World’s first 3D-printed office!

Dubai has opened the world’s first functioning 3D-printed office building, part of a drive by the Gulf’s main tourism and business hub to develop technology that cuts costs and saves time.

The printers used a special mixture of cement, a Dubai government statement said, and reliability tests were done in Britain and China.

The one-storey prototype building, with floor space of about 250 square meters, used a 20-foot by 120-foot by 40-foot printer, the government said.

“This is the first 3D-printed building in the world, and it’s not just a building, it has fully functional offices and staff,” the United Arab Emirates Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Mohamed Al Gergawi, said.

“We believe this is just the beginning. The world will change,” he said.

The arc-shaped office, built in 17 days and costing about $140,000, will be the temporary headquarters of Dubai Future Foundation — the company behind the project — is in the centre of the city, near the Dubai International Financial Centre.

A pup named Potato?

Bella and Max are top dogs in New York City. The city Health Department announced that it registered 1,127 dogs named Bella and 1,073 named Max in 2015. Bella has been the city’s most popular dog name since 2008. That’s when the last of Stephenie Meyer’s vampire-themed Twilight novels featuring heroine Bella Swan was published.

But some dog owners took their inspiration from the pantry and the garden.

The Health Department says it licensed 27 dogs named Bean, 17 dogs named Raisin and 15 dogs named Potato last year. A total of 605 licensed dogs answered to Daisy, the most popular flower name. There were also 10 Tulips, four Primroses and two Daffodils. Names that were popular with certain breeds included Snoopy for beagles and Tyson for boxers.

Robot security patrolman with ultra-red vision

This hi-tech robot packed with cameras and sensors could be the security guard of the future. The robotic patrolman has been created to watch empty places on graveyard shifts and warns humans about intruders.

The groundbreaking machine has been called RAMSEE and designed by Gamma 2 Robotics. It is reported that its main features include infrared vision, laser radar navigation, 360 degree cameras, heat sensors — and toxic gas detection.

“RAMSEE will change the world of security because it never rests and operates at a fraction of the cost paid for other security services,” said Lew Pincus, chief executive officer, Gamma 2 Robotics.

“We built RAMSEE to be ideally suited for the overnight dull, dirty and dangerous patrols nobody wants to do,” he continued. “These are the jobs for which the security industry struggles to find staffing.”

We wish you good luck RAMSEE!

Luckiest frog ever!

What would you do if you accidentally ran over a frog while mowing the lawn? Would you carry on, or would you arrange for it to be airlifted 500 miles away to a specialist vet clinic?

The latter is what Min Tims, a woman from Queensland did. She was horrified to realise she had sliced into the green tree frog’s head, especially as it is an endangered species.

So she refused to just let it die. She persuaded Rex Airways to fly the animal 500 miles to Cairns, where it was met by staff from a specialist vet clinic, Frog Safe Inc. The frog was suffering from two internal parasites as well as the cut to his head.

But after giving him medicine to clear up the problems, he’s now making a full recovery. It is reported that his wound has healed and he has is doing well.

Published in Dawn, Young World, July 9th, 2016