An article in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances reports that researchers have developed an innovative technique for generating captions from brain activity. Before you mentally review all the thoughts you had today, take a deep breath. The technology can’t read the thoughts of random people. The process requires brain scans …
Read More »Researchers Develop Pill Camera That Can Be ‘Driven’ Around the GI Tract
A team of researchers at George Washington University has developed an ingestible pill camera that can be “driven” around the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The device is the first of its kind to offer real-time internal visibility that can be controlled, rather than relying on digestive processes to move the camera …
Read More »ARM To Develop Its Own Chip
In a surprising move, ARM has begun working with manufacturing partners to develop its own chip to show off what its platform can do, just in case Apple’s M-class chips didn’t do the trick. The move is reportedly designed to help the company acquire new customers and investments ahead …
Read More »Robot That Charges Your EV
As automakers and climate-focused legislators continue to push electric vehicle adoption, they’ll need all the help they can get. If the idea of using public EV charging cables gives you pause, Hyundai and Kia have developed the Automatic Charging Robot. Shown off online last week, Hyundai Motor Group’s ACR aims …
Read More »NASA’s $50 Million Space Exploration
NASA has been using the same spaceflight computers for almost 30 years, but it won’t be much longer. The agency has awarded a $50 million contract to Arizona-based Microchip Technology Inc. to “architect, design, and deliver” a next-generation space-optimized processor. NASA expects the new chip, which will be used in …
Read More »Oxygen Harvesting System
The active Martian water cycle, i.e., the presence of shallow water and soluble perchlorate salts in the Martian soil, enables the production of hydrogen fuel and life-support oxygen on Mars through electrolysis of perchlorate brines. A team of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis has demonstrated an approach to …
Read More »Tiny Giant Sunfish
An international team of marine biologists has for the first time genetically identified a larva of the bump-head sunfish (Mola alexandrini). A larval sunfish (Mola sp.) collected off New South Wales coast, Australia. Image credit: Kerryn Parkinson / Australian Museum. The bump-head sunfish, also known as the southern sunfish or …
Read More »Stanford Researchers Develop Flexible, Biodegradable Semiconductor
Engineers have gotten quite good at designing ever more powerful and advanced electronics, but we’re not so good at properly disposing of them when they’re out of date. The United Nations Environment Program estimates almost 50 million tons of electronic waste will end up in landfills this year, a 20 …
Read More »Researchers Develop Novel Method to Repair Teeth using Alzheimer’s Drug Tideglusib
A novel method of stimulating the renewal of living stem cells in tooth pulp using an Alzheimer’s drug called Tideglusib has been discovered by scientists at King’s College London, UK. Tideglusib treatment shows complete repair with vital dental pulp after 6 weeks. Image credit: V.C.M. Neves et al, doi: 10.1038/srep39654. …
Read More »Scientists Develop Oral Delivery System to Treat Hemophilia
Treatment for hemophilia can now be administered via a biodegradable, pH-responsive hydrogel microcarrier system, a capsule, thanks to a breakthrough by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin. They describe their system in the Nov. 30, 2016 issue of the International Journal of Pharmaceutics. Illustration of the degradable system …
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