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Blind people now have the opportunity to drive: A student team in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering is offering the blind with a chance to drive. A retrofitted four-wheel dirt buggy developed by the Blind Driver Challenge team from Virginia Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory uses laser range finders, an instant voice command interface and a host of other innovative, cutting-edge technology to guide blind drivers as they steer, brake, and accelerate. Even though it’s in the early testing stage, the National Federation of the Blind considers the vehicle a major breakthrough for independent living of the visually impaired. Once inside the vehicle, a blind driver can turn the steering wheel, stop and accelerate by following data from a computing unit that uses sensory information from the laser range finder serving as the 'eyes' of the driver, in addition to a combination of voice commands and a vibrating vest as guides. Greg Jannaman, who led the Virginia Tech student team says that the blind drivers actually performed better than their sighted counterparts.
Via - [Newlaunches]; July 21, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)
Man-made living organs shape up for the future: Undoubtedly, technology is leaping ahead of time. And before it gets too late, medical science is also boasting of a life saving technique that intends to create new fleshy organs for the needy. It won't be long before humans will start manufacturing real human organs to replace the infected or dead organs. To prove this, researchers at University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) have created a 5-millimeter tall doll composed of living cells. This new method of fabricating three-dimensional living biological structures will be beneficial in the fields of regenerative medicine and drug development. How did the researchers manage to give shape to this ground-breaking doll? For a duration of 24 hours, about 100,000 cell capsules of skin coated 0.1-millimeter collagen balls were cultivated inside a doll-shaped mold. And once the cell capsules had coalesced to form the doll-shaped mass of tissue, it was placed in a culture solution where it survived for more than a day.
More...; January 23, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)
Proteus robotic motor will sail though the blood stream to tackle blockages: Almost four decades ago an interesting sci-fi flick, Fantastic Voyage, captured the hearts of millions who dared to fantasize about avant-garde life-saving technologies. The movie depicted a submarine, housing a group of doctors, injected into the body of a character. This med-sub sailed through the blood stream to tackle the clot in the brain. That was a movie but today, such a vision has taken shape in form of a motorized robot that is small enough to be injected into the human bloodstream. Researchers from the Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory at Australia's Monash University have put the final touches to the design of micro-motors. They have harnessed piezoelectricity, the energy force most commonly used to trigger-start a gas stove, to produce microbot motors just 250 micrometres, a quarter of a millimetre, wide.
More...; January 22, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)
Blind people now have the opportunity to drive: A student team in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering is offering the blind with a chance to drive. A retrofitted four-wheel dirt buggy developed by the Blind Driver Challenge team from Virginia Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory uses laser range finders, an instant voice command interface and a host of other innovative, cutting-edge technology to guide blind drivers as they steer, brake, and accelerate. Even though it’s in the early testing stage, the National Federation of the Blind considers the vehicle a major breakthrough for independent living of the visually impaired. Once inside the vehicle, a blind driver can turn the steering wheel, stop and accelerate by following data from a computing unit that uses sensory information from the laser range finder serving as the 'eyes' of the driver, in addition to a combination of voice commands and a vibrating vest as guides. Greg Jannaman, who led the Virginia Tech student team says that the blind drivers actually performed better than their sighted counterparts.
Via - [Newlaunches]; July 21, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)

Man-made living organs shape up for the future: Undoubtedly, technology is leaping ahead of time. And before it gets too late, medical science is also boasting of a life saving technique that intends to create new fleshy organs for the needy. It won't be long before humans will start manufacturing real human organs to replace the infected or dead organs. To prove this, researchers at University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) have created a 5-millimeter tall doll composed of living cells. This new method of fabricating three-dimensional living biological structures will be beneficial in the fields of regenerative medicine and drug development. How did the researchers manage to give shape to this ground-breaking doll? For a duration of 24 hours, about 100,000 cell capsules of skin coated 0.1-millimeter collagen balls were cultivated inside a doll-shaped mold. And once the cell capsules had coalesced to form the doll-shaped mass of tissue, it was placed in a culture solution where it survived for more than a day.
More...; January 23, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)

Proteus robotic motor will sail though the blood stream to tackle blockages: Almost four decades ago an interesting sci-fi flick, Fantastic Voyage, captured the hearts of millions who dared to fantasize about avant-garde life-saving technologies. The movie depicted a submarine, housing a group of doctors, injected into the body of a character. This med-sub sailed through the blood stream to tackle the clot in the brain. That was a movie but today, such a vision has taken shape in form of a motorized robot that is small enough to be injected into the human bloodstream. Researchers from the Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory at Australia's Monash University have put the final touches to the design of micro-motors. They have harnessed piezoelectricity, the energy force most commonly used to trigger-start a gas stove, to produce microbot motors just 250 micrometres, a quarter of a millimetre, wide.
More...; January 22, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)
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Blind people now have the opportunity to drive: A student team in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering is offering the blind with a chance to drive. A retrofitted four-wheel dirt buggy developed by the Blind Driver Challenge team from Virginia Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory uses laser range finders, an instant voice command interface and a host of other innovative, cutting-edge technology to guide blind drivers as they steer, brake, and accelerate. Even though it’s in the early testing stage, the National Federation of the Blind considers the vehicle a major breakthrough for independent living of the visually impaired. Once inside the vehicle, a blind driver can turn the steering wheel, stop and accelerate by following data from a computing unit that uses sensory information from the laser range finder serving as the 'eyes' of the driver, in addition to a combination of voice commands and a vibrating vest as guides. Greg Jannaman, who led the Virginia Tech student team says that the blind drivers actually performed better than their sighted counterparts.
Via - [Newlaunches]; July 21, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)

Man-made living organs shape up for the future: Undoubtedly, technology is leaping ahead of time. And before it gets too late, medical science is also boasting of a life saving technique that intends to create new fleshy organs for the needy. It won't be long before humans will start manufacturing real human organs to replace the infected or dead organs. To prove this, researchers at University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) have created a 5-millimeter tall doll composed of living cells. This new method of fabricating three-dimensional living biological structures will be beneficial in the fields of regenerative medicine and drug development. How did the researchers manage to give shape to this ground-breaking doll? For a duration of 24 hours, about 100,000 cell capsules of skin coated 0.1-millimeter collagen balls were cultivated inside a doll-shaped mold. And once the cell capsules had coalesced to form the doll-shaped mass of tissue, it was placed in a culture solution where it survived for more than a day.
More...; January 23, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)

Proteus robotic motor will sail though the blood stream to tackle blockages: Almost four decades ago an interesting sci-fi flick, Fantastic Voyage, captured the hearts of millions who dared to fantasize about avant-garde life-saving technologies. The movie depicted a submarine, housing a group of doctors, injected into the body of a character. This med-sub sailed through the blood stream to tackle the clot in the brain. That was a movie but today, such a vision has taken shape in form of a motorized robot that is small enough to be injected into the human bloodstream. Researchers from the Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory at Australia's Monash University have put the final touches to the design of micro-motors. They have harnessed piezoelectricity, the energy force most commonly used to trigger-start a gas stove, to produce microbot motors just 250 micrometres, a quarter of a millimetre, wide.
More...; January 22, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)
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Blind people now have the opportunity to drive: A student team in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering is offering the blind with a chance to drive. A retrofitted four-wheel dirt buggy developed by the Blind Driver Challenge team from Virginia Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory uses laser range finders, an instant voice command interface and a host of other innovative, cutting-edge technology to guide blind drivers as they steer, brake, and accelerate. Even though it’s in the early testing stage, the National Federation of the Blind considers the vehicle a major breakthrough for independent living of the visually impaired. Once inside the vehicle, a blind driver can turn the steering wheel, stop and accelerate by following data from a computing unit that uses sensory information from the laser range finder serving as the 'eyes' of the driver, in addition to a combination of voice commands and a vibrating vest as guides. Greg Jannaman, who led the Virginia Tech student team says that the blind drivers actually performed better than their sighted counterparts.
Via - [Newlaunches]; July 21, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)

Man-made living organs shape up for the future: Undoubtedly, technology is leaping ahead of time. And before it gets too late, medical science is also boasting of a life saving technique that intends to create new fleshy organs for the needy. It won't be long before humans will start manufacturing real human organs to replace the infected or dead organs. To prove this, researchers at University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) have created a 5-millimeter tall doll composed of living cells. This new method of fabricating three-dimensional living biological structures will be beneficial in the fields of regenerative medicine and drug development. How did the researchers manage to give shape to this ground-breaking doll? For a duration of 24 hours, about 100,000 cell capsules of skin coated 0.1-millimeter collagen balls were cultivated inside a doll-shaped mold. And once the cell capsules had coalesced to form the doll-shaped mass of tissue, it was placed in a culture solution where it survived for more than a day.
More...; January 23, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)

Proteus robotic motor will sail though the blood stream to tackle blockages: Almost four decades ago an interesting sci-fi flick, Fantastic Voyage, captured the hearts of millions who dared to fantasize about avant-garde life-saving technologies. The movie depicted a submarine, housing a group of doctors, injected into the body of a character. This med-sub sailed through the blood stream to tackle the clot in the brain. That was a movie but today, such a vision has taken shape in form of a motorized robot that is small enough to be injected into the human bloodstream. Researchers from the Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory at Australia's Monash University have put the final touches to the design of micro-motors. They have harnessed piezoelectricity, the energy force most commonly used to trigger-start a gas stove, to produce microbot motors just 250 micrometres, a quarter of a millimetre, wide.
More...; January 22, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)
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Blind people now have the opportunity to drive: A student team in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering is offering the blind with a chance to drive. A retrofitted four-wheel dirt buggy developed by the Blind Driver Challenge team from Virginia Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory uses laser range finders, an instant voice command interface and a host of other innovative, cutting-edge technology to guide blind drivers as they steer, brake, and accelerate. Even though it’s in the early testing stage, the National Federation of the Blind considers the vehicle a major breakthrough for independent living of the visually impaired. Once inside the vehicle, a blind driver can turn the steering wheel, stop and accelerate by following data from a computing unit that uses sensory information from the laser range finder serving as the 'eyes' of the driver, in addition to a combination of voice commands and a vibrating vest as guides. Greg Jannaman, who led the Virginia Tech student team says that the blind drivers actually performed better than their sighted counterparts.
Via - [Newlaunches]; July 21, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)

Man-made living organs shape up for the future: Undoubtedly, technology is leaping ahead of time. And before it gets too late, medical science is also boasting of a life saving technique that intends to create new fleshy organs for the needy. It won't be long before humans will start manufacturing real human organs to replace the infected or dead organs. To prove this, researchers at University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) have created a 5-millimeter tall doll composed of living cells. This new method of fabricating three-dimensional living biological structures will be beneficial in the fields of regenerative medicine and drug development. How did the researchers manage to give shape to this ground-breaking doll? For a duration of 24 hours, about 100,000 cell capsules of skin coated 0.1-millimeter collagen balls were cultivated inside a doll-shaped mold. And once the cell capsules had coalesced to form the doll-shaped mass of tissue, it was placed in a culture solution where it survived for more than a day.
More...; January 23, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)

Proteus robotic motor will sail though the blood stream to tackle blockages: Almost four decades ago an interesting sci-fi flick, Fantastic Voyage, captured the hearts of millions who dared to fantasize about avant-garde life-saving technologies. The movie depicted a submarine, housing a group of doctors, injected into the body of a character. This med-sub sailed through the blood stream to tackle the clot in the brain. That was a movie but today, such a vision has taken shape in form of a motorized robot that is small enough to be injected into the human bloodstream. Researchers from the Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory at Australia's Monash University have put the final touches to the design of micro-motors. They have harnessed piezoelectricity, the energy force most commonly used to trigger-start a gas stove, to produce microbot motors just 250 micrometres, a quarter of a millimetre, wide.
More...; January 22, 2009 | Related Entries - Technology | Comments (0)
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