Wireless energy powers pacemaker in live rabbit

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="infuse" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn25590/dn25590-1_300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A tiny pacemaker like this one was placed in a rabbit and powered wirelessly from outside its body <i>(Image: Alexander J. Yeh)</i>" border="0" height="488" src="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn25590/dn25590-1_300.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There's electricity in the air. A rabbit's beating heart has been regulated using a tiny pacemaker that beams in energy from outside its body. It is the first time this kind of wireless energy transfer has been demonstrated in a living animal. If such wirelessly powered medical implants can work in people too, it would reduce the seriousness of the procedures required to get them fitted.</span></div> <div class="infuse" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Our device is small, so it will be much easier to deliver into the body," says<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/poongroup/cgi-bin/wordpress/people/" style="border: 0px; color: #34a3d1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ada Poon</a> of Stanford University in California, who led the team that implanted the tiny pacemaker.</span></div> <div class="infuse" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Being fitted with a pacemaker currently requires surgery plus another operation when the battery eventually runs down. So Poon and her colleagues outfitted a rabbit with a pacemaker that has no battery and is just 3 millimetres long (see picture, above right). A metal plate, powered only by a cellphone battery, was then held a couple of centimetres above the rabbit's chest.</span></div> <h3 class="crosshead" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 117, 154); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #717171; line-height: 19.711999893188477px; margin: 0px 20px 10px 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Body boost</span></h3> <div class="infuse" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The plate transmitted 2000 microwatts to the pacemaker via electromagnetic waves. The pacemaker was then able to regulate the rabbit's heartbeat, and delivered safe levels of energy to the surrounding tissue.</span></div> <div class="infuse" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Such "near-field energy transmission" was previously considered too weak to power devices that are small or placed deeply in the body. To get around this problem, Poon's team designed the plate to emit electromagnetic radiation in a directed beam towards the implant. They also used the rabbit's own body tissue to help deliver the signal: the radiation is of a high frequency that propagates particularly well in animal tissue, allowing it to pass further into the body without losing much energy into the tissue or causing damage.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div class="infuse" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I think that amongst the solutions that are proposed to power an implant, this is going to be the most reliable," says Patrick Mercier at the University of California, San Diego, who works on wireless power for implants. He says that when the Stanford team first shared their unusual power scheme, many in the field were surprised. Because of the high frequencies involved, no one had thought to try this method.</span></div> <div id="inread1_26817" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"> <div id="inread_26817" style="border: 0px; height: 1px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; visibility: visible;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <tr id="zd_tr_26817" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td id="zd_td_26817" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <h3 class="crosshead" id="zd_newid_26817" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 117, 154); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #717171; line-height: 19.711999893188477px; margin: 0px 20px 10px 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Skin patch</span></h3> <div class="infuse" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Poon's team also found that their device worked in tests with pig tissue, delivering energy to implants placed in samples of pig hearts and brains. The team is now launching a company, Vivonda Medical, to adapt the technology for use in humans. That will include more practical alternatives to the metal plate, perhaps delivering energy via a patch on the skin.</span></div> <div class="infuse" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Robert Puers at the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium, isn't convinced that the technique makes sense for crucial medical devices like pacemakers. "These devices, being life-supporting, should not depend on the presence of an external powering device," he says.</span></div> <div class="infuse" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Poon's team also plans to adapt their technology for other types of implants, such as neurostimulators which are implanted in the brain to treat conditions such as Parkinson's disease.</span></div> </div>

Wireless energy powers pacemaker in live rabbit

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China has built a prototype for a train that's 3 times faster than a plane

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #171717; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Using a near-vacuum tunnel, scientists believe maglev trains can reach 2,900 km/h.</span></h3> <img alt="image_1.jpg" height="426" src="http://sciencealert.com.au/images/stories/image_1.jpg.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #171717; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; padding: 1.4em 0px 0px;"> he<a href="http://english.swjtu.edu.cn/public/viewNews.aspx?ID=154" style="color: #4c5398; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"> researchers from Southwest Jiaotong University in China have already built a prototype</a> testing platform (pictured above) for the near-vacuum maglev train.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #171717; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; padding: 1.4em 0px 0px;"> Inside the tunnel the atmospheric pressure is 10 times lower than the atmospheric pressure at sea level, which drastically reduces the amount of energy needed to overcome air resistance,<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com.au/train-capable-of-reaching-1800-mph-2014-5" style="color: #4c5398; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Business Insider</em> explains</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #171717; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; padding: 1.4em 0px 0px;"> And it's this lack of air resistance that will help the train reach theoretical speeds of 2,900 km/h. Currently the fastest commercial maglev train can reach speeds of just 431 km/h.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #171717; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; padding: 1.4em 0px 0px;"> At the moment the train is limited by its small testing platform, but if they're right about the speeds it could reach on long straights, you could travel from Paris to Moscow in about an hour. And if there was a direct route, Londoners could be in New York within two hours.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #171717; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; padding: 1.4em 0px 0px;"> There are just no words for how awesome this would be if it works - the world will just get a whole lot smaller.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #171717; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; padding: 1.4em 0px 0px; text-align: center;"> <b style="color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"><u>FOR MORE UPDATES LIKE THIS PLEASE LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE-<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious">https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious</a></u></b></div> </div>

China has built a prototype for a train that's 3 times faster than a plane

Using a near-vacuum tunnel, scientists believe maglev trains can reach 2,900 km/h. he researchers from Southwest Jiaotong University in China have already built a prototype testing platform (pictured…

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''Google" is the World’s Most Valuable Company

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="Body" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span lang="EN-US">This just in: Google has become the richest and most valuable company out of any company in the world!  </span><span lang="EN-US">Considering their competition, this has been no easy task! </span></div> <div class="Body" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span lang="EN-US">Milward Brown, Global Market Research agency, stated that the brand value of Google has shot up nearly 40% in just one year and is worth $158.84 billion.  Even Apple can</span><span lang="EN-US">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t compete.  They are only worth a measly $148 billion and are on a 20% decline.  After overtaking IBM last year, Google has been steadily climbing the ladder!</span></div> <div class="Body" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span lang="EN-US"><img alt="Google" class="lazy alignnone size-full wp-image-15580 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/www.businessinsider.com_.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="472" src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/www.businessinsider.com_.jpg" style="background-color: #ecf0f4; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; display: inline; float: none; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" width="708" /></span></div> <div class="Body" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span lang="EN-US">Head of Millward Brown France, Benoit Tranzer hinted that <a href="http://www.google.com/" style="color: #0092dd;" target="_blank" title="Google">Google</a> has become so popular because of their breakthrough in wearable devices.  Google Glass has become a phenomenon and continued investment within AI (Artifical Intelligence) has really helped Google grow exponentially.  This sends a reassuring signal to all lovers of Google, they are in it to win! </span></div> <div class="Body" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span lang="EN-US">What is so amazing about this feat is that <a href="http://www.apple.com/" style="color: #0092dd;" target="_blank" title="Apple">Apple</a>, for the first time in over 4 years, has not been able to retain first place as most valuable company.  U.S. technology firm, <a href="http://www.ibm.com/" style="color: #0092dd;" target="_blank" title="IBM">IBM</a>, came in third with a brand value of $107 billion and<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/" style="color: #0092dd;" target="_blank" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> followed closely behind with a value of </span><span lang="EN-US">£</span><span lang="EN-US">90 billion.</span></div> <div class="Body" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span lang="EN-US">Although Apple has taken second place, Samsung has really faired badly at twenty-ninth on the list with a brand value of only $25 billion.  What a shame! </span></div> <div class="Body" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <a href="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/SearchIsLookingForLife.jpg" style="color: #0092dd;"><img alt="Google is Now World's Most Valuable Company" class="lazy alignnone size-full wp-image-15671 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/SearchIsLookingForLife.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="506" src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/SearchIsLookingForLife.jpg" style="background-color: #ecf0f4; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; display: inline; float: none; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" width="708" /></a></div> <div class="Body" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span lang="EN-US">So will Google be able to continue this climb to victory?  It</span><span lang="EN-US">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s easier to climb the ladder then to remain at the top!  Google will have to continue to wow its customers and woo Apple lovers, if they want to remain at the summit for a long time! </span></div> <div class="Body" style="background-color: white; 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Thermal Touch" can turn any surface into an augmented reality touchscreen

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="German company Metaio is using an infrared camera and AR technology to turn any surface in..." height="359" src="http://images.gizmag.com/hero/thermal-touch-augmented-reality.jpg" width="640" /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Augmented reality company Metaio is developing "Thermal Touch," a technology that combines infrared and visible light cameras to detect the heat signature from your fingers and turn any object into a touchscreen. The technology could be embedded in the smartphones and wearable devices of the future to offer new ways of interacting with our environment.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="The current prototype makes use of a standard camera, plus an infrared camera mounted on a..." src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/thermal-touch-augmented-reality-0.jpg" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Back in 2004, the <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_2600-814.php" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">best-selling mobile phone</a> had a 128 x 128-pixel screen, no camera or Bluetooth, and a whopping 4 MB of internal memory. Ten years from now, smartphones and other wearable devices will in all likelihood push the envelope much further than we can now imagine, by embedding all sorts of advanced, miniaturized sensors.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Metaio, an augmented reality company based in Munich, believes that thermal imaging cameras will be a staple in the personal electronics of the future, and has developed the prototype of a user interface that relies on them to turn any object into a heat-sensitive touchscreen.</span></div> <div class="article_img" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; height: 292px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 0px; width: 530px;"> <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/thermal-touch-augmented-reality/32218/pictures#4" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="The system can easily discriminate between touching and hovering over the surface (Photo: ..." src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/thermal-touch-augmented-reality-3.jpg" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="530" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The prototype, currently mounted on a tablet device, consists of an infrared camera coupled with a standard, visible light camera. The device registers the heat signature left by a person's finger when they touch a surface, and then uses augmented reality software to add new interesting, context-sensitive functions that allow users to interact with their environment in new ways and in real time.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For instance, while shopping at the supermarket, you could touch an item and immediately bring up online consumer reviews for that product; design 3D objects and see how they would sit in your room before they're sent to the presses; or even draw the outline of a TV remote on your hand, and then press a virtual button to change the channel or adjust the volume.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">One interesting feature is that the technology can easily discriminate between the user actually touching a surface and hovering over it, since the heat transfer is significantly reduced. This could open up even more ways of interacting with the environment (and which are likely to look even more bizarre to an outside observer).</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For the time being, the technology is at the early stages and will need years of research before it could be embedded into consumer electronics. Metaio says it will demonstrate a prototype on May 27-29 at the Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, California.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You can see the technology at work in the video below.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Source: <a href="http://augmentedblog.wordpress.com/2014/05/23/metaio-unveils-thermal-imaging-rd-for-future-use-in-wearable-augmented-reality-headsets/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Metaio</a></span></div> <div class="article_video" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="298" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t1HmYNqp8NM" width="530"></iframe></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <b style="color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"><u>FOR MORE UPDATES LIKE THIS PLEASE LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE-<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious">https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious</a></u></b></div> </div>

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Peres e-nose sniffs out spoiled food

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <img alt="The Peres is designed to detect the freshness of food" height="324" src="http://images.gizmag.com/hero/peres.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> Technology can go a long way towards keeping food fresher for longer, but it can also be used to check whether the food has passed its best-by date. We've seen plastics that indicate the freshness of food, and we've also covered food packaging that lets people know if it's still fresh. Now, a product called Peres aims to perform a similar task, but it does it with a sensor and a smartphone or tablet.</div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> The Peres device is held by the user, over his or her food. Four sensors are included that monitor temperature, humidity, ammonia and volatile organic compounds in the air around the food, and that information is fed back to the user's smartphone via Bluetooth. Once it has the data, the app will display recommendations based on the freshness of the food.</div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> The video below demonstrates the Peres system in use.</div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="298" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bCePVbRWiNA" width="530"></iframe></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> According to the creators, the sensors in Peres can detect over 100 different volatile organic compounds in food, and many of these are strong indicators of whether or not it is fresh and safe to eat.</div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> The application that displays the data will be available on both iOS and Android. It will also support phones and tablets, which should open it up to wide range of potential users.</div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> Peres is seeking funding on Indiegogo. It has already surpassed its US$50,000 goal with just over a week left in its funding period. Backers interested in getting a Peres of their own will be required to pledge a minimum of $120, with an expected delivery date this November.</div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> The pitch video below provides some back story and information on the Peres system.</div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> Sources: <a href="http://www.getperes.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Peres</a>, <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/peres-smart-way-to-protect-you-from-food-poisoning" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Indiegogo</a></div> <div class="article_video" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="298" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vF7In4Lb3LI" width="530"></iframe><br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"><u>FOR MORE UPDATES LIKE THIS PLEASE LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE-<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious">https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious</a></u></b></div> </div> </div> </div>

Peres e-nose sniffs out spoiled food

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Marbel Board: Is this the world's lightest electric vehicle?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Marbel uses a lithium-ion battery and a Kevlar and carbon fiber composite deck to keep its..." height="359" src="http://images.gizmag.com/hero/marbel_electric_skateboard.jpg" width="640" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Electric skateboards are certainly building up some momentum as a form of urban transport, and they seem to just keep getting lighter and lighter. Florida-based start-up Marbel is the latest to set its wheels in motion, this week launching a crowdfunding campaign for what it claims to be the world's lightest electric vehicle – the 9.9 lb (4.5 kg) Marbel.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="Marbel runs on 50 degree 180 mm longboard trucks and 76 mm wheels with ABEC 9 bearings" src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/marbel_electric_skateboard-9.jpg" /><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To put that number into perspective, the Evolve electric skateboard we took for a spin last year weighs in at 19.6 lb (8.9 kg). Back in 2012, Boosted Boards raised a few eyebrows (and a boatload of Kickstarter funds) with its 12-lb (5.5 kg) motorized longboard. If the appeal of an electric skateboard lies in convenience for those hopping off buses and making that last-mile trip, then trimming off some of the fat could be as important a factor as any.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"Our main focus was user experience," Matt Belcher, founder of Marbel, tells THE TECH-LICIOUS. "Weight was the big choice for making it easier for people to carry and use everyday."</span></div> <div class="article_img" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; height: 306px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 0px; width: 529px;"> <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/marbel-worlds-lightest-electric-vehicle/32202/pictures#5" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="The 165 Wh lithium battery powers a 2,000 W (2.68 hp) brushless DC motor for a top speed o..." src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/marbel_electric_skateboard-3.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="529" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's one thing to identify this as a design focus, but bringing the weight of the Marbel board to under ten pounds involved some rather advanced technology.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"The main reason we were able to keep the weight so low was by utilizing very specific carbon fiber in combination with Kevlar in the composite deck," explains Marbel. "The second reason is the battery cells we are using. They are the latest in lithium-ion battery technology and very similar to what you will find in a Tesla Model S".</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="Users control the Marbel Board using a wireless handheld controller, which sports a thumb ..." src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/marbel_electric_skateboard-1.jpg" /><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The light build of the Marbel board doesn't appear to have come at a cost. The 165 Wh lithium battery powers a 2,000 W (2.68 hp) brushless DC motor for a top speed of 20 mph (32 km/h), both of which are sealed for protection on the bottom side of the deck. The battery can be fully charged in 90 minutes, which according to Marbel should be good for a range of 10 mile (16 km). This puts it well ahead of the Boosted Board's range of 6 mi (9.6 km), but short of Yuneec's E-Go Cruiser at 18 mi (30 km). This was necessary, Belcher claims, to maintain the weight of the board.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"For range, we worked long and hard on this and 10 to 11 miles seemed to be the sweet spot for most of our test riders," he says. "We have the ability to add more range down the road if customers really ask for it, but if we do add more range it would mean sacrificing on weight."</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Users control the Marbel Board using a wireless handheld controller, which sports a thumb slider that is slid forward to accelerate or back to trigger the regenerative braking. In addition, the board has a built-in Wi-Fi module which allows for more advanced control via a companion smartphone app, compatible with both iOS and Android.</span></div> <div class="article_img" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; height: 397px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 0px; width: 530px;"> <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/marbel-worlds-lightest-electric-vehicle/32202/pictures#9" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="The board has a built-in Wi-Fi module which allows for more advanced control via a compani..." src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/marbel_electric_skateboard-8.jpg" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="530" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Within the app, users can control the throttle in real time or access a dashboard to customize their ride. It comes configured with low power Starter Mode, energy-saving Eco Mode and no holds-barred Sport Mode. Alternatively, users can dive into custom mode to adjust the top speed and rate of acceleration.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="The battery can be fully charged in 90 minutes, which according to Marbel should be good f..." src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/marbel_electric_skateboard-10.jpg" /><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Marbel runs on 50 degree 180 mm longboard trucks and 76 mm wheels with ABEC 9 bearings. Measuring 38 in (96.5 cm) long and 10 in (25 cm) wide, the company says Marbel should have no trouble tackling hills of a 15 percent grade incline.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The team is looking to raise US$90,000 on <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1664522105/marbel-the-lightest-electric-skateboard-in-the-wor" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a>. Having kicked off the campaign this week, it appears well on its way to achieving that goal, having already attracted over $40,00 in pledges as of this writing. An early pledge of $1,099 will put you in line for one of the e-boards, the company planning to ship in November if everything falls into place.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But is this the world's lightest electric vehicle? We're hard pressed to find anything lighter, but we'd be interested to hear your thoughts in the comments section.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You can hear from Belcher and see Marbel taken for a ride in the video below.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Source: <a href="http://ridemarbel.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Marbel</a></span></div> <div class="article_video" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="398" scrolling="no" src="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1664522105/marbel-the-lightest-electric-skateboard-in-the-wor/widget/video.html" width="530"></iframe></span><br /> <b style="color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; text-align: left;"><u>FOR MORE UPDATES LIKE THIS PLEASE LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE-<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious">https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious</a></u></b></div> <ul id="gallery_images" style="background-color: white; color: #f30631; height: 105px; line-height: 22px; list-style-type: none; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"> <li style="float: left; height: 105px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 7px 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"></li> </ul> </div>

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Students 3D Print A Human Kidney Substitute

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="" src="http://www.3dprinterworld.com/sites/speh/files/images/medical/uconn-kidney/ansonma-student-3d-printed-kidney.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 400px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 600px;" /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" class="right" src="http://www.3dprinterworld.com/sites/speh/files/images/medical/uconn-kidney/uconn_3d_printed_kidney.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: right; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 300px; line-height: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 10px 15px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 208px;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">According to the <a href="http://www.usrds.org/About.aspx" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #485d7e; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">United States Renal Data System</a>, End-Stage Renal Disease resulted in over 90,000 deaths in 2009. Solving the problem has been difficult at best as treatment options aimed at dealing with renal disease are basically limited to organ transplantation or dialysis.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Neither of those options are ideal. A demand which far outstrips a limited supply of transplantable kidneys limits one method and dialysis is expensive and offers only a temporary solution.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As of this moment, nearly 100,000 people are awaiting kidney transplants in the United States and only 14,000 kidney transplant surgeries have been performed this year, while 2,500 new patients are added to the kidney transplant waiting list each month.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now two teams at the University of Connecticut are completing a year-long effort to design and develop a prototype for a cost-effective and entirely functional artificial kidney via chemical engineering and 3D printing technology.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.cbe.engr.uconn.edu/anson-w-k-ma" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #485d7e; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="right" src="http://www.3dprinterworld.com/sites/speh/files/images/medical/uconn-kidney/labeled-3d-kidney.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: right; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 280px; line-height: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 10px 15px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 300px;" />Anson Ma, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut</a>, along with two three-person teams of chemical engineering students, have created an artificial kidney for their Senior Design Project using 3D printing technology.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Students Derek Chhiv, Meaghan Sullivan, Danny Ung, Benjamin Coscia, Guleid Awale, and Ali Rogers partnered with <a href="http://www.goactgroup.com/3d-equipment" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #485d7e; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">3D printing company ACT Group</a>, to create a prototype shell for the artificial kidney.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Measuring 12 cm long and 6 cm in diameter, the innovative device is the average size of an adult human biological kidney.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"The objective of the design project is to get these students to combine the latest technology and their chemical engineering knowledge, learned over their four years at UConn, to solve a technical problem where we can make a difference," Ma said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Awale, a senior at UConn, says each team approached the problem of how to create a working kidney from different angles.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="" src="http://www.3dprinterworld.com/sites/speh/files/images/medical/uconn-kidney/uconn-3d-printed-kidney-internal-600.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 400px; line-height: inherit; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 600px;" /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"While the other team utilized techniques such as electrodialysis and forward osmosis in their prototype, our group opted for mainly hollow fiber membrane technology commonly found in traditional hemodialysis treatments," Awale said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">According to fellow student Coscia, hollow fiber membrane technology presents certain hurdles to anyone trying to implement a solution.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"Because 3D printing resolutions are not currently low enough to print a structure which will actually filter blood, the file is of only the shell of the kidney," Coscia said. "Hollow fiber membranes will be installed on the inside to do the filtration function. The kidney will then be sealed together using the threads and sealing o-rings. A fluid called dialysate will be circulated on the outside of the membranes, inside of the shell, to remove waste material from the blood and keep useful material from leaving the blood. A waste stream maintains the person's ability to urinate. The outside of the shell can be used as a substrate for growth of biological material for ease of integration into the body."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Once the designs were complete, members of the two teams collaborated with the ACT Group of Cromwell, Conn. to choose appropriate polymer materials and the correct printer to use in outputting the prototype designs. The projects were debuted in early May at the School of Engineering Senior Design Demonstration Day.</span></div> </div>

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Students 3D Print A Human Kidney Substitute

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Robohand’s cheap 3D-printed leg is set to revolutionize prosthetics

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Legs" src="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Legs-640x353.jpeg" /></span></div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Historically, prosthetic body parts have been hard to come by for many patients around the world. To lower costs and widen availability, a team of people from around the globe have teamed up to create 3D-printable prosthetics under the name “Robohand.” While the initial focus was on hands and fingers, the team has now set their sights on offering a 3D-printable leg at a fraction of the cost of traditional prosthetics. If the prototypes are successful, this low-cost solution could give thousands of amputees the ability to walk again.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Roboleg.png" style="color: #b1700a; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Roboleg" class="alignright size-full wp-image-182768" height="432" src="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Roboleg.png" style="border-style: none; float: right; padding-left: 10px;" width="300" /></span></a></div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Earlier this week, a picture of the very first RoboLeg prototype hit the internet, and the response has been extremely positive. Since then, a 3D model of the finished version (right) has been released, and it looks absolutely gorgeous. There is still a lot of work to be done before it’s safe for humans to use, but the early results are promising. The fitting process still needs to be nailed down, and the assembled prosthetic needs to be thoroughly tested, but the finished product is well on its way to becoming a reality.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Keep in mind, the 3D printer is just being used here to make the plastic parts. The metal rods and pneumatic pumps are made separately through traditional methods. Still, you could theoretically be able to order everything from the internet, and make it yourself. Better yet, hospitals and charitable organizations will be able to make custom legs for amputees in need. That’s what really matters.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The final price range hasn’t been revealed yet, but rest assured that it will be a substantial savings over existing prosthetic legs. A fully assembled Robohand only costs about $500, but traditional prosthetics can cost tens of thousands of dollars. It’s safe to assume we’ll see a similar price gap with the RoboLeg.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you’d like to dabble with your very own prosthetic limbs, just head on over to theRobohand page at the Makerbot Thingiverse, and start downloading. The plans for the leg aren’t currently available to the public, but seven other designs are available right now for free. If you have access to a 3D printer, take this opportunity to make something amazing.</span></div> </div>

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OwnFone launches 3D-printed braille phone

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img src="http://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1379769/ownfone-has-launched-braille-phone-that-made-using-3d-printing.jpg" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">UK-based mobile phone company OwnFone has launched what it says is the world’s first commercially-available braille mobile phone. The OwnFone is a simple, light and low-cost device that can be set up with braille quick-dial buttons. It is customized by the user before being 3D-printed by OwnFone.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mobile phones obviously have the potential to be hugely beneficial for the blind and partially-sighted, but the visual nature of today's phone can largely or entirely preclude those with sight problems from using them. Similarly, braille is simply not an option where modern, touch-screen smartphones are concerned. Despite this, much of the advice for those with sight difficulties focuses around apps or accessibility settings that can improve standard devices.</span></div> <div class="article_img" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; height: 332px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 0px; width: 530px;"> <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/ownfone-launches-3d-printed-braille-phone/32171/pictures#3" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="The OwnFone is available in the UK starting from £40 (US$68), or £60 ($101) for a braille ..." src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/ownfone-3.jpg" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="530" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The OwnFone takes a different approach, by stripping back the mobile phone to just its basic functionality and de-cluttering the fascia. The device is about the size of a credit card and saves only the user's most necessary contacts. It has a handful of buttons on its front, each pre-programmed with a direct action, such as increasing or decreasing the volume and switching the phone on or off. Up to four braille quick-dial buttons can also be set up, along with up to twelve buttons with either images or printed names.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Users can choose to have their name printed at the top of the phone and their number printed on the back for convenience. The quick-dial buttons are set up via the phone builder tool on the OwnFone website, with the user inputting the names and phone numbers of their required contacts (presumably with the aid of a sighted helper). A quick-dial button for the emergency services can be added too. A variety of design options are available for the OwnFone, which are also applied via the website.</span></div> <div class="article_img" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; height: 285px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 0px; width: 529px;"> <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/ownfone-launches-3d-printed-braille-phone/32171/pictures#2" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="The device is customized by the user via the OwnFone website before it is 3D-printed and s..." src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/ownfone-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="529" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once the user has designed their OwnPhone, the company 3D-prints the device and sends it to the user. The use of 3D printing enables the company to minimize costs, as well as the lead-time between orders being placed and devices delivered. If a user wishes to change their quick-dial numbers, the device can be updated and reprinted for £10 (US$17).</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The OwnFone could be useful for day-to-day use, but it could also serve as a backup emergency phone. When the device is switched off, its battery will hold its charge for up to a year.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">OwnFone was initially launched in 2012 as the the world’s first custom-printed mobile phone. The company says it has a patent pending for its addition of braille buttons.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"In the past the cost of developing a braille phone vs. the market size has been a barrier to entry," says OwnFone founder Tom Sunderland in a press release. "3D printing provides a fast and affordable way to overcome this barrier."</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The braille version of the OwnFone is currently only available in the UK, retailing from £60 ($101).</span></div> </div>

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Man Turns Himself into A Real-Life Transformer

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since I’ve been writing for the tech-licious, I’ve covered some pretty interesting stories, and some of them stick out more than others. This story may turn out to be one that sticks out in my mind for quite a while. I’m not so far removed from my childhood that I can’t remember what excited me as a child. I loved the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, Star Wars, and I also really got into the Transformer toys. There was just something about a normal-looking truck that turned into a fighter jet in a matter of seconds. As a kid, I had decided I’d probably never live to see the day someone would create a real-life Transformer. Boy was I ever wrong.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Late last week I came across a story and a video about a man who transformed himself into…you guessed it – a Transformer. He goes from what appears to be a miniature yellow Hummer into a standing transformer ready to take on whatever evil may come his way. And naturally, all the kids who are surrounding him can’t get enough of the magic. (And yes, the Hummer actually drives around).</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Man Turns Himself Into A Real-Life Transformer" class="lazy alignnone size-full wp-image-15544 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bumblebee-transformer.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="442" src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bumblebee-transformer.jpg" style="background-color: #ecf0f4; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; display: inline; float: none; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" width="708" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Maybe the day’s not so far off when we’ll see Transformers in real-life. Since they’ve created them on the big screen, and at least one man has created a miniature working model, how hard could it really be? I’m sure the military could find their uses for them. Oh well, one can hope. Maybe they’ve already created them and we just don’t know about it yet…</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have a look for yourself at the awesome video below.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UU-k8M_gFLM" width="640"></iframe></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Go ahead; it’s okay to feel a little jealous. If you’d like to see it in person, the above video stems from Ann Arbor, Michigan.</span></div> </div>

Man Turns Himself into A Real-Life Transformer

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now you can create matter from light

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> <img src="http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2014/05/lightmatter-617x416.jpg" /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 1.71429rem; padding: 0px;"> Physicists at Imperial College London have created a new milestone for Human civilization. They have just proved that light can be molded into matter, something nobody before now thought was possible to recreate in the laboratory. Physicists have for long wondered about the possibilities of creating matter from light and this development brings us a lot closer.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 1.71429rem; padding: 0px;"> The experiment is yet to be done, but it has passed peer review as practical and the inventors are in discussions with experimentalists about the equipment to carry it out. These are exciting times because it has been accepted for 80 years that two photons of light could theoretically create matter, but there has never been demonstrable evidence yet.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 1.71429rem; padding: 0px;"> In 1934 Gregory Breit and John Wheeler proposed that, under the right circumstances, two photons of light would convert into an electron and the positron(the antimatter equivalent).</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 1.71429rem; padding: 0px;"> Even if this theory was universally accepted by physicists to be true, when Breit and Wheeler first proposed it, they said that they never expected it to be shown in the laboratory. The scientific evolution of today makes it easier to prove the theory now.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 1.71429rem; padding: 0px;"> The proposal is fairly simple in scientific terms. Professor Steve Rose and his Phd student Oliver Pike have designed the model on which the tests can be done. Their paper in <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nature Photonics</em> proposes a two-step process. High intensity lasers would be used to push electrons until they are traveling close to the speed of light, directing them towards a slab of gold. The scientists then would fire a high-energy laser at the inner surface of this gold can called hohlraum, to create a thermal radiation field, generating light similar to the light emitted by stars.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 1.71429rem; padding: 0px;"> They would then direct the photon beam from the first stage of the experiment through the centre of the can, causing the photons from the two sources to collide and form electrons and positrons. It would then be possible to detect the formation of the electrons and positrons when they exited the can.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; left: -99999px; line-height: 24.16006088256836px; position: absolute;"> Read more at: <a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-05-scientists-year-quest.html#jCp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #07abe2; text-decoration: none;">http://phys.org/news/2014-05-scientists-year-quest.html#jCp</a></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; left: -99999px; line-height: 24.16006088256836px; position: absolute;"> Read more at: <a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-05-scientists-year-quest.html#jCp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #07abe2; text-decoration: none;">http://phys.org/news/2014-05-scientists-year-quest.html#jCp</a></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 1.71429rem; padding: 0px;"> For this, they would require a “Photon-photon collider”. This collider would convert light directly into matter using technology that is already available. Like the Large Hadron Collider, this will be a whole new type of high-energy physics experiment.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 1.71429rem; padding: 0px;"> This experiment would also recreate a process that was important in the first 100 seconds of the universe and this is also seen in gamma ray bursts, which are the biggest explosions in the universe but one of physics’ greatest unsolved mysteries.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 1.71429rem; padding: 0px;"> Lead researcher Oliver Pike said that although the theory is conceptually simple, it will be very difficult to verify experimentally. But what is good is that the experimental design they propose can be carried out with relative ease and with existing technology.<img src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/photon-photoncollider.jpg" /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 1.71429rem; padding: 0px;"> Experiments like this bring us closer to understanding our own universe. They allow us to break the secrets of nature and stare in the face of the creation. Also, knowledge of Physics has an added bonus of making The Big Bang Theory episodes more enjoyable.</div> </div>

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Electric Jet Engine Surfing

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ever since I was a small boy, I was always fascinated with new technology.  Whether or not that came in the form of a Commodore 64 home computer or a Sony Walkman, no matter what new and fun gadget came on the market, I wanted to have a play with it.  Times may have changed somewhat, but inside, I’m still a kid that wants to try out that new tech!  So when Doug Foden, an experienced windsurfer and snowboarder, took to the Chasewater Lake in Staffordshire last week, to test a hand-held electric jet engine device, I naturally wanted to find out what it was all about.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <a href="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wordlesstech.com_.jpg" style="color: #0092dd;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Jet Engine Electric Thruster" class="lazy alignnone size-full wp-image-15506 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wordlesstech.com_.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="851" src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wordlesstech.com_.jpg" style="background-color: #ecf0f4; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; display: inline; float: none; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" width="708" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The designer of the new device is 40-year-old engineer Adam Contoret.  He has spent two years at his garage in Stoke-on-Trent developing the water-resistant jet engine thrusters.  In a statement to the Daily Mail Online he said, ‘When I was about 14, a friend of the family bought us a model aircraft engine – and when my brother and I were testing it, we put it on a wooden board…That planted in my mind the idea of having some sort of stand propulsion for a board sport. Years went by and I did paragliding. I made this little bar with two engines and it worked…So, then I thought let’s make something that you can control the power on. It’s just me – I’m not some big company. I spoke with a patent attorney, and we put some drawings together…It’s still patent pending. I tried it on water quite a while ago using a small bar, but there wasn’t enough power. This is the first time it’s been done on a lake with an expert.’</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Electric Jet Engine Surfing" class="lazy alignnone size-full wp-image-15525 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/jet-surf.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="334" src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/jet-surf.jpg" style="background-color: #ecf0f4; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; display: inline; float: none; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" width="708" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr Contoret, is the founder and director of engineering firm Dreamscience.  He said his technology is still in the early stages, because the device only lasts for ten minutes before the batteries fail to provide enough power for it to continue. Currently, the developers are using several battery packs for the testing phase of the device.  The hand held engine is also quite heavy for users, but Dr Contoret noted that he expects technology to have improved so much in five years that the device will be approximately half the weight, but double the power.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Electric Jet Engine Surfing" class="lazy alignnone size-full wp-image-15526 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/jet-surf-2.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="341" src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/jet-surf-2.jpg" style="background-color: #ecf0f4; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; display: inline; float: none; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" width="708" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr Contoret added that one of the device’s major benefits is that the air coming out of it is cold, and that it can handle impact with water – but he is working on a fully-waterproof version.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The JET ENGINE ELECTRIC THRUSTER Specs are as follows:</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Energy: Converts 30kw electrical energy into a combination of heat and thrust</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Efficiency: 78 per cent energy efficiency, compared to 15% in a normal jet engine</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Engines: Four with 10hpw, each turning at 30,000rpm</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Top speed: 50mph, with 200mph exit wind velocity</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Battery life: Ten minutes</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thrust: 110lbs</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr Contoret’s goal is to perfect the device, make it fully waterproof and to see it used by a team of athletes in competitive events.  According to Dr Contoret, the Jet Engine Electric Thruster is expected to retail from between £3,000 to £6,000.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As always, if you would like to leave a sensible comment, then please do so in the comments section below.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <b style="font-size: x-large;"><u>FOR MORE UPDATES LIKE THIS PLEASE LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE-<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious">https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious</a></u></b></div> </div>

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World's cheapest 3D printer

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div id="hero_box" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; height: 367px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; width: 530px;"> <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-cheapest-3d-printer-one-up-qu-bd/32151/pictures" id="hero_link" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #1e8dd7; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img /></a><div class="pic_caption" style="background-color: #444444; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #eeeeee; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px; padding: 5px 5px 10px; text-align: center;"> <div style="margin: 5px; padding: 0px;"> Assorted QU-BD printers on display at Maker Faire</div> <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-cheapest-3d-printer-one-up-qu-bd/32151/pictures" id="gallery_link" style="background-color: transparent; color: #f36031; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Image Gallery</a> (11 images)</div> <div class="clear_both" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div> </div> <div class="article_body" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div id="top_unit" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> If you want a home 3D printer for under US$200 that's not made out of<a href="http://www.gizmag.com/legobot-3d-printer/28293/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">LEGOs</a>, you're not alone, as the successful Kickstarter launch of the $199<a href="http://www.gizmag.com/qu-bd-one-up-3d-printer/29760/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">QU-BD One Up</a> proved last year</div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="A One Up in color" src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/oneup2-5.jpg" /></div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="A sample print at 60 mm/s / 0.1mm layer height in Fandango PLA" src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/oneup2-11.jpg" /></div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> Over 1,400 backers committed over $400,000 to the crowdfunding campaign that had an original goal of just $9,000. The Little Rock, Arkansas-based company has been scrambling to fulfill all those orders ever since, but has managed to also bring forth a few new versions of its 3D printer kit and also prepare to start taking new orders.</div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> I stopped by the QU-BD (an acronym for Quintessential Universal Building Device) booth at the Bay Area Maker Faire in California this past weekend and navigated the throng of 3D printing fanatics gathered around a new batch of models from QU-BD offered in bright neon colors.</div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> A company rep told me that they are still working through getting printers to all the Kickstarter backers, but were also taking new orders and hope to be able to start delivering those orders next month.</div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> That's a pretty big transition for a tiny family operation to make in a short amount of time. The overwhelming success of the crowdfunding campaign wrapped up just about six months ago, and now QU-BD is already moving from fulfilling that initial wave of orders that was 50 times larger than expected, to fulfilling new orders and taking up standard operations as a manufacturer of a low-cost, ready-to-assemble home 3D printer.<img alt="Assorted QU-BD printers on display at Maker Faire" src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/oneup2-2.JPG" /></div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> The company says that one of the keys to keeping the price down and to moving so many 3D printers out the door is the fact that they come unassembled. There are also plenty of options for modifying the basic unit, including a heated bed, increased production area and adding those pretty bright colors to the frame itself.</div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> You can get more details on these budget printers in our original post onthe One Up.</div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <b style="color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"><u>FOR MORE UPDATES LIKE THIS PLEASE LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE-<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious">https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious</a></u></b></div> </div> </div>

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Windows 9 Preview To Come in Q2-Q3 2015

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> It might very well be only a rumor, but where there is smoke, there’s fire; and what we’re hearing is that the next version of Windows, Windows 9, is already in the works. That’s only logical, as it does take Microsoft a while to get their things together, in spite of erstwhile Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer saying that rapid deployment of their products is integral to their success.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> So, while the company is still “forcing” people to update to Windows 8.1, even <a href="http://news.filehippo.com/2014/05/microsoft-backtracks-pushes-back-windows-8-1-update-deadline/" style="color: #0092dd;" target="_blank">pushing back the initial deadline it set for updating</a>, rumors about Windows 9 are already starting to make the rounds.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <img alt="Windows 9" class="lazy alignnone wp-image-15463 size-full data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/windows-9.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="472" src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/windows-9.jpg" style="background-color: #ecf0f4; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; display: inline; float: none; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" width="708" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> This particular piece of info comes from infamous leaker FaiKee, who posted a screenshot in MyDigitalLife’s forum.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <img alt="Windows 9" class="lazy alignnone wp-image-15462 size-full data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Faikee.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Faikee.jpg" style="background-color: #ecf0f4; display: inline; float: none; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> If you’re thinking that image says 02-03 and not Q2-Q3, you can be forgiven. That was my initial reaction as well, but the Windows 9 leaker has <a href="https://twitter.com/FaiKeeF/status/467429503929556994" style="color: #0092dd;" target="_blank">tweeted</a> to clarify, saying:</div> <blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="color: #292f33;">Upto now, I could only see Neowin News said the correct thing: It is Q2-Q3, not 02-03, nor Feb. 3, 2015. LOL.</span></blockquote> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> While skepticism surely is understandable, FaiKee has been known to leak such announcements way before Microsoft releases the official word. Perhaps this time, FaiKee is right once again. Although, whether it’s 02-03 or Q2-Q3, there’s still quite a long wait for Windows 9, to be sure. There are many other analysts and speculators who have made their own predictions as to when the next version of the operating system will be released, and they vary. The only common thing: it will be in 2015.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> In the meantime, you’ll have to be content with Windows 8 and make sure that you update before Microsoft puts the hammer down and decides not to extend its deadline anymore.</div> <span class="before_quote" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"></span><span class="after_quote" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"></span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> Given the long waiting time we have ahead of us, what do you want to see in Windows 9? What do you want to be exterminated from Windows 8? </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>FOR MORE UPDATES LIKE THIS PLEASE LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE-</u></b></span><b style="font-size: x-large;"><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious">https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious</a></u></b></div> </div>

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Flappy Bird is Coming Back in August!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">if you’re like many mobile gamers, you played the phenomenon known as Flappy Bird. Many times. And you probably got so frustrated by it that you wanted to “flap” your phone across the room. The game became so popular it was earning its creator, Dong Nguyen, somewhere around $50,000 a day. And then, at the height of the game’s popularity, Nguyen abruptly removed the game from app stores. Many have differing ideas as to why he decided to take the game off the market, but Nguyen states he thought the game was becoming way too addictive for people, and he didn’t want to be known for such a thing.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In what will surely be good news for gamers who didn’t have the game on their phone before it was removed from app stores, Nguyen has announced that he is once more making the game available for mobile gamers. And while we’re not one-hundred percent sure as to when it will be available, signs point to around the month of August.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Flappy Birds Is Coming Back In August!" class="lazy alignnone wp-image-15477 size-full data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/title.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="472" src="http://technews.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/title.jpg" style="background-color: #ecf0f4; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; display: inline; float: none; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" width="708" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Get Ready To Be Addicted Once Again!</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Actually, Nguyen hopes that is not the case at all. While it will still offer the same type of gameplay, he has also announced there will be some kind of a multiplayer component which will make it less addictive than the original Flappy Bird. We will have to wait and see what exactly that means. One thing is for sure, though – I have no doubt Flappy Birds will once again race to the top of the charts.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <div style="color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will you be downloading it once it’s (re)released? Let us know in the comments section below!</span></div> <b style="color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"><u>FOR MORE UPDATES LIKE THIS PLEASE LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE-<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious">https://www.facebook.com/thetechilicious</a></u></b></div> </div>

Flappy Bird is Coming Back in August!

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Electric Lightning LS-218 will be the fastest production bike on the planet

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div id="hero_box" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 16px; height: 367px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; width: 530px;"> <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/lightning-ls218-unveiled-specs/32142/pictures" id="hero_link" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #1e8dd7; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img /></a><br /> <div class="pic_caption" style="background-color: #444444; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #eeeeee; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px; padding: 5px 5px 10px; text-align: center;"> <div style="margin: 5px; padding: 0px;"> Lightning's LS-218 at the 2014 Quail Motorsport Gathering</div> <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/lightning-ls218-unveiled-specs/32142/pictures" id="gallery_link" style="background-color: transparent; color: #f36031; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Image Gallery</a> (8 images)</div> <div class="clear_both" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div> </div> <div class="article_body" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div id="top_unit" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> No road vehicle needs a 218 mph (350 km/h) top speed. No motorcycle needs to make 200 horsepower, with as much torque as a Hyundai iMax people mover. These are figures of absolute excess – and that's the point. The Lightning LS-218 will be a truly, horrifyingly fast motorcycle, the fastest on the planet. And it's set for release this summer in America.</div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <a href="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/lightning-ls218-electric-fastest-production-bike-7.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Lightning's LS-218 - designed by Glynn Kerr" border="0" height="291" src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/lightning-ls218-electric-fastest-production-bike-7.jpg" style="font-size: 16px;" width="400" /></a><img alt="Lightning's LS-218 electric superbike (Photo: © 2014 Bryan Delohery / Asphalt & Rubber – C..." height="266" src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/lightning-ls218-electric-fastest-production-bike-0.jpg" style="font-size: 16px;" width="400" /></div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="Lightning's LS-218 electric superbike (Photo: © 2014 Bryan Delohery / Asphalt & Rubber – C..." height="266" src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/lightning-ls218-electric-fastest-production-bike-4.jpg" width="400" /><img alt="Lightning's LS-218 - teaser image lightened in Photoshop" height="288" src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/lightning-ls218-electric-fastest-production-bike-6.jpg" style="font-size: 16px;" width="400" /></div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> You may notice that <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/zero-sr-2014-electric-motorcycle-review-test-ride/32015/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">we're getting a touch excited</a> about <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/tag/electric+motorcycle/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">electric motorcycles</a> right now – and with good reason. The segment is coming of age at the moment, finally beginning to deliver bikes with practical range and genuinely exciting performance to go along with all their many well-known ancillary benefits. Perhaps the one thing still missing is the electric superbike, the performance king of excess that will prove to petrolheads once and for all that the biggest, fastest, meanest bikes on the road won't be burning dinosaur bones in ten years' time.</div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> And here it is. The Lightning LS-218 is due to launch this summer in the USA, and it promises to be the fastest production bike on the planet.</div> <div class="article_img" style="font-size: 16px; height: 353px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 0px; width: 530px;"> <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/lightning-ls218-unveiled-specs/32142/pictures#4" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Lightning's LS-218 electric superbike (Photo: © 2014 Bryan Delohery / Asphalt & Rubber – C..." src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/lightning-ls218-electric-fastest-production-bike-3.jpg" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="530" /></a></div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> After a runaway 20-second victory at Pike's Peak last year, Lightning gave the world a sneak peek at its production superbike over the weekend at the Quail Motorsport Gathering in Carmel, California.</div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> While these photos just show a hollow shell of the superbike with no battery fitted, Lightning has also released some truly eye-popping specs to go along with it.</div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> For starters, the 218 in the model name refers to the bike's tested top speed – a ridiculous 218 miles per hour, or around 350 km/h. Lightning believes it'll go faster. Either way, it already holds the world record for the fastest production motorcycle.</div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> To get there, it makes a liquid-cooled 200 horsepower (150 kW), which sits right at the pointy end with the latest hypersport machines in the market. But this is a false equivalence, as the Lightning also belts out a truly mammoth 168 lb.ft (228 Nm) of torque, nearly twice what the <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/ducati-1199-panigale-review/20587/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ducati Panigale</a> manages. The feeling of acceleration on this machine will be absolutely effortless, and it will flip your brain inside out. This is excess in its purest form.</div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> The LS-218 doesn't use a clutch or transmission, it's a direct drive system. You can think of it as the world's fastest twist-n-go, so presumably in lower power modes it will be ridiculously easy to ride, when you're not out setting land speed records on the weekend.</div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> Different battery pack options will be available depending on your budget, from 12 kWh up to the big daddy 20 kWh pack that boasts a maximum range of around 180 miles (290km), and lightning is claiming it'll take 30 minutes to top up on a quick charger. Getting from 0-100 percent will doubtless take a long, long time on a standard wall socket.</div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> Wet weight ready to roll is 495 lbs (224.5 kg), and the running gear is all absolutely top-notch, with Öhlins FGRT forks and TTX shock, magnesium Marchesini wheels and radial Brembo front brakes.</div> <div class="article_img" style="font-size: 16px; height: 528px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 0px; width: 353px;"> <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/lightning-ls218-unveiled-specs/32142/pictures#2" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Lightning's LS-218 electric superbike (Photo: © 2014 Bryan Delohery / Asphalt & Rubber – C..." src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/lightning-ls218-electric-fastest-production-bike-1.jpg" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="353" /></a></div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> Customer bikes can be upgraded with more than just battery pack options. The frame and swingarm can be swapped out for carbon fiber units to save weight and unsprung mass, the dash can be swapped out for a fully programmable Android touch screen, the seat unit can be customized and the bike's <a href="http://www.glynnkerr.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Glyn Kerr</a>-designed looks can be totally overhauled using a custom graphics wrap.</div> <div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> This is an important motorcycle, because it's really going to be the first electric on the market that goes too fast, accelerates too hard, and reduces most riders to trembling lumps of jelly – all the things that make street superbikes so alluring and awe-inspiring. Just look at Motorcycle.com's very quick <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nztLjEs_2Kw" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8dd7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">test ride of the 2012 prototype</a>. The poor guy, a professional bike tester, spends three solid minutes just howling and jabbering in fear and exhilaration.</div> <div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-size: 16px;"> Electric bikes are exceptionally practical, we know that already, but this is the kind of machine that will take them to the next level: fearsome and drool-worthy. If I could take any bike in the world out for a test today, this would be the top of the list. 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Electric Lightning LS-218 will be the fastest production bike on the planet

Lightning's LS-218 at the 2014 Quail Motorsport Gathering Image Gallery (8 images) No road vehicle needs a 218 mph (350 km/h) top speed. No motorcycle needs to make 200 horsepower, with as much torqu…

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