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Digital 3D-fabrication technology for nursing and healthcare

“3D printing technology has important medical applications, such as manufacturing prosthetic parts, implants, and models of human organs. Here, researchers at Keio University in Tokyo, describe the potentially important role of 3D printing in nursing and long-term care for the …

Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect

“Manufacturing of the Kinect has shut down. Originally created for the Xbox 360, Microsoft’s watershed depth camera and voice recognition microphone sold ~35 million units since its debut in 2010, but Microsoft will no longer produce it when retailers …

New fractal-like concentrating solar power receivers are better at absorbing sunlight

“Sandia National Laboratories engineers have developed new fractal-like, concentrating solar power receivers for small- to medium-scale use that are up to 20 percent more effective at absorbing sunlight than current technology. The receivers were designed and studied as part of …

New RoboBee flies, dives, swims, and explodes out the of water

“Hybrid robot could perform search and rescue missions, research studies, environmental monitoring We’ve seen RoboBees that can fly, stick to walls, and dive into water. Now, get ready for a hybrid RoboBee that can fly, dive into water, swim …

Purdue develops ‘intrachip’ micro-cooling system for high-performance radar, supercomputers

“Researchers have developed a new type of cooling system for high-performance radars and supercomputers that circulates a liquid coolant directly into electronic chips through an intricate series of tiny microchannels. Conventional chip-cooling methods use finned metal plates called heat sinks …

Researchers engineer CRISPR to edit single RNA letters in human cells

“New ‘REPAIR’ system edits RNA, rather than DNA; has potential to treat diseases without permanently affecting the genome The Broad Institute and MIT scientists who first harnessed CRISPR for mammalian genome editing have engineered a new molecular system for efficiently …

Scientists detect comets outside our solar system

“Team of professional and citizen scientists identifies tails of comets streaking past a distant star. Scientists from MIT and other institutions, working closely with amateur astronomers, have spotted the dusty tails of six exocomets — comets outside our solar system — orbiting …

Taming “Wild” Electrons in Graphene

“Graphene – a one-atom-thick layer of the stuff in pencils – is a better conductor than copper and is very promising for electronic devices, but with one catch: Electrons that move through it can’t be stopped. Until now, that is. Scientists …

HPE Is Making Artificial Intelligence Accessible and Practical

“New tools and partnerships bring Deep Learning techniques to customers who’re at various stages of their Artificial Intelligence adoption journey For decades, we’ve confined Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to the realm of science fiction. Whether aspirational — like Commander …

Intel Enables 5G, NFV and Data Centers with High-Performance, High-Density ARM-based Intel Stratix 10 FPGA

“Intel today announced it has begun shipping its Intel® Stratix® 10 SX FPGA – the only high-end FPGA family with an integrated quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor. With densities greater than 1 million logic elements (MLE), Intel Stratix 10 SX FPGAs …