Robo-Wheelchair Climbs Stairs!
• popsci.comThe robotic wheelchair senses the topography of a surface and decides whether to roll across it, or walk.
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Brain Implant Detects, Responds to Disease
• Susan Young via TechnologyReview.comNext year, medical researchers will test in patients a one-of-a-kind brain implant that can sense electrical activity in the brain while simultaneously emitting electric pulses, says device developer Medtronic.
What Comes After the Touch Screen?
• Will Knight via TechnologyReview.comGesture control, devices that recognize different people, and tricks to make a screen feel as if it has physical buttons could be coming to your gadgets.
Navy Lasers’ First Target: Enemy Drones
• Spencer Ackerman via WIRED.comOne of the first tasks the Navy expects to assign its forthcoming arsenal of laser guns: shooting down drones that menace its ships.
Meet Polaris, The First Ice-Drilling Lunar Prospector-Bot
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comThe solar-powered rover is a contender for the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize.
How Lasers Inspired the Inventor of the LED
• http://www.wired.com, By Nathan HurstIn 1962, 50 years ago today, Nick Holonyak Jr. and his team at GE invented the Light Emitting Diode.
50 Years of LED Technology
• http://www.wired.com, By Roberto BaldwinNick Holonyak was sure the LED would replace the incandescent light bulb when he presented it to GE executives 50 years ago.
The 1000 MPH Open Source Project
• http://live.wsj.comBloodhound SSC is the ambitious program to smash the land speed record. But is it also the ultimate in open source, as the director says the team will make all of its data free and open and vows to keep it patent-free. Photo: Bloodhound
Brilliant 10: Edwin Olson Creates An Autonomous Robot Army
• http://www.popsci.com, By Tom ClynesOne robot isn't so smart, but get enough of them together and they can complete a complex mission.
GameSci: Where's Our Virtual Reality?
• http://www.popsci.com, By Colin LecherWe're still seeing products guaranteeing the truly immersive experience videogames have always promised--but why don't we have them by now?
Bending Wires Is the Next Big Thing in Desktop Fabrication (Publisher Recommended)
• http://www.wired.comThis type of system has the potential to allow users to design or download a specific wire-based project and precisely create its individual components. And it creates the possibility to create skeletal frameworks for 3-D printers to build on
You Built What?!: A Tesla Coil Gun That Produces Foot-Long Sparks
• http://www.popsci.com, By Gregory MoneModeled after a Nerf gun--but with 200,000 volts under the hood
Bending Wires Is the Next Big Thing in Desktop Fabrication
• http://www.wired.com, By Tim MalyBy this point, prototyping machines like 3-D printers have taken their place alongside hammers, sewing machines and screwdrivers on the DIYer’s tool bench.
Disruptions: With a 3-D Printer, Building a Gun With the Push of a Button
• New York TimesIt has long been possible to make a gun at home. But what happens when it no longer takes knowledge and skill to build one?
Zip Guns, FP-45 Liberator
• Google ImagesPictures of Zip Guns and FP-45 Liberator Guns on Google Image...
Publisher's Backpage - Original Discovery - from October 2012 Freedom's Phoenix Digital Maga
Donna HancockFrom Publisher, Ernest Hancock - As promised, I have been constructing my own laboratory and equipping it to provide me with ‘Original Discovery’. Please let me share what I mean. ***SPECIAL PREVIEW***
NJWeedman's Jury Nullification Trial - October 10th, 2012
•Forchion's defense raises hackles in the legal establishment, but it's based on the time honored doctrine. "Jury nullification of law," as it is sometimes called, is a traditional American right defended by the Founding Fathers.
Spark of Ingenuity
•Invention of the Matchbook
INNOVATION AND THE AGE OF AUTHORITY
•The great libertarian philosopher and teacher Robert LeFevre believed that there is a certain type of human personality who will "crouch and freeze" instinctively, like a frightened rabbit, whenever it's confronted with change, whether that change is
The Individual, the State, and the Truth Behind Innovation
•An interesting observation was noted by Edmund Burke, “A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors”
OpenLuna Mission - Returning Mankind to the Moon Through Private Enterprise
•Initial goals focus on a stepped program of robotic missions coupled with extensive public relations and outreach. Following these purely robotic missions, a short series of manned missions will construct a small, approximately 8 person outpost based
‘Tom Talks Tesla’ - About the Forgotten Work of Nikola Tesla
•Presentation By Lt. Col. U.S. Army Officer Tom Bearden (Retired)
Publisher's Backpage - Original Discovery
•As promised, I have been constructing my own laboratory and equipping it to provide me with ‘Original Discovery’. Please let me share what I mean.
Stephan Kinsella on the Logic of Libertarianism and Why Intellectual Property Doesn't Exist
•There have always been criticisms of existing IP laws and policies and many calls for "reform." But I became opposed not just to "ridiculous" patents and "outrageous" IP lawsuits, but to patent and copyright per se. Patent and copyright law should be
Gun Printing is a Humanism
•We introduced 3D printing to people in a sensational way, it garnered some attention and will probably allow us to accomplish our goal. That really explains what we did.
Small Businesses Love Bitcoin!
•Bitcoin is a new digital currency that allows you to send money like you send an email – to anyone, anywhere, anytime – without going through a bank or corporation or government. Bitcoin operates completely peer-to-peer, like gold and silver, but it
From Little Workbenches, Huge Benchmarks
•The history of The Industrial Age can be traced rather well by following the history of firearms development. For throughout Man's history, almost all new technological developments have been either related to or directly stemmed from war-fighting sc
Online Before The Internet
•Before the days of high-speed internet and even dial-up AOL, there was an "online" world of communication that many people today have no idea existed. A much more decentralized way of communicating "online" that could be argued to have significantly
Supporting Creativity and Innovation thru Kickstarter
•Kickstarter is a funding platform for creative projects. Everything from films, games, and music to art, design, and technology. Kickstarter is full of ambitious, innovative, and imaginative projects that are brought to life through the direct suppor
A Garage Innovation Designed for Garage Innovators
•We need to come together and connect our home laboratories in a way that truly fosters powerful collaboration and crowd-sourcing. We can cooperatively achieve amazing things together.
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