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3D-printed organs may soon be a reality. ‘Looking ahead, we’ll not need donor hearts’

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  Last year, in San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Arturo Bonilla carefully implanted an outer ear on a 20-year-old woman born without one. The ear on the woman’s right side, had been constructed in the size and shape of her left. For Bonilla, a pediatric microtia surgeon (a doctor who treats birth defects of the ear) for more than 25 years and a recognized expert in the field, such a procedure would normally be routine. But this case had a twist: For the first time, the ear he was implanting was the product of a 3D bioprinter using the woman’s own cartilage cells. The implant procedure, Bonilla told me, was “very uneventful.” It is a vast understatement, all things considered. From the realm of near-fiction to the germ of an idea to actual science, 3D bioprinting is advancing across all aspects of medical research—and, now, practice. The pace is slow, and target dates for some of the most ambitious 3D plans are decades off. But progress is real. “I think that in 10 years we will have organs ...

AI comes to the farm: New technology tackles acres of weeds quickly by using robotics and lasers

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  Farmers interested in a fast, accurate way to rid their fields of weeds have a new option  in the AI space   Carbon Robotics is now shipping its LaserWeeder to farms around the United States; the machine uses the power of lasers and robotics to rid fields of weeds. Weeds are one of the most "tedious, time-consuming and challenging" elements of farming, Carbon Robotics told Fox Business via email.  The LaserWeeder can eliminate over 200,000 weeds per hour and offer up to 80% cost savings in weed control.  Carbon Robotics CEO and founder Paul Mikesell "knows farmers and has a lot of friends who are farmers," he said.  He decided to use his background in computer science, AI deep learning and business to create the LaserWeeder, he told Fox Business in a recent interview. "We grow a fair amount of vegitables  up here between Washington, California, Oregon and Idaho," said Mikesell, whose company is in Seattle. The "match that lit the fire" in d...

INDUS-X: India, US to expand strategic technology partnership and defence industrial cooperation

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  With an aim to expand the strategic technology partnership and defence industrial cooperation between the two countries, India-US Defence Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X) was launched by the defence departments of India and the US on Wednesday, informed an official press release. A factsheet was released for operationalising the “Defence Innovation Bridge” under the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) at the event, according to the official release by the Ministry of Defence. iCET was announced by US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2022 for cooperation on critical and emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, semiconductors and quantum computing. The event also saw a first-of-its-kind joint showcasing innovative technologies by Indian and US start-ups. 15 Indian start-ups and 10 US start-ups, from multiple domains of maritime, AI, autonomous systems and space showcased their technologies to Indian and US stakeholders.