Asteroid to barely miss earth Monday
• David Edwards via RawStory.comAstronomers have just discovered an asteroid that is expected come close enough to Earth Monday that it will be visible with amateur telescopes.
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No Surrender: A Music Video by Jack Gregson
• Youtube.comThis video is based on the song No Surrender by Bruce Springsteen, off the Born in the USA album. This video details moves by DHS, tech companies and military to use Biometrics along with the Cashless Society to create a Police State.
Australia's Plasma Thruster Could Get a Space Trial as Soon as 2013
• arcleinResearchers think the HDLT could eventually derive a five-hour burn in space from a single gram of propellant--the amount that chemical engines burn in the blink of an eye.
‘Bionic’ dog walks again after losing paws
• Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.comAn abandoned dog that lost all its paws to frostbite is now able to walk again thanks to four prosthetic limbs.
Japan hopes to convince public of nuclear reactor safety
• RawStory.comJapan began a campaign Sunday to convince communities hosting nuclear reactors to let operations resume, with several local governments blocking nuclear power generation after the atomic crisis in Fukushima.
Energy industry defends safety of ‘fracking’
• RawStory.comThe United States is seeing a natural gas boom thanks to discoveries of abundant shale gas, and at the same time a groundswell of opposition from critics who say the environmental risks from drilling are too great.
Arctic-crossing algae, whale show threat to Atlantic
• RawStory.comTiny algae and a whale native to the Pacific have crossed a thawing Arctic Ocean in what may portend a marine invasion threatening Atlantic fish stocks, scientists said on Sunday.
LulzSec hacker group says Internet rampage over
• RawStory.comLulz Security hacker group said that it has ended an Internet rampage that included cyberattacks on videogame companies, police, and even a US spy agency website.
Researchers take dinosaurs’ temperature with teeth
• RawStoyr.comScientists in California say they have for the first time devised a way to accurately take the body temperatures of dinosaurs -- by examining the creatures' teeth.
E. Coli: Some Answers, Many Questions Still
• Maryn McKenna via WIRED.comThe past few days have seen the simultaneous publication of the first vetted medical-journal pieces on the vast European outbreak of E. coli O104. They’re fascinating for what they report that is new about this perplexing epidemic
What You Learned About Static Electricity Is Wrong
• Ars Technica via WIREDTypically, it’s explained as a product of electrons transferred in one direction between unlike substances, like glass and wool, or a balloon and a cotton T-shirt
How to Make a Clock Run for 10,000 Years
• Dylan Tweney via WIRED.comHigh on a rocky ridge in the desert, nestled among the brush, is the topmost part of a clock that has been ticking for thousands of years.
Blind Runner Starts Off on 100-Mile Ultramarathon
• Erik Malinowski via WIRED.comStratford-upon-Avon is best known as the birthplace of playwright William Shakespeare. But this scenic town 100 miles northwest of London could be the sight of another tale worth retelling, that of Simon Wheatcroft.
British teenage hacker denied bail, diagnosed with autism
• RawStory.comA British teenager accused of attacking websites as part of an international hacking group was remanded in custody at a court Saturday, despite being diagnosed with autism.
Spy-Like Sunglasses Shoot and Share Videos
• Corinne Iozzio via PopSci.comRather than let life pass you by, save it. With the camera-equipped Eyez glasses, users can share point-of-view video without the clunky cameras and nettlesome file transfers that rabid uploaders typically endure.
Years After Crash Landing in 2004, NASA's Genesis Reveals Data About Solar Chemistry
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comBack in 2001, NASA launched a mission named Genesis toward the sun to collect solar particles streaming from our star and return them to Earth. Genesis arrived back on Earth right on time in 2004, but all didn’t go according to plan.
Obama Announces $500 Million Investment in Robots and Other Advanced Manufacturing Tech
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comRobots, nanotechnology and other manufacturing of the future can reposition the U.S. as a global technology leader and revitalize the nation’s flagging economy, President Obama said Friday morning.
Volkswagen Debuts Self-Driving 'Temporary Autopilot' For New Cars
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comDrivers of Volkswagens could soon forget about fender benders or lane drifting on the Autobahn — their cars will take care of those little problems.
An Ultra-Low-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet is Sufficient to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comPatients who consumed only 600 calories a day for two months were able to reverse their Type 2 diabetes, according to a groundbreaking British study. The research suggests a very low-calorie diet can remove fat that clogs the pancreas
Energy Scavenging
• arcleinIt’s called a “thermally activated cooling system” that gains much of its efficiency by using extraordinarily small microchannels which help to better meet the performance, size and weight challenges. It effectively combines a vapor compression cycle
D-Dalus - Startling New Aircraft Genre Shown at Paris
• arcleinThe D-Dalus (a play on Daedalus from Greek mythology) is neither fixed wing or rotor craft and uses four, mechanically-linked, contra-rotating cylindrical turbines, each running at the same 2200 rpm, for its propulsion.
Farewell Roadster: Tesla Will Stop Taking Orders for its Iconic EV in Two Months
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comWe knew the Tesla Roadster was fast, but not this fast: after just three years on the market, the Roadster is no more.
Australia's Plasma Thruster Could Get a Space Trial as Soon as 2013
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comA $3.1 million grant aims to change that, giving Australian National University physicists a lift that should help them see their plasma engine all the way to orbit aboard a European satellite within two years.
Nevada Is the First State to Pass Driverless Car Legislation, Paving the Way for Autonomous Autos
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comToday, Assembly Bill No. 511 passed, granting the Department of Transportation the authorization to draft a set of regulations and rules governing autonomous cars. Pop goes the champagne in Mountain View.
The Ultimate Tailgating Station Combines a TV, Wine Refrigerator, and Grill
• Gregory Mone via PopSci.comIf you can't drive it or shoot 10-foot flames from it, it's not a grill
Two years on, Michael Jackson’s death still a mystery
• RawStory.comTwo years after Michael Jackson's shock death, the mystery over exactly how he died continues to fuel legal wrangling, conspiracy theories and family strains over the King of Pop's clouded legacy.
IBM Produces First Integrated Graphene Circuit
• arcleinYorktown Heights, New York, may have overcome this problem with their new integrated circuit that consists of a graphene transistor and a pair of inductors compactly integrated on a silicon carbide (SiC) wafer. The wafer-scale fabrication process the
Flash Bainite Steel Technology
• arcleinFlash Bainite is the Strongest, Most Ductile, Lean Alloyed, Readily Weldable, Least Expensive Ultra Strength METAL known to man. A50 tensile ranges from 1100 to 2080MPa (160-302ksi) with 8 to 9% elongation. Total elongation up to 10-11% is not
One Camera With 40,000 Lenses Helps Prevent Blurry Images
• Robin Rowe via PopSci.comFor all its virtues, digital photography has yet to correct one age-old weakness: If you blow the focus, you’ve most likely lost the shot. An emerging lens system, known as plenoptics, will change that.
'Manhattan Project' of Insects Will Sequence Bug Genomes to Help Make Better Pesticides
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comPlant and human genome researchers have uncovered myriad pathways toward understanding health and longevity, determining genes that code for things like disease tolerance and nutrient needs.
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