No Battery Required Technology and Gold iPhone

The latest articles discuss rumors of Apple making a iPhone that is covered in gold and the possibility of printing living tissue in the future.

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-No battery required for this new wireless device.
A device that is being developed by the University of Washington that uses television and Wifi signals for a device communication and taps into random signals. This technology is known as “ambient backscatter” and could potentially create networks of devices and senors that can transmit information by reflecting existing signals to exchange information, without the need of those things we call batteries. As this technology continues to move forward this type of device could achieve a lot. For example, the senors in this technology could sense issues with a bridge and report them to people that repair bridges - by using this wireless technology. This technology could also be put into cell phones so phones could use this technology if they ever ran out of battery.

-The next iPhone will come in gold?

The title is a bit misleading. According to reports, there will be a "gold" color option. Previously, the iPhone was only available in black and white. It of course won't be the real gold - just the color. Were only about 3 weeks away until the official Apple announcement of their next iPhone.

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-Printing tissue - will it ever be possible?

The Scripps Research Orthopedics lab is testing out bio-artificial cartilage made from cow tissue. They have also successfully printed cartilage in tissue removed from patients who have undergone knee replacement surgery. Medical clinics around the world are studying if it could be possible to print cells, without killing or effecting them that could hurt the individual.  There are still many obstacles to overcome before this can be even concerted "safe" or "easy to do". Many companies are just becoming to develop technology that is even capable of just testing this complicated procedure. For now, researchers such at the Scripps Research Orthopedics Lab will continue to test and develop these medical procedures. Many of the experts in this article claim that the idea of printing organs that could be used for long periods of time is at least 20 years away. Maybe by 2033 we will see this type of technology in our hospitals.

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