Printable light
Wafer thin and dazzling white. By adding tiny LEDs to a kind of ink, lighting firm , based in Coeur d鈥橝lene, Idaho, has invented a light source that can be printed onto nearly any surface. The special ink forms a conductive layer that shines when powered up. Claimed to be the world鈥檚 thinnest LED lighting, Lightpaper could be used to print glowing wallpaper, posters or paper-like electronic displays. The company is also thinking about printing lamp shades for lamps that would not need bulbs.
鈥淓very PC in the company is useless and all of the content files have either been stolen or destroyed or locked away鈥� Following a major cyberattack on the company last week, a Sony Pictures employee sums up the situation to entertainment website
Send in the robots
. Last week, healthcare technology company , in Cambridge, Massachusetts, sent a shipment that included a VGo telepresence robot to an Ebola treatment unit in Liberia. The robot will allow doctors to link up remotely with colleagues based elsewhere to discuss cases and approaches to treatment via a video feed. If all goes well, similar robots could be heading to clinics in Sierra Leone.
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