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Glasgow researchers enable 3D printers to print pharmaceutical drugs

You might be aware of the huge potential of 3D printers in helping us obtain more affordable appliances and tools. A team of researchers at the Scotland’s University of Glasgow has now developed a method of utilizing 3D printers to print drugs. Well, you will be able to print the medications your physician has prescribed fo...
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Living batteries: Cyborg Clams to power electric motors

The newly discovered fetish of exhausting unexplored possibilities of animal cyborgs for advancement in technology has yet again witnessed another transformation. Impressively, some creative researchers have now got their hands on cyborb clams to harvest energy and power an electronic motor – transforming creatures into liv...
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An automobile event turns two Smart Fortwo cars into real time controllers for a video game!

Cars and video games: These two spheres should vehemently appeal to anyone who dares to call himself a righteous geek. Well, advertising agency BBDO certainly knows of this ‘exclusive’ disposition, and hence they have recently cobbled up a publicity stunt that playfully combines the two aforementioned facets. Chri...
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Best optical illusions and how they baffle us

In the words of Morpheus, “What is real? How do you define real? If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain. And that is undeniably the truth as reality is perception. And if we tweak these impulses in the right way, one can play ...
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Scientists contrive organic solar cells with high flexibility and improved efficiency

When it comes to the ever expanding realm of energy efficiency, a technological nudge in the right direction is sometimes as important as a newer, state-of-the-art innovation. In this regard, German based startup Heliatek has embarked on the development of a special type ...
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Safe@Sea: An intelligent clothing system for enhanced safety of fishermen

Romanticism aside, fishing in stormy weather is quite easily one of the most dangerous professions in the world. Moreover, beyond any sheer sense of adventure, most fishermen go out into the tumultuous water just to make their livelihood. In such adverse conditions, personal safety against natural elements is of highest prior...
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Sharp announces 20MP CCD image sensor sized at 1/2.3-inch

Sharp has released a new CCD (Charge-Coupled device) image sensor, “RJ23G3BA0LT” that has highest pixel count in its category. The 1/2.3-inch is capable of providing a pixel count of 20.2 million to compact digital cameras. It is based on interline transfer method to capture the light. Sharp has been able to red...
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Researcher forms waterproof, antibacterial and magnetic paper via nanotechnology

Imagine a piece of paper that is waterproof, antibacterial and magnetic but at the same time keeps up paper’s basic properties. Well, the paper can be used to print, draw on and produce books, magazines and newspapers. A scientist namely Dr. Roberto Cingolani from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia of Italy and his team ha...
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Water resistant coating prevents your handset from dousing

Don’t you believe it’s somewhere unfair to submerge or douse your delicate mobile phone into water that doesn’t even know how to skinny-dip? Well, it certainly is – especially when your communication and entertainment tool is one of your favorite pets. Probably having kept this into consideration, Daikin Industrie...
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Nero Multi Trigger: Capture those rare and amazing moments of brilliance

We all fancy ourselves a bit as photographers and with smartphones putting a camera in everyone’s hands and descent ones that too, it seems like everyone knows a thing or two about photography. There have been several occasions when I did try to capture a few snapshots of lightning with my ordinary camera, and one of them a...
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