According to the American Red Cross, Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) could save up to 50,000 lives each year. It also suggests that Americans should always be within four minutes from an AED and someone trained to use it. So what makes AEDs so groundbreaking in First Aid? They’re easily accessible, simple to use, and highly effective with just a little bit of training.
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Moving Healthcare Forward: Meet Silicon Valley’s New Medical Office
Disruption is permeating all industries, and the healthcare field is no exception. A man recently underwent 3D printed skull implant surgery. Scientists are working on making food from thin air and electricity. Nima’s portable sensor lets you analyze food on the go. Forward, a new company backed by many Silicon Valley veterans, is rethinking the way we do medical check-ins. People are describing their solution as a combination of the Apple Store and “Westworld.” Come with us on a tour of the possible future of medicine.
AI for Your Front Lawn: LG Reveals Lawn Mower Robot
Mowing your lawn is a bi-monthly (sometimes more) chore that is a rite of passage for many young kids. Your parents might pay you a few bucks for your help. Regardless, you were expected to do a high-quality job in return for some sort of life lesson about hard work. LG has a solution for parents and children: a robot lawn mower controlled by your voice. LG first announced the robot mower at the CES 2017 consumer electronics show. They then gave the first look at a prototype at the IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin.
Bosch Reveals X-Spect Scanner, Allowing You to Look Into Your Food and Fabric
If you track your gluten intake, you probably already know about the Nima Portable Food Sensor. It works to measure gluten amounts in your food when you place a sample of your meal into its testing canister. Bosch’s X-Spect scanner is a similar tool; you can measure your food’s freshness in addition to recognizing cloth type. It will even detect a stain on your clothes and instruct your washing machine on how to remove it. If your food is rotten, the scanner will tell you.
Stanford Wants You to Play a Video Game to Improve CRISPR
Stanford needs you to play video games. Seriously. In order to improve CRISPR, the famous gene-editing tool, a research group at the Stanford University School of Medicine has created a new challenge for their online video game, EteRNA.
China Aims to Leave the Hyperloop in the Dust with Supersonic Train
It’s hard to avoid headlines about Elon Musk. Just in the last few months, Elon and company released the Tesla Model 3, made a colossal energy deal with Australia, and drove a tech-savvy tiny house around the “land down under.” Even if you’re sick of hearing about Musk, it’s hard to deny the hype surrounding the man; he clearly has a “Midas touch.” Just look at our latest reviews for the Tesla Model 3, Powerwall 2, and Model S. But now, China Aerospace Science and Industry (CASIC) is challenging Musk’s Hyperloop with a concept of their own. If it works, it will leave Musk in the dust.
China’s Solar Energy Goal for 2020 Already Shattered in July 2017
China’s solar energy goal was 105GW. Now, the nation says, they’ll need to rework those numbers because of their solar rush. This has spurred renewable energy groups to call out Europe to increase its 27% renewable power target to 35% for 2020.
C.F. Møller Designs Sustainable School in Copenhagen
Whether it’s Dubai’s 1,378-foot self-sustaining Da Vinci tower or Harvard Engineer Jeff Wilson’s 352-square foot Kasita Home, the world is beginning to embrace the green construction industry. From eco-friendly architectural firms to robotic brick layers to recyclable building materials, wasteful construction sites and energy-sucking skyscrapers are being replaced by fully sustainable structures.
Case and point: The fully sustainable Copenhagen International School by C.F. Møller
Green Cat’s sCarabane Uses Solar and Wind Energy for Off-Grid Living
The idea of glamping (camping glamorously) has gone from parody to practice in recent years. Concurrently, the options available for green living have also multiplied. Ecocapsules will arrive in 2018, Volkswagen’s sustainable microbus is coming in 2022, and a Tesla tiny house is currently touring Australia. More recently, France’s Green Cat Technologies revealed the concept for the sCarabane. This self-sustaining caravan unfolds into a spacious camping area that utilizes solar and wind power to make you feel right at home.
No Remote Needed: BBC Develops a Mind-Control Headset for Your TV
For as long as science fiction has existed, we’ve dreamt of being able to harness the power of mind-control. This is becoming more reality than fiction these days. The number of fanciful possibilities based on this idea is infinite. Imagine driving with your mind, ordering pizza by concentrating, or playing a video game with nothing but your HTC Vive and thoughts. But one power you probably didn’t think of is changing the TV channel just by thinking. Couch potatoes, rejoice! BBC is developing a mind-control headset for your TV.
