There’s a perception that religion and science go together about as well as mayonnaise and marshmallows. In some instances, this is, perhaps, true. But on a typically warm Southern California January in 1933 at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California (the same place and same time that Jack Parsons of rocket science fame was doing his experiments – history intersecting!), religion and science proved that these two ideals didn’t have to be enemies.
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Medical science has certainly advanced by leaps and bounds over the years. Remember those old school hearing aids? Well, the modern day ones are a whole lot smaller and work better, but what happens when bionic parts are introduced to the body without requiring any kind of exterior hardware to work? Imagine a cochlear implant which will charge itself wirelessly, relying on the natural microphone of the middle ear instead of a skull-mounted sensor to work. Imagine no more, as researchers at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratory (MTL) have teamed up with physicians from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) to work on a spanking new low-power signal-processing chip which could eventually result in a cochlear implant does not need any kind of hardware on the outside to work. A full charge would enable it to run for approximately 8 hours, now how about that?
Cochlear Implants Does Away With Exterior Hardware original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Japan is suffering from an ageing population, and if nothing is done to boost up the overall population count in that part of the world, you will find its population count start to drop as the years go by. In fact, it already has a fair amount of senior citizens living there, and this figure is set to climb even higher in the months and years ahead. Caring for older folks is not an easy task at all, especially when one is ill with various diseases, and for an older person to wear a diaper, it is not a shameful thing at all. The thing is, diapers need to be changed from time to time, so how nice would it be if you could be alerted by the diaper itself when the time comes to change it?
This is exactly what has happened, as a research team from the University of Tokyo on Monday did show off the first flexible and disposable organic sensor in the world. This unique sensor can be integrated into a smart diaper, where it will then send a wireless alert to a specific number should it require any changing. All of the flexible integrated circuit has been printed on a plastic film, where it will then transmit information as well as receive its power sans wires. The potential is great, especially when you consider how mass production might actually bring down the price to just a few cents each. Adult diapers, kids’ diapers, it doesn’t matter as long as it works well enough.
Smart Diapers Alerts You Wirelessly If It Needs Changing original content from Ubergizmo. 
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The human body is just a bunch of humble biological compounds, strung together to form cells and, ultimately, you. So how the hell does it create electricity?
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Fidgety.Increased heart rate. Butterflies in your stomach. There’s no doubt about it: you’re nervous. Buy why?
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There is still some life left yet in the PS3 camera, so do not even think about ditching it at the moment. If you have always loved a spot of air hockey, then you would be more than pleased to hear that a designer decided to make use of parts from a 3D printer as well as a PS3 camera in order to construct a winning air hockey robot. I am quite sure that many of us air hockey fans would love to go up against this machine by Jose Julio, as this machine has proven itself to be so slick thanks to quick and accurate movements, that many an opponent has been left super frustrated.
Air Hockey Robot Built With 3D Printer And PS3 Camera Assistance original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Consumer electronics devices that are able to bend? That sounds like an extremely interesting proposition for sure, and it has yet to catch on, but we have seen some examples in recent times such as the LG G Flex (which is also a self-healing handset, at least for its exterior case). This just goes to show how the likes of LG has already managed to achieve a bendable display to a certain extent as depicted above, but a team of scientists at the University of Houston might be on to something better this time around. This bunch of researchers have managed to figure out a way to use a gold nanomesh material in order to create a flexible, conductive and transparent surface for electronics. Sounds too good to be true, right?
Flexible And Transparent Conductor Invented original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Some folks absolutely adore museums, while others would far prefer to spend their time elsewhere than look at relics from the past. Here is a novel method of changing your perspective on museum visits – apparently, the Tate museum over in London has announced the winner of its new IK Prize, which is an estimated $115,000 reward that will be handed over to a design team that has the best new method to experience a modern day museum – albeit in the digital realm. After Dark is the champion, where it was constructed by a three-member team who have called themselves “The Workers”.
Pay A Visit To The Museum Via A Robot original content from Ubergizmo. 
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You’ve got your Windsor, your half-Windsor, and… well, that’s pretty much it. Except, of course, for the 168,998 other ways that science has determined it’s possible to knot a tie. That’s a thousand times more than we previously thought. All it took to figure it out was a repeat viewing of The Matrix Reloaded.
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If Dmitri Mendeleev was alive, we’d be wishing him a happy birthday today. He’s not—and thank goodness, because he’d be a 180-year-old science-zombie. But Mendeleev’s periodic table of the elements is a scientific treasure, one that’s still predicting elements we haven’t yet discovered. Talk about prescient.
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