Category: Technology
Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System.
Bionic eyes successfully implanted into blind human patients. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008.
Mobile Digital Scribe.
Pen that captures sketches/handwriting and stores it as a JPEG.
Post date: Monday, March 3rd, 2008.
TheraSphere.
Procedure that stops the progression of liver cancer by injecting patients with millions of glass beads. (via)
Post date: Friday, October 13th, 2006.
Vecna BEAR robot.
Robot that will extract wounded troops from the battlefield. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, August 9th, 2006.
Tri-cell.
Technology developed that tracks the location of cell phones. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, August 9th, 2006.
Health and Food Advice Robot.
Company has developed a robot that tastes wine and can differentiate between 30 different varieties of grapes.
Post date: Monday, July 31st, 2006.
RediRipe.
Sticker that lets you know when fruit has ripened. (via)
Post date: Friday, July 28th, 2006.
Carbonite.
Service that continuously backs up the data on your PC to a remote location over the internet. (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 27th, 2006.
Illicit Drug Detector.
Gun being developed for law enforcement that will use UV light to scan for drugs. (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 27th, 2006.
Synthetic Gecko.
Material developed that is based on the sticky feet of geckos. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, July 26th, 2006.
Hole quantum wire.
Researchers have created a wire that lines up electrons in single file and passes electric current in the holes between them. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, July 26th, 2006.
Personal powdered blood packs.
Freeze-dried blood being developed for battlefield transfusions that soldiers will carry in their personal supplies. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, July 25th, 2006.
Nano air vehicle.
Unmanned spy plane to be developed that will be the size of a maple seed.
Post date: Friday, July 21st, 2006.
Memory Spot.
Wireless data chip that will enable digital content to be attached to paper documents and physical objects. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, July 18th, 2006.
Plasma magnet.
Device that will create a plasma cloud around spacecraft and shield astronauts from cosmic rays.
Post date: Monday, July 17th, 2006.
Egg-vertising.
CBS will advertise TV shows for its fall lineup on the shells of eggs.
Post date: Monday, July 17th, 2006.
Skyguard.
LASER-based system that creates a 5-mile shield around airports to protect them from attacks. (via)
Post date: Monday, July 17th, 2006.
Spidrex.
Scientists are using modified silk fibers to encourage damaged nerve cells to regenerate. (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 13th, 2006.
Prosthetic retina.
Micro camera implanted into the eye that will restore vision for the blind. (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 13th, 2006.
Neuromotor prosthesis.
Computer that detects brain signals allows paralysis victims to control actions with their mind. (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 13th, 2006.
Active Building Envelope.
Thin-film technology that uses solar energy to turn ordinary surfaces into climate control systems. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, July 12th, 2006.
SpotScout.
Mobile service that helps you locate available city parking spaces which you can sell to others when you’re done. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, July 11th, 2006.
Cellular aluminum.
Aluminum material developed that is porously designed like foam to be strong and evenly distribute impact forces.
Post date: Tuesday, July 11th, 2006.
Intraosteous Transcutaneous Amputation Prosthesis.
Technology that attaches metal with human bone will allow connections for artificial implants to protrude out of the skin. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, July 5th, 2006.
PayPass.
Payment system that uses radio frequency to read credit cards is being tested by Coca-Cola for use in vending machines.
Post date: Wednesday, July 5th, 2006.
Texas Petawatt Laser.
LASER to be test fired in 2007 that will produce 1,000,000,000,000,000 watts of power.
Post date: Saturday, July 1st, 2006.
Smell this.
Engineers are creating a device that can record smells and play them back.
Post date: Saturday, July 1st, 2006.
Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound.
Researchers have created a device that can regrow teeth. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 30th, 2006.
Walkie Talkie Watches.
Voice-activated private mobile radio watch. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
Crowd power.
Engineers are developing technology that will capture the vibrations created by people walking and convert it into usable energy. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
Emotionally aware computers.
Computer has been designed that can interpret facial expressions and read people’s minds. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
Stealth radar system.
Radar that generates signal across a variety of frequencies which can be tuned to see through solid walls. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
GEO600.
Laser interferometer that can detect gravitational waves caused by the motions of matter that have rippled across space-time since the Big Bang. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
Thorium reactor.
Nuclear fuel source that is meltdown-proof and safely burns up existing radioactive waste. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
Embedded and Communicating Agents.
Technology that allows robots to evolve their own language and communicate with other robots. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 23rd, 2006.
Road energy system.
Company is paving roads with technology that absorbs heat and converts it into usable energy. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 23rd, 2006.
Electroporation microfluidic channel.
Researchers have created a device that can scan a single cell for diseases. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 23rd, 2006.
TMS
Handheld device that shoots an electromagnetic pulse and stops migraine headaches from forming. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 22nd, 2006.
SkySeer.
Unmanned drone to be tested in Los Angeles for use as a law enforcement surveillance tool.
Post date: Monday, June 19th, 2006.
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