Expect to Have a 3D Printed EYE by 2027 and Other Future Tech on 12-August-2016
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with the latest science and future tech for today.
Expect to Have a 3D
Printed EYE by 2027
The above titled is not intended as a PUN; Researchers from
Italy have announced a fully stable working version of EYE – 3D printed eyes,
by Italy-based product design studio MHOX, made from bio-ink that contains that
same cells required to replace those found in our natural eyes.
“Latest developments in bioprinting and biohacking let us
imagine that in the near future it would be possible to easily print organic,
functional body parts, allowing the human to replace defected districts or enhance
standard performance,” said Filippo Nassetti, Lead Designer at MHOX.
Once the natural set of eyes are surgically removed, the
company plans to install a ‘deck’ inside the head, which will allow installation
& upgradation. According to Nassetti, “we envision that the link between
the deck and the EYE will be based on attractive forces between the tissues more
than mechanical joints. To replace the EYE the user only has to put it in
position inside the skull, and the tissues of the Deck and the EYE connect
automatically.”
Your Future Home Will
Grow and Repair Itself
With the onset of IoT-enabled infrastructure, DARPA’s Engineered
Living Materials (ELM) program seeks to integrate buildings & building
materials with the characteristics of living systems. Materials will be able to
grow on site, repair themselves, and or adapt to the environment when needed.
“The vision of the ELM program is to grow materials on
demand where they are needed. Imagine that instead of shipping finished
materials, we can ship precursors and rapidly grow them on site using local
resources. And, since the materials will be alive, they will be able to respond
to changes in their environment and heal themselves in response to damage,” said
Justin Gallivan, ELM program manager.
Breaking World
Records with 5G Technology
4G is, sadly, a thing of the past ;) Researchers from Sweden’s
Lund University and UK’s University of Bristol have just set a new world record
for wireless spectrum efficiency with 5G technology.
According to their press release, “5G is a wireless
technology that will lead to less energy consumption and enable fast data
transmission while allowing many simultaneous users. 5G is expected to hit the
market around 2020, and intense work to standardize this next-generation mobile
technology is currently taking place. Massive MIMO – which is based on base
stations being equipped with hundreds of antennas each, compared to the few we
see today – is one of the prime candidates to achieve the capacity required of
the mobile systems of the future.”
“Setting a new world record was a significant event as it
demonstrated that it is possible to transmit 22 times more data compared to
current wireless systems. Although the goal is for 5G to increase the total
transmission capacity by a factor 1 000, this is still a big step”, says
Malkowsky.
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