Every year, 1 million people die from malaria, more than 4 million from respiratory infections, 3 million from intestinal infections and 5 million due to AIDS and tuberculosis. Also, other sexually transmitted and parasitic infections in tropical regions are responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths. Over 95% of these deaths occur in developing countries, as pointed out in the scientific article Diagnostics for the Developing World, published in Nature Reviews in 2004. “Simple, accurate and stable diagnoses are essential to combat these diseases.

In 1999, the music business was rocked — and not in the Ozzy Osbourne sense of the word — by the debut of Napster. The peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing service allowed Internet users to download songs and albums free of charge, upsetting the industry’s traditional business model. The casual theft of companies’ intellectual property (IP) became so widespread that the Recording Industry Association of America reported the legitimate sales of music fell by half, from US$14 billion in 1999 to $7 billion in 2014.

Autodesk today announced that its 3D printing investment fund has put $10 million into the developer of a 3D printing method said to be significantly faster than most of its competitors.

In a release, Autodesk said its $100 million Spark Investment Fund, which is aimed at “entrepreneurs, innovators, and startups who push the boundaries of 3D printing,” had invested the money in Carbon3D, a Silicon Valley startup that developed what’s known as Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP).

On its Web site, Carbon3D claims that CLIP technology is 25 to 100 times faster than traditional 3D printing methods.

We have already seen glasses used to detect drowsiness in the wearer and encourage computer users to blink regularly. Now, Narbis is a pair of high-tech glasses which use sensors and neurofeedback to train the brain — helping users improve their focus, memory and more.