Andy Goodman, Fjord. Presenting at the RE.WORK Technology Summit in September.
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Injectable nanoparticles developed at MIT may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar levels and inject themselves with insulin.
Take a look inside the factory making ‘human robots’.
A British manufacturing firm is trying to make robots that share more human characteristics, to make interaction with them more natural and intuitive than ever before.
Cornwall’s Engineered Arts is in the vanguard of this area of research, which aims to make robots’ facial expressions, body language and way of moving more recognisable to real people.
Founder Will Jackson gave a tour of his robot factory to the BBC, and explained how he and his team of a dozen people are looking to expand the frontiers of robot technology.
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Have you heard of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT?
‘A cross-disciplinary research lab at MIT composed of designers, scientists and engineers inventing self-assembly technologies aimed at reimagining processes of construction, manufacturing and assembly at all scale-lengths.’
The Director, Skylar Tibbits is going to be showcasing their work and answering your questions on the potential impact of self-assembly at the RE.WORK Technology Summit in September. http://www.re-work.co/
Re.Work event to tackle global issues through science, tech and startups
“A conference launching in London this summer aims to introduce innovators in science and technology to startups, in the hope of finding practical global applications for the latest advancements faster.
The first Re.Work Technology summit will take place 19 September in Shoreditch, with 30 speakers spanning the fields of regenerative medicine, self-assembly, space travel, robotics, the internet of things and neurobiology, to name a few. Speakers hail from MIT, Oxford University, The Future of Humanity Institute and Google Lunar X Prize, and will set the agenda for an ambitious series of more specialised events that will later launch across Europe.”
Read the full article here.
Have you heard of the ‘invisible bike helmet’? Take about breakthrough innovation!
Hövding is a collar for bicyclists, worn around the neck. The collar contains a folded up airbag that you’ll only see if you happen to have an accident. The airbag is shaped like a hood, surrounding and protecting the bicyclist’s head. The trigger mechanism is controlled by sensors which pick up the abnormal movements of a bicyclist in an accident.
What a cool way to use new technology to make a real difference and have a positive impact on the world.
We’re super excited to welcome one of the founders of Hovding, Anna Haupt, to the RE.WORK Technology Summit in September.
Chris Bruaer from Goldsmiths, University of London takes a look at wearable technology and the potential for a huge impact on our personal and professional lives.
“Google Glass may be getting all the attention, but it’s only the tip of the iceberg”.
Chris is going to be presenting his latest research on wearable tech at the RE.WORK Technology Summit in September.
Read more about it in City AM here.
“Aubrey de Grey is a man of ideas, and he has set himself toward the goal of transforming the basis of what it means to be human.” MIT Technology Review
Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist based in Cambridge, and California, and is the Chief Science Officer of SENS Research Foundation, a charity dedicated to combating the aging process.
He will be talking about how foreseeable regenerative medicine will bring aging to an end. Will therapies that can add 30 healthy years to the remaining lifespan of typical 60-year-olds arrive within the next few decades?
What lies ahead in an Internet of Everything world?
Have you heard of the Google Lunar X PRIZE? It’s a $30 million competition for the first privately funded team to send a robot to the moon, travel 500 meters and transmit video, images and data back to the Earth. Pretty cool!
We’re lucky to have Alexandra Hall, the Senior Director of the competition coming from the US to share her thoughts on the potential impact of the mission. What do you want to discover?
RE.WORK Technology Summit, 19 September, London.
Over 25 speakers now announced! View the full line-up here.
Nanotechnology engineers from Princeton have 3-D printed an ear from calf cells and silver nanoparticles that picks up radio signals at frequencies beyond human capacity. The creation is part of their greater plan to one day build spare parts for human cyborgs.
Rather than simply adding electronics to an ear, the team decided to try and integrate the two from the start. They 3-D printed hydrogel — a polymer-based gel often used as scaffolding in tissue engineering – with calf cells, and weaved in silver nanoparticles to create an built-in antenna coil that replaces the cochlea. The calf cells matured to become cartilage and the electronics were then encased in a highly supportive ear that mirrors the complex build of the real thing.
It might not be the prettiest of inventions, looking a little like Freddie Krueger’s lost ear, but this bionic creation can pick up radio frequencies beyond human abilities, after the antenna is attached to electrodes.
“The printed ear exhibits enhanced auditory sensing for radio frequency reception, and complementary left and right ears can listen to stereo audio music,” the authors write in a paper on the study in Nano Letters.
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Ever since Richard Florida published The Rise of the Creative Class, back in 2002, urban planners have been hot to find the secret key to unleashing innovation (and its attendant jobs) in their cities.Is it all about attracting gays (perhaps Florida’s most newsworthy prescription at the time. What a difference a decade makes!)? Artists? Techies?
Instead of planning for an urban renewal, the head of MIT’s Media Lab says cities should just get out of the way and make it easier for young and interesting people to do what they do best: innovate.
