Posts Tagged ‘technology news’
A Monkey that Controls a Robot with its Thoughts (Video)
Miguel Nicolelis: A monkey that controls a robot with its thoughts. No, really. Can we use our brains to directly control machines — without requiring a body as the middleman? Miguel Nicolelis talks through an astonishing...
We Stopped Dreaming by Neil deGrasse Tyson – Episode 2
“Why We Stopped Dreaming” episode 2 from the genius that is Neil deGrasse Tyson He is truly a visionary and the most interesting person to listen to on the subject of space exploration. What do you think? comme...
Pirate Bay Heading to the Cloud
Arrrgh source wired.com The furor over the idea began earlier this week when the Pirate Bay, a Swedish website that enables file sharing, said it would launch a fleet of small flying servers. Per its blog: With the development ...
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is Right – Awesome (Video)
Neil deGrasse Tyson has a message. “We stopped Dreaming”
Take a Train to Space
There are some really amazing ideas out there. Here is one of them. Startram – maglev train to low earth orbit Getting into space is one of the harder tasks to be taken on by humanity. The present cost of inserting a kilo...
Eat More – Watch More TV – And Not Be Fat
I know it sounds great but you really would get bored. story by gizmag.com Eat more, move less and don’t gain weight by blocking a marijuana-like chemical in the brain Unless you’re a rodent, it’s probably too ear...
Robots Can Run Faster than Humans Now…Great…(Video)
You can list this as another mistake the humans made in helping the robots destroy our race in the future…now they are faster than us. Video: Darpa’s Robotic Cheetah Sets Racing Record Trust me, gym rat. Your outrageo...
Robofish – The Leader
Another step towards the day the robots take over. thanks gizmag! Robot becomes a leader among fish A couple of years ago, a team of scientists from the University of Leeds succeeded in getting live stickleback fish to follow a...
The “Shut Up ” Gun (Video)
Wish you could just make someone stop talking sometimes? Of course you do everyone has those moments. The Japanese have done it again with a new device that can stop a person from talking. Speech-Jamming Gun Unveiled By Japan...
Coming Soon – ‘Minority Report’ Style Computers
You have seen these style of computers before in a lot of movies and TV shows. The user is moving around virtual object through a clear display screen. It it another futuristic concept that is getting closer to reality. I wil...
Flesh Eating Bacteria – Our Friend!
Flesh-eating bacteria inspires highly selective instant adhesive that won’t stick to fingers A strong and highly selective instant adhesive inspired by the bacteriumStreptococcus pyogenes has been developed by Oxford Uni...
Going Up? Space Elevator by 2050
Using the term “Going Up?” in the headline for a story about an elevator might have you thinking that I am the greatest writer of all time. II am. This story is very cool but also depresses me. All of this talk ...
Wirelessly powered medical implant
Remember the movie “Innerspace” ? Well this is kinda like that, minus the tiny little person driving the medical device. Wirelessly powered medical implant propels itself through the bloodstream With the wait still ...
LightBeam makes any surface a projector display
and everyday objects a remote control I want one source (gizmag.com) Pico projectors might be able to turn any old surface into a display – with varying results of course – but can they turn any old surface into in...
Scientists report success in first human tests of drug-delivery chip
This one is straight from Gizmag.com no fancying it up by me Much as anyone with a medical condition wants to get better, it can often be difficult to get patients to stick to their medication regimens. This is particularly tru...
Heart struck by CERN proton beams for Valentine’s day
You know what nerds do on Valentines day? This Love may be all about chemistry, but that hasn’t stopped particle physicists from making their own special Valentines. This heart has been pierced not by Cupid’s arrow,...
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