stories on progress « the Kurzweil Library

Disney Research creates 3D-printed interactive speakers of any shape

A 3D printer for making soft, cuddly stuff

printed_teddy_bear_thumbnail_476x226.jpg

Future smart phones could be printed on your clothes

Graphene and carbon nanotubes can generate intense surface plasmons for use in nanoelectronics and cancer therapy

A cosmic illusion revealed

First example of strong gravitational lensing of a supernova

gravitational_lens

Controlling brain waves to stay visually aware

The car of the future might stimulate your brain electrically to keep you from drifting off into alpha waves and not paying attention to dangers

Graphene’s potential to reshape neurosurgery

Electric pulses for delivering gene therapy may restore hearing quality for cochear-implant users

Could also be used for treating other neurological disorders, including Parkinson’s disease and psychiatric conditions

auditory-nerves-after-gene-therapy

Skin layer grown from human stem cells could replace animals in drug and cosmetics testing

iPSC-derived keratinocytes colonies

A new ‘off’ switch for neurons

“Will greatly enhance work in large-brained organisms like rats and primates” — Karl Deisseroth

Cloaked DNA nanodevices

cloaked_dna

close and return to Home