The possibility of restoring sight, even if it is only partially, to the clinically blind is a huge breakthrough and doing it using a bionic eye could very well usher a new era in Ophthalmology. Things seem to be running on course at the Monash Vision Group (MVG) of Monash University in Australia in their attempt to create and implant the first bionic eye. The lab Down Under has announced that early test results for the proposed micro chip that will be used in the bionic eye are “extremely positive” and at this rate the bionic eye could very well be a reality by 2014.

Micro chip for Bionic Eye

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The Summer Olympics are not too far away and London is shaping up to deliver the best ever Olympics till date. And while there will be millions of sights and sounds that will keep you occupied in London 2012, along with some spectacular performances from the world’s premier athletes, one thing that we will be looking out for is the swimming gear of the Swiss national team. Scientists at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne’s Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement have developed new swimsuit technology that could change the way athletes train forever.

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Remember ‘The Matrix’? A system controlled by machines that use human bodies as giant energy producing batteries. The concept might seem spooky to some and difficult to accept for others, but when plugged in using the right technology, human body indeed has the ability to generate considerably huge amounts of power; power that is currently going waste. This is no science fiction from Hollywood. This is not hypothetical technology that is still centuries away. It is real and it is already taking shape. Every breath that you take, move that you make, every single time your heart beats and blood gushes through your veins, every single one of those is an energy producing opportunity for modern science.

Do not freak out though as we are not turning you into giant batteries. In a world plagued by energy generation issues and limited fossil fuel sources that will run out sooner than later, smart energy creation is essential. And here are some breakthroughs that lead us on a path where one day we can charge up our ‘gizmos and gadgets’ all by ourselves…

The idea of video calling is being extended to a whole new level these days thanks to robotics. Recently we came across a Japanese technology that allowed a robot to deliver a hand shake of a person on the other side of a video conference. Now researchers at Stanford University are working on a monitor that will bring alive the emotions and subtle moments of those on the other side of the video call. The technology under development, will move your monitor in accordance with the movements and emotions of the person displayed on its screen

Robotic Computer Screen

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