Nanofibers Build Stronger, Tougher Bikes and Planes
• technewsdaily.comJust because something’s tough doesn’t mean it’s strong.
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What is a QR Code?
• technewsdaily.comA QR code, or “Quick Response” code, is the trademarked name for a certain type of barcode.
A Library Of Every Drug That Could Ever Exist
• popsci.comDrug researchers go along on a stochastic voyage.
BBC Predictions for Next Fifty Years
• arcleinBBC - Wealthy people are able to select elements of their offsprings genetic makeup by 2050. NBF - Selection based on genetic makeup will occur by 2023 for pre-implantation and by 2030 for selection of the egg or sperm via non-destructive methods an
Breaking Down Tesla’s Captivating Model S
• Damon Lavrinc via WIRED.comThe Tesla Model S proves that America can still innovate on four wheels. It’s the first all-electric vehicle to be fully designed, engineered, and manufactured in the US in more than a decade.
Super Towers?
• arcleinThe BBC makes the prediction that we will possibly build a building as tall as ten thousand meters or as tall as Mount Everest. My real problem with that idea is that assuming it is possible, just why would we actually do it? There are far too many
Voice-to-Text Just as Unsafe as Touch Texting, Study Finds
• Damon Lavrinc via WIRED.comVoice control may be the way of the future, but a new study finds that using voice-to-text is just as unsafe as texting behind the wheel.
How much does a video weigh?
• ted.comWhat color is a mirror? How much does a video weigh? Michael Stevens, creator of the popular educational YouTube channel Vsauce, spends his day asking quirky questions like these.
New Nanotech Keeps Fabrics and Machinery Dry
• Technewsdaily.comApril showers bring May flowers. But they also bring a lot of headaches, like soggy shoes and waterlogged smartphones. However, a recent innovation in nanotechnology could help dry out your springtime worries.
Rare Meteorite Grains May be from Supernova That Sparked Solar System
• Space.comTwo surprising grains of sand in a pair of meteorites that landed on Earth suggest they were formed in a single supernova that occurred billions of years ago, new research suggests.
Questions over Gene Patents Shake Diagnostics Industry
• TechnologyReview.comThe impending Supreme Court ruling on gene patents is creating uncertainty in the fledging genetic diagnostics sector.
First Enzyme-Based Memory Created in the Lab
• TechnologyReview.comSome clever biochemistry has led to the world’s first enzyme-based memory capable of learning, say biochemists computation.
Supergrids
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comA high-power circuit breaker could finally make DC power grids practical.
New Plan To Remove Orbiting Space Debris: A Giant Harpoon
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comUK scientists are developing the whaling-inspired technology.
How The FBI Will Analyze Thousands Of Hours Of Boston Bombing Video
• Grant Fredericks via PopSci.comAn FBI forensic video instructor reveals how investigators will sort through reams of video footage in preparation for the eventual trial of Dzhokar Tsarnaev.
Here’s a Good Reason to Encrypt Your Data
• David Kravets via WIRED.comThere’s many reasons to password-protect — or encrypt — one’s digital data. Foremost among them is to protect it during a security breach.
Radioactive Microbes Nuke Tumor Cells
• Elizabeth Norton via WIRED.comDespite the advances made against many types of cancer, pancreatic cancer remains grimly resistant to treatment. Only about 4% of patients survive for 5 years, mainly because of the disease’s vicious ability to metastasize.
Additive Manufacturing
• Martin LaMonica via TechnologyReview.comGE, the world’s largest manufacturer, is on the verge of using 3-D printing to make jet parts.
Ultra-Efficient Solar Power
• Mike Orcutt via TechnologyReview.comDoubling the efficiency of solar devices would completely change the economics of renewable energy. Here is a design that just might make it possible.
Radioactive Gases Detected From North Korea's Recent Nuclear Bomb Test
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comThe gases help confirm it really was a nuclear test.
Shedding New Light On Basement Marijuana Technology
• Martha Harbison via PopSci.comOne man's experience with LED grow lights
Brain Cells Will Control The Power Plants Of The Future
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comLiving neurons are coming up with better solutions for electricity distribution than people can.
The $30M Bet That Shapeways Becomes a Factory for Everyone
• Michael V. Copeland via WIRED.comVenture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz plays the investing game different from much of its VC cohort. Rather than scattering its money around a relatively large number of startups
New Contents Page! 3D Printing
• FreedomsPhoenix Reader 2Follow the advances in 3D printing technology.
How Federal Distracted-Driving Guidelines Will Shape Your Next Phone
• Damon Lavrinc via WIRED.comUncle Sam wants automakers to make it impossible for you to text your wife, check Facebook and watch a video while you’re driving — suggestions that could have just as much impact on mobile phone manufacturers as automakers.
50 Years of Inspired Insanity From Lamborghini
• Damon Lavrinc via WIRED.comThe first Lamborghini was not a low-slung, overpowered sports car that looked like sex on wheels. It was a tractor, and a damn fine one at that.
Russia Launches Animals Into Space on One-Month Journey
• Miriam Kramer via Space.comAn intrepid critter crew of geckos, mice and gerbils and other animals launched into orbit Friday (April 19) to begin a month-long Russian experiment to study how space travel affects living creatures.
Smart Watches
• John Pavlus via TechnologyReview.comThe designers of the Pebble watch realized that a mobile phone is more useful if you don’t have to take it out of your pocket.
Hacking HIV
• Anne Trafton via TechnologyReview.comThirty-four million people in the world are infected with HIV. Only eight million have access to life-saving drugs, and there’s no effective vaccine. Researchers at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard won’t rest until they find one.
Beating Cancer at Its Own Game
• Anne Trafton via TechnologyReview.comSome cancer cell mutations can slow or halt tumor growth
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