SciTech Daily: New Method Developed to Create “Food Inks” for 3D Printing Fresh Vegetables

SciTech Daily published a research article on a new method to develop “food inks” for 3D printing vegetables. This research was a collaboration between SUTD, NTU and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and the article included quotes from Prof Chua Chee […]

RIE News: At the Speed of Light

RIE News featured research by Associate Prof Dawn Tan on a technology she developed that allows photonic integrated circuits to unlock their potential as high-resolution 3D photonic structures in ultra-high speed communications. SUTD researchers have developed a technology allowing photonic integrated […]

Phys.org: Research team extends 4-D printing to nanophotonics

Phys.org published a research by SUTD to extend 4-D printing to nanophotonics. This research is led by Associate Prof Joel Yang and the first author is PhD student Zhang Wang.   (a) Different colors as printed, compressed and recovered respectively, observed […]

Phys.org: Light confinement in a 3-D space

Phys.org published research by Associate Prof Dawn Tan and research fellow Dr Gao Hongwei on 3D multiphoton lithography that may enable better photonic circuits. Original link: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-confinement-d-space.html a) 3D spiral waveguide. (b) Suspended air-bridge waveguide; inset shows the input and output coupling […]

Vasantham Seithi: Prosthetic Arm – New Hope for Singapore’s Healthcare

Vasantham channel’s Seithi (news) programme interviewed Assistant Prof Subburaj Karupppasamy and Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s Principal Prosthetist Trevor Binedell on their research collaboration to fabricate a non-metallic, self-locking 3D printed prosthetic arm for a patient. It is also 20% cheaper […]

Channel 8, Using the shells of insects to manufacture in Mars

Channel 8 News featured Asst Prof Javier Fernandez’s research paper on manufacturing in Mars. First author, PhD student Ng Shiwei, was interviewed while co-author Assoc Prof Stylianos Dritsas was featured operating the 3D printing facility. Original Link: https://www.8world.com/news/singapore/article/ci-main-living-in-mars-1304171   【科技一点通】昆虫壳研发出新材料 可在火星上制造出居住空间  美国宇航局最近证实在月球上探测到水分子。这项发现可能开启人类全新的未来。如果资源充足，将来人类到外太空时，或许就能从月球补充物资。要是能在星球上采集水源，建筑材料和种植食物，人类长期居住在太空中的梦想将成为现实。 火星是太阳系中，环境和地球最相像的星球。科学家两年前在火星上发现液态湖，近期更探测到三个新的地下水体。这对孕育生命至关重要。 然而火星资源极度有限，要如何造屋定居，进行长时间探索是一大挑战。本地研究员就利用了昆虫壳研发新材料，只需一只机械手，就能以3D技术打印出住所。 昆虫高蛋白可制成太空餐，而昆虫壳其实还有用途。100克昆虫壳可提取出6到9克的甲壳素。与醋酸混合后掺入火星土壤模拟物，就能生产出大约700克材料。倒入模子凝固，就能做出一把坚固的扳手。这是新加坡科技设计大学三名研究员，花了一年多时间研发出的新建筑材料。只要将它倒入3D打印机，即使远在火星上，也能制造出工具和居住空间。 新加坡科技设计大学工程产品开发博士生黄诗玮表示：“在地球上所遇到的资源逐渐短缺，在太空探险方面其实是非常相似的问题。我们都想要找到一个不要有任何排气物，然后可以可循环的制造方式。我们可以完全地从火星的土壤中取出水分，或者是利用一些生物，带过去的生物制造出我们所需要的物品。” 研究团队正同一些宇航员和大学研究所探讨技术的可行性，未来可能带到月球进行测试。 为加速太空研究，欧洲航天局和英特尔两个月前通过卫星，将人工智能技术送上太空。名为PhiSat的实验卫星，具备高光谱热像仪和智能相机芯片。通过人工智能算法，它能把那些被云层大面积覆盖的图像过滤掉，只发送有用的图像到地球，节省约三成的宽带需求。预计这类人工智能卫星未来功能将更强大。 英特尔Movidius技术办事处负责人乔纳森伯恩：“我们想测试以卫星提供服务。例如经过野火地区，我们就能使用特别计算法探测火灾。在海面上则能探测和追踪船只。另外也能探测预防卫星是否会发生撞击，目前这一般由地面监控。但随着更多更小的卫星入轨，人们要监控将更困难，所以需要卫星自行监控。” 团队花了四个月完成软硬件测试，之后再用一年时间克服火箭，疫情和夏季风带来的挑战，才成功将人工智能卫星送入轨道。 文:  李赠谊