Involves turning dead things into robots. Researchers turned a dead spider into a robot gripper that is able to pick up things, they use hydraulics to force a version of their blood to extend.
Sand Batteries - Engineers piled 100 tons of sand into a 4 x 7 metre steel container. All of this sand was then heated up using wind and solar energy. This heat can then be distributed by a local energy company to provide warmth to buildings in nearby areas. Energy can be stored this way for long periods of time. This is known as resistive heating.
E-Skin - communicate verbally and visually almost anywhere in the world, there is currently no reliable method of sharing the sense of touch across long distances. You can give and receive hugs over the Internet. E-skin is studded with flexible actuators that sense the wearer’s movements and convert them into electrical signals. These signals can then be sent to another e-skin system via Bluetooth, where the actuators convert them into mechanical vibrations that mimic the initial movements.
Smelly VR - VR attachments that let you smell stuff. The smells are generated by the devices heating and melting odorous wax that releases adjustable concentrations of stink. One is 'mounted' on your upper lip for easy access to your nostrils, and the other is a facemask-like design with hundreds of different odour combinations.
Catapulting satellites into space - SpinLaunch is a prototype system for getting satellites or other payloads up into space. It does this by using kinetic energy instead of the usual technique of using chemical fuel found in traditional rockets. This technology could be capable of spinning payloads at 8,000km/h and 10,000G, then launching them skyward through a large launch tube.
Xenotransplantation - the procedure of transplanting, implementing, or infusing a human with cells, tissues, or organs from an animal source - has the potential to revolutionise surgery. One of the most common procedures performed so far is the insertion of a pig's heart into a human. This has now successfully happened twice.
3D printed food - Researchers at Columbia University School of Engineering have created a device that can construct a seven-ingredient cheesecake using food inks and then cook it to perfection using a laser. Their creation contained banana, jam, peanut butter, and Nutella. Tasty. The technology could one day be used to create personalised meals for everyone from professional athletes to patients with dietary conditions, or could be useful for those who are simply short on time.
Digital "twins" that track your health - Q-Bio improves health outcomes and alleviates the load on doctors at the same time. The US company has built a scanner that will measure hundreds of biomarkers in around an hour, from hormone levels to the fat building up in your liver to the markers of inflammation or any number of cancers. It intends to use this data to produce a 3D digital avatar of a patient's body – known as a digital twin – that can be tracked over time and updated with each new scan.
Direct air capture - Through the process of photosynthesis, trees have remained one of the best ways to reduce the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. This technology is known as Direct Air Capture(DAC). It involves taking carbon dioxide from the air and either storing the CO2 in deep geological caves underground, or using it in combination with hydrogen to produce synthetic fuels.
Energy string bricks - The researchers developed a method to convert red bricks into a type of energy storage device called a supercapacitor. This involved putting a conducting coating, known as PEDOT, onto brick samples, which then seeped through the fired bricks’ porous structure, converting them into “energy storing electrodes” that “could store a substantial amount of energy” and can “be recharged hundreds of thousands of times within an hour”.
Self-heating ‘living concrete’ - Scientists have developed what they call living concrete by using sand, gel, and bacteria. building material has a structural load-bearing function, is capable of self-healing, and is more environmentally friendly than concrete – which is the second most-consumed material on Earth after water.
3D-printed eye tissue - Researchers at the National Eye Institute in the US have produced retinal tissue using stem cells and 3D bioprinting. The new technique may help scientists model the human eye to better understand – and develop treatments for – diseases and conditions that affect people’s vision, such as age-related macular degeneration.
Car batteries that charge in 10 mins - rapid charging of lithium-ion batteries can degrade the batteries they have now found that if the batteries could heat to 60°C for just 10 minutes and then rapidly cool again to ambient temperatures, lithium spikes would not form and heat damage would be avoided.
Artificial neurons on silicon chips - Scientists have found a way to attach artificial neurons onto silicon chips, mimicking the neurons in our nervous system and copying their electrical properties. Researchers hope their work could be used in medical implants to treat conditions such as heart failure and Alzheimer’s as it requires so little power.
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