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  • You have 3 ways to meet Massimo Banzi in the UK!

    You have 3 ways to meet Massimo Banzi in the UK!

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    Massimo Banzi and the Arduino Pro team will be crossing the Channel soon for a short tour of Southern England, touching base with long-time partners and meeting many new Arduino fans! 

    On July 11th at 4PM BST, Massimo has been invited to give a Tech Talk at Arm’s headquarters in Cambridge, as part of the company’s ongoing series where “leading experts cover topics across the industry, including artificial intelligence, automotive, consumer technology, infrastructure, and IoT.” Register now to attend the talk remotely, anywhere in the world.

    Fancy a pint and a fireside chat? Come and meet us in London at the Cittie of Yorke, July 12th at 6PM in Holborn. You can learn about Arduino’s latest products and future vision, straight from the co-founder himself. The event is free and no registration is required, but admission will be regulated depending on the venue’s capacity – get there early to save your seat!

    Finally, on July 13th we are excited to announce Arduino Pro will debut with a booth at Hardware Pioneers Max. Come visit us at the Business Design Center in London, booth #48, to chat with our experts. Not sure where to begin? Our demos make great conversation starters! At the show, look for these:

    • An industrial-grade computer built with a Portenta X8 and Max Carrier. The X8’s hybrid combination of microprocessor and microcontroller yields unprecedented flexibility to simultaneously run Linux apps and perform real-time tasks. Pair that with the Max Carrier and an 8″ screen and you have a secure and powerful computer to deploy advanced AI algorithms and ML on the edge. The Portenta X8 can also act as a multi-protocol gateway: data from onsite sensors and controllers (e.g. temperature, operation time, warning codes) are collected and processed thanks to the module’s supported industrial protocols, then sent to the Cloud or ERP system via Wi-Fi, LoRa®, NB/IoT or LTE Cat.M1.
    • A vibration-based condition monitoring system to detect anomalies with Nicla Sense ME. Developed in collaboration with SensiML, this solution makes great use of Nicla’s self-learning AI smart sensor – with integrated accelerometer and gyroscope – to measure vibrations generated by a computer fan. With the intelligence of a trained ML model, the system monitors the fan’s conditions and can determine whether it is on or off, if there are any shocks, and even if the airflow is simply sub-optimal.
    • A solution to monitor vineyard pests, thanks to Nicla Vision and MKR WAN 1310. Smart farming leverages machine vision and valuable data on pest behavior, seasonality, and population size to optimize manual interventions against the dangerous Popillia japonica. Insects are attracted by pheromones inside the trap, where a low-power sensing solution leverages an ML model trained, tested and deployed with Edge Impulse to recognize and count insects, sending real-time data via LoRa® connectivity to the Cloud for remote monitoring.

    And don’t miss Massimo’s talk, “Everything you think you know about Arduino is WRONG” at 4PM (see the event agenda). It’s your chance to find out how the brand that made tech accessible for the first generation of makers is now evolving to support a new generation of innovators.

    We can’t wait to see you there!

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  • Molecular 3D Printing Technique Could Recreate Chemical Environments of the Human Body

    Molecular 3D Printing Technique Could Recreate Chemical Environments of the Human Body

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    Scientists have developed an easy and affordable way to print biological environments without losing their chemical complexities.

    Biomedical engineering and the molecular sciences are among the many industries making use of 3D printing in order to find new ways to target drugs or develop human tissues and organs. Although a variety of 3D hydrogel systems have been developed, there are still limitations when it comes to developing more complex biological structures that include a controlled biochemical anisotropy.

    Now, a research team at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has created a unique 3D-Electrophoresis-Assisted-Lithography (3DEAL) platform which enables scientists to print 3D molecular patterns using hydrogels. This opens the door to the development of more complex biological environments.

    3DEAL is an easy-to-use and inexpensive technique to create more complex molecular patterns such as molecular gradients using hydrogels. This way, 3D hydrogel environments can be developed and retain their spatial control of chemical composition and functional patterns.

    It is based on the principles of native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (NPAGE) – a widely used molecular technique to analyze proteins.


    Fluorescent protein patterns with 3D hydrogels. (Image: QMUL)

    3DEAL offers improve robustness and lower costs for 3D molecular printing

    The 3DEAL incorporates an electrical field as well as a porous mask that is used to localize molecules in the hydrogel regardless of their charge and size. The researchers then went on to demonstrate the technique by creating complex molecular patterns from native proteins.

    Professor Alvaro Mata, the lead researcher of the project at Queen Mary’s School of Engineering and Materials Science, explained the potential uses for their 3D molecular printing process:

    “The human body is largely made up of anisotropic, hierarchical, and mostly three-dimensional structures. New ways to fabricate environments that can recreate physical and chemical features of such structures would have important implications in the way more efficient drugs are developed or more functional tissue and organ constructs can be engineered.”

    Other techniques such as stereolithography or photo-activated bioorthogonal reactions have been able to pattern proteins with hydrogels. However, such techniques require hydrogels with very specific optical properties and are limited in terms of depth of printing. In comparison, the 3DEAL technique allows for high-aspect ratio patterns. It can also be modified to print and pattern molecules.

    Some of the main advantages of the technique include its robustness, ease of use, cost effectiveness, as well as versatility to be used with various hydrogels and molecule types.

    The team plans to continue its research to assess more complex patterning and continue focusing on tissue engineering applications.

    The research was funded by the ERC Starting Grant Strofunscaff and has been published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.


    Fluorescently-labeled protein patterns within different types of 3D hydrogels 5. (Photo Credit: Queen Mary, University of London)

    Source: Advanced Functional Materials and Phys.org

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  • There Is A Huge Underground Farm Hiding 100 Feet Beneath London’s Streets

    There Is A Huge Underground Farm Hiding 100 Feet Beneath London’s Streets

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    The newest branch line of the London Underground doesn’t go anywhere. But it does produce a lot of nice food to eat. It’s an aquaponic farm, 100 feet below the surface, set to open this March.

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    With sky-high rents in central London, it made sense for the startup behind the project, Zero Carbon Food, to look for an unconventional farm site. And the location, beneath the Northern line, puts the produce near a lot of restaurant customers. That reduces the miles that food has to travel to reach the table. Zero Carbon Food is now selling stock online–you can see its full pitch below:

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  • Top Gear Tests the McLaren P1 Hypercar, Shows Why It’s the Most High-Tech Yet

    Top Gear Tests the McLaren P1 Hypercar, Shows Why It’s the Most High-Tech Yet

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    On the most recent episode of BBC’s Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson claimed that the McLaren P1 is a game-changing hypercar, and that it’s „a new chapter in the history of motoring.“ It’s a limited production plug-in hybrid, with the entire production of 375 units selling out by November 2013. For those who were fortunate enough to buy directly from McLaren, the vehicle would have set you back a cool $1.15-million USD.

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  • The Home Counties sinkhole that swallowed a CAR!

    The Home Counties sinkhole that swallowed a CAR!

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    Family flee village home after their VW disappears into 30ft-deep crater which appeared overnight

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    Ever had that sinking feeling when you open the front door in the morning and wonder where you left the car?

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  • Slim PS Vita model coming to the UK

    Slim PS Vita model coming to the UK

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    Sony has announced that the Slim Playstation Vita model will arrive to the UK on February 7.

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  • TomTato Plant Produces Both Potatoes and Tomatoes, Hits the UK

    TomTato Plant Produces Both Potatoes and Tomatoes, Hits the UK

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    No, this isn’t yet another genetically modified plant, but rather one that was created using a much simpler method. Called the TomTato, it’s created using a hi-tech grafting process and can yield more than 500 sweet cherry tomatoes as well as a decent crop of white potatoes.

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    According to its creator, Paul Hansford, „it can be planted from late April and produces trusses full of tomatoes which have a traditional tangy, sweet flavour from July to October and a good hearty crop of potatoes of a versatile variety, which can be boiled, mashed, roasted or made into chips, for late in the season.“

    Official Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2432094/TomTato-plant-produces-potatoes-tomatoes-sale-UK.html