LED light emitting carpets are so much cooler than non-LED ones
• dviceCarpets are great until you have to whip out the old vacuum and clean up all the dirt and stuff that gets stuck in there.
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U.S. Army will have its Iron Man suits in four years
• dvice.comWhen the U.S. Army announced earlier this year that it was going to develop a real life Iron Man suit called TALOS, we were impressed.
Japan rolls out radiation-proof undies in Fukushima's wake
• dvice.comA swimwear company in Japan just unveiled their newest line of fashionable undies and drysuits (a sort of wetsuit).
Greg Asner: Ecology from the air
• ted.comWhat are our forests really made of? From the air, ecologist Greg Asner uses a spectrometer and high-powered lasers to map nature in meticulous kaleidoscopic 3D detail --
Electron Appears Spherical, Squashing Hopes for New Physics Theories
• arcleinThe experiments are probing the quantum nature of an electron. According to quantum mechanics, all particles, including the electron, should give rise to a cloud of virtual particles around them that continually sweep in and out of existence. If the
E Smoking Ending Cigarette Paradigm
• arcleinThe cigarette-shaped electronic devices convert a liquid nicotine mixture into vapour, delivering a smoke-like hit of nicotine, without the actual smoke. In this back room, e-smokers can choose from a variety of “e-liquid” flavour cartridges — from b
CPR for 38 Minutes or Longer Improves Chance to Survive Cardiac Arrest
• arcleinbout 80 percent of cardiac arrests — nearly 288,000 people — occur outside of a hospital each year, and fewer than 10 percent survive, according to the American Heart Association.
What You Need To Know About Erectile Dysfunction
• Business InsiderBefore "ED" became common parlance, "it" wasn't much talked about or understood and was referred to as impotence, a word with shameful connotations.
Accidental Discovery Dramatically Improves Electrical Conductivity
• http://www.itechpost.comQuite by accident, Washington State University researchers have achieved a 400-fold increase in the electrical conductivity of a crystal simply by exposing it to light.
First Satellite Built By High School Students Launches Tonight
• http://www.popsci.com, By Lindsey KratochwillOnboard the Minotaur 1 rocket, there's a gaggle of CubeSats.
Can Organisms Evolve The Ability To Evolve?
• popsci.comA new study finds that natural selection selected for flexibility in one bacteria species.
9 Things You Didn't Know About Poison
• popsci.comSnow White totally could have happened
What Grain Is Doing To Your Brain
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Gary DrevitchIt’s tempting to call David Perlmutter’s dietary advice radical.
Microsoft Almost Put Smell-O-Vision In The Xbox One Controller
• Business InsiderIt used to be that in certain movie theaters, you could not only see and hear the entertainment, but smell it as well.
Boeing's fuel-efficient 777X features folding wings
• gizmag.comBoeing has launched its newest airliner, the 777X, at the 2013 Dubai Airshow. The aircraft is designed with folding wing-tips that will increase wingspan and, as a result, fuel efficiency without limiting access at airports.
A Gooey Cure for Crack-Prone High-Capacity Batteries
• technologyreview.com, By Katherine BourzacPolymer glue helps fracture-prone high-capacity batteries last through more charges.
These Airless Tires Keep Rolling After Taking a Bullet
• http://www.wired.com, By Damon LavrincAirless tires have been teased for decades, but in the last few years they’ve inched closer to reality.
OXIS First to Commercialize Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
• arcleinOXIS says its batteries are less costly to produce, lighter, safer, potentially more durable, maintenance-free and able to accept 100-percent discharge instead of the only 80-percent or so to which li-ion is limited.
IStruct Robot Ape Stands Upright
• arcleinCurrently, it may only stand and maintain its balance. However, its multi-contact feet could provide the necessary data to maintain the robot's balance as it transitions from a quadrupedal to bipedal gait. "There are only a few robots out there wit
Can Artificial Meat Save The World?
• popsci.comTraditional chicken, beef, and pork production devours resources and creates waste. Meat-free meat might be the solution.
How U.S. Special Forces Fit A Bridge In A Backpack
• popsci.comBy making a modular bridge that weighs 27 pounds.
Pregnant mother's stress affects baby's gut and brain
• newscientist.comPregnant women may pass on the effects of stress to their fetus by way of bacterial changes in their vagina, suggests a study in mice.
Scientists Identify The Most Irreplaceable Places On Earth
• popsci.comSaving species by saving their environments
A Gooey Cure for Crack-Prone High-Capacity Batteries
• technologyreview.comPolymer glue helps fracture-prone high-capacity batteries last through more charges.
Folding Wings Will Make Boeing’s Next Airplane More Efficient
• Technologyreview.comA more efficient engine and composite wings that fold-up will reduce fuel consumption on Boeing’s 777x.
Author reveals forgotten history, of infectious disease vs. vaccines in groundbreaking new book
• naturalnews.comYou may have been in this type of situation before.
Tepco's risky removal of radioactive fuel could set off uncontrolled chain reaction
• naturalnews.comThe Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced it is delaying the relocation of fuel rods from its crippled plant reactors.
Crystal Mysteries Spiral Deeper
• arcleinIn other words, while the crystals' physical appearance seemed at odds with the long-standing theory, they actually did grow in a manner predicted decades ago.
The Artificial Womb Is Born
• arcleinThey have taken goat fetuses, threaded catheters through the large vessels in the umbilical cord and supplied the fetuses with oxygenated blood while suspending them in incubators that contain artificial amniotic fluid heated to body temperature.
The Heart is Not a Pump
• arcleinAll of the formed elements are surrounded by a sleeve of plasma which is in contact with the vessel wall. However, a major misconception about how bl
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