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Apr 29, 2019
World’s first laser radio transmitter/receiver paves way for ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: internet
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have, for the first time, used a semiconductor laser to send and receive radio signals. The hybrid electronic-photonic device uses a laser to extract and transmit microwave signals, providing a data rate that may one day lead to ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi.
Apr 29, 2019
Dead people and pets are being forged into sparkling blue diamonds — here’s how
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
The company Algordanza will turn cremated human or animal ashes into a memorial diamond of your loved one — for a price.
Apr 29, 2019
Squid skin inspires creation of next-generation space blanket
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: innovation, space
Drawing design inspiration from the skin of stealthy sea creatures, engineers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a next-generation, adaptive space blanket that gives users the ability to control their temperature. The innovation is detailed in a study published today in Nature Communications.
Apr 29, 2019
Are Algae Products The Next Big Thing in Sustainability?
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: sustainability
At this year’s London Marathon, runners tested out algae pods filled with water instead of paper cups. Algae is the newest sustainable trend.
Apr 29, 2019
‘It’s the next rising platform’: 2 promising technologies backed by billion-dollar drugmakers could transform the human body into a disease-destroying machine
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
MeiraGTx’s founders were interested in those uses; the biotech’s programs today are in diseases of the eye, salivary gland and brain.
But “we wanted to have a broader perspective on how you could potentially use gene therapy” too, CEO Alexandria Forbes says.
That vision is a high-tech, futuristic one, in which the human body can essentially become a medicine-making factory, enabled by gene therapy. But it’ll require more research, and is still years from fruition.
Apr 29, 2019
Starlink: SpaceX Internet Satellite Constellation Just Got the Green Light
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: internet, satellites
Starlink could offer internet to anyone on the planet.
Starlink could transmit internet down to the ground.
Apr 29, 2019
DARPA: This Smart Contact Lens Could Give Soldiers Superpowers
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, engineering, military
“Smart” contact lenses sound like something from a sci fi movie — but they’re real, and they could help troops in the field.
French engineering school IMT Atlantique revealed what it calls “the first stand-alone contact lens with a flexible micro battery” earlier this month.
And, notably, it caught the attention of the U.S. military’s attention: the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is reportedly interested in the contact lens to augment troops’ visual capabilities in the field, according to Task and Purpose — meaning the gadget could represent the augmented contact lens that DARPA has spent a decade searching for.
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Apr 29, 2019
SpaceX-Like Startups Think They Can Solve Fusion For Cheap
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
But even with existing research, achieving sustained fusion inside a reactor is still many years out.
Apr 29, 2019
Researchers find ice feature on Saturn’s giant moon
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: materials, space
Rain, seas and a surface of eroding organic material can be found both on Earth and on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. However, on Titan it is methane, not water, that fills the lakes with slushy raindrops.