How to make Nickel Acetate solution for use in electroplating
• http://www.youtube.com,This video shows the steps needed to make a nickel acetate solution (containing nickel 2+ ions) for use in home electroplating baths.
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An ultrafast nickel–iron battery
• http://www.nature.comUltrafast rechargeable batteries made from low-cost and abundant electrode materials operating in safe aqueous electrolytes could be attractive for electrochemical energy storage.
Ideal Solar Storage Batteries invented in 1902 by Edison are Rediscovered (Part 1) : Ian Soutar
• http://www.youtube.com, ideawavevideosIdeal Solar Storage Batteries invented in 1902
JAY LENO COMPARES NEW AND 100-YEAR OLD ELECTRIC CARS
• http://www.youtube.com, INCWORD2Leno road test his Baker Electric and the electric Ford Focus used on the Green Car Challenge
Head of ARPA-E Sketches Course for Energy Research
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Martin LaMonicaEric Toone, the principal deputy director of ARPA-E, discusses where the research agency is seeking technical breakthroughs in energy.
Watch As Dozens Of Dolphins Swarm A Fishing Boat In The Cayman Islands
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Julie ZeveloffWhat started out as a regular family fishing trip in the Cayman Islands turned into a once-in-a-lifetime experience for photographer Carl Silverstein.
17 Things That Make You Dumber
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Shlomo SprungWith all the talk about self-improvement these days, people don't pay enough attention to self-worsening.
30 Innovations That Will Change The World
• http://www.businessinsider.com30 Innovations That Will Change The World
Hookah Effects as Harmful as Cigarettes, Study Finds
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, HealthDay NewsSmoking through a hookah or bong is as harmful to the lungs as smoking cigarettes, a new study finds.
Glass shape influences how quickly we drink alcohol
• http://www.bio-medicine.org,Dr Angela Attwood and colleagues from Bristol's School of Experimental Psychology recruited 160 social drinkers aged 18-40 with no history of alcoholism to attend two experimental sessions.
Video: A Body-Cooling Glove Could Give Athletes a Better Boost Than Steroids
• http://www.popsci.com, By Colin Lecher... a body-cooling glove out of Stanford that researchers say might be more potent--and obviously much more legal--than steroids.
After Embryo is Washed of Disease, Healthy Purebred Baby Buffalo Born in the Bronx
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca BoyleThe first “genetically pure” bison produced from a cleansed and transplanted embryo was born in June, officials at the Bronx Zoo announced today. Now the zoo can expand its bison herd with only the purest samples of prairie cows.
As Hurricanes Approach, the Robotic Storm Chasers of the Future Are Ready
• http://www.popsci.com, By Clay DillowBetter hurricane predictions require better data--data that only lives at the center of the storm. NOAA is building the robots that will report back from the very eye of the hurricane
New Tests Could Divine a Baby's Genome Before Birth
• http://www.technologyreview.com,Courtney HumphriesThe blood tests may herald a new wave of noninvasive prenatal screening.
Nanoparticles Could Lead to Stronger Drugs, Fewer Side Effects for Cancer Patients
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Susan YoungA biotech company called Cerulean says its nanoparticle-delivered cancer drugs are better at attacking tumors.
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Army Doubles Down on ‘Garbled, Ineffective’ Next-Gen Radios
• David Axe via WIRED.comIn key moments during the U.S. Army’s latest war game for advanced communications gear, the troops’ high-tech new radios failed them.
Qatari Gas Company Hit With Virus in Wave of Attacks on Energy Companies
• Kim Zetter via WIRED.comThe Qatari natural gas company commonly known as RasGas has been hit with a virus that shut down its website and e-mail servers, according to news reports.
Apple Rejects App That Tracks U.S. Drone Strikes
• Christina Bonnington and Spencer AckermanIt seemed like a simple enough idea for an iPhone app: Send users a pop-up notice whenever a flying robots kills someone in one of America’s many undeclared wars.
Light-Activated Muscle Could Make Robots Move Like Real Creatures
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comThe blue dot represents a pulse of blue light used to activate skeletal muscle grown in a lab. This light-sensitive genetically engineered tissue is being used to build highly articulated machines.
South African Scientists Claim Breakthrough Drug Cures All Strains of Malaria
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comMalaria is the scourge of tropical nations, crippling its victims with symptoms like debilitating fever, convulsions and nausea, and killing half a million people annually.
A Body-Cooling Glove Could Give Athletes a Better Boost Than Steroids
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comAlmost all mammals have a network of veins near a hairless part of their skin that controls rapid temperature management--and it's no different for people.
30 Innovations That Will Change The World
• http://www.businessinsider.com30 Innovations That Will Change The World
Scientists engineer first ‘cyborg’ tissue – which uses living human cells and organic polymers
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, DAILY MAILHalf man, half machine
FYI: How Long Can a Brain Live in a Dish?
• http://www.popsci.com, By Daniel EngberScientists have isolated the brains of dogs, cats and monkeys and kept them alive for short periods in one way or another. But the most successful “whole-brain preparation” of a mammal was developed in the mid-1980s.
Light-Activated Muscle Could Make Robots Move Like Real Creatures
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca BoyleNew generations of bio-inspired robots will be more than just inspired by nature — they may use actual biological components.
Gray Matter: Extracting Bismuth From Pepto-Bismol Tablets
• http://www.popsci.com, By Theodore GrayThere's heavy metal in the pink pills
Students Who Stay Awake to Study Do Worse in School the Next Day
• Garth Sundem via WIRED.comStudents who average more study hours do better in school. But a study published last week shows that students who stay awake to study more than their average up their odds of failing a test or having difficulty understanding instruction the next day
Grant Lets Kids With Disabilities Become Gamers With Adaptive Technology
• Ethan Gilsdorf via WIRED.comLearning a new videogame can be frustrating. But for kids with disabilities, the experience can be especially hard. If you can’t play what the other kids are playing, it’s like being picked last for the kickball team.
Why VMware Paid $1.26B for 70 Software Engineers
• Cade Metz via WIRED.comOne of the reasons Google and VMware have been so successful over the past decade, says Eric Brewer, is that both companies managed to snatch some of the world’s brightest engineers from the big-name research labs that petered out in the late 1990s.
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