UCLA 3D prints an artificial “brain” that could breed new autonomous vehicles

A team from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in Los Angeles, California, have applied 3D printing to create a “seeing” device modeled on the human brain. Appearing as a series of neatly stacked plastic plates, this device is capable of…

UCLA Researchers Design Low-Cost Smartphone Blood Tester

The smartphone is probably the most exciting computing tool human beings have at their disposal.  You can do amazing and important things, like take billions of selfies, play Candy Crush, stare at it instead of looking at people, take videos…

Need to Detect Mercury in Your Water Supply? There’s an App for That

You’ve got to love Aydogan Ozcan. The UCLA professor is coming out with new laboratory equipment that relies on accessible technology every few months now.  He and his team have previously released a system for detecting Albumin and a smartphone…

3D Printed Microscope Detects Diseases in Humans

In the near future, you may be able to take out your smartphone, attach your 3D printed microscope adapter, and take a look at the contents of — well, pretty much anything really, including bacteria and viruses that may be…