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Ara: Motorola tears the cell phone to pieces.

October 31, 2013

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

October 25, 2013

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.

November 14, 2013June 24 2013

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

Self-repairing Biocement arrives: this is the construction of the future

December 26 2019December 20 2012

The friendly bacteria are able to restore cracks and flaking in the concrete, a bit like healing a wound. Biocement is born.

Holland drops 5 axles for the motorway of the future

July 10 2013November 27, 2012

We often tend to think of innovations in the field of road safety as solutions limited to cars, but a team of Dutch designers makes us understand how the road itself can also play an active role. This gave rise to a series of interesting studies to make driving safer. The Glowing Lines concept takes inspiration from the lines of reflectors that can be found here and there on European motorways, but replaces the latter with a special luminescent paint in … Read more

Urine produces electricity: in 36 years I have squandered a fortune.

October 15, 2012November 28, 2011

And I'm only counting humans: until yesterday it was considered an unpleasant waste product (except for diehard lovers of the drink). Today a team of English scientists has discovered a possible and very useful application that would help transform urine into electricity. Dr Ioannis Ieropoulos and his team at the University of Bristol last week published the surprising results of a study demonstrating how urine can be successfully used in microbiological fuel cells. … Read more

Blood nanorobot to treat infections and tumors

October 15, 2012November 24, 2011

This is the case of "nanobots" or microscopic machines (about 50 nanometers in size) that science fiction had imagined in the Star Trek series and which, injected into a patient's circulation, went there to rebuild damaged tissues, eliminate pathogens such as viruses and resistant bacteria or even eradicate a cancer. Unfortunately, the economic factor often stops the ideas and drive towards innovation of motivated researchers: no one puts in the money and the research remains on paper. … Read more

Jobs of the near future: 26 jobs of tomorrow

November 5, 2022November 14, 2011

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

Preserving the brain to live again in digital form: plastination.

November 10, 2011

Death is the end of everything. Our brain, which has functioned well for many decades, at the moment of our departure from the world, in the space of just twenty minutes undergoes anoxia and neurons and synapses fall apart. No machine, after such damage, will be able to revive us; it will be able to reactivate cardiac functions and circulation but our brain will be gone forever. And to say that the brain has "gone" for philosophy... Read more

Nissan lower and lower: car loaded in 10 minutes.

October 16, 2011

The next electric car revolution will be as fast as the time it takes to recharge the batteries of the vehicles that are preparing to invade the world. Filling up with petrol doesn't take more than two or three minutes, while currently it takes several hours to fully charge a new generation vehicle. Nissan is only the latest among the companies that, in chronological order, have worked with the aim of progressively 'breaking down' this time period: the latest method... Read more

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