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How brain scans can read your mind to reconstruct the face you’re thinking of

Posted on 08/02/201908/02/2019

It’s frustrating to have a clear mental image of something but not be able to exactly get it across in words or a drawing. Now, a team of neuroscientists from the University of Toronto Scarborough has developed a way to digitally recreate exactly the image someone is thinking about, by scanning their brain. So-called mind-reading technology is […]

Electricity-free air con: Thermoacoustic device turns waste heat into cold using no additional power

Posted on 30/01/201905/02/2019

Beginning with the principles of the Stirling engine, SoundEnergy’s THEAC thermal acoustic engine takes heat – either industrial waste heat or solar heat – and turns it into powerful cooling without requiring any other power source. This completely renewable technology could prove highly disruptive. The THEAC system uses no mechanical moving parts, no refrigerants, no […]

Greek city locals help design street furniture 3D-printed from their plastic waste

Posted on 17/01/2019

Towards the end of 2017 we highlighted a research concept that turned plastic waste into street furniture. Print Your City has now gone from early prototypes to city scale project with the launch of a Zero Waste Lab in Thessaloniki, Greece, where locals can take their plastic waste and have it turned into urban furniture. […]

Device aims to repel mosquitos by “bringing a thunderstorm to your wrist”

Posted on 28/09/201803/12/2018

While we’ve seen a number of devices that use ultrasound to ward off mosquitos, many people maintain that such deterrent systems just don’t work. The Nopixgo Mosquito Bite Protection Wristband takes a different approach, emitting electromagnetic waves instead. According to Swiss electronics engineer Kurt Stoll (the inventor of the device), the weak waves given off by […]

The future of robotics: Mesmer animatronics in action

Posted on 21/09/201821/09/2018

A system combining robotics and animation software to create lifelike humanoid characters has been demonstrated in a new video by Engineered Arts. Dubbed Mesmer, the technology promises the entertainment industry cheaper results by pulling disparate technologies into a single package designed to work seamlessly together. By combining animatronics with robotic sensors, the firmware to make […]

“Reverse filter” traps small objects but lets larger ones through

Posted on 03/09/2018

A “straight out of science fiction” liquid membrane developed by a team of Penn State mechanical engineers acts as a “reverse filter” that lets large objects through while blocking small ones. The self-healing, stabilized liquid material, which mimics many of the properties of a cell membrane, acts counter-intuitively as the polar opposite of a conventional sieve. Filters […]

“World’s most efficient” bicycle drivetrain unveiled at Eurobike

Posted on 17/08/2018

Of all the items currently on display at this year’s Eurobike show in Germany, one of the most attention-getting is CeramicSpeed’s DrivEn pinion-style shaft-drive system. According to its designers, it creates 49 percent less friction than the high-end Shimano Dura Ace chain-and-derailleur setup. At the heart of the prototype drivetrain is a cylindrical carbon fiber […]

Harvard’s artificial heart parts beat like the real thing

Posted on 24/07/2018

It goes without saying that the heart is an important organ, but it’s difficult to study how it reacts to diseases and medications. Researchers at Harvard have now grown a model of a human left ventricle that spontaneously beats, marking a substantial step towards engineering entire hearts for more accurate testing of new treatments. Traditionally, […]

BlackFly fixed-wing VTOL flying car that doesn’t require a license

Posted on 16/07/2018

Canadian-based aviation firm Opener Inc. has unveiled its new BlackFly single-seater aircraft, which it bills as a Personal Aerial Vehicle (PAV) and the world’s first ultralight all-electric fixed-wing Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. The fully-amphibious drop-shaped flyer with fore and aft wings sporting eight electric motors has a range of 25 mi (40 km) and a […]

Quantum dots made from tea leaves lay waste to lung cancer cells

Posted on 23/05/2018

Full of antioxidants and vitamins, tea is pretty good for you, and green tea extracts have even been used as effective carriers for cancer drugs. New research led by Swansea University has found a novel way to wring more health benefits out of the stuff, by making quantum dots from tea leaves and using them to […]

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