Bluetooth Smart Radio

Imec, Holst Centre and Wicentric introduced an ultra-low power Bluetooth Smart radio with a power consumption up to five times lower than radios. They can play an important role in applications such as personal health monitoring systems and smart home applications.

Living Shoes- Dont miss this!!!!!

A mind-blowing discovery have been made. A self-healing shoe printed to fit your foot from building blocks of life itself. At first when I heard about this news I didnt believe at all. But when I came to know the facts I got really surprised. 

Shamees Adens exhibited this product as a part of Wearable Futures event that held in London. It was like a science fiction. Currently scientists have begun to create and utilize the bio-links in the lab, in between Aden has looked all the way down where it can be created along with biological structures. Protocells are tiny structures which can be designed to take on the aspects of life when they are put together. They are tiny, synthetic quasi-living structures which can sense pressure and be the sole of your shoe, cushioning your every step. But when we are not wearing the shoes, they gets into a dormant stage. Once we have stopped using the shoes it can be put into a jay filled with protocell liquid that would allow the shoes to heal itself. 

I would say, science is just beginning to unravel its potential and I hope a lot of things coming up on our way, a day when the injuries are even self healed. Cant say no to that at this point of time. 

Crystal-Snow Fantasy, I love it

There are times when I really felt to be in snow. Playing around, wandering around and feeling the snow, its touch and enjoy the beauty in its pure white form. During my time in England, Wales and Scotland, I have felt it. Sometimes while watching movies (such as Chronicles of Narnia etc..) I have felt the same. Now the Japanese Designer Tokujin Yoshioka's Spider's Thread is a full-on crystalline fantasy scape, taking his previous work Crystallised Project to a whole new level. Developed via chemical synthesis, Yoshioka's signature crystals are formed through methodical cultivation on the surfaces of select materials. 

The inspiration for the project was a traditional Japanese story, The Spider's Thread, by writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa, widely considered to be the father of Japanese short story. In Japanese Culture, a spider's thread represents hope and fragility, two key elements to Yoshioka's work. 

Take a look below as a snowflake in the studio becomes a crystal forest in a gallery: 

Advanced medical imaging, a new hope for medical field!!!!!

A research team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Extreme Light Laboratory had developed a new way to generate synchroton x-rays, which are high enough in quality for advanced medical imaging, among other applications. 

Physics Professor Donald Umstadter, director of the Lab, led this research project. He compares the synchroton x-ray breakthrough to the development of personal computers, giving more people access to computing power once available only via large and costly mainframe computers. Shrinking components of advanced laser-based technology will increase the feasibility of producing high-quality x-rays in medical and university research laboratories, which in turn lead to new applications for the x-rays. 

The new x-ray device could be small enough to fit in a hospital. This can increase the usage in wide range of applications. 

Doctoral student Nathan displays the electron accelerator used to generate x-ray light

Do you wanna see your muscles in motion while rehab?

Associate Professor Toshiakio Tsuji's Lab at Saitama University has developed R-cloud, a rehabilitation support robot that enables the patient to view how their own muscles move during rehabilitation and training. 

R-cloud calculates subtle muscles movements and quantifies this into data, which helps physiotherapists to provide accurate instruction on movement, and patient to confirm their own movements. This robot has a sensor and a sensor to measure the arm angle. Based on the data collected from these sensors, conclusions are made on the force of muscle contraction within the arm, as well as on the amount of calories consumed by each muscle during training.