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- Star Trek classroom: Next generation of school desks
- Blind patient reads words stimulated directly onto retina: Neuroprosthetic device uses implant to project visual braille
- Muscle powers spearing mantis shrimp attacks
- Engineers pave the way towards 3-D printing of personal electronics
- Capturing living cells in micro pyramids
| Star Trek classroom: Next generation of school desks Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:55 PM PST Researchers designing and testing the 'classroom of the future' have found that multi-touch, multi-user desks can boost skills in mathematics. New results from a three-year project working with over 400 pupils, mostly eight-10 year olds, show that collaborative learning increases both fluency and flexibility in maths. It also shows that using an interactive 'smart' desk can have benefits over doing mathematics on paper.  |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:54 AM PST For the very first time researchers have streamed braille patterns directly into a blind patient's retina, allowing him to read four-letter words accurately and quickly with an ocular neuroprosthetic device.  |
| Muscle powers spearing mantis shrimp attacks Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:54 AM PST Mantis shrimps pack a powerful punch, whether they smash or spear their victims. Smasher mantis shrimps power their claws' ballistic blows using a catapult mechanism, but how do spearers deploy their weapons? Analyzing the movements of large Lysiosquillina maculata, biologists found that they unexpectedly use muscle power to launch their claw spears although smaller Alachosquilla vicina use a catapult mechanism like smashers.  |
| Engineers pave the way towards 3-D printing of personal electronics Posted: 21 Nov 2012 06:01 PM PST Scientists are developing new materials which could one day allow people to print out custom-designed personal electronics such as games controllers which perfectly fit their hand shape.  |
| Capturing living cells in micro pyramids Posted: 21 Nov 2012 10:07 AM PST Imagine a field full of pyramids, but on a micro scale. Each of the pyramids hides a living cell. Thanks to 3-D micro- and nano scale fabrication, this is possible and there are promising new applications in the offing. One of them is applying the micro pyramids for cell research: thanks to the open 'walls' of the pyramids, the cells can interact.  |
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