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4D PRINTING AND SELF-ASSEMBLY. "We're proposing that the fourth dimension is time and that over time static objects will transform and adapt. The idea behind 4D printing is to use the sheer power of biology and modify it. But it is still an illusive goal." https://lnkd.in/evravgg View in LinkedIn

CUTLERY AFFECTS FOOD CONSUMPTION. "Consumption behaviours can change with the shape of the glass, the size of the plateware, and the size of the cutlery with which a person eats." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/2044-7248-2-21/fulltext.html View in LinkedIn

DNA BRICKS. "The researchers created just over one hundred different designs, including chinese characters, numbers and fonts, using hundreds of tiles for a single structure 100 nanometers (billionth of a meter) in size. The approach is simple, robust and versatile." https://lnkd.in/eg_eHnF View in LinkedIn

SIXTH DEBATE. "If we confirm that fat is a basic taste quality, it's the equivalent of saying chartreuse is a primary color ... It changes our basic understanding of what taste is." https://lnkd.in/eQy2TqQ View in LinkedIn

PROGRAMMED DNA BRICKS. "DNA "building bricks" akin to Legos, can be programmed to assemble themselves into precisely designed shapes, such as letters or emoticons." https://lnkd.in/eg_eHnF View in LinkedIn

SIXTH TASTE? "But some scientists are now making the case that we should also think of fat as the sixth primary taste, along with sweet, salt, sour, bitter and umami. people usually can't even describe what a solution with pure fatty acids tastes like. "They'll say they know it's different from water, but they don't know why ... We don't have any vocabulary to describe the sensation." " https://lnkd.in/eQy2TqQ View in LinkedIn

CODESCRIPT AND THE BIOCHEMICAL MACHINE. "The sequence of nucleotide bases occurring in an organism’s DNA is often regarded as a codescript for its construction. However, information in a DNA sequence can only be regarded as a codescript relative to an operational biochemical machine, which the information constrains in such a way as to direct the process of construction." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%252Fs12304-013-9196-2 View in LinkedIn

LIFE IS CARBON. "The primary element that makes up more than 99% of all matter in living organisms is Carbon. It has a great ability to bond to other atoms so it becomes easily capable of creating multiple bonds. This ability makes it the basis for organic life." https://lnkd.in/e9UN6pm View in LinkedIn

THE PROGRAMMABLE WORLD MAP. "At each stage of human evolution we have used the tools and knowledge of the day in our efforts to achieve control of our bodies, our minds, and our surroundings. Now on the horizon are new kinds of tools for programming our world, from the micro to the macro-scale, from our minds and bodies to our cities and ecosystems." http://www.iftf.org/our-work/people-technology/technology-horizons/when-everything-is-programmable/when-everything-is-programmable-forecast-and-technology-cards/ View in LinkedIn

SENSORY VEST. "As humans, we can perceive less than a ten-trillionth of all light waves. “Our experience of reality,” says neuroscientist David Eagleman, “is constrained by our biology.” He wants to change that. His research into our brain processes has led him to create new interfaces — such as a sensory vest — to take in previously unseen information about the world around us." https://www.ted.com/talks/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_senses_for_humans?language=en View in LinkedIn