New cultural models for the West: Toyotism
Have you ever wondered why the Japanese have managed to achieve similar results? Where does the industrial success of this island country poor in natural resources come from?
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The US Air Force launches the SHIELD into reality, but that's not what you think
The US Air Force announces that it has successfully used laser weapons to shoot down missiles in flight. The system is designed to be mounted on aircraft and take on both a defensive and offensive attitude.
Researchers use artificial intelligence to encode the language of rodents.
Using AI to translate human language is nothing new, but the results that can be achieved in deciphering animal language could be astounding.
Synthetic meat, in vitro burger costs continue to fall
The time of the synthetic hamburger is approaching. Just two years ago I talked about it here, remember? The forecasts were of a probable entry into the market within 5 years: the main obstacle was the price. In 2013, making a kilo of “lab-created” meat cost around 620.000 euros. Two years later the price was 85 euros, and today it has dropped to 20 euros. Production costs are rapidly approaching those that warrant making their way into the market,… Read more
The hi-tech greenhouse for growing plants of the future
The first hi-tech #greenhouse was presented to the world, equipped with an innovative LED lighting system to study and grow #plants in closed environments and under stress. Researchers at the ENEA Research Center in Portici are experimenting with it for the Tripode research project, with the aim of being able to cultivate even in environments lacking the fundamental characteristics for growth (in buildings or spaceships). The dream of every science fiction film: to grow plants... Read more
Mice were born without a "mom"
It is always said that fathers are no longer useful, that children can now be conceived even without a man, but apparently this time science has made further progress. In fact, the first #mice were born from embryos formed without the need for sperm and egg to come into contact. The study, published in the journal Nature Communication, shows how the sperm did not fertilize the egg cell but 'drafts' of embryos. The great result was obtained at the British University of Bath, … Read more
Here's how organs are rejuvenated for transplantation
The kidney of an 83-year-old man was "rejuvenated" and adapted to be transplanted into a much younger patient: the very successful and innovative experiment took place in Milan, precisely at the Policlinico Hospital of Milan. The recipient of the new organ is a 53-year-old patient with renal polycystosis, a serious hereditary disease. Organs for transplantation have never been suitable for years, but now the turning point has happened. An elderly person's kidneys may not be fully functional, but... Read more
Trento is the real smart city
#Trento is the real #smart city of the future. Any examples? In Trento you can find benches that, in addition to charging your smartphone, measure the weather and pollution levels, medical reports that can be consulted with an app and a monitoring system for children going to school. The Trentino capital is the only European city and one of five worldwide recognized by the IEEE (Institute of electrical and electronics engineers) as a Smart City. The project to transform Trento is… Read more
Digital payments are increasing in Italy
More and more digital, or electronic, #payments in #Italy. If once Italians did not trust "virtual" payment, today things have drastically changed. Thanks to a change of generation and greater trust in new technologies. New forms of digital payment are therefore on the increase, as highlighted by the report "Digital Payments in Italy" created in collaboration with CartaSi, Consorzio CBI, Intesa Sanpaolo, PayPal and TIM. During the last year, 2015, digital payments with… Read more
Stephen Hawking was right about black holes
Apparently, black holes are not bottomless pits: something always escapes. Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking's theory is confirmed.
New floating tunnels in Norway
#Norway's new floating tunnels are truly impressive. This is a rather ambitious project: to innovate the mobility of the Northern European country. In fact, to ease ferry traffic, the authorities intend to build a series of underwater tunnels; the aim is to allow cars to move without having to deal with long and uncomfortable embarkation and disembarkation operations. They are simple tubes with a very large diameter, kept in suspension at about 30 meters deep by special floating structures anchored... Read more
Pokémon Go, record-breaking app!
The #Pokémon Go #app is not yet available in Italy, but it should be available soon on both iTunes and Google Play. Impossible not to have heard of it; Since the app came out, Nintendo's shares in America have gone from 16 dollars to a peak of almost 28. It's a very simple but captivating game, a simplified version of Pokémon that uses geolocation and augmented reality. We go around the city hunting for the various Pokémon that go first... Read more
Can we go back to walking with Cyber Therapy?
A new hope for those trying to walk again comes from technology, and precisely from Cybertherapy. What is it about? Virtual reality comes to our rescue, with a special super-technological "cave" in which to "immerse ourselves" to carry out physical and cognitive rehabilitation. They are called "Cave", and are two virtual rooms installed at the IRCCS Auxologico Italiano in Milan where virtual immersive Telepresence (Tiv) is experimented. In the caves you can simulate typical scenarios in which some disorders are treated, including cognitive ones in ... Read more
Defibrillators instead of London telephone boxes
Iconic of the city of London and of the whole of Great Britain, the typical red and Victorian-style telephone booths are no longer used by tourists and residents, as almost everyone now uses their mobile phone and internet connections to communicate at low speed. cost. But what then can happen to these splendid examples of urban architecture? Some cabins have already been transformed into small neighborhood libraries, others into open-air botanical gardens. An idea… Read more
Child abuse, a network of 'sentinel' paediatricians will combat the phenomenon
Today more than ever the issue of child abuse is on the agenda: a society bereft of values and prospects for the future brings other orphans into the world, often abandoned at the mercy of a TV or internet without control and without sufficient protection . This is the context that puts more and more minors at risk of suffering violence, and increases the work of all the associations that have always been fighting to avoid child abuse. Among these the best known… Read more
United States, compulsory automatic braking arrives
The future of cars in the United States is all about safety. From September 2022, 20, in fact, the standard electronic automatic braking system will be mandatory throughout the United States: from that date, no car without this innovative safety system will be able to be sold. The novelty comes thanks to a voluntary agreement between XNUMX manufacturers and the NHTSA body, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the United States Department of Transportation and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). As … Read more
3D printing of human organs and tissues is reality
We have all asked ourselves at least once: but what is 3D printing for? To many things, including the faithful reproduction of human organs and tissues. Will organ donation become a distant memory? Reading the latest news, it seems so. The news was broken by the team at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, whose researchers have found a way to print "living" tissues and organs that can function properly when implanted in the body of ... Read more
In the sky, a satellite that monitors the health of the earth
On June 23 last year, the Sentinel 2A satellite flew among the stars, a device that will monitor the health of our planet using colors. That's right, as the satellite is equipped with a special camera connected to the Sentinel 1A radar, which can scrutinize large swathes of territory using reduced frequencies and which can therefore monitor the changes that have occurred in global agricultural crops, offering an accuracy of unprecedented images. It's about… Read more
Alphabet starts to move: in the Google Loon test phase, the web goes on a hot air balloon
Alphabet, the Google super-holding founded in August which unites innovative companies in the field of new technologies and medicine, is about to enter the testing phase with its first project, Google Loon. It is a series of sounding balloons that travel at high altitudes creating a global internet transmission network. The web giant has asked the Federal Communications Commission for a license to test experimental radio mechanisms in 50 states of American soil and in Puerto Rico, attaching a ... Read more
Tension in Turkey: Russia deploys its S-400, a fearsome weapon.
Technical evidence of Third World War: in an interview with Sputnik News (a rather pro-government Russian site), the head of the Turkish Intelligence department Hakki Pekin stigmatized the recent shooting down of the Russian Sukhoi24 bomber by the Turkish air force, calling it a " big mistake." Pekin predicts big problems from now on, and a very tough and well-organized response. “Aside from the cancellation of official visits and probable economic sanctions, Russia is placing its Iskander missile systems in Kaliningrad. And … Read more
The future world will have stateless nations
It is a truly complicated period on a geopolitical level: an epochal transition towards the future world that almost imposes the dynamics of social networks even on political entities. What is happening in Syria (and in other neighboring nations) has every appearance of being a transition from a world of "nation states" to a world of "stateless nations". It is not the only indication of a change: other unknown factors that determine citizenship or belonging to a territory are changing. … Read more
