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Underwater neutrino detector will be second-largest structure ever built (article)
The hunt for elusive neutrinos will soon get its largest and most powerful tool yet: the enormous KM3NeT telescope, currently under development by a consortium of 40 institutions from ten European countries. Once completed KM3NeT will be the second-largest structure ever made by humans, after the Great Wall of China, and taller than the Burj…
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Inventing the Apollo Spaceflight Biomedical Sensors
During the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions, one of NASA’s concerns was the safety of its crews, something it monitored rigorously through the use of biomedical instrumentation. As initial flight planning commenced in 1959, biomedical equipment capable of transmitting from space did not exist. NASA quickly brought together medical staff and hardware engineers to develop…
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Sensor Turns Any Surface, Even the Human Body, Into Input Device
A research team from the University of Michigan and Meta Reality Labs has developed a system to turn any surface—clothes, countertops, even clothing—into an input device for swipes, taps, and scrolls. https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/sensor-turns-any-surface-even-the-human-body-input-device/
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Can Virtual Reality Help Fight the Opioid Crisis? (video)
Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles has found an unconventional way to treat chronic pain – virtual reality programs designed by the company Applied VR. The VR experiences “hijack” the brains of patients, drastically reducing their perception of pain. In the latest episode of Superhuman, we look at the technology and meet patients benefiting from it.…
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The Clothing of the Future Could Shift Shape With Just a Glance (video)
Designer Behnaz Farahi’s 3-D printed vest can say “back off” without ever uttering a word thanks to eye-tracking controlled movement.
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Anouk Wipprecht integrates parking sensors into 3D-printed fashion collection (video)
Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht tells us about the digital tools she used to create a collection of interactive 3D-printed dresses for Audi, which incorporate headlights, parking sensors and other technology. The movie is part of Dezeen’s new Future Makers collaboration with Autodesk exploring the future of making things.
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Space technology for life on Earth (article)
The abundance of data that satellites collect about our planet can help solve a myriad of problems on Earth. For example, remote sensing technology can be used to detect environmental changes, satellite communication can assist with remote services and natural disaster management, and human spaceflight has advanced our understanding of medicine. https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Discovery_and_Preparation/Space_technology_for_life_on_Earth
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Astronomy enters a new age thanks to multi-messenger signals (article)
Cosmic rays, neutrinos, photons, and gravitational waves: Each of these signals carries a message. What can they tell us?
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Neutrino, measuring the unexpected—IceCube (video)
Francis Halzen, IceCube Principal Investigator, explains the search for high-energy neutrinos in this three part story of neutrinos.
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How LIGO Detected Gravitational Waves (article)
Learn about the discovery of gravitational waves in this NOVA Next article https://lpb.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nvnn-sci-ligo/wgbh-nova-next-how-ligo-detected-gravitational-waves/
