Robots used to feature mostly in feared dystopian futures. These days they’ve become a shorthand for anything electronic with a personality.
Even though Sphero isn’t technically a robot at all (needing a human controller) creator Orbotix happily push the robot angle at every turn. For good reason; it’s hard to see how else they would describe both the function and personality of their product so concisely.
At the heart of the 'French Healthy Lifestyle Alliance', scientists, politicians and economists suggest innovative solutions to combat cardiovascular diseases and obesity. Excercise is the starting point, they say.
In 2012, seven million people died of air pollution exposure, according to new estimates published on Tuesday (25 March) by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Air pollution now is the cause behind one in eight global deaths, and is now the world’s largest single health risk.
The new data reveal a stronger link between both indoor and outdoor air pollution exposure and cardiovascular diseases, such as strokes, ischaemic heart disease, and cancer. In addition, air pollution also plays a role in the development of respiratory diseases, including acute respiratory infections.
SyncFab wants to streamline product design and bring manufacturing back to the U.S. via 3D printing technology. And the Santa Monica, Calif.-based company has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise money for its specialty manufacturing business.
Wearables are not going to be just clunky watches or nerdy glasses. Researchers announced this weekend they have created a wearable device as thin as a temporary tattoo — essentially, a wearable skin — that can store data and deliver drugs.
While this is not the first such experiment to develop an electronic skin, it is the first with storage and medicine capabilities. The research, conducted by scientists from the Institute for Basic Science and Seoul National University in South Korea and the University of Texas in Austin, is reported in Nature Nanotechnology.
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In the latest test of 3D printing in orthopedic surgery, neurosurgeons in The Netherlands announced that they successfully implanted a 3D printer skull to treat a 22-year old woman suffering from a bone disorder.
Recientemente, los alumnos de primero del Máster en Diseño Estratégico de Productos y Servicios Asociados de MGEP – MU presentaron los resultados obtenidos en el proyecto “Design Thinking para la Innovación en turismo: Nuevos Productos y Servicios para destinos turísticos sostenibles en Euskadi”, promovido por LKS S.Coop., en el marco de la iniciativa KIMU BERRI .
Mondragon Unibertsitateak 10.000 ekintzaile prestatuko ditu Indian. Helburua da horiek 5 milioi lanpostu eta 20 milioi pertsonak bizi ahal izateko baliabideak sortzea. Hori aurrera eroateko euskal-indiar sare bat sortuko da.
MUko errektore Josu Zabalak eta Indiako enpresaburu Parag Shah-ek hitzarmena sinatu dute gaur, MUko ekintzailetza atzerrian zabaltzeko. Hain zuzen, Pune-n Midas ekintzailetza-zentroa sustatuko dute. Indian, banaketa, aisialdi eta kirol sektoreetan erreferente diren hainbat enpresaren jabe da Parag Shah, eta Indiako hezkuntzarekin duen konpromiso handia nabarmentzen du MUk.
