Hasta La Gadget!

Did you ever think that during your lifetime you would witness an organ
transplant that was made by a 3D printer? That if you desperately needed
a liver or a
kidney transplant, you would not have to be at the top of a national
list of recipients, and then be lucky enough to find a compatible donor?  That time is coming very soon if the British TTP Group has anything to say about it. It’s got the patents on the new Vista 3D Nozzle.

Though some research has previously indicated that statin users may
lower their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by taking the drug, a
Taiwanese study looked at the relationship on a very large scale,
studying the effects of statins on Alzheimer’s risk on more than one
million subjects.  This study, as well as another meta-study on the
effects of statins on the risk for cataracts, was presented in reports
to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) over the past weekend.

General Electric says it’s a little more complicated than making instant
oatmeal, but the company, along with the Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory,  is developing a recipe of electrochemical solution and
water that will power a cheaper, safer, and longer-charged battery than
current electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The developers are hoping their
newly designed flow battery will remain charged for three times longer than the current Tesla S Model battery (265 milles) and cost about a quarter of the S Model battery.

A tiny biochip has the potential to quickly determine whether or not a
person has been exposed to dangerous doses of radiation, according to
the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which helped develop the
device.  Though further work on the chip is necessary, the eventual
technology is expected to quickly screen exposed persons in
the event of a radiological catastrophe.

The Chinese-developed IOE3-Kanban camera features a 100-megapixel charge-coupled device (CCD) chip capable of producing 10,240 x 10,240 pixel images. The light and compact camera should greatly boost success in the fields of disaster monitoring, aerial mapping and intelligent transportation systems where ultra-high-resolution imaging is key.