In late July 2019, scientists at the University of Massachusetts developed a permanently magnetic liquid for the first time in the field of science. Using a technique to 3D print liquids, scientists created millimetre-sized droplets ...
Technologically controlled bugs are not only plausible, but actually exist. In 2017, the engineering firm Draper released details about its DragonflEye project. It showed that dragonflies can be “upgraded” with implanted solar-powered backpacks that tap ...
CRISPR is a gene-editing technique that has revolutionized the field with major breakthroughs, especially since 2012. While CRISPR offers a way to make specific alterations to genes more precise and affordable, the method is not ...
In June 2019, California passed the first law in the United States targeting ‘biohacking’, the practice of do-it-yourself gene editing. Starting in January 2020, it will be illegal to sell CRISPR gene therapy kits without ...
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Several years ago, Swedish scientists selectively bred guppies to increase their brain size. In short order, they produced a new lineage with brains 9% larger than typical guppies. These big-brain guppies demonstrated superior performance on ...
A partnership between Finnish design studio Aivan, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and Aalto University has spawned the Korvaa headphones, made from bioengineered materials. The mesh covering the speakers is made from a biosynthetic ...
In the spring of 2018, researchers at MIT created AlterEgo, a wearable device capable of reading a person’s internal subvocalized monologue. When a person “speaks” in their mind, they produce almost undetectable muscle movements as ...
Last year, a Dutch agricultural machine manufacturer released an on-farm automated dairy processing system. Lely’s “Orbiter” is a miniature processing plant that allows farmers to process milk directly from cow to bottle. According to the ...
Video Transcript [Kristel Van der Elst] So from this work we started to look at really what it means for workers. We put kind of a zoom on that and what we came up with ...
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