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Technology is a tool, it has always been a tool. However, there have been some technologies that have shaped evolution and actually prompted evolution. The very first technologies (stone cutting -extracting and shaping-, bronze smelting, and iron/steel production) gave the name to entire epochs. More recently we have had use …

The cost of a prosthetic limb may well approach and exceed 100,000$, depending on the sophistication. Additionally, customising a prosthetic limb requires several visits with a specialised doctor and follow up visits to make sure the limb fits as it should and to learn using it. Moreover, the cost of …

This is not about a product, not even about an object: it is about what technology can enable each one of us. Kevin McAlee my be described as a passionate do-it-yourself technologist. He has been spending time in developing his own home-made robots and giving them a “soul” -aka writing …

I guess you have experienced a ultrasound test in your life. It involves a laying on a bed with a doctor moving a probe over the part of your body to be monitored. The probe generates ultrasounds that penetrate under the skin and bounce back at different rate depending on …

Yesterday I attended the Italian event focussing on the Digital Transformation status in Italy, with the presentation of the yearly report. The report focusses on Italy but does this introducing comparison with EU and US, hence it is an interesting observation point on what is going on. In spite of …

The big pyramids standing on the Giza plateau involved a huge mass of workers that dedicated many years of hard labour to their construction. Herodotus wrote of 100,000 workers building the big pyramid (Khufu) but he estimated the number 2,700 years after the pyramid was built. Modern historians give a …

Earbuds have become so tiny and light that you can forget you are wearing them. For some, they have become an integral part of their “persona”. Let a few years go by and the broad adoption of aural augmented reality (getting augmented information through sound and voice, seamlessly, through earbuds) …

3D Printing is ideal for healthcare application. In this area you need highly customised products, you have a market of one! Look at the photo of the hip ball and socket implant. It has been shaped and sized to fit that particular patient. A different one will require different size …

I already posted news on artificial meat (both artificially grown and produced from plants) as well as news on robo-cooks preparing (simple) food in some restaurants around the world (with China, Japan and US having the lead). Now I see a news of a restaurant in Israel that just last week, …

As I had the opportunity to mention in previous posts the whole area of satellite communications is getting ready for a revolution. A number of companies are already launching low satellites in low orbits. This has the advantage of lowering the cost of launch and decreasing the power required to …