China Science & Technology Forum

[Beidou2020]

Off Topic/Trolling posts.

If shuttler is trolling then 95% of PDF members should be banned for the same reason.

Without him, Chinese section loses such an incredibly valuable member providing lots of great articles on the development of China. No one here to going to replace him so the forum becomes dead, boring and full of trolls. Just look at the Vietnamese members such as BQ77 that constantly trolls yet nothing happens to him or atatwolf who does nothing but trolling.

Yet such a senior and irreplaceable member such as shuttler is the one that is banned. He is merely responding to trolls but he is the one that ends up getting banned whereas the instigators get off with a slap on the wrist. Very unfair.

Can you please tell us when shuttler will have his ban lifted? We all want him back ASAP and need a date so we can hopefully look forward to his return (if he decides to come back). He is the reason this particular thread has been doing well for so long.

If it's a permanent ban or a very lengthy ban, then can you kindly reduce the ban or lift the ban completely?

Thanks

 

[eazzy]

#BringBackOurShuttler

Seriously I don't understand why he is banned...

 

[Beidou2020]

The deadly Ebola virus has not made landfall in China yet, but in a country of 1.3 billion, that doesn’t stop people from wanting to be overly prepared, just in case.

Ebola test kits have just been given the ok for mass production in China by Shenzhen Puruikang Biotech Company, and this will be the first time a product of its kind will be released on a nationwide level.

According to the company, the test kit only needs a small sample in order to detect the disease, and results are produced within three to four hours. The test kits will be distributed to disease control centers around China.

With no effective way of controlling the virus once infection sets in, experts say that one of the most important ways to stop an outbreak is through early detection.

So far over 1,300 people have lost their lives to Ebola during the latest outbreak in West Africa. While there is no current vaccine for the virus, researchers in the US are currently testing new drugs based on a chimpanzee adenovirus. Human trials are to begin in September.

 

[BuddhaPalm]

Make sure we don't sell it to Viets, Pinoys, Indians and Japanese. Let them die from ebola while we and our allies survive.

 

[BuddhaPalm]

Looks like Ebola is spreading in India. Let them invent their own serum.

Exclusive: Is India ready to tackle the deadly Ebola virus? : India, News - India Today

 

[Götterdämmerung]

Make sure we don't sell it to Viets, Pinoys, Indians and Japanese. Let them die from ebola while we and our allies survive.

Don't be mean. Remember the Hippocratic Oath!

 

[TaiShang]

Wearable devices: China’s tech giants focus on next-gen gadgets

It’s not just Samsung, Google and Intel that are innovating to create the next generation of wearable devices. Chinese tech giants such as Xiaomi and Tencent are also looking at expanding their market.

In fact, just this week, Xiaomi launched a smart bracelet that can help monitor exercise performance. However, that’s just the beginning.

The company aims to further develop the technology to create a bracelet that can work as per pre-set preferences to help in household chores, switch on and off other devices and even decide which shows you’d prefer to watch on TV.

Watch this video for more on Xiaomi’s plans and the market for wearable devices in China.

 

[cirr]

Meet China's baby-shaped pears and heart-shaped melons

BEC CREW

FRIDAY, 22 AUGUST 2014

Image: Fruit Mould Co

Since the beginnings of agriculture, humans have been customising their fruits and vegetables to suit their needs. Early on, bigger fruits and higher yields were the most important considerations, and while these factors still outweigh the actual taste factor, other, slightly less pressing desires have come into play over the past decade or so.

Namely, people want to eat fruit that doesn’t look like regular fruit.

Which is how baby-shaped pears have come into existence. Grown by China-based manufacturing company, Fruit Mould Co., these strange little shapes have been selling like crazy in China, along with square-shaped apples, and heart-shaped watermelons and cucumbers. Their Buddha-shaped pears are apparently extremely popular.

The way these fruits are created, says Carl Engelking at Discover Magazine, is by placing very young fruits - still attached to their vines or branches - into a plastic mould. The moulds are then clamped shut with screws and shielded from direct sunlight using a sheet of tough, water-proof paper.

At a certain point in the fruit’s maturity, the mould can be removed and the fruit will continue growing into the desired shape. This last bit can be very tricky, and farmers have spent many years getting the final shapes right. According to Brian Ashcraft at Kotaku, it took farmers in Japan three years to perfect their version of the heart-shaped watermelon.

While this all looks like some frivolous fun, there is the opportunity to apply practical applications to this technology. Packing round fruits for transportation, storage, and display in supermarkets takes up lots of space, which means more money and trucks on the road, and securing their roly-poly shapes in trucks and display spaces takes time. The square watermelon idea originally came to be because Japanese supermarkets don't have a lot of room to display their large, round shapes, so local farmers developed easily-stackable square ones. Of course, they're around three times more expensive than regular watermelons, presumably due to the amount of work that went into their development, but as the technology ages, the prices should eventually come down.

See below for more images of Fruit Mould Co.'s current offerings:

Pears in their moulds. Credit: Fruit Mould Co.

Credit: Fruit Mould Co.

Credit: Fruit Mould Co.

Credit: Fruit Mould Co.

Credit: Fruit Mould Co.

Sources: Discover Magazine, Fruit Mould Co., Kotaku

Gallery: Meet China's baby-shaped pears and heart-shaped melons (Science Alert)

 

[Huaren]

人参果！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！

 

[cirr]

Is it a toy? Is it a jelly? No, it's a PEAR! Chinese farmer grows fruit in bizarre mould shapes and says 'kids love eating my babyfruit'

• Chinese farmer De He sells fruit in the shape of babies and Buddhas
• Cashing in on fairytale about baby-shaped fruit that gives immortality
• Says: 'Who can resist a baby? And who can resist fruit that looks like one?'

By SIMON TOMLINSON

PUBLISHED: 15:00 GMT, 15 May 2014 | UPDATED: 17:01 GMT, 15 May 2014

He believes they are a sure-fire way of getting children to eat fruit - and make him a healthy profit in the process.

But some think the bizarre produce being grown by one Chinese farmer is just too weird for consumption.

De He has been forcing pears on his farm near the city of Nanchang in south China's Jiangxi province into moulds that causes them to grow into the shape of babies and Buddhas.

That's a sweet trick: Chinese farmer De He has been growing baby and Buddha-shaped fruit by forcing them to grow into moulds on his farm near the city of Nanchang in south China's Jiangxi province

Bizarre: The fruits have been getting a lot of attention in local shops, but at £3 each they are ten times the price of ordinary fruit and reports suggest most people think they are 'rather weird'

He is hoping to cash in on an old Chinese fairy tale about a magic fruit in the shape of human infants.

The tale says that whoever eats such a magic fruit attains immortality.

He first practised by growing ginseng into the shape of a baby Buddha before making the human moulds.

He said: 'Who can resist a beautiful baby? And who could resist a lovely piece of fruit that looks like one?

'It occurred to me I would be on to a winner if I could market fruit in the form of perfectly formed, innocent babies and that has proven to be the case.

'Local supermarkets cannot get enough of the stuff.'

A wise move? De wants to expand his fruit-moulding business to make some super-sized edible babies out of watermelons and pumpkins

De wants to expand his fruit moulding business to make some super-sized edible babies out of watermelons and pumpkins.

He added: 'Parents are particularly happy. Junk food and sweet consumption is on the rise in China and making many children obese.

'Getting them to eat fruit in a fun way is important and they love eating the babyfruit.'

The fruits have been getting a lot of attention in local shops, but at £3 each they are ten times the prices of the normal shaped fruit.

And reports so far are that despite all the attention, few people are buying the fruits, with most seeming to think its 'rather weird'.


Read more: PEARS grown in shape of babies and Buddhas by Chinese farmer | Mail Online
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[TaiShang]

Chinese atomic clock given international recognition

BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese atomic clock has been accepted by international authorities as a primary basis for high-precision international atomic time, announced the National Institute of Metrology (NIM) on Thursday.

The cesium atomic clock, known as NIM-5 and developed by the institute, is a kind of extremely accurate time-keeping device. It can be accurate to within one second over 20 million years, according to Chinese media.

The nod from the Paris-based Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, the authority for international time and frequency standards, has made China the eighth country to calibrate the international atomic time, after France, the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and Russia.

Insiders said the clock could define a Chinese atomic time independent from GPS signals or other international time-keeping data.

 

[Beidou2020]

Great news.

 

[dlclong]

A spine model implanted with a 3D-printed artificial axis is displayed at Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, August 14, 2014. Chinese doctor Liu Zhongjun has successfully implanted an artificial axis produced by a 3D printer into the spine of a bone cancer patient. This was the first time that an axis produced by 3D printing had been implanted into a patient, according to Liu. Normally, a diseased axis would be replaced by a standardised, hollow titanium tube, said Liu. [Photo/Agencies]

Chinese doctor Liu Zhongjun poses for pictures with a spine model implanted with a 3D-printed artificial axis, at Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, August 14, 2014. Liu has successfully implanted an artificial axis produced by a 3D printer into the spine of a bone cancer patient. This was the first time that an axis produced by 3D printing had been implanted into a patient, according to Liu. Normally, a diseased axis would be replaced by a standardised, hollow titanium tube, said Liu. [Photo/Agencies]

A medical staff member displays a spine model implanted with a 3D-printed artificial axis at Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, August 14, 2014. Chinese doctor Liu Zhongjun has successfully implanted an artificial axis produced by a 3D printer into the spine of a bone cancer patient. This was the first time that an axis produced by 3D printing had been implanted into a patient, according to Liu. Normally, a diseased axis would be replaced by a standardised, hollow titanium tube, said Liu. [Photo/Agencies]

Chinese doctor Liu Zhongjun gives an explanation of the 3D-printed artificial axis he has successfully implanted into the spine of a bone cancer patient at Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, August 14, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]

A spine model implanted with a 3D-printed artificial axis is displayed at Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, August 14, 2014. Chinese doctor Liu Zhongjun has successfully implanted an artificial axis produced by a 3D printer into the spine of a bone cancer patient. This was the first time that an axis produced by 3D printing had been implanted into a patient, according to Liu. Normally, a diseased axis would be replaced by a standardised, hollow titanium tube, said Liu. [Photo/Agencies]

A spine model implanted with a titanium tube is displayed at Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, August 14, 2014. Chinese doctor Liu Zhongjun has successfully implanted an artificial axis produced by a 3D printer into the spine of a bone cancer patient. This was the first time that an axis produced by 3D printing had been implanted into a patient, according to Liu. Normally, a diseased axis would be replaced by a standardised, hollow titanium tube, said Liu. Picture taken August 14, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]

A spine model is displayed at Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, August 14, 2014. Chinese doctor Liu Zhongjun has successfully implanted an artificial axis produced by a 3D printer into the spine of a bone cancer patient. This was the first time that an axis produced by 3D printing had been implanted into a patient, according to Liu. Normally, a diseased axis would be replaced by a standardised, hollow titanium tube, said Liu. [Photo/Agencies

3D-printed implants just got one of their biggest real-world tests to date. Peking University Third Hospital has successfully implanted the first 3D-printed vertebra in a 12-year-old boy with cancer in his spinal cord. The bone substitute is made from titanium powder like many orthopedic implants, but promises to be both safer and longer-lasting than conventional replacements. Since it's designed to mimic the shape of the child's original vertebra, it doesn't need cement or screws to stay in place; healing should go faster, too. The construct is full of small holes that let natural bone grow inside, so it should eventually become a permanent, stable part of the spine that won't need adjustments at some point down the road.
CCTV notes that the full results of this surgery won't be available for some time. He'll have to wear gear that keeps his head and neck still for the next three months, and it will likely take much longer than that before we know how well the implant holds up in real-world conditions. If everything goes smoothly, though, the surgery will be proof that 3D-printed bones are useful virtually anywhere in the body -- and, in some circumstances, might save your life.

 

[BoQ77]

actually this is product of powder metallurgy.

 

[dlclong]

actually this is product of powder metallurgy.

actually you still always funny
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