3D Printers One Step Closer To Creating Human Tissue 3D printing has performed some miraculous feats in the field of medicine. Researchers are already playing around with the idea of growing organs with 3D printers, and now one university has proven that you can make human-like tissue with the technology. Oxford University revealed this week that its researchers have built a custom 3D printer that prints out a new material that’s composed of thousands of connected water droplets inside lipid films. This new material can perform some of the functions of the cells within our bodies, and may one day be used to either deliver medicine to targeted areas, or repair damaged tissue. “We aren’t trying to make materials that faithfully resemble tissues but rather structures that can carry out the functions of tissues,” said Professor Hagan Bayley of Oxford University’s Department of Chemistry, who led the research. The custom 3D printer, built by Gabriel Villar, is unlike anything we’ve ever see in the field. [h/t: 3ders]
Coroflot — Design Jobs & Portfolios Confira os 7 melhores pitches do TC Disrupt NY A Enigma venceu a competição Startup Battlefield (“campo de batalha”) do evento TC Disrupt em Nova York (conforme publiquei ontem), mas certamente todos os 30 competidores pré-selecionados para a competição foram “peneirados” por diversos avaliadores. Obviamente, estes 7 pitches (que foram selecionados de dentro dos 30) receberam as mais diversas análises antes de serem colocados como finalistas. Foram avaliados: produtos, negócios, equipes e – claro – apresentações. Enigma.io facilita a visualização de massas de dados de 100 mil fontes de informação e já está sendo usada por jornalistas e empresas financeiras – para tomada de decisões. Floored é uma solução (câmera 3D customizada + software) que faz imagens de prédios e permite navegar pelo espaço, remover ítens indesejados e editar o ambiente. Glide permite que você faça chats em vídeo pelo seu smartphone, inclusive com agendamento de horários e “assista quando puder”. Google+
NOTCOT.ORG MARC FORNES & THEVERYMANY™ s Trend Briefing covering "7 Consumer Trends To Run With In 2014" Growing numbers of consumers can no longer escape an awareness of the damage done by their consumption: to the planet, society, or themselves. But a mixture of indulgence, addiction and conditioning mean that most can’t substantially change their consumption habits. The result? A never-ending guilt spiral. Which creates exciting opportunities for brands that combine tackling this guilt spiral with consumers’ endless status seeking (still the driving force behind all consumer behavior). Indeed, GUILT-FREE STATUS will be the ultimate indulgence in 2014. Known by all. Visibly guilt-free. Warning: this trend is NOT about GUILTWASHING. Tesla Guilt-free status symbol goes global The Tesla Model S sedan luxury electric vehicle began shipping to Norway, Switzerland and the Netherlands in August 2013, with right hand drive models scheduled for March 2014. Nudie Old jeans become limited edition rugs Liberty United Firearm jewelry fights gun violence (BBMG, GlobeScan and SustainAbility, October 2013)
Induction Charging Comes to Public Transit | Autopia The same principle that charges your toothbrush wirelessly keeps this bus running. Photo: Utah State University Say goodbye to catenary wires. Utah State University has unveiled an electric bus that charges through induction, topping off its batteries whenever it stops to pick up passengers. Designed by USU’s Wireless Power Transfer team and the Utah Science Technology and Research initiative’s Advanced Transportation Institute, the prototype Aggie Bus is already on the road. It uses the same wireless charging principle as an electric toothbrush or a wireless smartphone charger, except optimized for a massive public-transit vehicle. As in all modern inductive-charging setups, a transformer is “split” between the bus and a charge plate under the bus stop. Because of the fixed routes they run and frequent stops they make, induction charging is ideal for buses.
Glasgow University Magazine The Innovation Mindset in Action: Jerry Buss Innovators think and do things differently in order to achieve extraordinary success. They are found not just in the world of business, although they do have strong leadership qualities and excellent business sense as a common core. Our research indicates that whether they are CEOs, senior executives, sports team owners, or film directors, game changers who stand head and shoulders above the rest share a common set of qualities that we call the innovation mindset. In a series of blog posts, we'll introduce a few game changers and explore the common qualities that make them such effective innovators: they see and act on opportunities, use "and" thinking and resourcefulness, focus on outcomes, and act to "expand the pie." Take, for example, Jerry Buss (1933-2013), the longtime LA Lakers owner who rose from an impoverished Depression-era childhood to the Basketball Hall of Fame and ultimately transformed the sport of basketball. Innovators break through to new levels with "and" thinking.
We. Watch. Retail. - RetailWatching Watch: Autonomous Robots Self-Assemble and Take Flight as One | Wired Design Quadcopters seem like a relic from Kittyhawk when compared to the Distributed Flight Array's asymmetrical decacopter. Image: Dr. Raymond Oung The most compelling aspect of the DFA is that the robots self-assemble before taking to the sky. Quadcopters seem like a relic from Kittyhawk when compared to the Distributed Flight Array's asymmetrical decacopter. The wonky discipline known as “distributed computation algorithms” can be a bit … dry. The next step will be removing the last vestiges of human control. The DFA bots are small, but there is more than meets the eye packed into their 3-D printed chassis. Individual units can only propel themselves spastically around a room, but when joined the DFA modules can create traditional quadcopters, more advanced decacopters, and their most impressive applications are atypical and asymmetrical arrays that defy traditional aeronautic aesthetics. The DFA has a novel design, but few clear use cases which in perfectly fine with Oung.
Tesla shares surge after surprise profit - Aug. 7, 2013 The man, the myth, the Tesla CEO. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Musk's Tesla Motors (TSLA) reported a surprise second-quarter profit on Wednesday, blowing past estimates on sales. The electric car maker reported earnings of 20 cents a share, excluding special items, after analysts predicted a loss of 17 cents. The company attributed its strong performance to record deliveries of its Model S plug-in sedan and improved margins. Tesla is still expanding aggressively and said turning a profit at this point is "not our primary mission." The company improved production in the second quarter from 400 to almost 500 vehicles per week, and said further production gains are its "primary focus" going forward. "The increasing rate of production and margin are even more compelling than the overall revenue and profit numbers," Kelley Blue Book senior analyst Karl Brauer said. Tesla said it plans to open "several more" dealerships this year, including its first in China. Related: GM forms committee to study Tesla
10 Innovations Poised to Change Sustainable Industries NASA, USAID, Nike and the U.S. State Department don't sound like teammates, but they're all equal participants in an international accelerator focusing on sustainable programs and social good. In 2010, the quartet partnered on LAUNCH, a sort of Y Combinator for global development that has raised more than $40 million and helped bring clean water to 4.5 million Kenyans, as well as affordable, renewable energy to 3,000 people in India. The program will be dedicated to shifting the environmental, economic and social impact of manufacturing through the year 2020. Here's a look at the 10 innovations discussed, and the potential for change each represents. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Do you think these innovations might actually change the world? Images: NASA, Dennis Bonilla
The Artificial Womb Is Born And The World of the Matrix begins | Science and Technology Eighteen years ago, in-vitro fertilization was tabloid news: test-tube babies! Now IVF is a standard therapy, an insurance wrangle, another medical term instantly understood by most lay people. Enormous advertisements in daily newspapers offer IVF, egg-donation programs, even the newer technique of ICSI intracytoplasmic sperm injection as consumer alternatives. Given the strong desire to be pregnant, which drives many women to request donor eggs and go through biological motherhood without a genetic connection to the fetus, is it really very likely that any significant proportion of women would take advantage of an artificial womb? I would argue that God in her wisdom created pregnancy so Moms and babies could develop a relationship before birth, says Alan Fleischman, professor of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, who directed the neonatal program at Montefiore Medical Center for 20 years. And Arthur L. ”The future is rosy for bioethicists,” Caplan says.