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evgeny lavrov

Inside L'Oreal's Plan to 3-D Print Human Skin | WIRED - 0 views

www.wired.com/...eals-plan-3-d-print-human-skin

Technology Medicine 3D Bioprinting skin

shared by evgeny lavrov on 28 May 15 - No Cached
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  • L’Oreal makes cosmetics and hair color. It also makes skin
  • Now it’s talking about
  • printing
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  • The idea is to produce skin more quickly and easily using what is essentially an assembly line developed with Organovo, a San Diego bioprinting company.
  • L’Oreal already
  • produce its patented skin, called Episkin
  • Organovo pioneered the process of bioprinting human tissues, most notably creating a 3-D-printed liver system
  • In concept, it’s the same idea of programming the 3-D printer to print architecture on an X-Y-Z axis
Vladimir Antonov

Project Skybender: Google's secretive 5G internet drone tests revealed | Technology | T... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...rnet-spaceport-virgin-galactic

google internet Technology Social Connected World Global Mobility Internet of Everything

shared by Vladimir Antonov on 02 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • Google is testing solar-powered drones at Spaceport America in New Mexico to explore ways to deliver high-speed internet from the air
  • Project SkyBender is using drones to experiment with millimetre-wave radio transmissions, one of the technologies that could underpin next generation 5G wireless internet access
  • High frequency millimetre waves can theoretically transmit gigabits of data every second, up to 40 times more than today’s 4G LTE systems. Google ultimately envisages thousands of high altitude “self-flying aircraft” delivering internet access around the world.
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  • “The huge advantage of millimetre wave is access to new spectrum because the existing cellphone spectrum is overcrowded. It’s packed and there’s nowhere else to go,” says Jacques Rudell
  • However, millimetre wave transmissions have a much shorter range than mobile phone signals. A broadcast at 28GHz, the frequency Google is testing at Spaceport America, would fade out in around a tenth the distance of a 4G phone signal. To get millimetre wave working from a high-flying drone, Google needs to experiment with focused transmissions from a so-called phased array. “This is very difficult, very complex and burns a lot of power,” Rudell says
  • The SkyBender system is being tested with an “optionally piloted” aircraft called Centaur as well as solar-powered drones made by Google Titan, a division formed when Google acquired New Mexico startup Titan Aerospace in 2014. Titan built high-altitude solar-powered drones with wingspans of up to 50 metres
  • Project SkyBender is part of the little-known Google Access team, which also includes Project Loon, a plan to deliver wireless internet using unpowered balloons floating through the stratosphere.
  • In 2014, Darpa, the research arm of the US military, announced a program called Mobile Hotspots to make a fleet of drones that could provide one gigabit per second communications for troops operating in remote areas.
  • Vladimir Antonov on 02 Feb 16
     
    Could this be a next gen. technology that would bring hi-speed internet access literally to every place in the world?
Vladimir Antonov

Build-it-yourself spider robot aims to help kids learn robotics - 0 views

mashable.com/...stemi-spider-robot

Technology science robot learning robotics crowdfunding open source learning Generation Z Indiegogo new skill set Future of talent

shared by Vladimir Antonov on 26 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Assembling is half the fun
  • by building the robot you'll learn the basics of 3D modeling, electronics, mobile app coding and Arduino programming
  • platform is fully Open Access, meaning everyone will be able to freely modify all of its aspects
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  • founders promised to make the source code, as well as all the blueprints and 3D models free and accessible to everyone.
  • Vladimir Antonov on 26 Oct 15
     
    STEMI - a play on the acronym STEM, meaning Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - is an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for a hexapod robot that moves like to a spider. Unlike many other commercial robots, however, this one comes in a kit, together with a set of multimedia lessons that helps you assemble it into a working robot.
Anna Dubinina

How robots will reshape the economy (based on U.S. example) - 0 views

techcrunch.com/...ts-will-reshape-the-us-economy

CIS science technology Social economy robots

shared by Anna Dubinina on 21 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Few doubt that our future — both immediate and long term — will be heavily impacted by robots
  • A pair of Oxford researchers recently estimated that 47 percent of the total U.S. employment is at risk of being eliminated.
  • On the other end of the spectrum, Mercedes announced it is trading out some of its production robots for human labor — the machines could not keep up with the increasing options for customization
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  • robots in the workplace will likely help reverse this trend.
  • The vast majority of automation technology will not outright replace humans; instead, it will simply make their work more efficient.
  • As the global supply chain matured, market pressures drove American companies to offshore their work to other countries that offered inexpensive labor
  • This is not to say that all white-collar workers should enroll in engineering night classes, but knowing how technology works at a base level will make you better at your job 
  • Employers need to actively promote training programs that empower employees to work more effectively with new tech.
Anton Vorykhalov

REDEF ORIGINAL: By Obsessing Over the Present, Big Media has Forgotten its Past and End... - 0 views

redef.com/...-its-future-and-how-to-save-it

DMD Media_Consumption Future_of_TV

shared by Anton Vorykhalov on 22 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • By Obsessing Over the Present, Big Media has Forgotten its Past and Endangered its Future (But it’s Not Too Late)
  • When it comes to digital-era investments, Disney has certainly been the most active of the major media companies (though IP represents more than 80% of total outlays). Over the past decade, the House of Mouse has bought the largest YouTube Multi-Channel Network (Maker Studios), a mobile gaming company (Playdom), several multi-media storytelling platforms (Marvel, LucasArts, Pixar), become Vice’s largest outside shareholder, doubled down on technology-driven theme park experiences (MagicBand, VR), established an annual fan expo (D23), formed an accelerator program with TechStars (Disney Accelerator) and launched an ever-expanding sandbox video game at the cost of more than $125M (Disney Infinity)
  • For the past 20 years, television networks have reaped more than $1T inflation adjusted revenues and $300B in net cash flow thanks to what was sown throughout the 1980s and early 1990s (most cable networks took years to hit cumulative net profits, with several market leaders accumulating hundreds of millions in losses doing so). But the harvest is coming to an end. Crop rotation is not a waste; it’s an essential investment in forward productivity.
anna_nelidova

Remidi glove lets you create music with gestures - Tech Insider - 1 views

www.techinsider.io/ate-music-with-gestures-2016-3

Technology Wearables Simplification One-man band

shared by anna_nelidova on 29 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • A new glove will turn even the most deficient in musical talent into rockstars.
  • The glove works in tandem with a motion sensor bracelet, allowing you to create sounds by moving your fingertips or your entire hand. You can tap any surface and it will sound like you're playing on a keyboard.
  • You can then record songs in real-time, on-the-go, and trust that they'll all be saved onto the app. The glove can send recordings over WiFi or Bluetooth.
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  • ou simply put on the glove and bracelet and open the Remidi app. Through the app, you can program what sound you want to play when you make a specific movement.
  • You can also play music using Remidi over a background track or mix to make songs more engaging.
  • anna_nelidova on 29 Mar 16
     
    This glove allows even non-professionals to create music by making gestures with hands and fingers.
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