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December 5
ledgergermane: Organovo Has Its First Commercial 3D Bioprinter Need a new kidney? We’ll just take some of your blood and in about six weeks grow you a new one. That’s the promise of 3D bioprinting and one of the companies on the forefront of the technology just took a step closer to make it a reality. Organovo developed a research prototype of a bioprinter capable of producing very basic tissues like blood vessels. According to the recent press release, Invetech, Organovo’s strategic partner, will be providing the company with commercial versions of their device in 2010 to 2011. While it is still limited to simple tissue structures (full organs are a long ways off), Organovo plans to deliver the printers to various research institutions interested in organ and tissue production. Working with these institutions, Organovo hopes to one day progress to creating a system that can print organs as easily as other 3D printers print plastic figurines.

ledgergermane:

Organovo Has Its First Commercial 3D Bioprinter

  • Need a new kidney? We’ll just take some of your blood and in about six weeks grow you a new one. That’s the promise of 3D bioprinting and one of the companies on the forefront of the technology just took a step closer to make it a reality. Organovo developed a research prototype of a bioprinter capable of producing very basic tissues like blood vessels. According to the recent press release, Invetech, Organovo’s strategic partner, will be providing the company with commercial versions of their device in 2010 to 2011. While it is still limited to simple tissue structures (full organs are a long ways off), Organovo plans to deliver the printers to various research institutions interested in organ and tissue production. Working with these institutions, Organovo hopes to one day progress to creating a system that can print organs as easily as other 3D printers print plastic figurines.
December 4
When Sys Admins Saved The Earth From Aliens?

Not really. I love stories of nerdery like this.
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beeriety: Japanese Sapporo Brews World’s First Space Beer The long awaited Space Barley, the beer made with barley grown in space, has finally arrived. The “space barley” used to make this beer is the fourth generation descendant of the Haruna Nijo malting barley that was developed by Sapporo Breweries and kept in space for five months during 2006 as part of our collaborative research with the Russian Academy of Sciences and Okayama University with the purpose of achieving self-sufficiency in food in the space environment.

beeriety:

Japanese Sapporo Brews World’s First Space Beer

The long awaited Space Barley, the beer made with barley grown in space, has finally arrived. The “space barley” used to make this beer is the fourth generation descendant of the Haruna Nijo malting barley that was developed by Sapporo Breweries and kept in space for five months during 2006 as part of our collaborative research with the Russian Academy of Sciences and Okayama University with the purpose of achieving self-sufficiency in food in the space environment.

December 1
slantback: an average of the flags of the 200-plus countries of the Old World (2009), weighted by population, levels-adjusted to improve contrast and reduce the preponderance of red: (via The Flag Of Pure Bliss « Weather Sealed) wow all seeing eye apocalyptic dystopian internet ovlorldz

slantback:

an average of the flags of the 200-plus countries of the Old World (2009), weighted by population, levels-adjusted to improve contrast and reduce the preponderance of red: (via The Flag Of Pure Bliss « Weather Sealed)

wow all seeing eye apocalyptic dystopian internet ovlorldz

November 18

Twitter Your Progress

r2witco:

maniacalrage:

I finally got a chance to play a little of Uncharted 2 last night, and noticed in the game’s options menu there was an option for setting up your Twitter account, which it would then use to “update Twitter with your progress as you play the game.” I think I actually saw a shark being jumped in the background.

But I started thinking about it, and, frankly, it’s actually a genius idea. People are already using Twitter constantly, and they’re starting to connect it to everything (Facebook, Tumblr, et cetera)—why not drop it into quite literally everything. Since Twitter is easy to interface with API-wise, it’s trivial to put it into games, consoles, phones, TVs. Soon your toaster oven will be posting: “@garrettmurray’s toast is mad burned lol!”

Actually, maybe this is a terrible idea after all.

Yes, this is a terrible idea. We always talk about the fear of Big Brother watching us all the time, then we go and build the technology for us to broadcast what we’re doing at all times. This saves Big Brother the trouble how to do it, they just sit back and enjoy the show.

Soon everything will be on twitter, your coffee cup, your dog, your insurance policy…

November 17

New “Roll Top” portable computer from Israel.

(via klipseycreative)

November 12

Unexpected outlet for fractal design? Quilts. My review of Gee’s Bend Quilts http://tr.im/EQCx

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(via soupsoup) Times Reader To ridged. I want one that rolls up like a scroll.

(via soupsoup)

Times Reader

To ridged. I want one that rolls up like a scroll.

November 7
paulprosseda: dani-boi: thatryguy: lickystickypickyme: Touch Hear is a futuristic concept developed by the Design Incubation Center, that would probably make pocket dictionaries a thing of the past. By touching a word or phrase in a particular piece of reading material, the user will be able to listen to its related information, like its pronunciation or its meaning. Totally useful whether you’re reading in your native language or learning a foreign language. source

paulprosseda:

dani-boi:

thatryguy:

lickystickypickyme:

Touch Hear is a futuristic concept developed by the Design Incubation Center, that would probably make pocket dictionaries a thing of the past. By touching a word or phrase in a particular piece of reading material, the user will be able to listen to its related information, like its pronunciation or its meaning. Totally useful whether you’re reading in your native language or learning a foreign language.

source

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hunsonisgroovy: Adam Dedman – Kalina Remix what future clothing might look like with augmented reality?

hunsonisgroovy:

Adam Dedman – Kalina Remix

what future clothing might look like with augmented reality?