Agile Robots
• Technologyreview.comComputer scientists have created machines that have the balance and agility to walk and run across rough and uneven terrain, making them far more useful in navigating human environments.
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Implant Lets Patients Regrow Lost Leg Muscle
• Technologyreview.comA new surgical procedure could help people suffering from debilitating wounds.
Startups Experiment with Ads That Know How You Drive
• Technologyreview.comA mobile ad company plans to offer deals based on data collected from in-car apps.
Invention Awards 2014: Stash Your Bike Helmet In A Briefcase
• popsci.comBiking to work has never been more convenient
SCiO is made to analyze ... everything
• gizmag.comWondering how nutritious that food is, if that plant needs water, or just what that misplaced pill is?
Seat and drum become one with Drumstooled
• gizmag.comFrance's Patrice Bardin has come up with a stylish and eye-catching twist on self-accompaniment.
Black holes grow fractal tendrils as they feed
• dvice.comA recent study, headed by MIT professor Allan Adams, has shown that black holes have a sort of fluidic surface.
Neurogrid circuit mimics human brain, is 9000x faster than your PC
• dvice.comThe human brain is the fastest and most efficient computer we've ever developed, but there’s still a lot about it we still don’t understand.
Lessons About Longevity From a 256-Year-Old
• arcleinHe slept early and got up early. When he had time, he sat up straight with his eyes closed and hands in his lap, at times not moving at all for a few hours. [ this is straight forward meditation and the time length suggests a skilled practitioner –ar
The Mark: Scientist Claims Human Microchip Implants Will Become “Not Optional”
• http://www.thedailysheeple.com, Mac SlavoTechnologies designed specifically to track and monitor human beings have been in development for at least two decades.
Researchers Track Isolated Amazonian Tribe With Google Earth
• http://www.popsci.com, By Douglas MainThe researchers studied one village that has only 40 inhabitants.
Introducing the new Arcturus JUMP™ Fixed Wing VTOL UAV
• http://www.arcturus-uav.comArcturus UAV unveils JUMP™, a vertical takeoff and landing system for our T-20 and T-16 fixed wing UAVs.
Google's secret lab admits to exploring space elevator designs
• dvice.comSpace elevators are the pie-in-the-sky solution to all of humanity's space access problems. Instead of playing Aerosmith as we haphazardly blast our way to the surface of one asteroid or another, we could listen to the sweet sounds of elevator muzak
U.S. Army turns real Blackhawk into coolest R/C helicopter ever
• dvice.comRadio controlled toys don't come much bigger than a full-sized Blackhawk helicopter that can be controlled by a dude on the ground with a joystick.
Nissan uses Ultra-Ever Dry for "first self-cleaning car"
• gizmag.comNissan is currently testing out a prototype that it says could make car washes a relic of the past. The test car benefits from a new nano-paint treatment that repels dirt and grime. The automaker is putting the car through the dirty wringer to see ho
Google: Driverless cars are mastering city streets
• apnews.myway.comGoogle says it has turned a corner in its pursuit of a car that can drive itself.
Invention Awards 2014: A Personal Electric Airplane That Won't Need A Runway
• popsci.comThis vertical-landing plane runs on electricity
An Amazing Discovery: Andy Warhol’s Groundbreaking Computer Art
• Wired.comBack in the mid-1980s, Andy Warhol made a series of digital artworks on an Amiga 1000, a personal computer created by Commodore International.
New-and-improved gecko-inspired adhesive sticks to more surfaces
• gizmag.comA couple of years ago, we first heard about a gecko-inspired reusable adhesive known as Geckskin.
AW609 tiltRotor aircraft completes autorotation trials
• gizmag.comFollowing on from the completion of flight envelope expansion trials in December 2013, AgustaWestland gave the first customer demonstration flights of the AW609 tiltrotor aircraft in February.
Five of the best high-tech hammers
• gizmag.comPeople have been banging nails into things for nearly five and a half thousand years, if archaeologists are correct.
Ginseng Importance
• arcleinGinseng truly is an amazing plant and lives up to its name as a cure-all! Although it has been used medicinally for at least 5,000 years, we are still discovering its uses! Next time you are experiencing anything from fatigue to hair loss, take a loo
Researchers build world’s tiniest pair of 3-D glasses [VIDEO]
• statecolumn.comStudying how mantises see in 3-D could provide clues about how 3-D vision evolved in the natural world and lead to new techniques in implementing 3-D recognition and depth perception in computer vision and robotics.
3 easy habits for a long, disease-free life
• naturalnews.comTelomeres (tiny bits of DNA that influence longevity and health) have been causing quite a stir among researchers lately --- and for good reason.
DARPA announces creation of new Biotech division
• naturalnews.comThe Pentagon's secretive research and developmental unit has announced that it will create a new biotechnology division as a way to harness new engineering capabilities.
Weekend Watching: Under Our Skin - Documentary About Lyme Disease
• http://www.dailypaul.comWhat do you guys know about Lyme Disease? I have a friend who was diagnosed with it, and is undergoing (brutal) treatment. I didn't know much about it, so she recommended that I watch this film.
SpaceX Reusable Rocket Test an 'Evolutionary' Breakthrough, Elon Musk Says
• space.comThe unprecedented reusable rocket test launched by SpaceX last week paves the way for a potentially revolutionary leap forward in the cost of spaceflight, the private company's founder Elon Musk said today (April 25).
Vegetarians Less Healthy, Lower Quality Of Life Than Meat-Eaters?
• arclein. However, the researchers do caution that continuing studies will be needed to substantiate some of the rather broad dietary distinctions, associations presented in this current re
Brain Injury Produces Math Talent
• arcleinPadgett stopped going to work and spent all of his time studying math and physics, focusing on fractals, which are repeated geometric patterns. Even though he showed no talent for art before, he started drawing fractals in extreme detail - someti
Deaf people get gene tweak to restore natural hearing
• newscientist.comPeople who have lost their hearing will be injected with a harmless virus carrying a gene that should trigger the regrowth of their ears’ sensory receptors
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