One of the awesome things about Twitter is the robust community of Science Communicators who work together sharing their expertise, their experiences, and sometimes silly things like using Rock & Roll to get a point across. The story of the Corsi-Rosenthal box is a long one that spans the country and the Internet of things.Continue reading “American “CR box” Pie”
Category Archives: STEM Evangelism
Self-driving Cars and Stuff
Background Human beings with two functioning eyeballs have what researchers call stereoscopic (or binocular) vision. In other words, you see with both eyes. However, the brain delivers a cyclopean (one-eyed) perception of that binocular reality. The visual cortex then processes the images formed in the eye that subsequently activate the retina and so forth andContinue reading “Self-driving Cars and Stuff”
Shining the Light of Truth … on Your Blood?
What if I told you … that shining a laser on a blood sample could tell you whether or not your symptoms were due to a virus or a bacteria? What if this handheld biosensor could detect virus antibodies too? The simple fact that there is no need to send the test off and waitContinue reading “Shining the Light of Truth … on Your Blood?”
3D Printable Surgeons
Made you look. No, we’re not printing doctors, we’re just on our way to printing better surgical interventions. In the image below, you can see the progression of how a 3D printed surgical procedure might go. (a) Inject a bunch of bio-ink goo onto the right spot and then (b-c) build an anchored scaffold outContinue reading “3D Printable Surgeons”
This IS NOT Your Brain On Drugs!
One of the challenges facing drug makers is the eventuality of human trials. Obviously, there is some danger in that eventuality that requires a great deal of testing prior to that stage of the game. A team of researchers from both China and the USA have developed a way to 3D print cells onto aContinue reading “This IS NOT Your Brain On Drugs!”
Lite Brite Cancer Therapy
Did you know that you can wrap up misbehaving cells with attitude-adjusting nano-sheets and ‘show them the door’? Well, now you do. A team of scientists at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University have created Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nano-sheets that become activated by a thing called Near Infrared Radiation (NIR). Here’s howContinue reading “Lite Brite Cancer Therapy”
Itsy Bitsy Micro Depot
The thought of pulling tape off of your skin is not pleasant. Imagine taping your skin with tape full of needles. Wut? Sounds worse than it is. Let me explain. Introducing the detachable hybrid microneedle depot (d-HMND). The picture above has a little white bar indicating the scale size of 3 millimeters. The itsy bitsyContinue reading “Itsy Bitsy Micro Depot”
Perceptron Shock … the Newest Transformer
Well … not really, but it made you look? A research team at South Ural State University in Chelyabinsk Russia is working a neural network design for making the shock absorbers in your car work better than ever before. There are three ways to do this. Passive (old school) springs or gas pistons that reallyContinue reading “Perceptron Shock … the Newest Transformer”
Hot & Muggy Batteries
You might have noticed that arid environments make it easy to build up static electricity, and you might recall that Ben Franklin pulled some power from a thunderstorm with his kite experiment. Did you know that high humidity and the right metal combination can result in a battery? People have been thinking about this effectContinue reading “Hot & Muggy Batteries”
Antibacterial Laser Tattoos
OK … not really, but yeah sort of. Researchers at Purdue University transform regular copper (Cu) into laser-textured copper (LT-Cu) capable of killing a number of bacterial strains including MRSA in anywhere from 40 to 120 minutes. The short story on this technique is that the laser etches micron (one thousandth of a millimeter) andContinue reading “Antibacterial Laser Tattoos”
Clark Vangilder's Cognitions 