The World's Lightest Material Ever Created

Chinese researchers have been busy inventing some of the coolest stuff you couldn't even imagine.  Graphene aerogel weighs just 0.16 milligrams — or, if you’re having a problem conceptualizing that, a cubic meter weighs just 160 grams (5.6 ounces) (from here).  This material is light, spongey, and has the potential to do a world of good.  Imagine a huge oil spill occurs in the middle of the ocean.  Now we may have just the material to drop, absorb, and lastly, reclaim the natural resource/pollutant.  Scientists are still developing the material more and thinking of uses.

Perdy cool.

World One Tower - Mumba, India

World One Tower is set to be completed in 2017.  This will be the tallest residential building to ever be built at a height of 442 meters, 117 floors.  Here is some awesome footage from a crane.  The architect behind this project is Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and the structural engineer is Leslie E. Robertson Associates.  I'm looking forward to seeing the final project next year.  Here is the official website.

Filed Under Design: 3D-Printed Implants

 

I'm really intrigued with the technology out there that enables designers, engineers, medical professionals, and artists to be able to help the fellow man. This is a really cool project by Sebastiaan Deviaene that enables him to use video-game-like software to build 3D-printed materials that would work as reconstructive material for the human body. You can read the full article over at Dezeen.

Now that I'm studying engineering, though not bioengineering, this is all very interesting to me.  I cannot wait to see how technology will impact the medical field in the future and how we'll be able to make leaps and bounds in terms of helping those around us.