https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skCzl7FlM34 Researchers from the University of Illinois have produced a new generation of muscle-powered biological robots, or “bio-bots,” that can be stimulated to walk using electrical impulses. These robots not only represent a significant advancement in the field of soft biorobotics, but they may also eventually have uses in a variety of applications including drug... Continue Reading →
Sea salt can replace solar panel component for 0.3% the cost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MfP-OL0fuY One of the most dangerous and expensive parts of making photovoltaic cells (solar panels) involves a substance called cadmium chloride. This toxic substance is not just expensive when bought in bulk, but carries with it loads of associated costs in handling and manufacturing. Working with cadmium chloride is necessary though, since it can be... Continue Reading →
Google Is Offering Free Coding Lessons To Women And Minorities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo11JJgj1cU Google is offering vouchers to any women and minorities interested in learning how to code, CNET's Seth Rosenblatt reports. In a blog post from Gregg Pollack, CEO of the Code School, Google is paying for three free months for any women and minorities interested in tech to expand their skills. The offer is part... Continue Reading →
Robot Legs Are the New Standing Desk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KSUJ9Xtw9E Exoskeletons have people who couldn't walk kicking soccer balls, but one Swiss company has much more modest aspirations—they're taking the exoskeleton and disrupting the humble stool. Before workers are replaced by robots, there's a chance they'll start to resemble them. Noonee has a pending patent on the “Chairless Chair,” which they describe as “wearable... Continue Reading →
New device allows brain to bypass spinal cord, move paralyzed limbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEbioFpdK5E Ian Burkhart, a 23-year-old quadriplegic from Dublin, Ohio, is the first patient to use Neurobridge, an electronic neural bypass for spinal cord injuries that reconnects the brain directly to muscles, allowing voluntary and functional control of a paralyzed limb. Burkhart is the first of a potential five participants in a clinical study. "It's much... Continue Reading →
Russian Physicists Launch Campaign to Rebuild Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower and Power the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSDgtaW0Jp8 “Tesla was right and we are ready to prove it!” So say the two Russian physicists who have just launched an Indiegogo campaign to rebuild Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower in Fall, 2014. Tesla believed that the tower could transmit power wirelessly but this was never definitively proven in his lifetime. If he was right,... Continue Reading →
All hail the global taxi app
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7duGwgsw20 After unsuccessfully trying to catch a cab one night, Tallis Gomes got an idea that would grow into Easy Taxi, a global company that’s making it easier to get a ride. Tallis had never heard the word “startup” when he decided to attend the first ever Startup Weekend in Brazil in 2011. On his... Continue Reading →
The World Coup – THIEFA vs Brazil [RAP NEWS 26]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ydVHVGW5U THE WORLD COUP! [Juice Rap News S02:E06]. All eyes are on Brazil as it endures... errr.... *hosts* the 2014 soccer World Coup - the most watched sporting event on the planet. Join Robert Foster as he investigates why many Brazilians are protesting against THIEFA, the shady organisation that runs the World Cup, and the... Continue Reading →
50,000 people march in London against coalition’s austerity measures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrwt_bcKmYI Tens of thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday afternoon in protest at austerity measures introduced by the coalition government. The demonstrators gathered before the Houses of Parliament, where they were addressed by speakers, including comedians Russell Brand and Mark Steel. An estimated 50,000 people marched from the BBC's New Broadcasting House... Continue Reading →
President Obama Hosts First Ever White House Maker Faire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wHorfRvvcE&feature=youtu.be Yesterday President Obama hosted the first ever Maker Faire at the White House. The event featured more than 30 DIY inventions, including a robotic giraffe and a low-cost newborn incubator. The President announced several initiatives during the event intended to help support and educate American makers. He also named July 18th a National Day... Continue Reading →
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