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10 helps to increase intelligence

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With the new technologies of the near future, we will all be able to achieve super intelligence: while you wait, there are a few things you can do now to increase intelligence. Of course, it will be difficult to become a genius in one fell swoop, but learning skills, mental clarity and mood can be improved. Here are 10 remedies. Before reading how to increase intelligence, consult your doctor before taking one of the 10 "tips" contained in this article (except for number 3, for which you can ... Read more

3 cities to launch new projects: password? #wcap 2013

This year too working capital 2013 will support innovative companies by developing a path to encourage meetings between startups, investors and communities. The choice is strategic and "geosmart": the secret of success lies in a large 'backbone' made up of 3 cities (Milan, Rome, Catania) which will host spaces in which the mentors will be able to support the ideas of the competing teams. For inspiration and emulation it is possible to take a look at the winning projects of the past editions, consulting the repository developed in collaboration with the Kauffman Society: a platform that … Read more

The ship laser passes the first test.

It may not be able to cut through a thick sheet of steel any time soon, but the US Navy has demonstrated that its solid laser can incinerate small boats. MLD (Demonstrative Maritime Laser) is a 15 kilowatt beam designed specifically to equip ships: its 'civilian' use could ward off pirate attacks, but it remains a full-blown weapon designed to offend and destroy. Last Thursday MLD passed its first test, annihilating a small boat with a… Read more

Reclog, Sicilian startup that captures emotions

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Only yesterday we told you about Working Capital, TIM's great initiative to reward and support the most talented Italian startups. We thought we would clarify your ideas with some examples of good ideas turned into reality thanks to this logistical, consultancy and economic support structure. In particular, are we talking about one concrete case above all? Ladies and gentlemen, meet Reclog! It is a startup born two years ago in Sicily that promises really well: it is a sort of "social ... Read more

Samsung prepares the landing: flexible screens in the home stretch

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Here we are: after years of development and tons of false previews on sites around the world, Samsung is ready to launch a new range of smartphones equipped with a flexible screen on the market. “Mobile phones with flexible, nearly indestructible screens that can be rotated, folded and placed in your pocket or wallet” (for this last sentence I smile: is it early yet?). The keystone in this new technology is the use of OLED (organic light emitting diodes) screens, which are very thin and … Read more

The era of "printed" food is approaching

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Natural Machines is a Spanish startup that is currently working on a 3D printer capable of producing pasta, bread and other types of food starting from liquids and pre-packaged mixtures: it is a formula that could revolutionize the 3D printing market and also a a bit like gastronomy. Unlike other 3D printers, the device developed by Natural Machines could 'print' food from 6 different materials (treated a bit as if they were food inks). … Read more

3D gestures: this is how the interaction with devices will change

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Since the entry of the Kinect system into the videogame scene, the idea of ​​'understanding each other with gestures' with an electronic device has taken hold in the market and in the collective imagination. Without a keyboard, without direct contact between the hands and a computer, a mobile phone, a household appliance, we will be free to integrate the presence of technology into daily activities. A new patent introduces a change that could be decisive in the diffusion of gesture controllers: it is the first system based on electric fields. [highlight]What is it about? … Read more

All about the super job of the future

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I often jokingly hear friends say that to get (or keep) a job today you need superpowers (the most sexist and boorish ones in the case of pretty colleagues argue the need for other skills). The future is made up of many things, and an important theme is precisely that of human enhancement, the improvement of physical and mental performance that can arise from the use of new technologies or medical procedures: in this article I want to offer you some ideas to reflect on. … Read more

The world in slow motion

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Do you remember The Matrix, the Wachowski brothers' trilogy? The good hero, Neo played by Keanu Reeves, was able to dodge bullets by 'slowing down' the scene with his powers of telekinesis-or-whatever, performing daring evolutions to the delight of the effects creators specials and the public. Today an inventor has created a helmet that simulates this type of 'slowed down' perception, without the need to smoke the impossible. The Decelerator Helmet, created by the German Lorenz Potthast, allows the wearer to… Read more

The Twitter suit displays messages in real time

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Wearable technology has already made its appearance in the sports sector (now bracelets and chest bands for monitoring data and performance are countless) and is now preparing to land in the world of high fashion: the model and pop singer Nicole Scherzinger a few days ago he wore a dress connected to Twitter and capable of showing his message stream in real time. A crazy rudeness according to myself: yet in her way worthy of note... Read more

DARPin E2-79, is the beginning of the end for allergies

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How stupid are allergies. Stupids. Our immune system becomes hysterical in reacting to external impulses and does so for no reason: an 'excess defense' which in the most serious cases can even lead to death. The so-called 'vaccines' currently on the market are only desensitizing treatments that actually act on the symptoms, nothing that eliminates the underlying cause once and for all. [highlight]Today a new molecule could succeed in the mission:[/highlight]its name is DARPin E2-79 and it comes… Read more

Tefina, Viagra Spray is here for you

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Space research has often encountered rather serious problems when trying to reproduce the same conditions on Earth in the absence of gravity. One of the most insurmountable difficulties was that linked to 'space sex'. There is a whole series of cases on the subject: the results are not satisfactory. Looking at our planet can then make us understand that the problems related to sex are many and complex even without leaving our atmosphere. For men, erectile dysfunction, for women,... Read more

Christmas gives us two certainties. Adopt the second.

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  The future gives us, in relation to the theme of 'Christmas holidays', at least two positive certainties. The first certainty: barring major upheavals in the short term, Christmas will be celebrated as always for many years to come. Among the social changes observable by going backwards along the time line, those relating to "ritual" celebrations are the hardest to change: they often change the origin (for example a celebration born for religious reasons will be converted into a 'pagan' celebration or vice versa ) but the… Read more

Holland drops 5 axles for the motorway of the future

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We often tend to think of innovations in the field of road safety as solutions limited to cars, but a team of Dutch designers makes us understand how the road itself can also play an active role. This gave rise to a series of interesting studies to make driving safer. The Glowing Lines concept takes inspiration from the lines of reflectors that can be found here and there on European motorways, but replaces the latter with a special luminescent paint in … Read more

Tomorrow the Pepsi fat blocker debuts, and I don't feel very well.

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The global diffusion of soft drinks has reached widespread figures: an entire part of the 'Western' world seems to drink more colored concoctions than water. The results are alarming, many research centers on the planet have already brought out the results of different studies, all of which agree in attributing negative effects on the organism. The reason? Carbon dioxide which upsets the stomach. A burst of sugars (about 9 teaspoons per can) or sweeteners (aspartame and acesulfame suspected of being carcinogenic). The dyes. A disaster, in short. And for … Read more

Goodbye puncture? At least for bikes!

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For years and periodically, tubeless tires have been offered for all vehicles: their adoption is struggling to reach its completion (perhaps due to the producers' interests in having greater wear of this product to encourage quicker replacement: it's a sin to think badly, but sometimes you can guess). But perhaps the time has come for bikes to say goodbye to annoying punctures and more or less makeshift remedies for inflation... Read more

Flying salvation: a network of aerial drones for first aid

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The statistics released by the WHO tell us that of the millions of cases of fatal cardiac arrest occurring outside of hospital facilities, more than a third could be tackled: the timely arrival of an ambulance, the use of a defibrillator and lots and lots of speed (6 minutes is the window of time needed to save the patient). Many cities around the world do not have the capacity to act in time and lack the necessary organization. This translates into genocide: hundreds of thousands… Read more

Chiba, the robot chair that breaks down architectural barriers

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Creating a wheelchair capable of overcoming architectural barriers couldn't have been very simple: today a team of engineers from the Chiba Institute of Technology, led by the Associate Professor, succeeded in the feat using a good dose of lateral thinking. A wheelchair? It's difficult to define it this way: when it encounters an obstacle, Chiba transforms its wheels into... legs! It goes without saying: the wheel is a universal and efficient way to allow all people with limited mobility to travel. However, … Read more

Arduino wirelessly? Yes it can. That's how.

Arduino is an opensource framework that allows rapid prototyping and quick learning of the fundamental principles of electronics and programming. It is composed of a hardware platform for physical computing developed at the Interaction Design Institute, an institute based in Ivrea, founded by Olivetti and Telecom Italia. The name of the card derives from that of a bar in Ivrea frequented by some of the founders of the project. (source: wikipedia). The Arduino system offers an open source method for programming… Read more

Is it necessary for engineers to also know how to write?

The user writes in a comment on an engineer's blog: Do (electronic) engineers also have to be able to write well in Italian or is it enough that they know how to 'do arithmetic'? Let's start from a comment left on a blog article, with rather harsh and reproachful tones for all the young engineers who, according to the author, would not make appropriate use of the Italian language. Inevitably, a real discussion broke out regarding the skills of those who, as a profession, design and... Read more

The greenest fuel there is? Made with air and water.

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AFS (Engineers at Air Fuel Synthesis) based in the north of England claims to have produced 5 liters of synthetic oil in the space of 3 months. It's a little bit, you might say. And give me a break. The technique consists of extracting carbon dioxide from the air and hydrogen from the water, then combining them in a reactor which produces methanol with the help of a catalyst. The methanol is then converted into oil. Now have you understood why it takes 3 months for 5 liters? Not exactly the time that… Read more

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