Wearables made to warn of asthma attacks

People with serious asthma already know to avoid certain activities or situations, but even then, attacks can still occur. That's why scientists at North Carolina State University are developing a wearable early warning system known as the Health and Environmental Tracker (HET). Consisting mainly of a wristband and chest patch, the technology monitors patients' bodies and their environment, sending an alert when an attack may be imminent.

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Category: Medical

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• Asthma
• Wearable
• Breathing
• North Carolina State University

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3D printing tech lets you "edit" objects as they're being printed

One of the benefits of 3D printing for industry and smaller scale makers alike is the ability to do rapid prototyping, simply by printing a copy of a design and then tweaking as necessary. A new kind of printing system speeds up this process even more, by allowing for designs to be edited on the fly – as they're being printed.

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Category: 3D Printing

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• Cornell University
• 3D Printers

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Electric scooter channels the spirit of the penny farthing

In some ways, it makes sense to put small wheels on electric scooters – they accelerate quickly, and allow the vehicle to remain on the small-and-portable side. On the other hand, they can also easily get stuck in potholes, causing the rider to fly over the handlebars. A group of Montreal-based entrepreneurs have created what they see as a good compromise, in the form of the SnikkyBike.

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Category: Urban Transport

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• Scooter
• Electric Motorcycles

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Insect pests romanced by a sticky acoustic trap

You've probably never heard of huanglongbing – unless, of course, you're a citrus farmer. Then you'd know that it's another name for citrus greening disease – a tree affliction brought about by the Asian citrus psyllid, a pinhead-sized insect. To fight the blight, researchers have decided to appeal to the bug's romantic side by creating a trap that lures it in by playing the sound of a female psyllid.

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Category: Science

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• University of Florida
• Arduino
• Pests

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Saroléa upgrades its SP7 electric superbike for the TT Zero race

With competition heating up ahead of the 2016 SES TT Zero race, Saroléa unveiled the SP7 electric superbike it will race for the third consecutive year at the Isle of Man. Expanding to a two-rider outfit, the Belgian team fields an updated motorcycle and targets its debut podium finish.

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Category: Motorcycles

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Was Planet 9 born of a different star?

A team of researchers from Lund University, Sweden, has run a series of computer simulations to test the likelihood that the as-of-yet undiscovered Planet 9 formed in the orbit of an alien star. Whilst the planet has not yet been directly observed, evidence of its gravitational influence may have been observed perturbing the orbits of six Kuiper Belt objects, leading some to assert that Planet 9 boasts a mass around 10 times that of Earth.

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Category: Space

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• Lund University
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"Ray" of light – researchers power LED by connecting it to a fish

There's been a lot of talk about the most eco-friendly ways to generate electric power. Everything from using human waste to getting bacteria to do the job for us has been discussed. But researchers from Japan's RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC) may have just figured out the most natural way of getting electricity of all – straight from a fish known as an electric ray or torpedo fish.

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Category: Energy

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• Biofuel
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