A team of engineers at the University of San Diego has developed a wearable "patch" that provides personal 'air conditioning', heating or cooling the body and keeping it at a constant temperature in all weather conditions.
Neuralink wants to connect the human brain with a computer to increase data exchange between the two systems and provide a “bionic” alternative to artificial intelligence.
They are a million times smaller than the pixels we have on today's cell phone displays
Here are 5 predictions on small revolutions that with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) will add more worlds to what we live.
Having blood available to perform transfusions is crucial during an emergency: unfortunately blood requires special treatment, it must be refrigerated and having it always "ready for use is not easy", but how would the situation change if the medical staff were equipped with packets of powdered blood to be mixed with water for immediate use? Transfusion medicine has been struggling for decades with the limitations represented by the difficult preservation of blood. Blood must be kept cold, it has a half-life of 42... Read more
From #selfie sticks to drones. The selfie craze, or rather the self-timer, has now been cleared through customs, and technology is unleashed. Today, with mini-drones, it is possible to take "flying" selfies: the campaign for the #AirSelfie has started on Kickstarter, the first pocket-sized and flying camera that can be connected, via Wi-Fi, to your smartphone. The camera can be controlled with an app from your phone and can reach up to 20 meters in height thanks to 4 Brushless micro motors. The … Read more
At the #Maker Faire in Rome, #Watly was presented, a hi-tech #control unit also connected to the web, which allows you to produce energy and clean water directly at home. Watly is designed primarily to be used in places without services, such as refugee camps, but it can be applied anywhere. The cities of the future, for example, may not be born in very favorable places, and therefore will have to equip themselves technologically to survive. Watly was born because we wanted to free the user from centralized distribution networks, allowing… Read more
The famous South African entrepreneur #Elon Musk (naturalized American), has the dream of bringing humanity to #Mars, and more generally on space travel open to all. In his past, he created an electronic payments giant like PayPal, Tesla Motors cars, and now he wants to get to Mars at all costs. In a crowded press conference held in Guadalajara, Mexico, Musk explained how he intends to colonize the red planet. Here's his plan: the first rockets, with a diameter of about... Read more
Everyone talks about nothing other than #R1, the first "family" robot produced by the Italian Institute of Technology (Iit) in Genoa. R1's "father", Giorgio Metta, is convinced of the great potential of his little robot: "The commercial prospects are immense". “R1 Your Personal Humanoid” was created starting from the experience gained from the creation of iCub, the most widespread humanoid research robot in the world. R1 has an Italian design, weighs approximately 50 kilos, has a height varying from 1 meter and 25 to 1 … Read more
It's called The Breath, and it's an entirely Italian invention: it's an innovative method for purifying the air inside our homes. The Breath is a special multi-layer fabric that makes the environment healthier: it is in fact capable of absorbing, blocking and breaking down the polluting molecules present in the atmosphere. The system is not powered by external energy sources of electrical or fossil origin. Just place it on a wall like a normal panel or a painting, and The Breath will do the rest: it guarantees performance... Read more
Drinking water is a precious commodity, which is completely lacking in many countries around the world. To win the battle against malnutrition and lack of drinking water, scientists are looking to the past, to be precise to ancient Egypt, when at the time of the pharaohs water was made good and drinkable thanks to the use of some seeds. Among the many research on the subject, the one carried out by Pennsylvania State University stands out, which was responsible for examining this topic in depth to find methods that ... Read more
Passionate and nostalgic for the legendary Osvaldo Cavandoli and his "line", a trait capable of telling exciting stories, know that in tangible reality you could one day find yourself interacting with an interface that reminds you of your favorite. The MIT Media Lab is developing a “shapeshifting” interface that has a linear shape. An interactive snake, if you will. A line, geometrically speaking. Why it's interesting The line has billions of interesting features from an interactive design point of view. The possibility of converting abstractness into… Read more
The best medical devices for measuring blood pressure today require a prolonged stay of the patient in the clinic. An experimental sensor can adhere to the skin almost like a tattoo and monitor this parameter in real time 24 hours a day. Why is a wearable sensor a revolution? A flexible and wearable sensor marks the difference between a simple 'photograph' of the patient and a constant path that allows us to perfectly understand what correlations exist between daily activities and the variation... Read more
The list of technologies under study is very long and is constantly updated: one of the latest lists of future developments that could change the world forever comes from the Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technologies, a research center founded in 2004 by a philosopher, Nick Bostrom, and a bioethicist, James Huges. The list, drawn up with the consultancy of futurologist Gray Scott, presents really interesting elements: here are the "magnificent" 6 technologies that could arrive in the near future. Age reversal… Read more
Gyms are not a recent phenomenon: if you think that it is only a place linked to the vain and obese, you are wrong. The 'gymnasium' was the ancient Greek space that hosted the physical exercises and training of athletes. The first gym in the form we know came out in the middle of the last century, with a point of no return: the creation of the first working treadmill, in the 60s, which allowed the first brave people to start running in ... Read more
Molluscs of the world, rejoice! The strength of an unyielding beast is now at your disposal thanks to a new exoskeleton model created by a group of university students. The Titan Arm is a multi-award winning project at the "James Dyson Awards", prizes for the most innovative technological achievements which takes the name of its creator and financier (if you don't know him here is something about him). The prototype, developed with the help of the now ubiquitous 3D printers, cost the equivalent of… Read more
The crisis is raging in Europe, and 'intelligent' purchases are gradually becoming prudent: even during the Christmas holidays, gifts will be given in the name of the best possible relationship between quality and price. It is not easy to navigate the thousands of offers that populate the shops and the internet: some good price comparison services can help us, and in this short note I want to talk to you about redcoon.it. It is a relatively new site on the scene, however founded by a group with ... Read more
Zac Vawter lost a leg in an accident 3 years ago and since then he has been through an ordeal looking for a prosthesis (he calls it a 'fake leg') which for him had satisfactory answers close to those of a real leg. So the thirty-one-year-old software engineer from Washington signed up in 2010 as a volunteer tester in a research program with the aim of creating a thought-guided bionic leg. The Rehabilitation Institute of the Medical Center… Read more
There is nothing more devastating than drought for agriculture: hectares and hectares of cultivated land literally go up in smoke due to the prolonged absence of rain: a prototype developed by Edward Linnacre, a student at Swinburne University in Australia, promises to erase this problem in the future. His name is Airdrop. Here's how it works Despite its rather essential design, Airdrop is able to filter hot air from the environment through a turbine, filter it thanks to a complex system of pipes, … Read more
When over the last 5 years we reported news on DARPA's robotic arm (if you feel like it, the old site is available), we talked about advanced prototypes: today we can talk, with satisfaction, about clinical tests: it is the future. No later than two weeks ago, American health bodies approved the protocol that will allow volunteers to obtain the implant of a bionic arm: on the front line, once again, soldiers wounded in war. They will be the ones to experiment… Read more
In the days that mark the fall of the Berlusconi government and the Italian economic crisis (remember? we predicted it on the old site) I am as disheartened as all of you. The moment is difficult: we can only get out of it if all levels of our country change by looking to the future more than to the past. Some jobs will still survive in the future, let's be clear: but there is a whole series of jobs that don't exist today and which could be useful in the near future. Let's go with common sense: 60%... Read more
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