this summer the university of cambridge willbegin field testing self-healing concrete that’s fueled by bacteria. and nasa would like to explore jupiter’smoon europa with a robotic space squid. vsauce! kevin here - this is mind blow. the worldwide leader in beauty products haspartnered with a company that prints human
interesting facts about 3d printing, skin. l’oreal announced the partnershipwith organovo - who specialize in growing skin tissue in a 3d environment. growing with3d bioprinting allows for the automated creation of living human tissues that have the formand function of body tissues and this process allows for faster and more accurate testingof pharmaceutical products. the partnership
could someday bring medical advances including3d printed skin grafts. vortex bladeless can harvest wind energy withoutany blades. the bladeless cones produce energy by harnessing an aerodynamic effect knownas vorticity, which causes the cones to produce a pattern of spinning vortices. the energyis harvested with a ring of magnets and an alternator at the base, and if this modelis successful it could be a cheaper and quieter alternative to traditional wind turbines. these are the first ever images of pluto’ssmallest moons, captured with the new horizons spacecraft. pretty moons. whill is a personal mobility device that hopesto replace traditional wheelchairs. a wheel
composed of 24 small rollers was inventedfor this device to allow for making small turns. it also has four wheel drive, allowingit to drive over grass, pebbles, snow, and even clear a curb. you can test drive oneyourself if you live in japan or california, and they’re currently looking for distributersto sell it worldwide. researchers in london are 3d printing medicationinto different shapes. they wanted to see if a pill’s shape affected the release ofthe drugs, and it turns out that a pyramid dissolves a lot faster than a cylinder dueto the surface area to volume ratio. this could lead to greater precision and customizationwhen prescribing medication and also it just kinda looks cool.
the freight liner inspiration is the firstautonomous commercial truck to operate in the united states. it utilizes radar and asystem of cameras to scan a range of 820 ft. the trucks are safe, more fuel efficient andhave greatly reduced blind spots, which is good because they still require a driver andcurrently they have two of these concept trucks built. adrian smith and fredrick larabee have discoveredthat some ants use their jaws to fling themselves to safety. trap jaw ants use their stingersand their incredibly quick jaws to catch prey, but it turns out they also use their jawsto escape from predators. yahoo! scientists have found a missing link thatbridges the gap between the evolution of single-celled
organisms called prokaryotes, to the morecomplex ones called eukaryotes.â by extracting dna from the sediment around a hydrothermalvent the team from sweden found microbes that had complex genes typically found in higherlifeforms, allowing us to further track the evolution of complex lifeforms like you andme. the hovding is an airbag for bicyclists thatyou wear around your neck. but you knew that if you saw mind blow #69, at that point itwas just a student thesis, but the device is now available for purchase. hovding, mindblow complete. now go save some lives, kiddo. nailo is a bluetooth trackpad that you wearon your nail. developed at mit, it can fit on your thumb and be used to access your computerwhile your hands are full or discreetly control
other wearable technology. the team hopesto make the device even smaller, and integrate different sticker designs. finally, the taurus dexterous telepresencemanipulation system is designed to revolutionize the way humans operate remote controlled precisionfocused robots. these devices precisely track your hand movementsgiving you full control of the robotic arms. the entry-level solution provides hand-trackingand control over the robotic grasper. for
our customers looking for haptic capabilitywe have input devices offering full haptic feedback. meaning you're actually going tofeel the forces between the robot and its environment.
i’m going to leave you with bionic butterflies,and as always, thanks for watching.
