Engineering

New Heart, Liver, Kidney or Eye in under 2 hours: Bioprinting

By now nearly everyone has heard about “normal” 3-D printers, but 3D Bioprinters? It is seldom that one product, in and of itself, says so much about where technology and humans are headed in the…

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Desalination Spending to $16.6 Billion by 2016

Economists see water scarcity as the driver for desalination demand to explode. Undrinkable seawater covers 71% of the planet and contains 97% of its water supply. The worldwide spend in 2010 for desalination plants and…

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Turning Deserts into Inhabitable Oases

Shimizu, a major player in the international construction industry, has been studying how to turn deserts into inhabitable oases. Shimizu’s plan, still in the simulation stage, would locate multiple manmade lakes in naturally low-lying areas…

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The World’s Thinnest Only 0.80 Millimeters Thick

A 0.80mm thin flexible wristwatch with an E Ink display housed in a single piece of stainless steel. The CST-01 is assembled by laminating thin, flexible components into a 0.5mm pocket etched into a single…

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Solar Powered Floating Homes

Life is reported to have started in the oceans with the first creatures coming ashore about 3 billion years ago. With 71% of the Earth’s surface made up of ocean water humans may spend the…

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Standing Treadmill Desks Improving Productivity

In his groundbreaking work called “Pain Free” author Pete Egoscue, creator of the Egoscue Method, has helped thousands of people avoid surgery and rehabilitate joints and muscles through simple exercises called “E-cises”. According to Egoscue,…

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Power Loader Exoskeleton Linking People with Machines

A Panasonic subsidiary venture called ActiveLink is currently developing technology to extend and amplify human musculoskeletal capabilities for use in construction sites and disaster areas. The device called Power Loader is an exoskeleton, meaning it…

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USA Top Oil Producer by 2016

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) the United States will overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world’s top oil producer by 2016. What’s more Canada is believed to have more natural resources than…

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3D Desktop Printing, Endless Possibilities

Imagine what you will replicate when you get your first 3D printer! A new beak for your bird? An engagement ring for your fiancée? Prosthetics for a loved one that can be enlarged as they…

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Self Sufficient Sea City of the Future

Currently approximately 71% of the earth’s surface is ocean and if global warming projections are accurate, and so far they have been, more of the earth’s surface will be submerged. With the threat of rising…

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