DARPA invests in megapixel augmented-reality contact lenses
Posted by admin in Hi-tech on 03. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
The augmented reality future we were long ago promised has been slow to come around, perhaps restrained most by the basic biology of our own eyes, which are unable to properly see detailed images placed very near the pupils. But via technology developed in part with a certain government agency, Washington-based Innovega has created a [...]
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“Smart Bullet” deploys fins and guides itself to a laser-designated target
Precision guided weapons are usually the purview of larger weapons platforms, like naval vessels, combat aircraft, or assault vehicles. But a couple of Sandia National Labs engineers are bringing the guided munition down from the mountaintop and putting it into the hands of the average infantryman. The engineers have developed and patented a new breed [...]
The world’s first 3-D, free-standing invisibility cloak conceals from all angles
The search for the perfect invisibility cloak lumbers onward, but that lumbering is starting to pick up speed. We’re hearing more and more these days about metamaterials, the possibilities of time cloaking, and other such future-stuff. And today, from deep in the heart of Texas, we get another tantalizing finding: UT researchers have, for the [...]
A dozen science and tech stories to expect in 2012
The coming year is going to be a big one in all kinds of areas, from space to supercomputing, research done both above and below the ocean, examinations into our distant past and into our future. And salmon. Expect to hear lots about salmon. Asteroid Fly-By On January 31, the 20-mile-long asteroid Eros makes its [...]
New hormone mimics the effects of physical exercise
A group of researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, led by Bruce Spiegelman and Pontus Boström, have discovered a hormone that mimics some of the results of a workout by facilitating the transformation of white fat into brown fat. While the purpose of the former is to accumulate excess calories, the latter [...]
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Squid fitness monitoring shirt keeps track of your gym progress
Posted by admin in Wearable electronics on 09. Feb, 2012 | No Comments
Unless you have a personal fitness instructor following you around with a notepad, keeping track of your progress at the gym can be a real nuisance. Luckily, thanks to a group of students from from Northeastern University in Boston, you can now count on your squid-equipped shirt to do the statistical heavy lifting for you. [...]
200,000-year-old patch of Seagrass Is the world’s oldest living organism
Posted by admin in Science on 09. Feb, 2012 | No Comments
A patch of Posidonia oceanica, a species of seagrass native to the Mediterranean, has just gotten its DNA sequenced and its age determined–and as it turns out, some parts of this particular patch are up to 200,000 years old. That easily destroys the previous world record of the oldest living organism, a Tasmanian plant believed [...]
Synthetic cell membrane marks another step towards creation of fully artificial life forms
Posted by admin in Future on 30. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
The cell membrane is one of the most important components of a cell because it separates the interior from the environment and controls the movement of substances in and out of the cell. In a move that brings mankind another step closer to being able to create artificial life forms from scratch, chemists from the [...]
How men can decode women’s menstrual cycles
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 27. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
“Are you on your period?” It’s a question most women have been asked at one point or another by their boyfriend or spouse during a disagreement. It turns out that some men actually can tell when it’s a woman’s time of the month—and it’s not because of bratty behavior. Photo Quiz! Can you tell which [...]
Concept Fujitsu Lifebook comes with removable smartphone, tablet, and digital camera
Posted by admin in Computers, Concept on 24. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
These days, your average tech enthusiast typically has at their disposal a smartphone, a laptop, a tablet, and a digital camera; and that’s listing the bare minimum. That’s quite a bit of processing power and storage space spread out among different gadgets. What if it were possible to link all those devices together into one [...]