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By Alvaro Fernandez

The goal of Stanford University Media X is to foster collaborations between industry and academia. The 5th Annual Media X Conference on Research, Collaboration, Innovation and Productivity, which I was fortunate to attend, served its purpose well. Let me share the 10 Key Trends that every business executive and innovator should be paying attention to:

1) Personal Robotics is poised to explode soon (predicted by Paul Saffo). It usually takes 20 years science basic science exists until applications reach inflection point and take the world by storm-and we are about to see that happen. Some indicators: DARPA sponsored first robotics attempts in mid-80s, and now we have applications such as the Roomba vacuum-cleaner, and a fully automated racing car. Prof. Kenneth Salisbury showed how there are robots today with great motor skills-i.e., they can unload a dishwasher!

2) Brain Computer Interfaces. Prof. Krishna Shenoy explained how, for many people who can’t move/ communicate well, new systems enable the translation of brain signals into control signals, by implanting electrodes in brain that measure signals and help predict behaviors based on response pattern recognition There are already applications today that help people move cursors based on their thoughts.

3) Clean Technology: Scott Z. Burns, co-producer of An Inconvenient Truth, explained how Al Gore was reluctant to make the movie, but he was convinced to participate given the increasing threat of global warming. Al Gore saw an analogy between the movie and a bio-feedback device that her daughter used to treat her migraines. In biofeedback, one learns how to manage vital body variables in order to reach a goal (preventing migraines, managing stress…). Similarly, Gore wanted each viewer to find his or her own “levers” or “muscles” and ways to act -not just be told what to do.

4) Reinventing Aging: Prof. Laura L. Carstensen, of the Stanford Center on Longevity, explained how Technology & Science has been improving Biology for the last 150 years, and now we need to focus on how to help people remain physically fit and mentally sharp as we age. We need to redefine “aging”. Nowadays, there are many role models in their 70s and 80s that show how age is not an obstacle for being active contributors in society.

5) Virtual Simulations for medical education. Dr. LeRoy Heinrichs showed how simulations work very well to train surgeons and other medical professionals learn how to perform their jobs. Virtual simulations (in a simulated virtual environment) can work as well as physical ones (which typically are more expensive and less scalable).

6) Green Building and Green Cars. Prof. Gilbert M. Masters recommended reading the article “It’s the Architecture, Stupid!” to understand how buildings account for 35-45% carbon emissions in the US, more than transportation and industry.

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By Chester Filsaime

It is like a dream that you are running your car on water and if this dream becomes true in your life, you will be the happiest person in the world. Do not think that I am trying to tell you a science fiction. You have read a dozen of science fictions in which you have found various cars that run on water. Everyone who read those books often imagines that if s/he can run the car on water then how much money can be saved. It is true that if you pour water into the water tank of your car and try to run it on then it will not be possible. But it is possible if you use some advanced technology you can run your car using water as a fuel.

The advanced technology is called water fuel technology. With this technology you can make your dream true. The electronics devices that are used in this technology are capable to switch the water to fuel that has the energy to run your car engine. This technology has already been tested on the roads and it fulfilled the desires of most of the people.

Now the question comes to your mind that how can water run the car. Do not think that the water acts like gasoline or petrol or diesel etc. The matter is slightly different from that. The water becomes gas after electrolysis. Electrolysis is a process where electric is used to change the water into brown’s gas or HHO. You know that water is made of hydrogen and oxygen. The two hydrogen atoms get separated from the oxygen atom through the process of electrolysis. Electricity is needed for that and that electricity comes from the car battery. Through the electrolysis process the water splits into hydrogen and oxygen. You need to mix this oxyhydrogen with gasoline and you can get that needed energy from this mixture that is enough to run your car.

After electrolysis the water converts into two flammable gases. One is hydrogen and the other is oxyhydrogen. These two gases will act as fuels and help you to run your car on the road. If you can convert water into these two gases you can get the fuel without spending huge money. The electricity converts into chemical energy and this energy can be used as fuel. The advanced technology has made it possible that you can run your cur on water.

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