tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371495822024-02-07T18:20:49.097-08:00Look Ma - No Hands"Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted."
- Groucho MarxpieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-52252184963937954712008-12-22T12:45:00.001-08:002008-12-22T12:49:37.037-08:00Mazda Kaan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mazdausamedia.com/content/mazda-kaan-wins-top-honors-fifth-annual-los-angeles-auto-show-design-challenge#tabs-tabset0-1"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdv1ntiF0gx3Y5YKB-I3xaXB0ZM3wEkq4zHzwfIBDVDGLQTTZBLuku_HCKfNgaGKB_syvitB1HSS9O_hKB29ylar_XSCc9GF6yBM4f1BkDF4Ty4SVNhYjveIFA8lZQ6zzOWX00/s320/mazda_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282718648732991522" border="0" /></a>"..<a href="http://www.mazdausamedia.com/content/mazda-kaan-wins-top-honors-fifth-annual-los-angeles-auto-show-design-challenge#tabs-tabset0-1">an electric race car</a> designed to compete in the 2025 season of E1 races, a time when California freeways have been resurfaced with a sub-level electro-conductive polymer that powers the electric cars of the modern world. Mazda's patented electronic tire system uses this technology to power the KAAN to reach 250 mph with no harmful emissions."<br /><br />Make it fly...I'm just saying.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-85337913873228547882008-12-22T10:22:00.000-08:002008-12-22T10:31:34.092-08:00Possible Global Cooler."<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081221/sc_mcclatchy/3126399">Now, backed by a <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229857616_1">computer model</span>, the little-known inventor, Ron Ace</a>, is making public a U.S. patent petition for what he calls the most "practical, nontoxic, affordable, rapidly achievable" and beneficial way to curb <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229857616_2">global warming</span> and a resulting catastrophic ocean rise. <p> Spray gigatons of seawater into the air, mainly in the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229857616_3">Northern Hemisphere</span>, and let Mother Nature do the rest, he says.</p> <p> The evaporating water, Ace said, would cool the Earth in multiple ways: First, the sprayed droplets would transform to <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229857616_4">water vapor</span>, a change that absorbs <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229857616_5">thermal energy</span> near ground level; then the rising vapor would condense into sunlight-reflecting clouds and cooling rain, releasing much of the stored energy into space in the form of infrared radiation.</p> <p> McClatchy has followed Ace's work for three years and obtained a copy of his 2007 patent petition for what he calls "a colossal refrigeration system with a 100,000-fold performance multiplier."</p>pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-42084296298850784732008-12-11T10:42:00.000-08:002008-12-11T10:51:53.831-08:00Decoding Visual Brain Activity.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081211/sc_afp/sciencejapanbrainoffbeat_081211052641"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-jLBUjaVPX536zWrPbaFnBJWyiyZ_msZgcIgcRdySEYipjwOgTKv6yIpV35hMvnzdbPLU-vyro_hNzPtEF3gFUDyB3hlyDg7s1qMRfLCP9cxQ6zesuIrNAhh1o9UXEwUNumu/s320/brainWaves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278605261114349842" border="0" /></a>"<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081211/sc_afp/sciencejapanbrainoffbeat_081211052641">Researchers at the ATR</a> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1228973344_0">Computational Neuroscience Laboratories</span> succeeded in processing and displaying images directly from the human brain..<span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1228973344_1"></span><br /><br />The team said that it first figured out people's individual brain patterns by showing them some 400 different <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1228973344_4">still images</span>."<br /><br />Are you checking out that girls arse, will no longer be a question.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-81819161272515464822008-12-07T21:51:00.000-08:002008-12-07T22:00:11.141-08:00The King meets The Prez<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/05/elvis-watercooler-ammo/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzZZGePHSxHKu8U6r8XNhsRaS4eFl_XY0XT4jvdHltmCKWDQz2lpCdq_dD0IAeZakNk-nVMeq7fd8n25efk4XEK26r4Ms3KNsqSoQs_bxpnR9PUDtdhyrRh4cc_6u9rRalCmE/s320/nixon-elvis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277293524957964818" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/05/elvis-watercooler-ammo/"><strong>"The Photo:</strong></a> While most people recognize the iconic photo of Elvis meeting Nixon in 1970, many don't know the exact reason for the visit. Elvis desperately wanted to become an undercover agent. Concerned about the increased drug use in America, he petitioned Nixon in a handwritten letter proposing he be named "Federal Agent at Large." Elvis wrote, "I have done an in-depth study of drug abuse and Communist brainwashing techniques and I am right in the middle of the whole thing, where I can and will do the most good." <p><strong>The Visit: </strong>Elvis then showed up at the White House unannounced, packing two handguns - one for protection, the other as a gift for the president. After some thinking, officials let him inside with both guns in tote. At the extensively photographed meeting, Elvis showed Nixon his family photos and a collection of law enforcement badges. Later, Nixon awarded him a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge, which listed Elvis' position as "Special Assistant."<strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>Soon after Elvis' White House visit, the FBI gave him permits to carry firearms in every state so that he could take care of business whenever the mood struck. Pretty remarkable, considering that earlier in Elvis' career, J. Edgar Hoover had the FBI track the singer extensively. In fact, his FBI file ran more than 600 pages."</p><p>It's good to be the King.<br /></p><p><br /></p>pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-50313420863221161372008-12-07T16:38:00.001-08:002008-12-07T16:44:54.071-08:00SARCOS - Exoskeleton<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tinyurl.com/5df66a"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAC0VD-NDXOl8EdOvMNfGaTSX0y4OYTvczyoq5hxi_LlTrshLNzRd3T63f-5dVHVT_O_bK00YyTxUY3iQriIF1lYxPzpeHoyw7gwgIjonc36K_it5cY3UZQQQOGzQncOP-cFS/s320/exo_main_485.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277212236099419826" border="0" /></a><br />"enables demo pilot Jameson to cruise through a workout without raising his heart rate. The instant he starts to pull down that weighted bar, sensors in each of his hand-grips register changes in torque. Without the exoskeleton's help, the sensors would show that he was trying to pull down about 100 pounds in each hand. But the goal of the system, Jacobsen explains, is to get the force on those sensors as close to zero as possible; to let the XOS do the work. "The XOS carries itself," he says, "and [Jameson] carries himself."<br /><br />Video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYWd2C3XVIk">Here</a>.<br /><br />Batteries not included.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-5681052212234295372008-12-06T21:50:00.000-08:002008-12-06T21:59:03.055-08:00Mind over Matter Research Tool<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.psyleron.com"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXaaB-o4Uz74nx-n1jeacQNNjEP3p56Q74wRaBPLiJQAiywEVivLM4frbt5_vzQT6U9mSPGws9ayyDlMM7GaUSfxLwh0P5PblEMb2WDuyPKcUOJmeZT7sa2MWrAvtP2TyeNdLw/s320/reg1sw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276921771117181938" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.psyleron.com">Random Event Generator and variety of Gui interfaces. Comes out of statistically significant PEAR research studies.</a><br /><br />"anyone with a home computer can explore the direct impact of consciousness on the physical world..."<br /><br />It is simultaneously a research instrument, a personal development and exploration tool, and possibly the next generation of computer technology that interfaces machines directly to human consciousness.<br /><br />Spooky action at a distance.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-46604318917080854162008-12-06T11:40:00.001-08:002008-12-06T11:45:35.531-08:00Can you pass the Beats please ?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tinyurl.com/2fxba6"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fh8O2MZoYEXSrDGFlsGWLrT822OSDnRp1xgc_WFgkfo_2d7Fp-dywaupg_b3crZgi2B4HAicVoqNl4_1Gtd8pbm3dIuj8qZZKoIxpw1JEhbzK8kzUR2CCNpyjFYT6DHw7wGJ/s320/reacTable.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276764451257229106" border="0" /></a><br />"It started from a concept and not from a technology."<br /><br />"We knew what we wanted to build and then we discovered how to build it."<br /><br />What he just said....Genius.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-81653036545019376802008-12-06T11:33:00.000-08:002008-12-06T11:38:12.922-08:00Unusual Synthesizer Interface<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tinyurl.com/6l6blm"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQidU92qXLlPO6wOORX1A4nzrGBUvevSygoBpIvBOPndyy_PSlosFHKT-DVDJNKLUpIJUTlTnFCnlBpmtfanFXPZMe33ZGRYvgMAue7d7UfMeCpxWyFYaYXbRfAOkLxbX3d05X/s320/reacTogon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276762747664520850" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6l6blm">"Chain Reactive Performance Arpeggiator."</a><br /><br />What it says on the box.<br /><br />What the hell lets make all our surfaces interactive.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-71146273880351891202008-12-05T21:27:00.000-08:002008-12-05T21:43:15.646-08:00Ballistic Missile fall down not go Boom.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tinyurl.com/5jcrdb"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcO3khhJjyp1cYBMdjGwes-2aQErRBWT6REt0Eodnc-b0prG_pTidZNsXsIiccMOfpUGddjm0JSJyZgyvJYMTiYx9_w2LH5DZHBml_h-fh20AnDJl7i6fDgE414mU0a5ARAWr/s320/fdales.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276545963482980226" border="0" /></a><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5jcrdb">"The Missile Defense Agency at the Pentagon used an interceptor missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to strike a missile that had been fired to simulate the speed and trajectory of a missile from North Korea. The interceptor struck the missile on Friday shortly after the target was launched from a site in Alaska."<br /></a><br /><p>“It was the largest, most complex test we have ever done,” said Lt. Gen. Patrick O’Reilly, director of the Missile Defense Agency.</p>General O’Reilly characterized the test as a success, but said the missile had not released planned countermeasures designed to try to confuse the interceptor.<br /><br />I bet that makes Kim Jong Ill.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmWAVE-91cE0Uq3U4gSFEexPZlW1UeUouWvZrC8LPRVyIAcu2kl_2FTkxXnGDKifCNMh8Zvm3ygBpsJe4xrj6C7djyTkksbBUtki91XsgBIJySGiO-21EJff_5Yas2MUAkAMP/s1600-h/300px-arrow_anti-ballistic_missile_launch.jpg"><br /></a>pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-80728144854220574172008-12-05T11:53:00.000-08:002008-12-05T12:03:33.063-08:00Yamaha Decepticon - err I mean Tesseract<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/motorshow2007/index.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZmaoAt_8fA6UC1Ecp1DQKngo_ZbnAU39TXVp_tiB-sYprDs64ICzDPdFwvJJ6Hv1DPUe_OQlLHHhv3JzYvJsfSZIKqQOveFmQjOIgZqkpzAqqKbp08AdNHiZHTewrku-hlqL/s320/yamaha_tesseract2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276398317487139938" border="0" /></a>"..hybrid, boasting both a V-Twin engine of undisclosed size along with an electric motor. Yamaha claims that the machine is about the same width as a standard motorcycle, meaning lane-splitting could feasibly remain an option and parking shouldn't be too difficult. The Tesseract has also been equipped with a mechanism to keep the machine upright when stopped or when parked".<br /><br /><br />WantpieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-88633389843904495222008-12-05T10:42:00.000-08:002008-12-05T10:44:41.630-08:00Mars Wobbles Created Climate Swings<a href="http://tinyurl.com/65z8yh">New images of rock layers at Mars' surface have given scientists evidence of climate swings on ancient Mars that were driven by the wobbling of the red planet's axis — the same mechanism that causes Earth's <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1228419425_0">ice age</span> cycles.</a><br /><br />Precession of the wibble.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-78341345907880277752008-12-05T10:39:00.000-08:002008-12-05T10:41:28.331-08:00Synthetic DNA assembly.<a href="http://tinyurl.com/5e89tm">Scientists have discovered a more efficient way of building a synthetic genome that could one day enable them to create <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1228458027_0">artificial life.</span></a><br /><br />Get a life - any life.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-21648300039856552762008-12-04T15:13:00.001-08:002008-12-04T15:18:46.565-08:00Can I see that again ?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://devicedaily.com/misc/researchers-manage-to-regenerate-neurons-in-eyes.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQp5V-ds19CxC72N-XKZNLT0RAmzl2rtuz8Q4sEgT90ByFZW2InbgI7E4D0iEG-claXUSn7pEyFvJMsPsRa_jEqiF1z2113SUrzcMn3j_1IGfUBXcmnYocqai5mmlTaZ5GffT/s320/regenerated-amacrine-cellsB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276077930533265378" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://devicedaily.com/misc/researchers-manage-to-regenerate-neurons-in-eyes.html">A team of scientists from the University of Washington have published a report in which they demonstrated that they can regenerate a specific type of neuron of a mammal’s inner retina.</a><br /><br />Go science.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-19216553506236652692008-12-02T09:22:00.000-08:002008-12-02T09:29:21.342-08:00He's beside his Virtual self.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.livescience.com/health/070823_out_of_body.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PNbULOVCgzuw6bT8FKGsh7Jq1ypkR5SgxH7pI8PL97DQNi8hYefNCMFennxXTdDo7PxxiHmNZh2wbnKQpX9I1RYwIgJqSQPhPxyTm07pyGU9FvOFA2NBNYUbdpF868DGdO2H/s320/070823_vr_body_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275245937535722978" border="0" /></a><br />"....virtual reality experiments show the brain can be tricked into believing it's outside the body."<br /><br />"....researchers said subjects felt as if they were being poked in the chest—outside of their body. <p> “This was a bizarre, fascinating experience for the participants," Ehrsson said. "It felt absolutely real for them and was not scary. Many of them giggled and said ‘Wow, this is so weird.’”<br /></p><p>"..."We've shown the body and self is somehow separate in the brain.."</p><p>Also available in pill form.<br /></p>pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-66794671600391489512008-12-02T09:15:00.000-08:002008-12-02T10:06:54.020-08:00Can you Be me now ?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081202/sc_livescience/strangeexperimentscreatebodyswappingexperiences;_ylt=AjCRlavRwpD1p92WNzliQXCs0NUE"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR1lNS3QJqYhg_7y-L70jR6poVppRKYC0Aa7QWB_g1sq3ZW2ZEZ_a1GCpl9yOG_jo4kAga-VH4CU4N0t4pQEawAPGtRfVsBSDV8KCsEsFjr-ZTWMzaVnFqZOgLTE5oRt32syMv/s320/capt.e01774b04a504da8adf0cf5fe970b2a9.sweden_body_swapping_snl105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275255687862129874" border="0" /></a><br />Scientists now have manipulated people's perceptions to make them think they have swapped bodies with another human or even a "humanoid body," experiencing the sensations that the other would feel and giving the illusion of being inside the other's body.<br /><br />neuroscientists at the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1228238034_2">Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet</span> succeeded in making subjects perceive the bodies of mannequins and other people as their own. The illusion also worked even when the two people differed in appearance or were of different sexes. It also worked whether the subject was immobile or was making voluntary movements.<br /><br />However, it was not possible to fool the subjects into identifying with a non-humanoid object, such as a chair or a large block.<br /><br />So for now it is still safe to hide as furniture.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-46177231103709569752008-11-20T22:33:00.000-08:002008-11-20T22:34:24.475-08:00Ping !And so it goes.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-23474622463161290982007-07-09T10:27:00.000-07:002007-07-09T10:29:05.055-07:00Quantum Dot Solar Panels<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40860">Eventual theoretical higher efficiencies of 63 %.</a>pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-22155638229185750432007-07-09T10:21:00.000-07:002007-07-09T10:23:03.545-07:00Power Dressing<a href="http://www.dod.mil/ddre/prize/rules_doc.html">DARPA offers $1Million for wearable power supply</a>.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-80428609546295919752007-01-19T13:08:00.000-08:002007-01-19T13:13:29.149-08:00Flexi-boat debuts.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/19/BAGE7NLI001.DTL"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzanPxf1N7ill0LcP9eI5HR1LMX1eHN0EGK51g28UnbygoUD3peTRhk6P2F14GjNXGJIpNmdE0p5gG0BxS7WcN29N4cInp-4jA3LHEt8cg9RlrIU4j1GTvq_OZtySpryS51NX/s200/temp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021851894113003570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Using technology developed by Conti's El Cerrito Marine Advanced Research Inc., the WAM-V is "a new class of watercraft ... that delivers a radically new seagoing experience."<br /><br />It has twin hulls, like a catamaran, connected to each other and a control cabin by four metal legs. The legs ride on titanium springs -- like shock absorbers -- that allow the WAM-V to adjust to the surface of the water -- to flex like knees.<br /><br />Nice clear wake in the middle for waterskiing too.<br /></span>pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-24184240690736652532007-01-18T10:16:00.000-08:002007-01-18T10:22:35.287-08:00Can you see me now ?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070118/sc_livescience/blindcatsgetimplants"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPqswZRTvSjhWz7hfeNuEZsIzuJEgN3x9KKJQqWWogs-lecgof6rOv3M1zwgkrmQRD0WVl93bRaf6WgFyi_7znGu7qMlYgeYqe_GEXZ-gz05DpWp6Zpk4QCBklb2H_ulGqIQh/s200/temp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021436338847246370" border="0" /></a> A microchip the width of a pencil eraser shows promise in eye repair.<br /><br />The microchip implant replaces the dead rods and cones. The implant is dotted with several thousand micro-photodiodes, which react to light and produce small electrical impulses in parts of the eye’s retina.<br /><br />“The good thing about this device that we’re using is that it doesn’t have any wires to it," Narfstrom told LiveScience. "So it’s like a small disk that is very inert and not so traumatic to the eye that we slide into the retina.”<br /><br />Hyper-resolution, multi spectrum with night vision overlay available for christmas 2012.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-56080752240182782452007-01-17T12:49:00.000-08:002007-01-17T18:05:14.630-08:00Hands On and On Interface<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fastcompany.com/video/general/perceptivepixel.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM09UkTLF_gn37FwyqjldYtLjDsmBvuTEdTw5uURZnRZlOs1WLqlv_TB_sfATByhv-S_UpD2Y8d4jpwzfaUJdoKGuBhUFYg9LfpLXs6y3_rwL-Td07mZBu7vroWoMJoG-ZFt1d/s200/tempB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021104509673957394" border="0" /></a>Most excellent multi-touch sensing screen computer interface.<br /><br />More detailed presentation video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUAnwbooNOs">here</a>.<br /><br />I knew all those childhood piano lessons would finally payoff.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-8077863458268068352007-01-17T11:21:00.001-08:002007-01-17T11:21:27.428-08:00Exoskeleton Weight Lifting<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/m-iz4Q7P6BM' name='movie'></param><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/m-iz4Q7P6BM'></embed></object></p><p>Roidless powerup.</p></div>pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-85958491656534145332007-01-08T11:02:00.000-08:002007-01-08T11:05:19.932-08:00Nanoscale Fibre Optics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/sc_nm/technology_cable_dc"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3X1BHNvuU2KtwuHQ6LoxT9fF_AkJ7WmYp49KGsKklS0xiljYUT5zsQRQoHSPnyVjapcF-5SCA9uad00trc9uOhJ9uwVgz_AzU0xmxrXA7E0SrO1sGbllYTd0c952RH50cltm/s200/temp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017737171149908498" border="0" /></a>"Scientists have created a tiny cable -- much thinner than a human hair -- through which they can transmit visible light, potentially paving the way for improvements in solar energy, computing and medicine.<br /><p>It could lend itself to miniature electrical circuitry and microscopic light-based switching devices for optical computing. It also could have medical applications such as retinal implants for people with the eye disease macular degeneration or detecting single molecules of pathogens in the body......</p><p>"You can envision making chips that can move light around -- basically convey information at the speed of light rather than using electronics. So it's optics for the manipulation of information rather than electronics."</p><p>Mmmm...speed of light.<br /></p>pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-6771310189815145472007-01-05T14:46:00.000-08:002007-01-05T14:53:11.929-08:00Can you see me now ?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-01/dl-mft010407.php?light"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgyjEnrJzcX70R9xZ7yAW2Pfh6AbNO8vDVe6erC6gSND2AdLiEX6gl5sxvpu9A5nQvf81-cfsP-hkhFu0900OQ3AWPj06-4qYQUpuejFxvn73Bg6sLBrr2d9QUQQwY8vcI2zV/s200/temp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5016682000764496386" border="0" /></a>"For the first time ever, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have developed a material with a negative refractive index for visible light.<br /><br />Ames Laboratory senior physicist Costas Soukoulis, working with colleagues in Karlsruhe, Germany, designed a silver-based, mesh-like material that marks the latest advance in the rapidly evolving field of metamaterials, materials that could lead to a wide range of new applications as varied as ultrahigh-resolution imaging systems and cloaking devices."<br /><br />Seeing really isn't believing after all.pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37149582.post-62791122880084264032007-01-04T17:54:00.000-08:002007-01-04T17:58:23.457-08:00Cancer Fighter Patented<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://pressesc.com/01167884024_cancer_cure_patented"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwRkHTz8DRRUk9936eMPc231v1RQJy2p2GmbJT4Us3WOMs_RnaE_eJiocrnwMl1VdcxmNMRgUEjWYfxssgjwAw1LsqIvpoW9_qZN2rTi8ZI5-yA4OPcGR_mLlHELXYNXEBmNR/s200/temp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5016359027813771762" border="0" /></a>A group of researchers claim that they are patenting a possible cure for cancer involving nothing more than sugar and short-chain fatty acid combination. <p>The Johns Hopkins researchers cautioned that their double-punch molecule, described in the December issue of the journal Chemistry & Biology, has not yet been tested on animals or humans. </p> <p>"For a long time, cancer researchers did not pay much attention to the use of sugars in fighting cancer," Department of Biomedical Engineering postdoctoral fellow said. "But we found that when the right sugar is matched with the right chemical partner, it can deliver a powerful double-whammy against cancer cells."</p><p>That's that then....next..Flying Cars please.<br /></p>pieceOmindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409331684279219096noreply@blogger.com0