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There has already been success by researchers in growing tracheas, bladders, and body parts like noses on scaffolds using stem cells. Why not try to develop something more complex, like a heart or lungs? Dr. Harald Ott is a surgeon and researcher at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital who has been working on this very question.
Continue reading… “Scientists trying to build human hearts for organ transplants”
The research effort will attempt to design a vaccine conferring immunity to nicotine, using nanotechnology.
At Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, Yung Chang and her colleagues have launched an ambitious new project designed to attack nicotine dependence in a radically new way.
Continue reading… “A nanotechnology fix for nicotine dependence”
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ThinkerThing, a Chile-based startup, has invented technology that can ‘read’ a person’s thoughts via neurosensory tech.
Continue reading… “ThinkerThing – 3D-print objects with your mind”
Apple’s release of its multi-colored iMacs in 1998, made consumers realize they wanted beautiful computers, not ugly ones.
Ross Dawson, futurist, keynote speaker, and author, recently traveled to Provence in the hills above Nice to give the keynote at the annual EuroCIO conference. He used his framework for the future of the CIO to point to the macro drivers of change in technology and society, and how these are shaping the technology function in organizations, and in turn the role of the CIO.
Continue reading… “How rising expectations of beauty are shaping technology and society”
Forty-eight percent of Americans say the growing number of “people who are not religious” is bad for American society. But a similar share say either that this trend is good or that it does not make much difference, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.
Continue reading… “Almost half of U.S. adults say growth of nonreligious bad for American society”
The debate started in late 2011, when Chen-Yu Zhang’s team f found bits of rice RNA floating in the bloodstreams of Chinese men and women.
Last week, freelance journalist Virginia Hughes wrote about a scientific paper that was published in the elite journal Nature in 1995. The findings of said paper were called into question by several other papers in different journals within a couple of years. As of today, nearly two decades since the original came out, nobody has replicated it. And yet, it’s still sitting there in the literature, still influencing others. It’s been cited nearly 1,000 times.
Continue reading… “Science might have gotten it wrong. Now what?”
Stella, solar-powered family car.
Eindhoven University of Technology students have unveiled what they claim to be the world’s first solar-powered family car. The vehicle is called Stella and it resembles a squashed, wingless airplane. The vehicle can seat four people and can travel up to 600 kilometers, powered by solar panels mounted on the roof.
X-Wind’s vertical axis wind turbine.
Electrified railways in Britain could be powered by up to 70% by wind turbines placed alongside the tracks, if a trial getting underway is successful.
Continue reading… “The future of railways could run on wind power”
Car travel by the youth in America declined 23% between 2001 and 2009. That isn’t a typo, it’s an outlier. Like solar panel prices dropping by 80% in five years, or Indian grid losses being 25% of total generation.
Continue reading… “Are the youth in America falling out of love with the car?”
When complete, the multi-modal system that can meet the transportation needs of the vast majority of the local residents.
Where in the U.S. can you find the fastest growing transit system? Salt Lake City, Utah. They are the only city in the U.S. that is building light rail, bus rapid transit, streetcars, and commuter rail all at the same time. (Video)
Continue reading… “Utah has the fastest growing transit system in the U.S.”
Chevy Volt came in #1.
Here is the monthly US electric vehicle sales (including hybrid sales) update. Below is the full table, including comparisons between June 2013 sales and June 2012 sales as well as between 2013 YTD sales and 2012 sales for the same period.
Continue reading… “U.S. electric vehicle sales for June 2013”
It’s an app world.
The mobile market has more than 1.5 billion users worldwide and makes up 15% of all internet traffic, according to Mary Meeker’s latest Internet Trends report. Despite these findings, many brands have yet to reap the benefits that are now possible through the most personal connection available with their target consumers – the app.
Continue reading… “The 5 most important metrics for app engagement”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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