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US researchers harness viruses to power tiny device
Post Date: 2012-05-16 02:40:23 by Tatarewicz
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The virus-based electrode produced a small current enough to flash "1" on a liquid-crystal display. More research is needed, but our work is a promising first step toward the development of personal power generators, actuators for use in nano-devices, and other devices based on viral electronics." Dr. Seung-Wuk Lee of the University of California, Berkeley A team of US researchers in California have used viruses to build tiny devices that gather energy from mechanical forces and convert it into electricity. "More research is needed, but our work is a promising first step toward the development of personal power generators, actuators for use in nano-devices, and ...
Low-Cost Nanosheet Catalyst Discovered to Split Hydrogen from Water
Post Date: 2012-05-14 04:07:49 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (May 11, 2012) — Hydrogen gas offers one of the most promising sustainable energy alternatives to limited fossil fuels. But traditional methods of producing pure hydrogen face significant challenges in unlocking its full potential, either by releasing harmful carbon dioxide into the atmosphere or requiring rare and expensive chemical elements such as platinum. Now, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new electrocatalyst that addresses one of these problems by generating hydrogen gas from water cleanly and with much more affordable materials. The novel form of catalytic nickel-molybdenum-nitride -- ...
Implant may help memory recall in Alzheimer's
Post Date: 2012-05-14 01:24:58 by Tatarewicz
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A pacemaker-like device surgically implanted into the brain may boost memory recall in some of the patients suffering Alzheimer's disease. The pacemaker which is already available for some patients with severe Parkinson’s or depression uses deep electrodes to send continuous impulses to certain brain regions. John Hopkins University researchers conducted a small trial to test the safety of the Deep brain stimulation (DBS) for six patients with Alzheimer’s. According to the findings published in the Archives of Neurology , in all of the studied patients, the device boosted the function of regions involved in memory and cognition. “The regions are not working together ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 101: COMMON MYTHS
Post Date: 2012-05-12 15:40:03 by Original_Intent
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myths & facts MYTH 1: Global temperatures are rising at a rapid, unprecedented rate. FACT: Accurate satellite, balloon and mountain top observations made over the last three decades have not shown any significant change in the long term rate of increase in global temperatures. Average ground station readings do show a mild warming of 0.6 to 0.8C over the last 100 years, which is well within the natural variations recorded in the last millennium. The ground station network suffers from an uneven distribution across the globe; the stations are preferentially located in growing urban and industrial areas ("heat islands"), which show substantially higher readings than ...
Apple to drop Google Maps from iOS 6: report
Post Date: 2012-05-12 07:21:23 by Tatarewicz
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Apple will drop Google Maps from its upcoming mobile platform iOS 6 in favor of its own mapping system, it was reported on Friday. The application design is said to be fairly similar to the current Google Maps program on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, but it is described as a much cleaner, faster and more reliable experience, said technology news website 9to5mac, citing its trusted sources. Over the last few years, Apple has been acquiring mapping companies like Placebase, C3 Technologies and Poly9. The acquisitions enable Apple to create a complete mapping database of its own instead of relying on Google's solutions. The most important aspect of ...
Nevermind the Apocalypse: Earliest Mayan Calendar Found
Post Date: 2012-05-10 22:19:59 by farmfriend
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Nevermind the Apocalypse: Earliest Mayan Calendar Found Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Date: 10 May 2012 Time: 01:56 PM ET The oldest-known version of the ancient Maya calendar has been discovered adorning a lavishly painted wall in the ruins of a city deep in the Guatemalan rainforest. The hieroglyphs, painted in black and red, along with a colorful mural of a king and his mysterious attendants, seem to have been a sort of handy reference chart for court scribes in A.D. 800 — the astronomers and mathematicians of their day. Contrary to popular myth, this calendar isn't a countdown to the end of the world in December 2012, the study researchers said. "The ...
Media buzz as US confirms Russian troops to train on American soil
Post Date: 2012-05-10 15:13:30 by Itistoolate
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Help wanted! Silicon Valley's hiring crunch
Post Date: 2012-05-10 04:12:20 by Tatarewicz
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Tango's co-founder and chief technology officer, Eric Setton Tango co-founder Eric Setton spends a third of his time recruiting staff It is Thursday afternoon in Tango's office near Stanford University in California, and the silence is deafening. Blame it on go-kart racing. Co-founder and chief technology officer Eric Setton has spontaneously taken everyone on a field trip. It is his way of rewarding his mobile-engineering team for working ridiculous start-up hours. Just 18 months ago, Tango was just another unknown scrappy venture trying to make it in Silicon Valley. But, within 10 days of introducing its free mobile video-calling service for smartphones over 3G, 4G and ...
Retinal Microchip Restores Vision in Retinitis Pigmentosa
Post Date: 2012-05-10 00:52:40 by Tatarewicz
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May 9, 2012 — A subretinal microchip implant has entered new clinical trials in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, and early results are encouraging, according to researchers from 2 studies. An earlier clinical trial conducted in Germany was reported in the November 2010 issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society. The first of 3 patients in the first study was implanted on February 13 at the University of Hong Kong Eye Institute. That study is being led by David Wong, MB ChB, chair professor in ophthalmology and director of the Eye Institute at the University of Hong Kong. The subretinal microchip in situ. Source: Retina Implant AG. The first 2 of 12 patients in the United Kingdom ...
A Secret Hidden From Mankind: "A Universe Teeming With Life"
Post Date: 2012-05-09 09:53:33 by abraxas
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A Secret Hidden From Mankind: "A Universe Teeming With Life" Published on May 7, 2012 by Derrick Bullock UFO phenomena supported by a host of highly acclaimed individuals who have enough evidence to make the world believe what is actually going on in our world in contrast to what we can see from behind the massive veil of deception. The dark clouds of lies. The so called elite love to lie to keep power over us all. This video clip comes from "SafeSpace UFO Documentary - Fastwalkers Files Disclosure".
Google gets Nevada driving licence for self-drive car
Post Date: 2012-05-09 01:22:24 by Tatarewicz
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Google's driverless car Google has been experimenting with driverless Toyota Prius cars in the US Driverless cars will soon be a reality on the roads of Nevada after the state approved America's first self-driven vehicle licence. The first to hit the highway will be a Toyota Prius modified by search firm Google, which is leading the way in driverless car technology. Its first drive included a spin down Las Vegas's famous strip. Other car companies are also seeking self-driven car licences in Nevada. Accident The car uses video cameras mounted on the roof, radar sensors and a laser range finder to "see" other traffic. Engineers at Google have previously tested ...
Average IQ in the US and 80 Other Countries
Post Date: 2012-05-08 14:56:20 by Turtle
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The average IQ in the United States is usually set at 100. Groups within the US score different average IQ's, such as 115 for college grads or 85 for African-Americans. Similarly, average IQ varies from country to country, shown in the 2002 book IQ and the Wealth of Nations (sets Britain at 100): From Intelligence and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations by Richard Lynn Rank Country IQ estimate 1. Hong Kong 107 2. South Korea 106 3. Japan 105 4. Taiwan 104 5. Singapore 103 6. Austria 102 6. Germany 102 6. Italy 102 6. Netherlands 102 10 Sweden 101 10 Switzerland 101 12 Belgium 100 12 ** China 100 12 New Zealand 100 12 ** United Kingdom 100 16 Hungary 99 16 Poland 99 ...
Crop Circle Movie
Post Date: 2012-05-06 08:09:34 by Lod
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Saxon scientists make 'printable speaker'
Post Date: 2012-05-05 03:32:48 by Tatarewicz
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Chunky, space-stealing speakers could become a thing of the past, thanks to scientists in eastern Germany who have made the world’s first printable speaker. Paper-thin, they promise to make noise in the tech world and beyond. A team from the Institute for Print and Media Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology, Saxony, had been working on the project for just two and a half years when they managed to make a successful prototype. It involves printing layers of polymers and conductive chemicals onto a single piece of paper to create a speaker. “A cable is used to run music from a computer or MP3 player, which causes the printed layers to vibrate against each other and ...
Scientists defend aphid-repelling GMO wheat experiment
Post Date: 2012-05-03 03:47:57 by Tatarewicz
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Scientists developing genetically modified wheat are asking campaigners not to ruin their experimental plots, but come in for a chat instead. The trial at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, Herts, uses wheat modified to deter aphids, an insect pest. The protest group Take the Flour Back has vowed to "decontaminate" the site unless the research is halted. The scientists say the GM plants could benefit the environment as they will reduce pesticide use. "We appeal to you as environmentalists," they write in an open letter. "Our GM wheat could, for future generations, substantially reduce the use of agricultural chemicals." But the campaigners say the GM trial ...
Wind farms can cause climate change, finds new study
Post Date: 2012-04-30 08:37:43 by Ada
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Wind farms can cause climate change, according to new research, that shows for the first time the new technology is already pushing up temperatures. Wind farms can cause a rise in temperature, found a study in Nature. Usually at night the air closer to the ground becomes colder when the sun goes down and the earth cools. But on huge wind farms the motion of the turbines mixes the air higher in the atmosphere that is warmer, pushing up the overall temperature. Satellite data over a large area in Texas, that is now covered by four of the world's largest wind farms, found that over a decade the local temperature went up by almost 1C as more turbines are built. This could have ...
Oil Secrets:
Post Date: 2012-04-30 04:18:25 by Tatarewicz
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In the first half of Monday's show, author Dr. Jerome Corsi discussed how Nazi chemists developed a series of equations during WWII which demonstrated that oil can be formed synthetically. Known as the Fischer-Tropsch equations, they indicated that the mixture of hydrogen and carbon with various catalysts under intense pressure and heat, produced hydrocarbons-- such as what is made in the mantle of the Earth on an ongoing basis, he explained. It doesn't take dead plants or animals, dinosaurs, plankton, algae or former living matter to produce oil, and the Nazis understood this, he continued, adding that some of their scientists were brought over to the US during Operation Paperclip ...
Megacatastrophes:
Post Date: 2012-04-30 04:04:27 by Tatarewicz
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Filling in for George Noory, John B. Wells was joined for the entire program by British astronomer Dr. David Darling for a discussion about some strange ways our world could be brought to a 'megacatastrophic' end. According to Darling, a likely population-ending scenario involves a biological pandemic, something similar to the Plague. "There's a real problem that [a virus or bacteria] is going to develop total drug resistance... and be highly infectious as well," he said. Darling estimated that a highly-virulent, untreatable infection could wipe out half of the people on the planet in weeks. Darling reported on a possible nanotechnological nightmare known as the ...
Firefox 12.0
Post Date: 2012-04-28 22:57:00 by Lod
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Poster Comment:This sucker is really fast. The install was flawless and the learning curve zilch.
Germans invent weather/road adapting car tire
Post Date: 2012-04-28 08:20:55 by Tatarewicz
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Are you fed up of having to change your summer tyres for winter tyres at the first sign of snow? A group of German researchers have developed a tyre that "changes itself." The researchers at Leipzig university are developing the world's first-ever "intelligent" tyre which automatically adapts itself to the prevailing weather conditions even while you are driving. A team of researchers headed by Detlef Riemer at the University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig unveiled the "adaptive tyre" at this year's Hannover Fair, the world's biggest industrial fair taking place in the north German city this week. "Today's choice of tyres are always a ...
China GMO lamb high in good fat
Post Date: 2012-04-26 08:18:43 by Tatarewicz
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HONG KONG (Reuters) Apr 24 - Chinese scientists have cloned a genetically modified sheep containing a "good" type of fat found naturally in nuts, seeds, fish and leafy greens that helps reduce the risk of heart attacks and cardiovascular disease. "Peng Peng," which has a roundworm fat gene, weighed in at 5.74 kilograms (almost 13 pounds) when it was born March 26 in a laboratory in China's far western region of Xinjiang. "It's growing very well and is very healthy like a normal sheep," lead scientist Du Yutao at the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) in Shenzhen in southern China told Reuters. Du and colleagues inserted the gene that is linked to the ...
Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot
Post Date: 2012-04-25 01:44:32 by Tatarewicz
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A spectator moves out of the way as Mark-Andre Duc, seen on the computer screen, directs a robot at Switzerland's Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. From the hospital 100 kilometers (62 miles) away, Duc imagined lifting his fingers to direct a robot. Swiss scientists demonstrated with this test how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot using brain signals alone. … LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars. Similar ...
Company aims to strike it rich by mining asteroids
Post Date: 2012-04-24 06:49:34 by Tatarewicz
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… This computer-generated image provided by Planetary Resources, a group of high-tech tycoons that wants to mine nearby asteroids, shows a conceptual rendering of satellites prospecting a water-rich, near-Earth asteroid. The group's mega-million dollar plan is to use commercially built robotic ships to squeeze rocket fuel and valuable minerals like platinum and gold out of the lifeless rocks that routinely whiz by Earth. One of the company founders predicts they could have their version of a space-based gas station up and running by 2020. WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of high-tech tycoons wants to mine nearby asteroids, hoping to turn science fiction into real profits. The ...
US introduces $60 LED light bulb
Post Date: 2012-04-24 01:27:09 by Tatarewicz
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Philips LED bulb LED bulbs should last about 100,000 hours - giving them a life of about 20 years A prize-winning light bulb that lasts for 20 years is going on sale in the US on Sunday - also known as Earth Day. Made by Dutch electronics giant Philips, the bulb swaps filaments for light-emitting diodes to provide illumination. Using LEDs endows the light with a long life and a hefty price tag. The first versions are set to cost $60 (£37). Philips has arranged discounts with shops that will sell the bulb meaning some could buy it for only $20 (£12). Production ban The bulb triumphed in the Bright Tomorrow competition run by the US Department of Energy that aimed to find an ...
3rd Plant Species With Mutations Found In 3rd Michigan Location [Fuku-Fuked]
Post Date: 2012-04-23 20:47:18 by Esso
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It’s not just in dandelions, but in other flowers, fruits, vegetables, and vegetation – 3rd plant species found mutation in a 3rd separate location in Michigan. I just finished reporting on the discovery of mutated strawberries in Michigan which are speculated to be a result of Fukushima nuclear fallout, which scientists would argue such mutations would not happen this soon after the disaster. Click for Full Text!Poster Comment:Super. Like MonSatan's SuperWeeds weren't bad enough.
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