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Floatwing: the house independent of space and energy

October 25, 2015

What do you think of a modular houseboat that provides for its own energy needs? You don't have to go far with your imagination: his name is Floatwing. Designed by the Portuguese agency Friday, this house can generate all the energy it needs for a year in just 6 months. Equipped with a robust photovoltaic system, a wastewater treatment mechanism and other elements, Floatwing is a true concentration of technologies for … Read more

Google Glass to cure Autism

October 23, 2015

The Autism Glass Project is a laboratory at the School of Medicine: in a small office in the administration building, researchers Catalin Voss and Nick Haber are bringing together facial recognition technology and artificial intelligence to create new autism treatments. The second phase will involve 100 young people to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatments, which can also be carried out at home. The goal is to create a sort of "translator of emotions" capable of providing children with a "dictionary" of moods in real time... Read more

Exacto, DARPA successfully tests remote-controlled bullets

October 19, 2015

The US military is testing an 'intelligent' projectile (do you have doubts about previous definitions of intelligence in relation to weapons? Me too) within a research program called EXACTO (EXtreme Accuracy Tasked Ordinance): in these tests ( started in February 2015 and announced two weeks ago) all participants were able to hit a moving target with absolute precision. As? The projectile benefits from a real-time laser guidance system that follows the target and corrects… Read more

In China there are now more billionaires than in the USA

December 26 2019October 17, 2015

For the first time in history, the number of billionaires in China exceeds that of the United States. With its 596 billionaires (which only last year grew at the rate of 5 new ones per week), the country of the red lanterns today surpasses that of Uncle Sam, stuck at 537. If we also counted the other countries of "Greater China" (Hong Kong among all) there would be no more game, with a total of 715 billionaires. “China is now officially the country… Read more

Here is the gun for the disabled and elderly

October 17, 2015

The “defensive” (I laugh) Palm .38 SPL pistol, designed specifically for people with reduced muscular capacity, osteoporosis or rheumatoid arthritis, as well as for those suffering from degenerative diseases, arrives on the American market. Disabled and elderly people will be able to kill someone just like everyone else: a great achievement of civilization, right? The project is a long-standing one: for years the company had been trying to patent this device: the delay in approval for sale would have been due (this is nice) to the attempt to have it registered as... Read more

Synthetic hamburger: 5 years for sale

November 25, 2015October 17, 2015

In 2013, research by Prof. Mark Post at Maastricht University in the Netherlands led to the development of a synthetic hamburger that takes 8 to 9 weeks to grow in the laboratory. With the same technologies as two years ago and more resources, even a million products can be created, and maintain a pace worthy of a fast food chain. This is meat "grown" in the laboratory starting from stem cells: the commercial prospect is incredible, because a product... Read more

Created an artificial silicone heart

October 17, 2015

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

Tesla S and Autopilot: the world with an open mouth

October 17, 2015

The lucky owners of a Tesla Model S car are finding themselves in recent weeks with a new function on the car: Autopilot. All over the world there is a flourishing of videos shot by enthusiasts and drivers who experience this wonder and seem as happy as children: “Look mum! Without hands!" :) Here's a cute video posted by Mr. John Bates, who describes himself on Twitter as a tech executive, as well as a happy Tesla customer.

3D printed teeth will be antibacterial

October 16, 2015

Lost a tooth due to a cavity? Your dentist will 3D print one for you that could protect your entire mouth from any future problems. Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have published a study, “3D Printable Antimicrobial Composite Resins,” which illustrates the results of a surprising experiment: the creation of teeth capable of killing bacteria on contact alone. A 'guardian capsule' for all the other teeth, in short. How does it work? The replacement tooth is designed exactly as… Read more

Neural bypass: a paraplegic can walk again

November 23, 2015October 16, 2015

A paraplegic patient was able to walk using only his brain thanks to a "Neural Bypass" procedure: the man, paralyzed 5 years ago following a motorbike accident, is the first in the world to walk without any aid. Dr. An Do's team at the University of California achieved a historic milestone by allowing the brain of a 26-year-old American to transmit brain impulses directly to electrodes placed around his legs, which produced the movements… Read more

From 24 frames per second to one thousand billion: femtophotography

October 15, 2015

Femtophotography is a field of research that deals with capturing images at very high speed. What is it for? And who knows. To many things. First of all to 'photograph' the light, to study its behaviour. But it can also be used to do amazing things, currently out of reach, such as photographing an image of an object hidden around a corner by reflecting photons off an intermediate surface, onto the object itself, and then back onto the intermediate surface. 'photographic lens. Three years … Read more

Dear CERN, your accelerator is out of date

October 15, 2015

A team of researchers has developed the first prototype of a miniature particle accelerator, which uses terahertz waves instead of radio frequencies. A single accelerator module is just 1 centimeters in size, and a millimeter thin. Terahertz technology could allow the miniaturization of the entire apparatus: this is the objective of the group led by Franz Kärtner, of the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science. The prototype was presented with an article in the scientific journal Nature. The author hypothesizes numerous fields of application of accelerators… Read more

CEO of a startup tries out treatments to stop aging

January 27 2017October 15, 2015

Elizabeth Parrish, the 44-year-old head of BioViva, a biotechnology startup, said she started gene therapy on herself last month in an undisclosed location: the goal is to directly test solutions that will become cures for Alzheimer's and muscle loss. Parrish said in an online interview Sunday that she underwent two forms of gene therapy after contracting with a lab… Read more

A drone dance in the forest

October 15, 2015October 12, 2015

The "dance" of these drones in the woods is absolutely spectacular. They are practically indestructible thanks to the armor they contain: of course, the expense is not worth the effort: the Swiss company that manufactures them, dronelight.ch, wants €18.000 for an object like this, it doesn't seem exactly accessible to me. But how nice to see a couple of them flying! The video is without any special effects.

The ringwatch sees the light.

October 11, 2015

We've been talking about it for some time, but recently the first semi-functioning prototypes of a digital ring-clock capable of communicating with devices have emerged. Surgical steel, patented system, three rotating rings showing hours, minutes and seconds with the help of blue or orange LED lights. The system is equipped with a wirelessly rechargeable lithium battery, which provides a full week of use on a single charge. Here are a couple more… Read more

North Dakota police will be able to arm their drones

October 10, 2015

In the American state, a law created to ensure that the police did not use weapons on drones has in fact led to a provision with the opposite effect: it will be possible to equip drones with Tasers, stun gas, pepper spray and all sorts of non-invasive weapons. lethal (if by “non-lethal” you mean something that killed 39 people last year). It is the first American state to legalize such a possibility, and not even doing it on purpose is there… Read more

Medical innovations coming thanks to nano sensors

November 5, 2022October 10, 2015

David Sretavan, professor of ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco, studies how to repair damage to the optic nerve caused by glaucoma, a disorder that causes irreversible blindness and affects approximately 70 million individuals worldwide. Glaucoma is a disorder that arises from a complex of causes without an apparent trigger. We try to monitor its possible onset by measuring the pressure of the eyeball, but the rapid and frequent fluctuations of ... Read more

Wasp: houses are printed in Massa Lombarda

January 27 2017October 10, 2015

Having been active in the field for years, and since 2012 with the WASP (World's Advanced Saving Project) project focused on the development of 3D printing with Open Source logic, Massimo Moretti and his team of terrible guys have developed a 3 meter high 12D printer capable of print an entire house in clay, and later with excellent potential an entire village. The presentation of the BigDelta (and the name "Big" really fits here), which took place on September 19th in Massa Lombarda during ... Read more

Elon Musk has the 'infinite' electric car ready

January 27 2017October 10, 2015

Tesla Motors' Model S already surpasses every other electric car on the market in terms of autonomy, with its over 400km of range. Yet Elon Musk doesn't stop there. The CEO of Tesla Motors has announced that his company could bring this range beyond 900km by 2017 and in any case no later than the next 4 years, until it reaches the threshold of 1200km with a single battery charge. It's basically like having the ability to travel from... Read more

The gym in a nutshell

October 15, 2015October 10, 2015

Everyone knows that there is no way to get a sculpted physique without exercise: exercising outdoors or in the gym improves health and has excellent effects on metabolism, circulation and brain function. Starting from this now acquired knowledge, scientists have begun to research solutions to develop "physique pills" capable of obtaining in whole or in part the same effects that the gym and training have on the body. Research published in the journal Trends in Pharmacological… Read more

The new “yellow threat” is called J31

October 10, 2015

The arms race continues not so quietly: the eastern side of the planet is equipped with instruments that until now were the prerogative only of a few Western superpowers that can be counted on the finger of one hand. China is also perfecting an invisible aircraft: the Chinese Stealth J31 borrows a lot of the technology from the American F-35 jet. It is a twin-engine jet that has the same configuration as other 5th generation fighters such as the Sukhoi T-50. The trapezoidal wings and… Read more

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