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The new Samsung will have two displays

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Samsung's next smartphone could have two displays. The first foldable smartphone was announced in 2017, but other models could hit the market in the future. Today's news is that Samsung filed a patent at the end of 2015 that describes a smartphone with two separate screens; no news, for now, if this patent will materialize into something real. About four years ago, Samsung submitted a patent for a dual display smartphone, which had two touch panels… Read more

Gene therapy cures “bubble babies”

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There is new hope for the so-called "bubble children", those children affected by ADA-SCID, a very serious and rare form of hereditary immunodeficiency that makes them easy prey to viruses and bacteria. There is a new treatment method, obtained by modifying patients' stem cells through the insertion of the gene responsible for the disease, revised and corrected. An achievement, called gene therapy, which will allow these children to live in the real world, outside the bubble that protects them day and night. Luigi Naldini, director … Read more

The story of the robot that escaped from the laboratory

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It happened in Russia: a rather intelligent robot escaped from the laboratory where it was under construction and blocked traffic for quite a while. Maybe this wasn't his intention, but the level of intelligence and autonomy achieved by these new robots is incredible. The robot learning to orient itself autonomously, test after test. Suddenly the door was left open and, just like a Roomba, our little robot came out until it reached the street. The escape took place… Read more

The Breath, the future of clean air

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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

The solar-powered plane: the future of transportation?

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The first solar-powered plane made its first flight and landed without any problems. At 8am yesterday, April 45, Italian time, San Francisco airport welcomed solar pioneer Bertrand Piccard, who flew aboard Solar Impulse, the first solar-powered plane, crossing the Pacific Ocean in three days. With the first solar journey, we want to give an impetus to the global community to accelerate the transition to solar energy. Solar Impulse left Abu Dhabi… Read more

Bicycles will be smart in the future

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QiCycle, the first smart bicycle, will arrive soon. After smart phones, smart watches and so on and so forth, smart bicycles are also arriving. We all know the Xiaomi brand for smartphones, but the company doesn't just deal with smartphones or smartbands. Indeed, Xiaomi sells the Mi Air Purifier and the Mi Smart Scale, and soon also a smart bicycle called QiCycle. This is what an indiscretion that appeared in the pages of the Wall Street Journal reports today: there is talk... Read more

Here is the shoe that recharges the smartphone

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The future is already here. If it is true that the latest generation smartphones require more and more energy and longer charging cycles, it is also true that science and technology are making giant strides in seeking new alternative sources of energy. An example are these shoes that allow you to recharge your smartphone while walking. It's called Vibram Hero, and it's a shoe that allows, through a special technological innovation, to accumulate electrical energy every time its sole... Read more

Seeds to purify water

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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

EasyJet, the hydrogen hybrid plane arrives

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Not just electric and hybrid cars: the airline sector also wants to renew itself, and EasyJet wants to lead the way with the project of a hydrogen hybrid plane. In fact, air pollution also comes from airplanes, and the EasyJet company has been trying for many years to reduce CO2 emissions and become more "green." The company recently presented the concept of an aircraft that uses fuel cells to power the engines during hovering. … Read more

Flexible sensors: a revolution. Our life at a glance.

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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 ringwatch sees the light.

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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

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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

Elon Musk has the 'infinite' electric car ready

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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

Gi Bike, the future on two wheels is foldable.

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Ah, electric bikes! Comfortable, anarchic, they can give us motor and energetic independence. Almost. The only problem is the difficulty of carrying them with you on buses, trains and other means. Gi Bike aims to solve this problem: it is a brand new electric bike capable of folding with a single movement, in just one second. With a full charge, this little gem offers almost 60km of autonomy: and is fully equipped, with integrated padlock, cell phone charger, lights... Read more

Future car tests: no engine, transmission, differential. That's how

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This car has no engine, no transmission and no differential: it weighs half of a normal car: each of its four wheels has an electric motor which allows it to contribute to the movement of the vehicle and a rapid change of direction: at current state, however, you need advanced control for the movement or it is really difficult (not to say impossible) to drive it. Junmin Wang is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio State University, and his team is… Read more

Graphene prodigies: charged electric cars in 16 seconds, now you can

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If I asked 10 of you readers what in your opinion is the biggest problem that hinders the large-scale diffusion of electric cars, probably 3 of you would blame the oil lobbies (it's a sin to think badly but you're not often wrong) and 7 of you would blame conventional batteries, which take too long to charge. Well, you're all right. Graphene supercapacitors, however, are a more than concrete promise to solve the problem: they are… Read more

Capturing energy from the wifi and converting it into electricity: a first device made

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Along the road that leads to wireless electricity, or "witricity", there is an important new travel companion: a circuit developed by researchers at Duke University capable of capturing energy from sound and the WiFi signal with an efficiency close to that of solar cells. It is a small device that uses 5 copper and glass fiber conductors connected in a circuit through 5 channels made with a metamaterial. The circuit 'captures' energy from the aforementioned sources converting it into electrical energy... Read more

Ara: Motorola tears the cell phone to pieces.

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An interesting modular smartphone concept, Motorola's Ara project could sooner or later find application in reality. Ultimately it answers a pertinent question: "what if instead of purchasing 4 distinct types of devices (phone, tablet, phablet, watch) you could 'assemble' a phone using only the parts you need each time? It's an innovative but sensible vision, which could revolutionize the entire smartphone market: the tendency to renew an 'obsolete' mobile phone every year or two would be replaced... Read more

Robo Raven, the solar bird

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Solar energy is a crucial factor in powering the robots of the future, and it is absolutely possible to find it in an incredible number of applications. The latest, suggestive and disturbing like few others, concerns a class of totally automated micro aircraft that fly using the movement of birds. Prof. S.Gupta of the University of Maryland presents 'his' Robo Raven as follows: Currently the solar cells cover less than half of the wingspan of Robo Raven: they produce 3.6W of power on a sunny day, with an efficiency of the … Read more

Titan Arm, 50 times cheaper: the first real mass exoskeleton was born.

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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

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