February 2012
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Single molecule's electric charges seen in first... →
singularitarian:
Researchers have shown off the first images of the “charge distribution” in a single molecule, showing an intricate dance of electrons at tiny scales.
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Spacecraft assembled for first private shot to ISS →
A private spaceship is one step closer to launching to the International Space Station. SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule and Falcon 9 rocket have been assembled in Florida, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday.
The two will probably launch in late April on an uncrewed mission to test the Dragon capsule’s ability to rendezvous and dock with the station.
Observers will be watching the launch...
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Researchers create fabric that converts body heat...
Researchers at Wake Forest University have developed what could be the green personal energy source of the future— your clothing. …They’ve created a fabric consisting of carbon nanotubes that uses minor temperature variations across your body and in your environment to generate electricity.
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WatchConsumer-Grade Robotic Exoskeletons To Hit Market This Year:
The company began its evolution in 2005 with the ExoHiker, an exoskeleton that allows able-bodied people to carry 90 kg (about 200 pounds) with minimal exertion. The company’s engineers at first thought it would take 5 kilowatts to power such an exoskeleton, which would have meant bulky batteries and motors. The breakthrough...
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WatchThe Brain Chemistry of Love
(via Your Brain in Love and Lust: Scientific American Video)
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Activating neurons with quantum dots →
unexpectedtech:
Being able to switch neurons on and off and monitor how they communicate with one another is crucial for understanding and, ultimately, treating a host of brain disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, and even psychiatric disorders such as severe depression.
Doctors and researchers today commonly use electrodes — on the scalp or implanted within the brain — to...
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WatchThe Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions of Lives
The NASA Biocapsule—made of carbon nanotubes—will be able to “diagnose” and instantly treat an astronaut without him or her even knowing there’s something amiss. It would be like having your own personal Dr. McCoy—implanted under your skin. It represents one of the most significant breakthroughs in the history of medicine, and...
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When Will The Post-PC Era Arrive? It Just Did. →
There has been much debate about what the post-PC era is, when it will arrive, or whether it’s already here. But key pieces of new data, emerging last week, are making the case that we crossed the imaginary line from the “PC” era to the “post-PC” era at the end of 2011.
According to analysts at Canalys, two major computing milestones were achieved at the end of this year: smartphone shipments...
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Nanowelding With Light – Amazing Possibilities →
A team of engineers at Stanford has demonstrated a promising new nanowire welding technique that harnesses plasmonics to fuse the wires with a simple blast of light.
At the heart of the technique is the physics of plasmonics, the interaction of light and metal in which the light flows across the surface of the metal in waves, like water on the beach.
“When two nanowires lay crisscrossed, we...
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HUD Google Glasses are real and they are coming... →
Another huge milestone for Wearable Technology today
They are in late prototype stages of wearable glasses that look similar to thick-rimmed glasses that “normal people” wear. However, these provide a display with a heads up computer interface. There are a few buttons on the arms of the glasses, but otherwise, they could be mistaken for normal glasses. Additionally, we are not sure of the...
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“If history is any indication, we should assume that any technology that is going...”
– Bill Buxton, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, author Sketching User Experiences
From: Reshaping the Way We Think about RFID | ThingMagic’s RFID Blog - Radio Frequency Identification Company and Industry News
(via smarterplanet)
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Civilian drones to fill the skies after law... →
THE hobbyist was testing the camera on board his small uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV), when he spotted it: a creek in Dallas, Texas, running red with blood.
He’d captured a picture of a stream of animal blood flowing north away from the Columbia Packing Company’s meat-processing facility. Acting on the visual evidence, investigators monitored the plant before raiding it last month. The company...
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