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Healthcare

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Transplants with printed human body parts
A lack of suitable donors for transplants, particularly as cars get safer and first-aid becomes more effective, means the supply of such organs is limited. One promising approach is to print them. As yet, such ?bioprinting? remains largely experimental. But bioprinted tissue is already being sold for drug testing, and the first transplantable tissues are expected to be ready for use in a few years? time. http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21715638-how-build-organs-scratch?
27 January 2017 by lauralaura-co...

Wellbeing

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Get reminders for events you enjoy
Reprime adds interesting things in your calendar so you can remember them. You can choose from many schedules such as NBA or NFL games, the synopsis and details of every new episode of Westworld, dates of TEDtalks in India or the Australian Open Tennis. Reprime adds the reminders in the calendar app you already use. There's no app to download or install. www.reprime.io
26 January 2017 by lauralaura-co...

Wellbeing

https://news.microsoft.com/features/microsofts-photodna-protecting-children-and-businesses-in-the-cloud/#sm.000170n040129e03pww24


 
25 January 2017 by chloe

Healthcare

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Making implanted medical devices safer
Implanted medical devices like stents, catheters, and titanium rods are essential, however sometimes the body rejects them or they cause dangerous blood clots. Engineers and scientists from Colorado State University have developed a superhemophobic surface treatment for titanium that repels liquids including blood, plasma, and water. The result is a surface that completely repels any liquid with which it would come in contact and the body doesn't even recognize that it's there. https://futurism.com/weve-created-a-life-saving-blood-repellant-super-material/
24 January 2017 by lynnwood

Dining

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-02/meat-ink-3d-printing/8086060?pfmredir=sm


 
22 January 2017 by angel

Artistic

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Explore museums at night through the eyes of robots
London studio The Workers built a fleet of robots that allowed the public to remotely explore galleries and museums from their computers at home. Called After Dark, the project initially ran over five nights at the Tate Britain gallery in London in August 2014. https://www.dezeen.com/2015/07/09/movie-the-workers-after-dark-tate-britain-fleet-of-robots-explore-galleries-at-night/
21 January 2017 by mike