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Northern Ireland toddler Lucy Boucher in world first kidney transplant using 3D printing

“A three-year-old girl from Northern Ireland has become the first in the world to have a life-changing kidney transplant using 3D printing. It is the first time in the world that 3D printing has been used to aid kidney transplant …

STMicroelectronics Attracts Linux Users to Free Embedded Development on STM32 Microcontrollers

“STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has extended opportunities to design free of charge with its popular STM32 microcontrollers for Linux system users including professional engineers, academics, and hobbyists. Most Linux …

The Internet of Things Will Be the World’s Biggest Robot

“The Internet of Things is the name given to the computerization of everything in our lives. Already you can buy Internet-enabled thermostats, light bulbs, refrigerators, and cars. Soon everything will be on the Internet: the things we own, the things …

At the edge of a quantum gas

“JQI scientists have achieved a major milestone in simulating the dynamics of condensed-matter systems – such as the behavior of charged particles in semiconductors and other materials – through manipulation of carefully controlled quantum-mechanical models. Going beyond their pioneering experiments in 2009 …

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Jasper Technologies, Inc.

“Cisco announced today its intent to acquire Jasper Technologies, Inc., a privately held company based in Santa Clara that delivers a cloud-based IoT service platform to help enterprises and service providers launch, manage and monetize IoT services on a global …

Israeli robot-cleaning system promises brighter future for solar power

“Like the new site, most solar energy farms are located in deserts, where there is plenty of sunlight — which solar panels, of course, need a lot of. But the desert also has a lot of dust, which clogs up the …

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LaserPipe

“LaserPipe is a collaborative project with TWI Ltd, running from January to December 2015, as part of Innovate UK’s competition for feasibility studies under the title: “Developing the civil nuclear supply chain”. The project is looking into the feasibility …

Luxembourg to launch framework to support the future use of space resources

“The Luxembourg Government announced a series of measures to position Luxembourg as a European hub in the exploration and use of space resources. Amongst the key steps undertaken, as part of the spaceresources.lu initiative, will be the development of …

Microsoft research project puts cloud in ocean for the first time

“In 2015, starfish, octopus, crabs and other Pacific Ocean life stumbled upon a temporary addition to the seafloor, more than half a mile from the shoreline: a 38,000-pound container. But in the ocean, 10 feet by 7 feet is …

New microscope creates near-real-time videos of nanoscale processes

“State-of-the-art atomic force microscopes (AFMs) are designed to capture images of structures as small as a fraction of a nanometer — a million times smaller than the width of a human hair. In recent years, AFMs have produced desktop-worthy close-ups of …