Nissan's Wireless Charging Electric Car

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Nissan's plug-free electric car Nissan has developed a revolutionary plug-free technology that it claims will make charging electric cars easier and faster. The wireless charging system is based on the concept of inductive charging, the same electromagnetic field technology used to charge an electric toothbrush. Nissan has scaled it up for use in their Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) electric car, which can charge in a compatible parking bay without the need for wires. Today's electric car owners, by contrast, have to carry a mains plug aboard to recharge. clipped from www.designboom.com electric power is supplied via magnetic induction from a primary power-supply coil in the parking surface to a secondary coil on the vehicle. when the primary coil is electrically charged, it generates a magnetic field that induces current in the secondary coil, and so charges the batteries with no wired connection clipped from www.nissan-global.com clipped from www.youtube.com New Nissan LEAF EV 2010 - Zero-Emission Car

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1. Nissan's plug-free electric car | Environment | guardian.co.uk
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CMR -- A Breakthrough In Storage Technology

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'Colossal' Magnetic Effect Under Pressure

(PhysOrg.com) -- Millions of people today carry around pocket-sized music players capable of holding thousands of songs, thanks to the discovery 20 years ago of a phenomenon known as the “giant magnetoresistance effect,” which made it possible to pack more data onto smaller and smaller hard drives. Now scientists are on the trail of another phenomenon, called the “colossal magnetoresistance effect” (CMR) which is up to a thousand times more powerful and could trigger another revolution in computing technology.

The structure models for F-type and A-type magnetic ordering in manganite in response to pressure. The arrows inside orbitals indicate the spin direction of d electrons.

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Visualize MR and GMR Heads in action Observe the physics of GMR in motion

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A “Colossal” Magnetic Effect under Pressure

Photo: Yang Ding (left) of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and Daniel Haskel (right) of Argonne shown with x-ray instrumentation used to probe the magnetic ordering of Mn ions in a manganite material at high applied pressures and cryogenic temperatures.

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Intelligent Bacterial Nanorobots

clipped from www.technologyreview.com Voyage of the Bacteria Bots Self-propelled microbots navigate through blood vessels. Researchers at the École Polytechnique de Montréal, in Canada, led by professor of computer engineering Sylvain Martel, have coupled live, swimming bacteria to microscopic beads to develop a self-propelling device, dubbed a nanobot. To do this, Martel used bacteria that naturally contain magnetic particles. In nature, these particles help the bacteria navigate toward deeper water, away from oxygen. "Those nanoparticles form a chain a bit like a magnetic compass needle," says Martel. But by changing the surrounding magnetic field using an extended set-up coupled to an MRI machine, Martel and his colleagues were able to make the bacteria propel themselves in any direction they wanted. clipped from wiki.polymtl.ca NanoRobotics Laboratory

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Research

Development of an upgraded MRI-based platform for tumor targeting and drug delivery

MRI-based tumor targeting enhancement with magnetotactic bacterial carriers

Development of MRI navigable biocarriers and biosensors in blood vessels

Magnetotactic Bacteria (MTB) based microsystems and methods for the implementation of computer controlled biocarriers and biosensors

Development of microsystems and phage-based biosensors propelled by MC-1 Magnetotactic Bacteria (MTB) operating under computer navigation control for the fast detection of pathogenic bacteria

Development of microfluidic-based microsystems and techniques based on magnetotactic bacteria being controlled through software algorithms for Lab-on-a-Chip and micro-Total-Analysis Systems (µTAS)

Platform for computer controlled automatic coordinated manipulations and operations by bacteria at the sub-micrometer scale

New MEMS-based bacterial microsystems

Autonomous bacterial microsystems and microrobots

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Thinking cap unlocks hidden genius

Australian scientist Allan Snyder says that "switching off" parts of the brain can unlock the hidden genius in all of us. This is achieved by stimulating parts of the brain with tiny magnetic pulses, induced by a hairnet-like cap.

clipped from en.wikipedia.org Savant syndrome Characteristics According to Treffert, something that almost all savants have in common is a remarkable memory:[1] a memory that he describes as "exceedingly deep but very, very narrow".[1] clipped from uk.youtube.com clipped from query.nytimes.com Savant for a Day people undergoing transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, could suddenly exhibit savant intelligence -- those isolated pockets of geniuslike mental ability that most often appear in autistic people. clipped from www.impactlab.com Special ‘Thinking Cap’ to Unlock Our Inner Genius There is a theory that the spark of genius lurks hidden within all of us.Now scientists are developing a ‘thinking cap’ that could turn that theory into practice and unlock the amazing potential of the human brain. The device uses tiny magnetic pulses to change the way the brain works and has produced remarkable results in tests. The ‘thinking cap’ can improve artistic ability and proof-reading skills after a few minutes, left, and Professor Allan Snyder who hopes to be able to produce creativity on demand clipped from www.centreforthemind.com

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