The technique has already been used to print repairs into real animal bones By harnessing the capabilities of Solid-Freeform Fabrication (SFF) – also known as Rapid Prototyping (RP) – Cornel researchers can create living tissue of arbitrary 3D shapes directly from computer-aided design (CAD) data. The “printing ink” is a cell-seeded alginate hydrogel. The alginate …
Flux Capacitors and the Origin of Inertia (29 pages) The explanation of inertia based on “Mach’s principle” is briefly revisited and an experiment whereby the gravitational origin of inertia can be tested is described. The test consists of detecting a small stationary force with a sensitive force sensor. The force is presumably induced when a …
Current-generation Tegra 2 chips for smartphones and tablets include the AP20H and T20 SoC solutions, both built around ARM’s 1GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor. They are to be replaced soon, however, with Tegra 2 3D architecture consisting of the T25 and AP25 chips for smartphones and tablets, respectively. Upping the CPU frequency to 1.2GHz and adding …
Canadian scientists have transformed pinches of human skin into petri dishes of human blood — a major medical breakthrough that could yield new sources of blood for transfusions after cancer treatments or surgery. (H/T KurzweilAi) The discovery, by researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., could one day potentially allow anyone needing blood after multiple …
The National Space Society held a press conference Thursday, November 4 at the National Press Club to reveal one of the first initiatives ever undertaken by a non-profit American organization and a former head of state. * electricity demand by 2035 will increase 87%, the NSS argued that earth based renewable power will only be …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The Space elevator games power beaming competition has been delayed again. This time to March or April of 2011. The winner (Lasermotive) of the 2009 laser beaming/climber competition has a new video which is embedded below. The Lasermotive team and company announced new sponsors. The co-inventors …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Investigators at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that oral treatment of mice with a drug that inhibits enzymes involved in cell division caused certain groups of bone marrow cells to temporarily stop dividing (which they termed ‘pharmacological quiescence’ or …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Namibia, stung by the collapse of the diamond industry two years ago, is trying to diversify its $8.2 billion economy by exploiting uranium deposits that are the second-biggest in Africa. Namibia’s economy contracted 0.8 percent last year, after expanding 4.3 percent a year earlier, as mining …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The BP Gulf Oil spill ongoing and the possibility of capping operations causing a blowout (an explosion which would release more oil) of 240,000 barrels per day. Here is a consideration of the total volume of the oceans and the total volume of the world’s oil. …
Technology Review talks about the Rice University superacid process for making large quantities of Graphene. This method for making bulk Graphene was presented here at Nextbigfuture a week ago. Technology Review interviewed the researchers on the potential of the process. The process could also be used to bring down the costs of lightweight, tough structural …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Japan is banking on its reputation for technological innovation to win hosting rights for the 2022 World Cup and a plan to 550 billion yen (about US$6 billion and most of that is for the World Cup and not directly on the 3D holographic TV technology).Basically …