Source: http://gizmodo.com/new-ultralight-ceramic-cubes-can-be-squished-and-recove-1633644849
A CalTech scientist and her team just announced the development of one of the strongest and lightest materials ever created. It's light enough to float like a feather, and so uniquely strong, it can be crushed and completely recover its shape. And—get this—it's made of ceramic.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/3d-systems-chefjet-printers-2014-9
One company, however, has gone a different direction, designing 3D printer that turns sugar into gorgeous geometric confections in your own kitchen.
“They work a lot like making frosting,” Liz von Hasseln, co-inventor of 3D Systems' ChefJet, told Business Insider. “If you’ve ever made frosting and left the bowl overnight in the sink, you’ll know that it gets quite hard and that’s essentially what happens inside the ChefJet Printer.”
After tweaking the existing technology to print layers of sugar, they printed their friend’s name as a cake topper and a business was born. The von Hasselns quickly realized the potential of their invention and established Sugar Lab, designing and printing 3D candies in flavors like mint, sour cherry, and vanilla.
The machines are roughly twice the size of a microwave and look like something one would see on a futuristic cooking show hosted by Spock.
The technology is still limited to sugar, but the ChefJet and ChefJet Pro come with a sort of “digital cookbook” that’s organized by food types. If you’re working on a wedding cake, there’s a cake section. If you’d like to make sugar cubes or candy, there’s a section for that, too.
But don’t expect to run out and buy a ChefJet or ChefJet Pro anytime soon. In its current iteration, ChefJet is meant for the professional market, to be used alongside other industrial kitchen equipment by pastry chefs, molecular gastronomists, and mixologists.
In other words, this is not the next microwave — yet. But as the science continues to evolve, von Hasseln does see additional practical uses for her invention.
“We’re at the v! ery begi nning of 3D printing,” she added. “This is a very exciting time.”
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Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-watch-anti-theft-security-2014-9
Apple chose to stay silent on some key topics about the Apple Watch during Tuesday's launch event. The battery life was skimmed over, and it wasn't clear what kind of security would be going into the device. But as technology reporters are getting to test out the Apple Watch, we're learning more about how it will work.
Mashable has reported on the clever way that the Apple Watch will prevent thieves from gaining access to your credit cards. The Apple Watch will include NFC payment using the Apple Pay system, meaning that customers can link their credit cards to their watch in order to pay for items by holding their watch near a special sensor.
That will make the watch a tempting target for thieves.
There have been questions over how secure the Apple Watch actually is, as it seems to have weaker security when compared to NFC payments on the iPhone 6. Customers need to hold their finger on the Touch ID fingerprint sensor on the new iPhone before paying for items.
Apple Watch has no such feature.
Luckily, Apple has come up with a clever way to make the new watch secure. As Mashable notes, it works using the four circular sensors on the back of the device. Two of the sensors are infrared, and the other two measure light. Apple uses these sensors to measure things like your heart rate. But it's also using the sensors to tell when the Apple Watch is on your wrist. If you take off the watch, then the device's screen locks you out. You need to enter a code on the Apple Watch before it can be used for payments again.
SEE ALSO: What An Actual Watch Expert Thinks Of The Apple Watch
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/these-ant-sized-radios-might-power-the-internet-of-thin-1633891966
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