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The era of "printed" food is approaching

November 14, 2013May 9, 2013

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

Bovine blood bricks

July 10 2013April 19 2012

I make this premise for all those, including myself, who have turned up their noses at handling such news: the existence of hamburgers is not my fault, and the slaughter processes in the world occur independently of us. We can and must ask for fairer conditions for the breeding and treatment of animals, even those that constitute food, and this is beyond doubt: once this is done, if you are not a vegetarian, a bovine is raised to make steaks. An adult bovine… Read more

When Thomas Edison wanted to build houses

November 14, 2013March 26 2012

Yesterday's dreams are today's reality: we live in the age of mechanical, electrical, chemical and psychic wonders. In every field of knowledge the human mind is solving the problems it finds in nature: the dreamer dreams, the businessman has the duty to transform and sell these new ideas. What will be the point of view of those who are able to do both, to imagine and realize what the world needs? The article refers again, between… Read more

Airdrop, water from the air in real time

November 14, 2013January 15 2012

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

At Christmas make a small gesture: save the world

November 14, 2013December 10 2011

The future of man is threatened by his own activities: if consumption habits, compulsiveness and illicit activities are not curbed, the near future will be full of unknowns and threats for the entire human species. In the meantime, it is above all animal species that pay the costs. The report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, an organization that monitors the environment and suggests proactive solutions to guarantee its defense, is very recent: 25% of all mammals ... Read more

In nanomachine towards the future

November 5, 2022November 17, 2011

It's not the first and it won't be the last. Scientists from the University of Groningen (Holland) and the Empa research center (Switzerland) have created a nanometric transport system equipped with four motor units (translation: a “namomachine”). It's electric, four nanometers long and every half turn of the wheels has to fill up... It works thanks to a scanning tunneling microscope positioned above it, which transmits a tiny electric charge that causes reversible structural changes in the wheels (translation: … Read more

ET3, flying over land: speed at the tube.

June 17 2019November 2, 2011

A consortium of companies seeking to aggregate funds and ideas to reach the definitive development of the project recently presented this invention at the annual innovation award of the Da Vinci Institute. Transport through ET3, in the intentions of the developers, will be clean, fast, comfortable and accessible to all. What is it about? Imagine carrying out a sort of space flight, but staying on earth: traveling faster than a jet plane but doing it in an electric vehicle that... Read more

Oxfam changes Christmas: finally.

November 5, 2022August 21 2011

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The Christmas holidays are coming and as always the world is divided: I'm not talking about wars and physical or ideological conflicts, I'm referring to the division between those who spend this period looking for more time to spend with their loved ones, and those who take the opportunity to do shopping and grabbing any object, once again, seamlessly. What do we really need? Time passes quickly: a century ago Christmas was completely different (even Santa Claus, ... Read more

Bodymetrics launches Body Mapping: a scanner will dress us.

July 10 2013July 4 2011

London-based company Bodymetrics has joined forces with PrimeSense to develop a 3D scanner capable of 'mapping' a human body to give it instant advice on the fit of a suit: this "Body Mapping" platform uses special sensors to take measurements of a user and create an exact replica. The system then connects to a database of manufacturers to 'apply' to the scanned body the clothes that best suit (in terms of design and size) the body of the ... Read more

Here are the nanoverms, future allies of our health

March 27 2011March 21 2011

According to a group of Boston researchers, a new species of "microworms" composed of nanotubes could create implantable sensors or drug delivery systems: we will thus be able to monitor the progress of a medical treatment and the conditions of our body . These are tiny structures, equipped with a porous membrane and virtually capable of hosting materials or devices of various kinds: the research conducted to date had led to nanomachines of different shapes, usually ... Read more

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