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Researchers made progress in holographic image animation

By Damir Beciri
5 November 2010

nasser-peyghambarian-holographic-imageA team from University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences, led by professor Nasser Peyghambarian, developed a new type of holographic telepresence that allows the projection of a three-dimensional, moving image without the need for special eyewear such as 3D glasses or other auxiliary devices. The technology is likely to take applications ranging from telemedicine,… »

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Wound infections can be monitored without dressing removal

By Damir Beciri
3 November 2010

wound-infections-monitored-without-dressing-removal-1Whether a small cut with a fruit knife, a surgical wound or a major injury caused by a fall, the body’s defense and repair system leaps into action and tries to close the wound as quickly as possible. In order to make sure any complications in the healing process are detected at an early stage,… »

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Green architecture – Surry Hills Library and Community Centre

By Damir Beciri
1 November 2010

surry-hills-library-and-community-centre-1The first Surry Hills library and community facility built in 1956, was a small and modest building. The new Surry Hills Library and Community Centre has been designed to achieve excellence in sustainable design and set new benchmarks in environmental performance for multi-purpose public buildings. Designed by FJMT architects, headed by Richard Francis-Jones, it’s an… »

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MIT researchers on a path to revive solar heat harvesting

By Rob Aid
One Comment30 October 2010

fulvalene-diruthenium-moleculeResearchers explored the thermo-chemical approach to capture solar energy since the 1970s, but nobody could find a chemical that could reliably and reversibly switch between two states, absorbing sunlight to go into one state and then releasing heat when it reverted to the first state. Such a compound was discovered in 1996, but it included… »

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Biomimicry of bone formation process achieved in a laboratory

By Damir Beciri
29 October 2010

making-bones-in-a-lab-nico-sommerdijkBone consists of fibers of collagen in which calcium phosphate is deposited in the form of nanocrystals. The team of dr. Nico Sommerdijk (Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry) consisting of researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and the University of Illinois was able to mimic the growth of calcium phosphate inside the collagen… »

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Green architecture – 2002 Alpine luxury eco-house

By Damir Beciri
24 October 2010

2002-alpine-exteriorAlthough we already wrote a few articles where we described luxurious and eco-friendly architecture, in this article we’re going to write about 2002 Alpine – a hyper eco-luxury urban home. 2002 Alpine is the United States’ first ever American-designed, German engineered home in the US. Located in the heart of Boulder, Colorado, this residence represents… »

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Polymer-metal composite material is able to monitor itself

By Damir Beciri
21 October 2010

syntethic-and-metal-composite-material-as-a-sensorThese days, we normally use sensors to measure whether these components are strained beyond capacity, and it requires a lot of effort to install them into the component parts or glue them onto their surface, and even install networks of sensors with various sensibility. Researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Material Research… »

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SMU-led research aims to connect brain signals to robotic limbs

By Damir Beciri
19 October 2010

luke-skywalker-handLightning-fast connections between robotic limbs and the human brain may be within reach for amputees. Funded by a Department of Defense initiative dedicated to audacious challenges and intense time schedules, the SMU engineers from Neurophotonics Research Center will develop two-way fiber optic communication between prosthetic limbs and peripheral nerves. Successful completion of the fiber optic… »