Could Apple's next products have Minority Report-like control?
• dvice.comWe don't usually write much about buyouts here at DVICE.
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Tongue electrode lets you taste virtual food
• dvice.comIn the anime series Sword Art Online, gamers take part in a virtual world that is teeming with danger, but also with food (when they’re not fighting monsters, the characters are usually eating).
Comet ISON, if it survives trip around the sun, could bring spectacular sky show
• Washington PostAs Comet ISON hurtles toward the sun, its million-year-long journey through our solar system may end with its violent death — or a spectacular sky show.
Aw, Look At These Cute Miniature Satellites Being Launched Into Space
• popsci.comAre you going to do some science, guys?
Printing Batteries
• technologyreview.comNew inks and tools allow 3-D printing of lithium-ion technology.
The Gun That Aims Itself (Documentary)
• http://www.youtube.com, MotherboardTVIn spring of 2013, Texas-based start up TrackingPoint Solutions released the first ever precision-guided firearm, which is essentially a long-range, laser-guided robo rifle. Call it the gun of tomorrow:
Man who released the Zapruder film and prove a conspiracy - We Are Change
• http://www.dailypaul.com, Repo Our RepublicThe finding of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives are here...
Battery-powered clothes draw power from the sun
• dviceAs a science fiction fan, I’ve spent my life waiting for the day the government offers matching silver bodysuits to everyone.
New Process Recycles Rare Earth Elements from Wastewater
• arcleinthe scientists proceeded to produce special flower-shaped nanoparticles of the material. In lab tests that replicated real-world conditions, these particles were able to capture over 85 percent of the rare earth elements diluted in water samples. By
'Minicomputers' Live Inside the Human Brain
• arcleinNeurons each act like a relay station for electrical signals. The heart of each neuron is called the soma — a single thin cablelike fiber known as the axon that sticks out of the soma carries nerve signals away from the neuron, while many shorter bra
Peter Doolittle: How your "working memory" makes sense of the world
• TED"Life comes at us very quickly, and what we need to do is take that amorphous flow of experience and somehow extract meaning from it." In this funny, enlightening talk, educational psychologist Peter Doolittle details the importance -- and limitation
This GIF Of Magnetic Putty 'Eating' A Piece Of Metal Is Mesmerizing
• businessinsider.comFile this one under "Coolest thing we've seen all day": a cube of magnetic putty swallowing a smaller cube of metal whole.
Researchers Solve Longtime Mystery Of How Marijuana Causes Memory Loss
• businessinsider.comA new study suggests that over-the-counter painkillers like Ibuprofen could prevent two debilitating side effects of marijuana use — learning problems and memory loss — that currently limit the drug's medical value.
Evena Medical invents X-ray specs, kids everywhere rejoice
• dviceA new medical headset can do what kids all over the globe have been pretending their cardboard X-ray specs can for generations:
The world’s first supercapacitor-powered portable speaker
• dviceRecently, the search has been on for longer lasting batteries.
The Internet of Things, Unplugged and Untethered
• technologyreview.comA startup called Iotera wants to let you track your pets, your kids, or your belongings without relying on commercial wireless networks.
Motorola And 3D Systems Will 3-D-Print Modular Cell Phones
• popsci.comCollaboration between two tech pioneers to help make Project Ara a reality.
Sudden Progress on Prime Number Problem Has Mathematicians Buzzing
• Wired.comOn May 13, an obscure mathematician — one whose talents had gone so unrecognized that he had worked at a Subway restaurant to make ends meet — garnered worldwide attention and accolades from the mathematics community for settling a long-standing open
New Giant Dinosaur Was the Apex Predator Before T-Rex
• Wired.comA newly discovered 4-ton predatory dinosaur dominated Earth long before T-Rex appeared on the scene.
Bioengineer: the heart is one of the easiest organs to bioprint, we'll do it in a decade
• http://www.wired.co.uk, by Liat ClarkA team of cardiovascular scientists has announced it will be able to 3D print a whole heart from the recipients' own cells within a decade.
Galloping Dung Beetles
• arcleinWhy did they evolve this peculiar way of walking? The biologists that discovered them aren't sure yet, but they do have some ideas. It might be more useful for moving straight across sand, or in carrying heavy objects while keeping their head and ey
Bionic eyes coming to the U.S. by year's end
• http://www.dvice.com, Colin Druce-McFaddenIt's been years in the making, but at long last the Argus II "bionic eye" implant is being made available to the American public. Lucky individuals like Ron from Britain and the States' own Dean Lloyd already know what benefits the implant can afford
Spain Considers Release Of Genetically Modified Olive Fruit Flies
• popsci.comThe flies, created by the same company that has tested genetically modified mosquitos, are designed to crash local populations of the pest.
IceCube Telescope Finds High-Energy Neutrinos, Opens Up New Era in Astronomy
• Wired.comAfter years of finding nothing, scientists at the IceCube neutrino telescope have detected 28 high-energy neutrinos that likely came from some of the most violent and powerful explosions in the universe.
Woman With Quadriplegia Feeds Herself Chocolate Using Mind-Controlled Robot Arm
• arcleinIn a study published in the online version of The Lancet, the researchers described the brain-computer interface (BCI) technology and training programs that allowed Ms. Scheuermann, 53, of Whitehall Borough in Pittsburgh, Pa. to intentionally move
Forget Prozac, Psychobiotics Are the Future of Psychiatry
• http://www.popsci.com, By Jason TetroFor millennia, the human race has sought to combat psychological disorders through the intervention of natural – and eventually synthetic – chemicals.
How Scientists Preserve Lincoln's Original Gettysburg Address Manuscripts
• http://www.popsci.com, By Mac IrvineResearchers still have more to learn from the 150-year-old documents.
Air Force Seeks Laser Weapons for Next Generation Fighters
• news.usni.orgThe U.S. Air Force has released a new request for a high-powered laser weapon that could be mounted on a next-generation air dominance fighter in the post-2030 era.
Big Agri-business: killing of the honeybee with guttation
• Daily PaulAs you can see in the video the Honeybee dies in less 1 minutes after taking water from GMO corn.
Quantum computing moves forward with new breakthrough
• dviceMost scientists believe the next step in computing will be quantum computers. Quantum computers are fast: they are capable of working a million times faster than a standard PC.
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