Bioengineering /
Translational Medicine
"Stem cells can be used to heal the damage in the brain caused by Parkinson's disease, according to scientists in Sweden.
The disease is caused by the loss of nerve cells in the brain that produce the chemical dopamine ,which helps to control mood and movement.
High Speed Rail /
Maglev Train
Aerospace /
Internet For All
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics /
Future Of Work
Microsoft
Translational Medicine
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| Parkinson's is one of the commonest neurodegenerative diseases |
The disease is caused by the loss of nerve cells in the brain that produce the chemical dopamine ,which helps to control mood and movement.
To simulate Parkinson's, Lund University researchers killed dopamine-producing neurons on one side of the rats' brains.
They then converted human embryonic stem cells into neurons that produced dopamine.
These were injected into the rats' brains, and the researchers found evidence that the damage was reversed."
High Speed Rail /
Maglev Train
- Japan Gives Maglev Train Green Light (Wall Street Journal)
- Faster than a speeding bullet: Japan places future bet on maglev trains (BBC)
".. maglev, or magnetic levitation, trains that can reach speeds of 506 km/h (315 mph).
The costs for these next-generation trains are eye-watering. Japan expects to spend more than $100 billion on the recently announced proposal to build a maglev rail to run the 286-km distance between Tokyo and Nagoya."
Aerospace /
Internet For All
- Elon Musk wants to bring the whole world online with affordable satellites (Engadget)
- Will Internet Access Via Drones Ever Fly? (Wired)
"Project Loon plans to bring internet access to remote locations via a network of high-altitude balloons. As Google describes it, “People can connect to the balloon network using a special Internet antenna attached to their building. The signal bounces from this antenna up to the balloon network, and then down to the global Internet on Earth."
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics /
Future Of Work
- Will YOUR job still exist in 2025? New report warns 50 per cent of occupations will be redundant in 11 years time
- Fast Forward 2030
Microsoft
- Microsoft reports 127 per cent rise in Surface sales
- Microsoft plans big Patch Tuesday this month with 16 bug fixes. Users of Windows and other Microsoft software will receive a slew of updates on Tuesday, including five rated as critical (CNN)
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