September 2012
Coming Soon: Artificial Limbs Controlled by...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind The idea that paralyzed people might one day control their limbs just by thinking is no longer a Hollywood-style fantasy… See on scientificamerican.com
'Nano pit' solution for hip ops
See on Scoop.it - leapmind A Scottish team of biologists, nanoengineers and surgeons comes up with a new technique which could mean hip replacements that last a lifetime. See on bbc.co.uk
August 2012
Genome Brings Ancient Girl to Life | Wired Science...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind In a stunning technical feat, an international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of an archaic Siberian girl 31 times over, using a new method that amplifies single strands of DNA. See on wired.com
Reinventing Society In The Wake Of Big Data |...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind An utterly engrossing read on #BigData. I can’t plug this enough, it seems! See on edge.org
Cynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer...
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TED Talks What controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. elegans. See on ted.com
Affluent people less likely to reach out to others...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Crises are said to bring people closer together. But a new study suggests that while the have-nots reach out to one another in times of trouble, the wealthy are more apt to find comfort in material possessions. See on sciencedaily.com
Six Ways to Embrace A Low Paid Future - Forbes
See on Scoop.it - leapmind For many of us who earn a reasonable living, low pay is also a fact of life. So how do you make sense of the future of work? See on forbes.com
A novel nanobio catalyst for biofuels
See on Scoop.it - leapmind (Phys.org)—Nanoparticles synthesized from noble metals such as ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver (Ag), osmium, iridium, platinum, and gold (Au) are attracting increased attention by researchers around the world looking for advances in such… See on phys.org
Simulating the sun for photovoltaic research
See on Scoop.it - leapmind PML researchers have devised a novel source of portable sunlight that may fill an urgent need in renewable energy research – namely, light sources that generate a near-perfect solar spectrum to be used in testing the performance and efficiency of… See on phys.org
Can you patent a hyperlink? Patent trolls sure...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Once again, a patent troll is trying to make money off the good old hyperlink. It’s only one more reason why the US patent system needs to be reformed, and soon. See on extremetech.com
New, less expensive nanolithography technique...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Researchers have developed a new nanolithography technique that is less expensive than other approaches and can be used to create technologies with biomedical applications. See on sciencedaily.com
This Touch Screen Knows Your Touch - Technology...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind The new device could transmit a user-specific ID through the skin. See on technologyreview.com
Physician, glove thyself: Med Sensation has exam...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind (Phys.org)—An effort by two engineers and a medical student has resulted in a second glove prototype designed so that doctors can use it as enhanced data. See on phys.org
Researchers find a protein that helps DNA repair...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind (Phys.org)—Scientists have long wondered why cells lose their ability to repair themselves as they age. New research by scientists at the University of Rochester has uncovered two intriguing clues. See on phys.org
New insights into placebo effect
See on Scoop.it - leapmind (Phys.org)—Mathematical models developed by scientists at the University of Bristol are providing new insights into why the placebo effect exists and when it should occur. See on phys.org
Harvard creates cyborg flesh that’s half man, half...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Bioengineers at Harvard University have created the first examples of cyborg tissue: Neurons, heart cells, muscle, and blood vessels that are interwoven by nanowires and transistors. See on extremetech.com
Social Network Size Linked to Brain Size:...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind How and why the volume of the orbital prefrontal cortex is related to the size of social networks… See on scientificamerican.com
How Google and Apple's digital mapping is mapping...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Digital maps on smartphones are brilliantly useful tools, but what sort of information do they gather about us – and how do they shape the way we look at the world? See on guardian.co.uk
Homeless People Use Facebook Just Like You and Me
See on Scoop.it - leapmind The Atlantic is reporting some pretty fascinating findings from a study on Internet usage patterns in homeless vs. non-homeless youth out of the University of Alabama. See on m.gizmodo.com
Is a Privately Funded Manned Mission to Mars...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Politicians love to occasionally declare that the United States is going to Mars, but eventually backpedal on such plans. Astrobiologist and Extremo Files blogger Jeffrey Marlow wonders if a private quest to the red planet might be possible. See on wired.com
Biophysicists unravel secrets of genetic switch
See on Scoop.it - leapmind When an invading bacterium or virus starts rummaging through the contents of a cell nucleus, using proteins like tiny hands to rearrange the host’s DNA strands, it can alter the host’s biological course. See on phys.org
Light-sensitive muscles will enable robots to move...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind A recent breakthrough at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania is set to make the spastic and jerky movements of robots a thing of the past. See on io9.com
Smallest antenna can increase Wi-Fi speed 200...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Researchers have developed the first compact high performance silicon-based cavity-backed slot (CBS) antenna that operates at 135 GHz. See on sciencedaily.com
Wolfram Alpha launches Facebook personal analytics...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Wolfram Alpha is continuing to expand into the data analytics space with a feature that will likely be more popular amongst regular users than its professional data analysis service: personal… See on theverge.com
What Is Value? What Is Money? | Conversation |...
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Tomorrow’s Zoo: Cloned Dodos and Cyborg Giraffes?...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Some animals might look a lot different in human-guided future. Visit Discover Magazine to read this article and other exclusive science and technology news stories. See on discovermagazine.com
Protect Privacy When Recycling Smartphones:...
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Using Fertilizer Wisely Could Help Feed 9 Billion...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Farmers in the U.S.and China should use less fertilizer, freeing it up for application where such nutrients can do the most good… See on scientificamerican.com
The Pirates And Trolls Of Porn Valley
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Since 2010, a slew of lawyers have made their living off of pursuing (possible) porn pirates. It’s a controversial living, but it’s a living. See on buzzfeed.com
Robot cars on public roads? California says yes
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Legislators pass new law that would set safety and performance standards. See on arstechnica.com
How Self-Sustaining Space Habitats Could Save...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind This planet can’t protect us forever. Sooner or later, there’ll be a catastrophe that renders this world uninhabitable for humans. And when that day comes, we’ll need to know already how to live in space. See on io9.com
One Per Cent: Thought-controlled quadcopter takes...
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Study finds gene that predicts happiness in women
See on Scoop.it - leapmind A new study has found a gene that appears to make women happy, but it doesn’t work for men. The finding may help explain why women are often happier than men, the research team said. See on psypost.org
Special Report: The Singularity - IEEE Spectrum
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Engineering Products, Services & Suppliers |...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Comprehensive directory of engineering component, part, product & service suppliers. Join our forum & share your views on engineering, manufacturing & technology. See on source.theengineer.co.uk
Fairness can evolve by imitating one's neighbor:...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind (Phys.org)—As humans, we have a strong sense of fairness that often causes us to go out of our way to punish an unfair person, even when such an action comes at a cost to ourselves. See on phys.org
Five Stories From the Front Lines of the...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind How sedentary office workers, anxious parents, and obsessive data geeks are using health and fitness trackers… See on spectrum.ieee.org
How I Quantified Myself - IEEE Spectrum
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Can self-measurement gadgets help us live healthier and better lives? See on spectrum.ieee.org
WeeBots: Driveable Robots for Babies Who Need Them...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Even at just six months old, babies turn out to be proficient robot drivers… See on spectrum.ieee.org
Phones will get all charged up about new Ultrabook...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Wireless Charging Technology in future laptops will transport juice through the air to depleted devices anywhere nearby. Read this blog post by Eric Mack on Crave. See on news.cnet.com
Phones will get all charged up about new Ultrabook...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Wireless Charging Technology in future laptops will transport juice through the air to depleted devices anywhere nearby. Read this blog post by Eric Mack on Crave. See on news.cnet.com
When organs become cyborgs - CNN.com
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Scientists are working on a futuristic tissue engineering venture to grow better solutions for damaged or missing organs. See on edition.cnn.com
Shifty, but secure eyes: New biometric security...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind A biometric security system based on how a user moves their eyes is being developed by technologists in Finland. Researchers explain how a person’s saccades, their tiny, but rapid, involuntary eye movements, can be measured using a video camera. See on sciencedaily.com
A whisker-inspired approach to tactile sensing
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Inspired by the twitching whiskers of common rats and Etruscan shrews, researchers have developed rodent-like robots and an innovative tactile sensor system that could be used to help find people in burning buildings, make vacuum cleaners more… See on sciencedaily.com
Flu is transmitted before symptoms appear, making...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Research at Imperial College London examining influenza transmission in ferrets suggests that the virus can be passed on before the appearance of symptoms. If the finding applies to humans, it means that people pass on flu to others before they know they’re infected, making it very difficult to contain epidemics. Ferrets are commonly used in flu research because...
Apple, Samsung and why gadgets all look the same
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Recent courtroom battles between the tech giants shows just how rare innovation is, says Tom Chatfield. See on bbc.com
News Item - Centre For Eye Research Australia
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Exclusive Clip: In Sci-Fi Movie Branded, Marketing...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind Dystopian sci-fi flick Branded has a super-twisted premise: A marketing genius discovers that advertising is actually warping people’s minds. He then decides to raise hell to save humanity. See on wired.com
Researchers take next step toward enhancing...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind (Phys.org)—A team of researchers has developed a method to successfully predict the structures of artificial proteins, a breakthrough that could yield valuable methods for making pharmaceuticals and other chemicals that require precise assembly of… See on phys.org
Sterling science: Strain in silver nanoparticles...
See on Scoop.it - leapmind (Phys.org)—When twins are forced to share, it can put a significant strain on their relationship. While this observation is perhaps unsurprising in the behavior of children, it is less obvious when it comes to nanoparticles. See on phys.org
