Katrina AntonioContact lens with built-in telescope could help people with blinding diseaseverified_publisherCNNCNN — Lights, mirrors, action! Scientists are developing smart contact lenses embedded with miniscule mirrors that can magnify your vision by almost three times. The 1.55mm-thick lenses incorporate a thin reflective telescope made of mirrors and filters; when light enters the eye it bounces off the …
Katrina Antonio'Cyborg' spinal implant could help paralysed walk againThe TelegraphParalysed patients have been given new hope of recovery after rats with severe spinal injuries walked again through a ‘groundbreaking’ new cyborg-style implant. In technology which could have come straight out of a science fiction novel or Hollwood movie, French scientists have created a thin …
Katrina AntonioNASA's Incredible, Futuristic, And Totally Real Plan To Establish A Human Colony On Venusverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Jessica OrwigNASA has plans to live on Venus. Seriously. In fact, up in the clouds above its scorching surface, Venus is "probably the most Earth-like environment that's out there," Chris Jones of NASA told Evan Ackerman at IEEE Spectrum. Forget Mars and its frigid temperatures and thin atmosphere when we can …
Katrina AntonioScientists find switch for controlling your dreamsverified_publisherVox - Susannah LockeHave you ever had a dream where you realized you were dreaming? The technical term is a lucid dream. And people who are lucky enough to have them can often control the dreams, as well. This week, researchers showed for the first time that they could use electrical stimulation to switch lucid …