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Feb- 2021 -10 FebruaryTech
Carl Pei’s brand “Nothing” will launch it’s first products this summer
Nearly two weeks ago, Carl Pei formally launched his new company Nothing. The venture is backed by a list of well-known investors including iPod inventor Tony Fadell, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman and Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin. In a new interview with Bloomberg Carl Pei confirmed Alphabet’s VC capital investment arm Google Ventures (GV) backed $15 million of “Series A” funding into his new company. As the new firm had no products to even tease alongside it, that name seemed appropriate enough. Now, however, the executive has revealed plans for not just one product, but a whole ecosystem of them. Pei…
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Jan- 2021 -31 JanuaryScience
Breakthrough in Science: Bones can now be 3D printed at room temperature using a special ink directly inserted into the patient’s body
The stuff we see in science fiction movies has actually come to life. 3D printing living tissue—including corneas, blood vessels and skin—is no easy task. But at least it’s all living tissue. Bone, by contrast, is a mixture of living and inorganic compounds in a highly structured mineral matrix. 3D printing bone, in other words, is a challenge within a challenge. Which is why bioengineers have tried so many different materials for their synthetic bones—including hydrogels, thermoplastics, and bioceramics. Now, a team at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has developed a ceramic ink that can be 3D-printed at room temperature with…
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31 JanuaryScience
A fossilised fungus that’s 635 million years old was found in a cave in China
The oldest evidence of land fungus may be a tiny microfossil that’s 635 million years old, found in a cave in southern China. Too small to be seen with the naked eye, this remarkable find pushes back the appearance of terrestrial fungus by about 240 million years to a period known as “snowball Earth” when the planet was locked in ice from 750 million to 580 million years ago. When you think of fungi, what comes to mind may be a crucial ingredient in a recipe or their amazing ability to break down dead organic matter into vital nutrients. But…
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31 JanuaryScience
Ultrasound waves jump starts coma patients thanks to the discovery by 2 ULCA scientists
Anyone who has ever experienced the nightmare of having a loved one in a coma knows how excruciatingly painful it can be. The person you love is still here but completely unable to communicate. New research out of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is bringing new hope for the recovery of coma patients. The research led by Martin Monti was first successful at waking up a patient back in 2016. For the study, the doctors used a saucer-like device to aim ultrasonic pulses at specific areas of the brain. In this case, the researchers targeted the thalamus, a structure…
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31 JanuarySony
Sony Xperia Pro which was unveiled in 2020 is launching now, and it’s biggest feature is the HDMI port!
There have been smartphones with stratospheric price tags before, but usually, something is special about them. Phones like the Samsung Galaxy Fold and the Huawei Mate X are anywhere from $2,000 to $2,600, but those were first-gen foldable smartphones with brand-new display technology. Sony’s latest entry into the smartphone market, the Sony Xperia Pro, is a boring, old slab phone that seems utterly forgettable until you look at the price: an astounding $2,500, or the price of three brand-new, $800 Samsung Galaxy S21s. Sony has really outdone itself. The Xperia Pro, Sony’s first smartphone with 5G in the US, is…
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