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Dr. John Szivek, who runs the University of Arizona Orthopaedic Research Lab, said the lab received a $2 million grant from the Department of Defense to create 3D bone printing to help military personnel.

Linux 5 is on the way

Posted by Genevieve Klien in computing

Jan 7
2019

But even Linus Torvalds says it’s not that big of a deal.

Samsung is getting into robots

Posted by Genevieve Klien in cyborgs, robotics/AI

Jan 7
2019

The company is showing several prototypes at CES, including an exoskeleton and a home robot.

This is how Elon Musk plans to use SpaceX to give internet to everyone

Posted by Michael Lance in Elon Musk, internet, satellites

Jan 7
2019

You get internet! And YOU get internet!

The Starlink satellite launch is just the beginning of SpaceX’s plan to cover the globe with internet.

TresClean: The #TresClean Project will develop high- throughput laser-based texturing for fluid- repellent and antibacterial metal surfaces using innovative industrial high-average power ultrashort-pulsed lasers in combination with high-performance scanning heads

Posted by James Christian Smith in biological, food

Jan 7
2019

These technologies will be applied to produce self- cleaning and aseptic machine parts for food industry.

Project will develop high-throughput laser-based texturing for fluid-repellent and antibacterial metal surfaces using innovative industrial high-average power ultrashort-pulsed lasers in combination with high-performance scanning heads. These technologies will be applied to produce self-cleaning and aseptic machine parts for food industry (e.g. components in contact with biological foods) and home appliances (e.g. dishwashers) by utilising a beam deliverary method over areas that can reach 250mm2.

Share Your Thoughts and Gain Perspective with IBM Project Debater

Posted by James Christian Smith in robotics/AI | 4 Comments on Share Your Thoughts and Gain Perspective with IBM Project Debater

Jan 7
2019

#ProjectDebater –Speech by Crowd is an experimental #AI platform that uses your arguments to create pro and con narratives on topics of debate.

LG flexes roll-up TV as screens start to bend

Posted by Genevieve Klien in electronics

Jan 7
2019

LG on Monday unveiled a roll-up television screen as a trend of bendable displays began taking shape at a consumer electronics extravaganza in Las Vegas.

Bill Gates warns that nobody is paying attention to this state-of-the-art scientific technology that could make inequality even worse

Posted by Genevieve Klien in bioengineering, biotech/medical

Jan 7
2019

Gene editing is one of the most promising new approaches to treating human diseases today.

It also raises “enormous” ethical questions, Bill Gates recently warned, and “could make inequity worse, especially if it is available only for wealthy people.”

“I am surprised that these issues haven’t generated more attention from the general public,” he said in a December blog post, adding that “this might be the most important public debate we haven’t been having widely enough.”