The printed plane engine has arrived.
This week GE released this great GIF of its 1,300-horsepower advanced turboprop (ATP) engine in which more than one-third of the components have been built through additive manufacturing, or 3D printing. The company is showing off its creation in real life at this week’s big air show in Oshkosh, WI.
Continue reading… “GE made a real 3D printed plane engine and here is a gorgeous look at it”
Scientists have built flexible batteries for use in wearable electronics and medical implants that can operate from inside your body, powered by liquids like saline solution and cell-culture. Both the efficiency and the output of the batteries out-performed lithium-ion.
Continue reading… “Scientists just made implantable batteries powered by body fluids”
The explosion in popularity of esports events has already seen gaming embraced by the Asian Games
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A new device has been developed at The Ohio State University, which turns cells into other types of cells required for treating diseased conditions. During testing, one touch completely repaired injured legs of mice over three weeks
Continue reading… “New device can heal with a single touch, and even repair brain injuries”
Body organs such as kidneys, livers and hearts are incredibly complex tissues. Each is made up of many different cell types, plus other components that give the organs their structure and allow them to function as we need them to.
Continue reading… “The next Pharmaceutical revolution could be 3D printed”
Jeff Bezos tweeted in June that he wanted short-term, high-impact ways to do social good.
An artificial intelligence platform put 46,000 suggestions to a vote, using a method inspired by how bees swarm.
Universal access to clean drinking water was the winner.
Continue reading… “A ‘human swarm’ has figured out where Jeff Bezos should donate his money”
Scientists are trying to manufacture eggs and sperm in the laboratory. Will it end reproduction as we know it?
Back in 1985, the best robotic surgeon we had was the Puma 560, a manipulator arm just barely more advanced than Rocky Balboa’s robo-butler. Just barely. The Puma was nevertheless revolutionary. It was the very first mechanical operator, progenitor to steady-handed robo-surgeons like the DaVinci system. But in the near future, robots will no longer be cutting into us — from the outside, at least.
Continue reading… “Edible robot surgeons will cure you from the inside out”
RAY KURZWEIL HAS invented a few things in his time. In his teens, he built a computer that composed classical music, which won him an audience with President Lyndon B. Johnson. In his 20s, he pioneered software that could digitize printed text, and in his 30s he cofounded a synthesizer company with Stevie Wonder. More recently, he’s known for popularizing the idea of the singularity—a moment sometime in the future when superintelligent machines transform humanity—and making optimistic predictions about immortality. For now, though, Kurzweil, 69, leads a team of about 35 people at Google whose code helps you write emails.
Continue reading… “What is Ray Kurzweil up to at Google? Writing your emails”
If you could construct a sexual partner that was faithful, beautiful, and responsive to your every wish, would you?
Continue reading… “Humans and robots are on the cusp of a sexual intimacy we may never reverse”
Airbnb has reached a new milestone: 4 million listings worldwide.
Continue reading… “Airbnb now has more listings worldwide than the top five hotel brands combined”
Capable of firing semi-automatic weapons and 40mm grenades, it really is death from above.
Continue reading… “Gun-wielding drones are now a thing, and that’s somewhat worrying”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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