TIM OPEN, legs and heart for startups and developers

The heart of a company, let's not beat around the bush, is a good idea. No more, no less. Yet, how many times does an idea risk not taking off due to a lack of sturdy "legs" that allow it to pick up the right speed and take flight? The main problem for those who want to get this idea off the ground is that the tools for innovative startups are often not created with criteria of excellence or aimed at efficiency: this structural "lack" is a serious obstacle, it probably constitutes... Read more

The heart in 3D lifesaver is ready

3D printing may have seemed like something ephemeral and of little use at first, but now that the first human organs are starting to be printed and used, things have changed. «It's difficult, but we will make it. Yes, we will save this little one"; This is what Bruno Murzi, head of pediatric cardiac surgery at the Opa, spoke a few days ago before entering the operating room. And so it was possible to save a three-year-old girl born with heterotaxic syndrome, i.e. an abnormal positioning of the ... Read more

Created an artificial silicone heart

Who among you sleeps on a memory foam, latex mattress? I don't want to know if you like it or not (I do): just know that in the future a similar material could be used to create artificial body parts. A group of researchers at Cornell University have used their new “elastomer foam” to make a pump that looks and functions similar to that of a human heart. The silicone foam… Read more