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Sep 24, 2016
Mind-Controlled Exoskeleton Could Help Paraplegic Children
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI, wearables
University of Houston researchers aim to leverage a new, noninvasive brain-machine interface system that taps into human brainwaves to control and command a wearable exoskeleton—a technology that could enable paraplegic kids to walk.
Kristopher Sturgis
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Sep 24, 2016
New Zealand startup Thought-Wired allows people with severe disabilities to communicate using their brain waves
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
Interacting with people through brainwaves either via technology or a telepathic six sense has been long explored in the genre of science-fiction: in Hollywood blockbuster X-Men the character Professor X is telepathic and has the ability to tap into and read other people’s minds.
While the concept of telepathy or thought-controlled communication was once thought to be a futuristic concept or a concept reserved only for the realm of science-fiction, technology today is advancing fast, with the world soon to expect the commercialisation of holograms as explored in The Time Machine, autonomous cars as seen in iRobot and now brainwave communication like in X-Men.
While science-fiction explores the dark side of these technologies, the real world is exploring a multitude of applications to enhance and improve people’s everyday lives.
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Sep 24, 2016
China’s orbiting quantum satellite links with ground stations
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: quantum physics, space
Satellite, named after ancient philosopher Micius, launched in August with a mission to establish a secure communications between China and Europe.
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Sep 24, 2016
China’s Micius Military Quantum Satellite Reports Important Progress
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: encryption, military, quantum physics, satellites
Quantum encryption uses the principle of “quantum entanglement” to foster communication that’s totally safe against eavesdropping and decryption by others.
The satellite’s true military nature is being disguised under the civilian name, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale, or QUESS. Publicly, QUESS is being billed as an international research project in the field of quantum physics.
Micius or Mozi is operated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) while the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences run the satellite’s European receiving stations. The quantum satellite was launched last Aug. 16 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert.
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Sep 24, 2016
Weekend Being: Jacob Koshy writes on Manu Prakash, an engineer from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: futurism
Frugality, crafting inexpensive knock-offs and making do with little may be the ethos of India’s pharmaceutical industry, its manufacturing sector and the spirit with which our scientists conduct their research but an Indian-origin bio-engineer at Stanford University has just won one of America’s grandest prizes — the MacArthur ‘Genius’ grant — worth Rs.4 crore for designing a $1 microscope.
Towards do-it-yourself science
Manu Prakash from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh and an engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, has made a name for fashioning ingenious devices that make the essence of science — observation and experiments — accessible to those who can’t afford expensive instruments.
Sep 24, 2016
Pin-less computer navigated total knee replacement, used by Dr Anil Arora in North India
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, computing
New Delhi [India]: Knee replacement technology has undergone sea change with years passing by.
With time and progress in technology the surgeons and researchers are constantly working towards achieving perfection in each surgery. One such example is ‘Computer Navigated Knee Replacement Surgery.’
Pinless Computer Navigated Total Knee Replacement technology is used by Dr Anil Arora, the head of unit and lead consultant of department of Orthopedics at Max Super Specialty Hospital, for Knee Replacement, in North India.
Sep 24, 2016
Microsoft Will Treat Cancer Like Computer Virus, Vows To ‘Solve’ Cance Within 10 Years?
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, computing, genetics, neuroscience
Microsoft has announced to solve’ cancer within the next decade by ‘reprogramming’ diseased cells like computer virus.
Researchers were able to prevent the death of neurons that causes ALS by introducing a genetic mutation to prevent the SOD1 protein from clumping.
The growing resistance of Gonorrhea, alarmed the researchers.
Sep 24, 2016
The Age of Biotech: Can Bioengineered Rhino Horns Bring An End to Poaching?
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical
Awesome; how about Elephant tusks, etc.
In Brief.
California biotech company Pembient has announced its production of synthetic rhino horns, in the hopes of providing an ethical alternative to purchasing from poachers. Conservationist groups express worries over any unintended impact.
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Sep 24, 2016
Bioengineered bacteria could be used to 3D print food, medicine, and tools on Mars
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, bioengineering, biotech/medical, food, solar power, space travel, sustainability
Just like checking your bag on a commercial airline, space travel comes with some pretty big weight restrictions. How big? According to estimates, reaching space costs a whopping $10,000 per pound, which means that every ounce saved has a big impact on the bottom line.
That’s where a group of Danish researchers comes in. The team is working on a synthetic biology project called CosmoCrops, which hopes to use bacteria to make it possible to 3D print everything needed for a respectable space mission, using a cutting-edge co-culturing system. And it could even make life better for those of us back on Earth in the process.
“We are trying to make space exploration cheaper, because many inventions we use in our daily life were invented because of space exploration, like Velcro and solar energy,” Joachim Larsen, one of the students working on the project, told Digital Trends. “The way we want to achieve this is to [be] able to produce everything from food to medicine and bioplastic for 3D printers out in space — making the space rocket a lot lighter.”
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