Entry #42: Fiber-Optic Healing

The University of St Andrews and Harvard Medical School have developed a new technique to stimulate healing through fiber-optics. The technique photochemical tissue bonding has been around for a while where light is applied to superficial wounds to help stimulate healing, but it has been unable to treat deeper wounds. The researchers have created a new type of material that is biodegradable so the fiber-optics can be inserted where the wounds are deeper and apply the light to help heal it. Then after the treatment they won't have to worry about removing the fiber-optics and cause the healed tissue damage again.

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Entry #41: Village on the Moon

A German company called DLR has recently begun experiments using a solar furnace to terraform the moon for people to live on. The process uses the solar energy to convert the moon's soil into usable bricks. These bricks can be used as construction material that can prevent radiation and provide an air tight seal. The cost for such a project will be super expensive but it would be cool to see people actually living on the moon.

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Entry #40: Self-Filling Water Bottle

The Fontus is a brand new system that turns moisture in the air into drinking water, thus creating a water bottle that fills itself up. Creator Kristof Retezár from Austria created this system which is very simple and portable. Over a period of 1 hour the Fontus can create half a quart of water. I think this product will help many people who like to do outdoors things and also can help many 3rd world countries that have clean water issues.

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Entry #39: Conductive Concrete

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have created a new type of concrete that is conductive. This is mainly used to de-ice and melt snow without having to use chemicals. This can potentially save lots of money as a truck load of the chemicals needed to de-ice the roads is much more than the costs of the concrete.

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Entry #38: Liquid Batteries

Researchers in Shanghai have begun development on a new type of battery that will contain liquid components instead of metal. Metal components are expensive and heat up very quickly which led the researchers to find another solution. The liquid battery is environmentally friendly and has a much longer charge cycle which can help cut down on battery costs. If these new batteries come to replace our current batteries then phones and such could have much longer battery life and use.

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Entry #37: Potatoes on Mars

NASA has recently begun research into whether or not Peruvian potatoes can grow on Mars. This is an attempt to see if life can be sustained on the planet. NASA will simulate an environment similar to Mars to see if the potatoes can still grow. Potatoes were chosen as a test crop because they are the most adaptable food staple. If the tests are successful then that could mean the human race would be one step closer to colonizing other planets.

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Entry #36: Hyperloop

A new company called Hyperloop Technologies is currently in the development of creating a new mode of transportation for cross country travel. It is called the Hyperloop and is basically a long tube that will connect to various cities which will allow a pod to travel through it at high speeds. The company states that the pod will be able to travel through the tube at max speeds of 1000 km/h. The company is just in its start up phase so testing has not actually been conducted yet but they have high hopes.

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Entry #35: Downloadable Content for Your Brain

DARPA is working on a new brain implant that will allow you to download content directly to your brain. It is a part of their Neural Engineering System Design (NESD) program. The brain implant will be able to inject images and sounds into the brain. They have already created brain implants to help soldiers alleviate PTSD. If they are successful in their research I believe it will be somewhat like "The Matrix" and people will be able to instantly learn anything, which would be pretty cool.

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Entry #34: Super Soldiers

DARPA has recently been working on new projects that could in fact make fictional characters such as Captain America a reality. They launched a new division called Biological Technologies Office (BTO) to "restore and maintain warfighter abilities." They have many projects that will augment what a regular soldier would normally be capable of doing. One of their projects is called Technologies for Host Resistance (THoR) which is meant to find ways to "prevent the body’s overreaction to infection and buy time for the individual’s natural recovery mechanisms to kick in." They have many other projects that they are working on and it seems like warfare will soon change in the future to adapt. It is pretty crazy to think that things that seemed unreal are starting to become things that are simply not achieved yet.

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