The technological version of the traditional San Bernardo is here. The Interaction Design Program of the Danish School of Design, in Copenhagen, has developed the "messenger dog", a kind of technological suit that is placed on dogs so that, after a hurricane or earthquake, in addition to looking for the victims, they allow you to send text or video messages to facilitate your rescue.
Italian inventor Enrico Dini has created a three-dimensional printer that uses magnesium-based sand and glue to build rock-resistant objects and sculptures layer by layer. His dream now is to use this technology to create a giant printer with which to build habitable buildings on the Moon.
Engineers from the University of Florida (USA) have created a capsule that, after ingestion, warns that a patient has taken their medicine. According to Rizwan Bashirullah, creator of the invention, this smart pill is essential for patients who forget if they have taken their medication, or who simply get confused and do not take it daily.
At the University of Michigan (USA) they have developed tiny generators that could use the environmental vibrations produced by traffic or human transit to generate enough electricity to start a wristwatch, a pacemaker or a wireless device .
A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a percussionist robot, called Haile, that can analyze the sounds created by a human musician and accompany the rhythm by improvising others on the spot.
The Norwegian engineer Petter Muren has developed this mini helicopter, the smallest in the world, which has a 60 mm rotor and weighs only 3.3 grams. The Picoflyer is only a prototype, but its inventor thinks that in the future it could be very useful in surveillance operations.
The new tools of the digital age are revolutionizing cartography. The following projects, coming from different parts of the planet, show that the science of geography is in full evolution.
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