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Adaptive aids are expensive. Additive manufacturing, using low-cost 3-D printers, can save upwards of 94 percent for simple household items. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that almost a quarter of the U.S. population lives with some form of arthritis. Daily tasks — like opening drawers, turning door handles — can be

Wondering if that electrical wall outlet is properly insulated? Want to see if there’s a person standing in that dark alley? Well, perhaps what you need is a thermal imaging system for your smartphone. Soon, you may be able to buy one, in the form of the IR-Blue. Illinois-based hardware developer Andy Rawson created the

Sick and tired of poor mobile phone reception and slow internet connection in remote areas? I know I am! Want ultra high speed wireless internet connection? Yes please. Well Fujitsu says it has the answer. Fujitsu has announced a transmission power amplifier that is set to extend the transmission range of wireless communications networks by

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are exploring and pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence (AI) by partnering with one of AI’s most notable citizens — IBM’s Watson — to advance how computers could help humans creatively solve problems in a wide variety of professions. “Searching Google still requires a lot of search,” says Ashok Goel, professor at Georgia Tech’s

Organism’s ability to distinguish strontium from calcium could help in dealing with nuclear waste. Common freshwater algae might hold a key to cleaning up after disasters such as Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accident, scientists said yesterday at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, Calif. The algae, called Closterium moniliferum, are members of the

A portable humidifier that only needs to be placed in a small water source A recent innovation unveiled at the Interior Lifestyle Tokyo event is a portable humidifier that only needs to be placed in a small water source to increase humidity in an enclosed space. One of the interesting highlights in the recent Interior

Scientists at the University of Basel, ETH Zurich, and NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering have developed an artificial metalloenzyme that catalyses a reaction inside of cells without equivalent in nature. This could be a prime example for creating new non-natural metabolic pathways inside living cells, as reported today in Nature. The artificial metalloenzyme, termed biot-Ru–SAV, was

Image by jiadoldol via Flickr A two-pronged dilemma underpins many of the foremost global challenges, including climate change, chronic hunger, water management, extreme poverty, and disease control. On one side is the fact that these issues are all complex and often interrelated. On the other side is a mismatch between tasks and skills. Despite the