27/06/2016

Engineering

LED bulbs can both light a room and provide communications link

Researchers at Disney Research and ETH Zurich have demonstrated that consumer-grade light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs can, with some modifications, do double duty—both illuminating a room and providing a communications link ...

Engineering

Meet the biohackers letting technology get under their skin

For some people, the human body isn't a temple. Instead they see it as a source of frustration thanks to the considerable limitations compared to the powerful technology available today. In the last few years, a new community ...

Engineering

3-D printing produces cartilage from strands of bioink

Strands of cow cartilage substitute for ink in a 3D bioprinting process that may one day create cartilage patches for worn out joints, according to a team of engineers. "Our goal is to create tissue that can be used to replace ...