Long live Apollo! 10 technologies of today born from the mission to the Moon
For those who still wonder what served to go to the Moon, here are 10 pieces of modern technology born directly from the Apollo mission.
Search Results for: Plastic
The wait is over: here is the Neuralink presentation
The human-computer connection will be able to read and write a huge amount of information. In the Neuralink presentation the first, important vision.
ECMO medicine, the miracle machine: death goes on standby
ECMO is a machine capable of saving or making people who are already dead survive even for months. A miracle that however raises enormous ethical doubts
An artificial coral reef in Sidney harbor
The artificial reef took place in the seafront area of the famous Opera House, the characteristic Sydney theater known throughout the world. Not far from there is the Great Barrier Reef, which is increasingly at risk.
Plastic free, Japanese McDonald's will have bamboo straws
Take Straws, this is their name, biodegrade in a few months and can even be ingested (I would not try). Towards Japanese plastic free.
Metro energy: the Lausanne team system
A Lausanne team estimated the heat that passes through the underground tunnels and designed a geothermal system to extract energy from the metro
Costa Rica: 100% plastic and carbon free within 2 years
The goal is the most ambitious of all: to completely eliminate plastic and fossils by 2021. If there is a country that can do it, it is Costa Rica.
A bio-gun glues the wounds in place of the stitches
Researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have created a soft biocompatible glue and a special glue gun that can quickly and easily close wounds without side effects.
City life ruins mental health in ways that we are only now beginning to understand
Cities are dynamic and stimulating places, but their residents have a much higher rate of mental illness than the rest of the population.
The smallest pixels ever created can cover entire display skyscrapers
They are a million times smaller than the pixels we have on today's cell phone displays
Artificial womb, new steps forward
A research team manages to grow extremely premature fetuses out of a womb.
At the debut the first aircraft in the world that moves without the use of flaps
BAE Systems writes a new page in aviation history by developing the first aircraft that uses supersonic air jets instead of the classic "flaps" to provide direction.
Geizeer, here is the fan cube that lasts 4 hours
#Geizeer is the brilliant invention that can make us feel cooler without making the house ugly. It is a portable cooler invented by two architecture graduates, Ferdinando Petrella and Damiano Iannini. “It's a wooden cube with a side of 14 cm – explains Ferdinando – divided into two halves: above there is a fan, below a rechargeable battery with a USB cable, and a plastic cone with a liquid inside that can remain cold very long." Its operation is… Read more
The spare part? The 3D printer supplies it
Does something break in the house? The 3D #printer takes care of printing the new piece, and voilà, the game is done. It's not science fiction, but a reality very close to us. Groupe Seb, a French giant specializing in small household appliances (in Italy it sells Rowenta, Moulinex, Krups and Tefal), is experimenting in France with a new system of "molding" spare parts, using 3D printers. Today it works like this, as far as spare parts are concerned: the company has a warehouse that contains 5,7 million... Read more
R1, the first home robot
Everyone talks about nothing other than #R1, the first "family" robot produced by the Italian Institute of Technology (Iit) in Genoa. R1's "father", Giorgio Metta, is convinced of the great potential of his little robot: "The commercial prospects are immense". “R1 Your Personal Humanoid” was created starting from the experience gained from the creation of iCub, the most widespread humanoid research robot in the world. R1 has an Italian design, weighs approximately 50 kilos, has a height varying from 1 meter and 25 to 1 … Read more
Here is the first robot goalkeeper, tireless overseer
Guard the entrance and deliver the mail. It almost completely replaces the old condominium or building concierge. Almost. Here is the robot goalkeeper.
Here is the smart window that needs no curtains
The curtains, what a stress! You have to wash them, iron them, hang them, remove them, clean them, open them, close them... but isn't there a simpler and more intelligent method for darkening windows in 2016? This is what Harvard researchers must have thought, as they are designing a "smart" window to do without curtains altogether. The producers of solar awnings will be unhappy, but housewives and those who generally take care of home maintenance will be much happier. The new generation window, in fact,… 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
The cockroach robot that saves our lives
The cockroach robot that could save the lives of many people is called CRAM. It is a robot designed by Berkeley University, definitely inspired by the structure of one of the most hated insects in the world - the cockroach. Cram is defined as a "compressible robot with articulated mechanisms", which could be used in the event of natural disasters to search for and rescue any survivors. The last frontier of robots is precisely that of using them in rescue missions, which often prove impossible... Read more
Google is the virtual reality viewer
Will 2016 be the year of virtual reality, or augmented reality? Many analysts believe so. And Google doesn't want to miss the opportunity. Already in mid-January the company announced the launch of a new division, which will focus exclusively on the development of projects related to virtual reality. In fact, the strong competition from Facebook and its Oculus should not be forgotten. Google CEO Sundar Pichai has named Clay Bavor to head the division, which previously ran Gmail and Drive. Being… Read more
5 trends in the future of packaging
The concept of 'packaging' has been the cross and delight of all industrial development: on the one hand it has guaranteed better, faster and more widespread distribution and preservation of food, on the other it has contributed to forming a generation (more than one for truth) “disposable” accustomed to not reusing anything and using things quickly and hastily. In any case, the virtue lies in the middle: we need packages and containers, we will need them more and more. Here you are … Read more
