This magnetic slime will save our insides 🧠
Happy Wednesday to you and your teams!
Isn’t it amazing to think how technologies keep reaching lengths we never thought they could? Prepare to be wowed by a piece of ooze/slime that we’ve learned to control and hopefully soon, use it to obtain objects in bodies, human or animals! More about this below ;)
Here’s what we’ve put together for your weekly Spark reads:
UpNow Health is looking for a CTO 👀
Test and run your online businesses quick with Gumroad 🏪
This magnetic slime will save our insides 🧠
Protecting our reefs with 3D printing 🐟
Taking over Web 3.0 🌐
💙 NEWS FROM OUR MATESUpNow Health is looking for a CTO 👀
Our mates at UpNow Health have been pioneering in the space of Digital Hypnotherapy, and are now looking for a CTO (leader!) to guide their Technology Team and accelerate the company ✨
UpNow Health was founded by Christine Deschemin, a certified clinical hypnotherapist in Hong Kong. As her and the team aims to improve mental and physical health that is non-invasive, safe and serves long-lasting results, they’ve launched UpNow to make hypnotherapy and its impacts also accessible to everyone.
Know anyone who might fit well?
Solid programmer (node.js or .Net/Core #)
Have a knack for managing and growing people
Team leader with a proven track record in delivering mobile applications and delighting users
Passionate about helping others and the mental health sector
Based in/close to Hong Kong
🤸 FUN PRODUCT WE LOVETest and run your online businesses quick with Gumroad 🏪
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💭 TECH FOOD FOR THOUGHTThis magnetic slime will save our insides 🧠
Yup, that’s a controlled robot! Hong Kong scientists have created a one-of-a-kind “slime robot” that is magnetically manipulated to obtain ingested objects, or many other real-world applications you could think of!
To create the slime, they mixed neodymium magnet particles (what allows it to be controlled magnetically) with household detergent borax and the resin polyvinyl alcohol. It is then coated with silica to hypothetically make it safe to use for the human body. The slime also has “visco-elastic properties” so that it behaves like a liquid when you touch is gently and slowly, and behaves like a solid when you touch it quickly. Amazing! How else do you think we could innovatively use this slime?
🌱 TECH FOR SUSTAINABILITYProtecting our reefs with 3D printing 🐟
Coral reefs, found in warm or shallow waters, cover less than 1% of the ocean floor but is home to more than 25% of marine life!
Known also as biodiversity hotspots, coral reefs have been struggling under global and local issues like climate change, declining water qualities and overfishing. And when affected, the rest of the ecosystem surrounding it is also affected. Companies like Reef Design Lab (RDL) have been looking at how technology can help protect and restore reefs, particularly with 3D printing!
Using their patented technique, RDL has built 3D-printed artificial coral reefs using ceramic, that are fully customizable to each ecosystem and location!
💥 WHAT’S ON @ SPARKMATETaking over Web 3.0 🌐
We’ve joined the bandwagon! For the past months, the tribe has been gearing up to dive into the world of Web 3 (i.e. talking to experts, doing hands-on workshops, fun competitive sprints). And with that, we’ve also kickstarted our Web 3 projects to help our mates create their decentralized solutions (more info when they’re ready!) 😉
Have you and your teams been looking at Web 3 solutions yourself, or are thinking to bring your projects to Web 3? Have a chat with us, see if we could help you in any way! Great, valuable coffee calls/chats guaranteed 💪
Exciting things are happening every day ⚡️ Follow us on social media to stay tuned!