Japan has a new cafe where customers can enjoy coffee brewed and served by a robot barista. Robot barista named “Sawyer” makes a coffee at Henn-na Cafe, meaning “Strange Cafe” in Japanese,…
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5 Children get 3D-printed Lab-Made Ears Grown From Their Own Cells
Scientists in China have used a breakthrough technology to grow new ears for five children born with an ear defect called microtia. Cartilage-forming cells were taken from the children’s ears and used…
Saildrone to provide valuable ocean data
Ocean research that seeks to monitor what is happening in the ocean environment—counting fish, assessing food resources, monitoring endangered species included—provides vitally important answers. A company called Saildrone is stepping up to…
Changing the color of 3-D printed objects
3-D printing has come a long way since the first rapid prototyping patent was rejected in 1980. The technology has evolved from basic designs to a wide range of highly-customizable objects. Still,…
New type of virus found in the ocean
A type of virus that dominates water samples taken from the world’s oceans has long escaped analysis because it has characteristics that standard tests can’t detect. However, researchers at MIT and the…