Sound waves create touch feedback without actual touch
• dvice.comIn the realm of Tony Stark, computer displays appear spontaneously in mid-air on command, without any physical display device being required.
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U.S. military commissions real-life liquid armor Iron Man suit
• dvice.comTony Stark, be jealous: the U.S. Army has just commissioned an Iron Man-like suit, called the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) that will be strong enough to withstand a barrage of bullets.
Self-healing metal discovered by MIT
• dvice.comMIT has played home to a number of off-the-wall discoveries, so it takes something truly unexpected to throw the researchers there for a loop.
Avegant's Virtual Retinal Display projects 3D onto your eyeballs
• dvice.comIt might look like two circuit boards trapped inside some glasses, but Avegant's prototype Virtual Retinal Display (VRD) is not your run-of-the mill head-mounted display (HMD).
What if you could feel what you see on touchscreens?
• dvice.comIn life, there are a few rules we see as constants. Coke is better than Pepsi. Led Zepplin was the greatest band of all time.
Watch A Monitor Lizard Decompose In This Freaky Timelapse
• http://www.popsci.com, By Francie DiepWhat happens after you die? Let this friendly savannah monitor lizard show you.
Watch A Monitor Lizard Decompose In This Freaky Timelapse
• http://www.popsci.com, By Francie DiepWhat happens after you die? Let this friendly savannah monitor lizard show you.
Einstein May Have Had An Unusually Well-Connected Brain
• http://www.popsci.com, By Shaunacy FerroA new study compares Einstein's corpus callosum with those of mere mortals.
A Very Simple Explanation Of The Higgs Boson
• http://www.popsci.com, By Shaunacy FerroFrançois Englert and Peter Higgs just received the Nobel Prize in Physics for laying the groundwork for the discovery of the Higgs boson. But can someone please explain what a Higgs is? Like, really simply.
The National Ignition Facility Just Got Way Closer To Fusion Power
• http://www.popsci.com, ByIn a major first, an experiment in the California lab got more energy out of its fuel than went into the fuel. We're one step closer to ignition, when the reaction becomes self-sustaining.
Can Oculus Rift Turn Virtual Wonder into Commercial Reality?
• Technologyreview.comOculus Rift has heavyweight developer support, and millions of dollars of crowdsourced investment. But many of the old challenges to this new technology remain.
'Father of the iPod' sets his sights on the venerable smoke detector
• zdnet.comAfter conquering the home thermostat, former Apple employee (and member of the original iPod team) Tony Fadell launches Nest Protect, a smoke and carbon monoxide detector for the iPhone generation.
Researchers discover first ever evidence of a comet striking Earth
• sciencerecorder.comThe focus of attention in this research endeavor was on a strange black pebble found many years ago by an Egyptian geologist working in the area of the silica glass.
Who Drives Electric Cars?
• arcleincars drive less, possibly because they are using electric vehicles primarily for short trips, to work or the grocery. Or it may be that they fear running out of juice. A separate survey found that limited range caused many EV owner
Fuel cells from gelatin
• nanowerk.comPlatinum is the work-horse of many catalytic processes. It's become particularly important recently since it can drive key reactions in new technologies such as fuel cells or photoelectrochemical cells.
Renewable Plastics
• arcleinThe sophisticated structures of natural materials could bring improvements in the properties of new polymers. Using the natural chemistry of renewable resources more cleverly has to be a future goal, for example with built-in degradation, improved ba
Scientist wants to transplant a human head
• http://www.dvice.com, Robin BurksIn Frankenstein, a mad scientist puts together a man by sewing together dead human parts.
Power Really DOES Go to the Head
• Lewrockwell.comExpert says that egos of Thatcher and Blair were reflected in their self-obsessed language
MP3 Player Lives In Your Ear, Controlled With Your Teeth
• popsci.comIt stores up to 24 songs with four hours of battery life for completely hands-free jamming.
"3" Is (Almost) Everywhere :)
• http://www.dailypaul.com, CyrilAlmost all numbers contain the digit three - and we can prove it!?
Jason Pontin: Can technology solve our big problems?
• http://www.ted.com, TED2013In 1969, Buzz Aldrin’s historical step onto the moon leapt mankind into an era of technological possibility.
Tesla Joins Self Driving Thrust
• arcleinMusk Tesla Motors in 2003 and has finally seen his efforts pay off in the form of profits from the company's Model S sedan this year, the first commercially successful electric car of its kind. Jumping on the heels of the Model S's success, Musk ha
A smart nanothermometer
• nanowerk.comPlasmonic nanoparticles such as silver and gold allow the focusing of visible light in nanometer scale areas trough the excitation of the Localized Plasmonic Resonance (LPR): visible electromagnetic radiation induces an oscillation of the free electr
The biggest opportunity in Hadoop is capitalizing on the community
• gigaom.comCloudera, Hortonworks, MapR and others are battling to lock down market share for commercial Hadoop software, but they’re inherently limited when it comes to innovation. Why not take advantage of the work already done by big Hadoop users like Faceboo
WildCat Robot Ready to Run Free, Hunt Humans at up to 16 MPH
• dailytech.comFor those who fear that one day our robotic contraptions may turn on us, you may have felt cold chill when witnessing the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funded "Cheetah" -- a headless robotic quadruped by Boston Dynamics.
'Terminator'-style cube robots swarm and self-assemble
• news.cnet.comRobotics researchers at MIT show off the capabilities of small cube-shaped robots with no external moving parts.
Jason Pontin: Can technology solve our big problems?
• ted.comIn 1969, Buzz Aldrin’s historical step onto the moon leapt mankind into an era of technological possibility. The awesome power of technology was to be used to solve all of our big problems. Fast forward to present day, and what's happened?
A Taste of Future Twitter Technologies
• Technologyreview.comTwitter is losing money and is much smaller than Facebook, so new technology is more important than ever.
Genetically Modified Bacteria Produce 50 Percent More Fuel
• Technologyreview.comBy changing the way certain organisms process sugar, UCLA researchers have shown how to produce more biofuel.
Fabian Oefner: Psychedelic science
• ted.comSwiss artist and photographer Fabian Oefner is on a mission to make eye-catching art from everyday science. In this charming talk, he shows off some recent psychedelic images, including photographs of crystals as they interact with soundwaves.
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