Recently announced results of research in Canada and in the US are bringing exciting encouragement to patients with a variety of dental and periodontal problems.
Researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton (Canada) announced they’ve created a technology that will allow patients to regrow teeth.
Using a miniaturized system-on-a-chip based on low (LPUS) technologythat delivers a non-invasive way to stimulate jaw growth and dental tissue healing, the tiny device will be able to fit comfortable inside a patient’s mouth, mounted easily on an orthodontic or “braces” bracket or even a plastic removable crown. This innovative technology would effectively eliminate the need for artificial bridge implants.
Researchers hope to have a marketable product within the next two years.
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Breakthroughs in dental research point to being able to regrow teeth
“Is It Plugged In?” – A Case of Technology Overload?
My three year old grandson was “playing” the piano this morning. He looked up and asked me, “Is it plugged in?” I laughed at first, but then my mind started wondering about how his little mind during all of his three years has been inundated with electronics. He has known little else. Even the guitar he asked for last Christmas when he was two, was electronic. This Christmas Santa brought him his first DS game system. Is this good, o.k., or not so good? What will life be like for his children regarding electronics and technology? I cannot even begin to imagine. Who knows, today’s media electronics may then [...]
Solar panels to be micro-sized in the near future
The products including some sort of solar charger continues to grow – from backpacks to clothing. Now the technology is progressing so that we may soon see solar cells that are thinner than human hair!
Sandia National Laboratories have been developing glitter-sized photovoltaic cells made from crystalline silicon that are fabricated using microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) techniques. Measuring around 14 to 20 micrometers thick and 0.25 to 1 millimeter across, these cells are expected to be cheaper and more efficient that current solar cells.
Sandia’s lead investigator Greg Nielson said these cells would be wrapped around unusual shapes for building-integrated solar, tents and possibly clothing. The latter would allow consumers to walk around and charge up simultaneously. Hunters, hikers [...]
Green Gadgets for your home
This is a guest post by Danielle Brycz from Verde Lifestyles, an online eco-friendly home décor store.
When I think of green technology for the home, my mind jumps to energy saving devices and appliances. But there’s so much more!
Most of the products we use have eco-friendly alternatives. Take your daily routine. You wake up, hit your alarm clock, turn on your bedside lamp. Then you shower with a low-flow showerhead, blow-dry your hair, eat breakfast, and are out the door with your backpack or briefcase.
Besides conserving water and turning off your lights when not using them, did you consider greener options the last time you made a purchase? It’s just [...]
New process uses less energy for desalination
Desalination – the ability produce much needed freshwater from seawater – has always been an expensive and energy-intensive proposition. But Vancouver, B.C. cleantech company Saltworks Technologies (http://3.ly/TXO) is about to revolutionize the industry.
Utilizing an innovative thermo-ionic energy conversion system, Saltworks will be able to reduce energy by harnessing low.temperature heat and atmospheric dryness. The system works best in the dry regions that need water.
“The greatest challenge for the desalination industry is to increase the energy efficiency of the process faster than the price of generating electricity from fossil fuels,” says industry tracker Global Water Intelligence (GWI) http://3.ly/R2p.
With their innovative Thermo-IonicTM energy conversion system, Saltworks’ patent pending technology will use up to 80 [...]
Coming soon – connect your gadgets thru home Wi-Fi
By mid-2010, consumers will be able to connect their home electronic “gadgets” via Wi-Fi without a wireless network.
An industry group called the Wi-Fi Alliance has just completed a set of technical “rules” called Wi-Fi Direct to guide consumer electronics companies planning to add this new capability. Now cell phones, cameras and computers will be able to “talk” to each other directly.
Only one gadget will need to have the new Wi-Fi technology to make two-way connections. This technology overlaps with that of Bluetooth, whose wireless technology already has gadget-to-gadget connection capability allowing consumers to send videos and other bandwidth-hogging files around the house.
Things could be getting a little simpler. Add this to [...]
Environmental Facts & Possibilities at Bioneers
More from Bioneers 2009
Nina Simon gave tribute to Spokane, Washington, which has achieved a real environmental transformation from their previous insular status.
“They’ve come a long way in creating an ecological, healthy and socially just world,” Simon said.
Her partner/co-founder Kenny Ausubel commented on the upcoming Copenhagen environmental summit. Even should we be able to reach the rigorous goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, he said, the world would still reach a 7 degree Farenheit (4 degree Celsius) rise in temperature.
He outlined a bleak picture of climate chaos as seen by Mark Linas in his book Six Degrees.
For balance, Ausubel spoke of a global “first” – that climate leadership will be a presidential issue in Brazil’s [...]
Minnesota to test removing VOC’s from landfill
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has created a pilot project to remove volatile organic compound (VOC) contamination from the closed Waste Disposal Engineering landfill in Andover, Minnesota.
The state is testing what it calls “soil vapor extraction technology” to remove and contain the landfill contamination from an underground hazardous waste pit. They anticipate the project will continue until the end of the year.
“We are anticipating that this project will prove to be a success. If it is, we will focus on designing a permanent extraction system at the WDE site,” said John Moeger of the MPCA´s Closed Landfill Program.
This process of ”cooling, condensing and compressing gases”, as the state calls it, will pull gas [...]
Activeion taps water to clean
Water. We drink it, bathe in it, swim in it. We even fight over it. But use it to clean?
Activeion Pro (as in active ion) is a hand-held sprayer. With its ec-H2O (electronic converted water) technology, its electrical charge “activates” tap water, converting it into a multi-purpose general cleaner. Acting like a magnet, the activated water attracts and loosens dirt from a variety of surfaces for easy cleaning, leaving no residue.
Introduced last February and verified by the Environmental Protection Agency and an independent laboratory, this chemical-free cleaning system eliminates 99 percent of bacteria and organisms including e-coli, salmonella and the MRSA virus from hard non-porous surfaces. It cleans stains, dirt [...]
Asia’s Eco-Cities Cities: Songdo, Korea and Meixi Lake, China
This month’s Forbes magazine has an article entitled “Asia’s Smart Metropolis: South Korea’s Songdo and China’s Meixi Lake are spending billions on intelligent networks with an eco-vibe” where companies such as Cisco and 3M are highlighted.
What’s missing in this discussion is smaller technology company I’m an advisor to called Innotive. It’s led by my two close friends, Jimmy and Peter, who I did my first two startups with. Innotive is an integrated platform that allows for the convergence of rich media content through an interactive, zooming interface. It powers interactive displays at retail stores, such as BMW and Nike, and provides a control room solution to manage CCTV camera monitoring [...]