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Promo Video for My Current Documentary Project, RACING HEART
2008-02-24 04:53:00 This is a promo for RACING HEART, which is currently in pre-production as I try to find funding for it. It’s a really good, inspirational story that I think a lot of people will be able to relate to. So, if you have anywhere from $1 to $10,000, I am currently looking for benefactors to ... More About: Video , Videos , Documentary , Racing , Current
Using an Electroencephalograph Cap to play Video Games? Sweet!
2008-02-20 18:10:00 The end of “Nintendo Thumb”!?! At Emotiv, we believe that future communication between man and machine will not only be limited to the conscious commun- ication that exists today, but non-conscious communication will play a significant part. Our mission is to create the ultimate interface for the next-generation of man-machine interaction, by evolving the interaction between ... More About: Video , Video Games , Games , Play , Sweet
Creationists Eat Your Heart Out: Worlds oldest animal aged to 4000 years
2008-02-19 19:05:00 Texas A&M University researcher Brendan Roark announced last week at American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) that age and growth studies of deep-sea gold corals (Geradia sp.) and black corals (Leiopathes glaberrima, pictured left) indicate these animals live between two and four millennia, repectively. Science Magazine covers the story here, the press release ... More About: Animal , Heart , Worlds , Years , Creationists
Solar cell directly splits water for hydrogen
2008-02-19 19:01:00 Plants trees and algae do it. Even some bacteria and moss do it, but scientists have had a difficult time developing methods to turn sunlight into useful fuel. Now, Penn State researchers have a proof-of-concept device that can split water and produce recoverable hydrogen. “This is a proof-of-concept system that is very inefficient. But ... More About: Solar , Cell , Hydrogen , Water , Solar cell
Google behind Photoshop?s new Linux compatibility
2008-02-19 18:46:00 I would really like to see Linux develop into a real competitor. It’s 75% there…they just need to make it a little more compatible and a little more user-friendly so the mainstream will be able to adopt it. From APC Mag: Google recently confirmed in a blog posting that it had paid Codeweavers to help ... More About: Photoshop , Compatibility
Tests on sunscreen nanoparticles ?reassuring?
2008-02-19 18:40:00 Early studies on the safety of zinc oxide nanoparticles used in sunscreens are reassuring, say scientists. But the studies still can’t tell us the actual risk of using products containing these tiny particles. Two of the first Australian studies on the safety of zinc oxide nanoparticles will be presented later this month at the International Conference on ... More About: Nanotechnology , Sunscreen , Tests
Scientists Explore Consciousness
2008-02-19 18:35:00 An international team of scientists led by a University of Leicester researcher has carried out a scientific study into the realm of consciousness. The scientists have made a significant step into the understanding of conscious perception, by showing how single neurons in the human brain reacted to perceived and nonperceived images. more>>> More About: Explore , Scientists , Consciousness
Three-parent embryo formed in lab
2008-02-07 19:50:00 Scientists believe they have made a potential breakthrough in the treatment of serious disease by creating a human embryo with three separate parents. The Newcastle University team believe the technique could help to eradicate a whole class of hereditary diseases, including some forms of epilepsy. The embryos have been created using DNA from a man and two ... More About: Parent
New Process Makes Nanofibers In Complex Shapes And Unlimited Lengths
2008-02-07 18:58:00 ScienceDaily (Feb. 6, 2008) ? The continuous fabrication of complex, three-dimensional nanoscale structures and the ability to grow individual nanowires of unlimited length are now possible with a process developed by researchers at the University of Illinois. Based on the rapid evaporation of solvent from simple “inks,” the process has been used to fabricate freestanding nanofibers, ... More About: Shapes , Complex , Unlimited , Process
Scientists Map Signaling Networks That Control Neuron Function
2008-02-07 18:49:00 Mouse neuron showing multiple neurites with fan-shaped growth cones. (Credit: UCSD School of Medicine) ScienceDaily (Feb. 4, 2008) ? In the first large-scale proteomics study of its kind, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have mapped thousands of neuronal proteins to discover how they connect into complex signaling networks that ... More About: Networks , Scientists , Control , Function
Electromagnetic Railgun Blasts Off
2008-02-07 18:45:00 Try to avoid getting hit by one of these! A supersonic bullet is fired with a record-breaking 10 megajoules of muzzle energy. By Brendan Borrell Last week at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, in Dahlgren, VA, a seven-pound bullet emerged from a truck-sized contraption at seven times the speed of sound and sent a visible shockwave through the ...
Norway eyes robot care for elderly
2008-02-07 18:39:00 By Aasa Christine Stoltz OSLO (Reuters) - Household robots may help human carers look after the growing number of elderly Norwegians in years to come, enabling them to live longer and more comfortably in their own homes, a project leader told Reuters on Thursday. Norway faces a growing shortage of health care staff over the next ... More About: Robot , Eyes , Care , Elderly
Engineers demonstrate nanotube wires operating at speed of commercial chips
2008-02-07 18:37:00 Integrated circuits, such as the silicon chips inside all modern electronics, are only as good as their wiring, but copper conduits are approaching physical performance limitations as they get thinner. Chipmakers have hoped that carbon “nanotubes” would allow them to continue using thinner wiring as they pack more devices into chips, but no one had ... More About: Commercial , Speed , Engineers , Operating , Chips
Time travellers from the future ?could be here in weeks?
2008-02-07 18:29:00 1.21 gigawatts of electricity: Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd in the De Lorean time machine from Back to the Future The first time travellers from the future could materialise on Earth within a few weeks. Physicists around the world are excitedly awaiting the start up of the £4.65 billion Large Hadron Collider, LHC - the most ... More About: Time , The Future , Weeks
Nanotechnology: Entirely New Way Of Storing Gas Created
2008-02-07 18:23:00 ScienceDaily (Feb. 5, 2008) ? A new process for catching gas from the environment and holding it indefinitely in molecular-sized containers has been developed by a team of University of Calgary researchers, who say it represents a novel method of gas storage that could yield benefits for capturing, storing and transporting gases more safely and ... More About: Nanotechnology , Tire
The next big thing - ?s-commerce?
2008-02-07 18:19:00 The next big thing - ’s-commerce’ “They’re calling it shops or ’s-commerce’ and it’s being rolled out in cities and towns nationwide. “It’s a real revelation,” according to Malcolm Fosbury, an engineer from Hillingdon. “You just walk into one of these shops and they have all sorts of things for sale.” Fosbury was particularly impressed by a ... More About: Commerce , Thing
MIT Special Reports: Neuroengineering
2008-02-05 08:00:00 Armed with advanced imaging techniques and a growing knowledge of how the brain works, neuroscientists are increasingly intervening to try to fix everything from severe depression to Parkinson?s disease. The age of engineering the brain has begun. more>>> More About: Special
MIT Special Reports: 10 Emerging Technologies
2008-02-05 07:59:00 This year, as every year, we present our list of the 10 technologies we find most exciting?and most likely to alter industries, fields of research, and even the way we live. The list comprises projects in a broad range of fields. more>>> More About: Technologies , Special
Dangerous Chemical
2008-02-05 06:47:00 A student at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair, April 26. In her project she urged people to sign a petition demanding strict control or total elimination of the chemical “dihydrogen monoxide.” And for plenty of good reasons, since: 1. it can cause excessive sweating and ... More About: Chemical , Dangerous
For all you metal fans out there
2008-02-05 06:33:00 The new Bullet for My Valentine is like old Metal lica but catchier, which suits their name, because they are fast and hard like a bullet but also slow and catchy like a love song too. Good production value you can tell their label fronted them a lot of dough. I’m going to see ... More About: Fans
Funny Video about Robot Overlords
2008-02-05 05:17:00 Head over to IEET for a hilarious video! More About: Video , Funny , Robot , Funny Video
FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping
2008-02-05 05:02:00 CLARKSBURG, West Virginia (CNN) — The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people’s physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists. But it’s an issue that raises major privacy concerns — what one civil liberties expert says should concern all Americans. The bureau ... More About: Tattoo , Palm , Mapping , Prints
Entire Synthetic Genome Created
2008-01-26 20:15:00 John Roach for National Geographic News January 25, 2008 Scientists yesterday announced that they have successfully created an entire synthetic genome in the lab by stitching together the DNA of the smallest known free-living bacterium, Mycoplasma genitalium. Experts are hailing the research as an important breakthrough in genetic manipulation that will one day lead to the “routine” creation of ... More About: Entire , Synthetic , Tire
Nano circuit offers big promise
2008-01-26 20:13:00 The first computer circuit to be built on a single molecule has been unveiled by researchers in the US. It was assembled on a single carbon nanotube, a standard component of any nanotechnologist’s toolkit. The circuit is less than a fifth of the width of a human hair and can only be seen through an electron microscope. The ... More About: Nanotechnology , Offers , Circuit , Nano , Promise
NEW PODCASTING THE SINGULARITY!
2008-01-26 17:45:00 In this podcast I interview James Hughes from the World Transhumanist Association. More About: Podcasting
Self-Paced Brain-Computer Interface Gets Closer to Reality
2008-01-17 17:23:00 Using the human mind to control computers could lead to a wide range of applications, such as giving people with limited motion the ability to operate machines. However, translating thoughts into actions is a great challenge for researchers. How can a system determine which thoughts should be acted upon, and which thoughts are merely personal ... More About: Reality , Computer , Interface , Brain , Closer
The Naked Ear: A fully implantable hearing aid is showing promise.
2008-01-17 16:35:00 A hearing aid is a straightforward device. Its microphone collects sound, its electronics amplify it, its tiny loudspeaker sends the sound into a tube placed in the ear canal, and the power comes from a disposable battery. There’s just one problem: people hate hearing aids. They get lost. They’re hard to wear while sleeping. They ... More About: Promise , Hearing
Japan Expo Showcases Latest Humanoid Robots
2008-01-17 16:25:00 TOKYO ? A robot math whiz breezes through a Rubik’s Cube, using metal hands to twist and turn the colorful toy. A panda robot uses sensors to detect when people are laughing, and joins in. A dentistry student peers into the mouth of a new patient ? a humanoid practice robot with a complete set ... More About: Japan , Robots , Expo
Researchers Control Robot With Brain Signals
2008-01-17 16:17:00 Scientists in Japan have succeeded in controlling a humanoid robot with signals from a monkey’s brain. Martyn Williams, IDG News Service Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:40 AM PST Scientists in Japan have succeeded in controlling a humanoid robot with signals picked up in the U.S. from a monkey’s brain and transmitted across the Internet, they said Tuesday. The research, ... More About: Robot , Control , Brain
Wow, The Singularity really IS near! DUCK!
More articles from this author:2008-01-15 19:22:00 This is an awesome article so be sure to check it out: Mind Controlled Bionic Limbs More About: Duck 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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