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3D Printed Photos Can Be Seen By The Visually Impaired_
The 3D printer prints with a rigid, semitransparent white material that can be used to create unique black and white photographic prints. When backlit with a diffuse light, they recreate images with high precision and add subtle dimensionality and texture. … Continue reading
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Growing new brains with infrared light_
University of Texas Arlington scientists have discovered a way to control the growth or repair of neurons and neuron circuits, using a non-invasive “neuronal beacon” (near-IR laser beam) — essentially rewiring brains, or even creating new ones. This major discovery, … Continue reading
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New Procedure Would Turn Your Brown Eyes Blue_
If you had the option to change your eye color — would you? Now think about the question again, this time under two conditions: you’d have to pay $5,000 and undergo brief laser surgery. Would you still do it? It’s … Continue reading
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$25 Gun Created With Cheap 3D Printer Fires Nine Shots (Video)
When high tech gunsmith group Defense Distributed test-fired the world’s first fully 3D-printed firearm earlier this month, some critics dismissed the demonstration as expensive and impractical, arguing it could only be done with a high-end industrial 3D printer and that … Continue reading
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Physicists Create Quantum Link Between Photons That Don’t Exist at the Same Time_
Now they’re just messing with us. Physicists have long known that quantum mechanics allows for a subtle connection between quantum particles called entanglement, in which measuring one particle can instantly set the otherwise uncertain condition, or “state,” of another particle—even … Continue reading
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Lumigrids LED bike projector_
Lumigrids is an LED projector for bicycles, which aims to improve safety during night riding. It projects square grids onto the ground. By observing changes in the grids, the rider can easily comprehend the landforms ahead. Lumigrids has three modes … Continue reading
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These Self-Assembling Nanoflowers Are As Beautiful As They Are Tiny_
A nanorose may not smell as sweet as an organic one, but the red petals on this micron-scale flower are unquestionably just as beautiful. At Harvard University, materials scientists have perfected an underwater chemical reaction that results in these gorgeous, … Continue reading
Humans With Amplified Intelligence Could Be More Powerful Than AI_
With much of our attention focused the rise of advanced artificial intelligence, few consider the potential for radically amplified human intelligence (IA). It’s an open question as to which will come first, but a technologically boosted brain could be just … Continue reading
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3D printer shows surgeons secrets of strange hearts_
We’ve had 3D-printed aeroplanes, guns and fossil skulls – but these are the first copies of real human hearts. Constructed from plastic, they are exact anatomical replicas of the hearts of patients with unusual complications. This one is being held … Continue reading
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The Audacious Plan to End Hunger With 3D-Printed Food_
Anjan Contractor’s 3D food printer might evoke visions of the “replicator” popularized in Star Trek, from which Captain Picard was constantly interrupting himself to order tea. And indeed Contractor’s company, Systems & Materials Research Corporation, just got a six month, … Continue reading
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