implanted, Moran and the team will train the nonhuman primates to play a joystick-controlled video game in
which the team will give them cues as to where to move the joystick by stimulating specific sectors in the ulnar and median nerves
and interact with appliances and objects in a room-for example, a wall-mounted display, computers, doors, windows, coffee machine--similar to using the Kinect or Wii in front of a TV.
such as smart watches, fitness trackers and health monitors. All of these devices will need to communicate information with each other.
and display the correct English word for the gesture. As Jafari continues to develop the technology,
he says his team will look to incorporate all of these functions into one wearable device by combining the hardware and reducing the overall size of the required electronics.
so that he or she can understand what is being signed simply by reading the screen of their own device.
A concept demonstrator for BAE Systems'bone conduction technology will be on display at DSEI (Defence and Security Equipment International), in London this year r
with internal video screens linked to external cameras instead of windows. And Lockheed martin has a commercial plane, the N+2,
It would mean that medical institutions could adjust the dose for individual patients with just a simple tweak to the software before printing.
printers are adapted to produce pharmaceutical compounds rather than polymers which are used more usually. Such methods are already proving very useful in healthcare with doctors using the system to create customised implants for patients with injuries or other conditions.
Outside the stadium, that enthusiasm was on full display-though not without the accompaniment of a strong protest against his government.
a staged display designed to build his reputation as a man of the people. The meeting at Facebook was mutually beneficial.
Here, they showed that SAP-1 ablation in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease resulted in a marked increase in the incidence and severity of bowel inflammation
Once implanted, Moran and the team will train the nonhuman primates to play a joystick-controlled videogame, in
which the team will give them cues as to where to move the joystick by stimulating specific sectors in the ulnar and median nerves
M d.,Ph d.,a postdoctoral fellow, Crispino generated a mouse model that lacks DYRK1A in blood cells.
Cancer drugs or other therapeutics can then be added to better monitor how cells respond in a patient.
AIM Biotech may offer to more accurately screen cancer drugs for pharmaceutical companies. In fact, he said, AIM Biotech recently discovered that its devices revealed discrepancies in some clinically tested therapeutics.
MIT researchers used Kamm's microfluidics technology to screen several drugs that aim to prevent tumors from breaking up
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