Zane Oxenham

Chinese Scientists Created One Of The Stretchiest Materials Known To Science By Linking Polymer Coils With Carbon Atoms. The Elastic Hydrogel (HG) Stretches Up To 15x Its Size Before Reverting To Its Original Shape, Unlike Traditional HGs. The HG, Tested With Robot Grippers, Proved Gentle On Fragile Items, Hinting At Wide Commercial Use.

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Scientists Have Developed A Self-Sustainable Wearable Device, Called Wearable Microgrid, Capable Of Harvesting Energy From Sweat And Body Movement To Power Small Electronics Quickly And Continuously. The Washable Wearable Device Comprises 1) Sweat-Powered Biofuel Cells, 2) Motion-Powered Devices And 3) Energy-Storing Supercapacitors.

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Researchers Have Innovated A Supercapacitor (Stores electric Energy) That Stretches To 8X Its Original Size While Being Fully Functional Without Wear Or Tear. And It Loses A Few % Points Of Energy Performance After 10,000 Cycles Of Charging And Discharging. The Device Could Be Used In, E.G., Wearable Electronics Or Biomedical Devices.

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A Scientist Has Developed A Wearable That Monitors And Uses An Autism Patient’s Heart Rate, Sweat Production, Skin Temperature, And Arm Movements, All Synchronized To A Clock, To Predict, With 84% Accuracy, Future Aggressive Outbursts 1 Min In Advance. The Device Could Help Caregivers Prepare For/Alleviate Outbursts Ahead Of Time.

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Stanford Researchers Have Developed An App, Called GuessWhat, That Would Speed Up Autism Diagnoses, Which Currently Takes About Half A Day Or More Of Clinical Observations. GuessWhat Works By Taking A Video of A Kid Acting Out A Concept. The Video Is Than Analyzed Using Machine Learning Algorithm To Determine The Probability Of Autism.

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I Have Always Wondered Why Some Folks Get Depressed During Shorter Days. Well, Researchers Seem To Think That It Has Something To Do With The Pathway That Light Sensing Cells, In The Retina, Use In Connecting With The Brain. When The Cells Connect Through Said Pathway, During Shorter Days, People Get Depressed. Hmm!

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Switzerland Has Now Joined New Zealand And Reggio Emilia, A City In Northern Italy, To Ban Cooks From Boiling Lobsters Alive; This Is All Thanks To The Efforts Of The Animal Right Movement. I Definitely Think It Is Inhumane To Cook Any Animal Alive; See If More Countries Follow Suit.

Another country has banned boiling live lobsters.…