tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66191181228114068982024-09-10T16:27:16.756-07:00Water Cooler GeniusThe world is like a giant water cooler, just trying to start the conversationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-68366141429519532932012-07-23T19:36:00.001-07:002012-07-23T19:36:26.406-07:00Microcomputers within our bodies: evolutions next step?Traditionally tech devices have been rigid and boxy - until now. David Icke creates breathable, implantable microcomputers that conform to the human body, which can be used for a variety of medical applications.
David Icke at TEDMED 2012Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-75753859556449832932012-07-03T10:20:00.001-07:002012-07-03T10:20:41.465-07:00Online science video games: bridging fun, education and researchNew videogame lets amateur researchers mess with RNA
EteRNA - RNA
foldit - ProteinAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-46257179147411346572012-07-02T19:50:00.004-07:002012-07-02T20:03:18.404-07:00Microscopes & Telescopes: seeing the unseen
The Scientific Aesthetic: Images That Can't Be Seen With the Naked EyeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-75880067408633814522012-07-02T08:28:00.001-07:002012-07-02T08:28:38.578-07:00Diabetes reversed in mice using stem cellsDiabetes reversed in mice using stem cellsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-39107553746045538312011-06-09T15:30:00.000-07:002011-06-09T15:30:56.736-07:00CERN physicists trap antimatter for 1,000 seconds — unlimited future energy?CERN physicists trap antimatter for 1,000 seconds — unlimited future energy?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-18274813441775885712011-06-09T15:28:00.000-07:002011-06-09T15:28:49.579-07:00iCloud provides instant sync for Apple devicesno iTunes on the cloud however...
iCloud provides instant sync for Apple devicesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-31776536780178609132011-06-09T15:27:00.000-07:002011-06-09T15:27:24.214-07:00Researchers create nanoparticles perfectly formed to tackle cancerResearchers create nanoparticles perfectly formed to tackle cancerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-24205446059232997232011-05-31T22:09:00.000-07:002011-05-31T22:09:32.169-07:00Investing in higher education...the entrepreneurial way
Fixes: Instead of Student Loans, Investing in Futures
By DAVID BORNSTEIN
Published: May 30, 2011
Is it possible to finance higher education the way we finance start-up companies?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-24231503219437087242011-05-16T13:29:00.001-07:002011-05-16T13:30:10.455-07:00Science is 'religion'Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-12227644029706747422011-05-09T16:26:00.000-07:002011-05-09T16:26:18.998-07:00Smart phones evolved from laptops which are evolving from smart phones
"certain aspects of desktop and laptop operating systems start imitating the little upstarts that had initially imitated them... Apple's Mac OS X Lion (which I includes the Mac App Store, full-screen apps, and multitouch gestures."(HP has webOS, Microsoft with Windows 8 is far behind in the field)
COMPUTING
The Desktop Is Turning Mobile
Credit: Technology Review
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-3828090868440515152011-05-09T10:57:00.001-07:002011-05-09T11:07:22.572-07:00Time-lapse photography is sweetAwesome video of time-lapse photography by Terje Sorgjerd.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-83075906150657869292011-05-04T11:08:00.000-07:002011-05-04T11:08:54.676-07:00The Evolution of Global LearningThe curator of the world famous TED conference gives a terrific talk (using Prezi for his presentation) about the evolution of a global 'Learning Cycle' and how online video is shaping the way people form crowds, in a global sense, to spur education and innovation with no borders.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-81239621706453447222011-04-26T15:55:00.001-07:002011-04-26T15:56:47.725-07:00Water into wine...Stem cells into neurons
Stable, self-renewing neural stem cells created
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco and colleagues have reported the creation of long-term, self-renewing, primitive neural precursor cells from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) that can be directed to become many types of neurons without Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-70451569733587724182011-04-26T15:41:00.001-07:002011-04-26T15:57:28.450-07:00Harvesting water from fog
Fog harvesting for water
MIT researcher Shreerang Chhatre and associates have developed new ways to use “fog harvesting” to provide water to the world’s poor.
A fog-harvesting device consists of a fence-like mesh p anel, which attracts droplets, connected to receptacles into which water drips. To build larger fog harvesters, researchers generally use mesh, rather than a solid Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-17444457390882002412011-04-25T15:49:00.001-07:002011-04-25T15:54:40.553-07:00The NFL Lockout is finally over
A federal judge gave professional football players a significant victory Monday, granting an injunction to stop the N.F.L.'s six-week lockout Monday. Judge Susan Richard Nelson of United States District Court did not stay her decision, sending the N.F.L scrambling to seek a stay from the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to prevent the league from having to open for business immediately.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-66189992516500806512011-04-22T11:58:00.000-07:002011-04-22T11:58:17.978-07:00Feel the drugs working
Opening Up the Brain with Ultrasound
A startup is developing a simple ultrasound method to get cancer drugs into the brain.
Technology Review
Friday, April 22, 2011 By Courtney Humphries
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-66495035126630285382011-04-14T16:30:00.000-07:002011-04-14T16:30:00.915-07:00First Watson conquered the world of Jeopardy, now he's taking on the jobs of doctors and nurses
Watson Goes to Work in the Hospital
Technology like that inside the Jeopardy!champ is being used to identify when babies are acquiring an infection.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011 BY TOM SIMONITEAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-37068407482428911332011-04-14T11:32:00.000-07:002011-04-14T11:32:17.592-07:00Crustaceans to the rescueMaterial removes radioactive materials from drinking water
Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that a combination of forest byproducts and crustacean shells may be the key to removing radioactive materials from drinking water.“As we’re currently seeing in Japan, one of the major health risks posed by nuclear accidents is radioactive iodide that dissolves into drinking Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-84484459636315088782011-04-11T15:31:00.002-07:002011-04-11T15:31:32.200-07:00Bravo UBC...bravoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-82474070089698287012011-04-10T01:06:00.000-07:002011-04-10T01:06:24.814-07:00'He's just a poor boy from a poor family...'Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-59606144467265106622011-04-10T00:51:00.004-07:002011-04-10T00:52:58.069-07:00Definitely an idea worth spreading...thanks TEDAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-32430815194669899442011-04-08T09:14:00.000-07:002011-04-08T09:14:39.553-07:00Prescription weed, awesome. Not so fast says Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic Clinical Practice Committee (MCCPC) establishes policy on medical marijuanaARZ
April 8, 2011 | This Week at Mayo Clinic | Volume 2, Number 18
The recent legalization of medical marijuana in Arizona required Mayo Clinic to assess how it will respond to medical marijuana use at Mayo Clinic Hospital and whether Mayo Clinic physicians will certify and attest for medical Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-61717998757900328512011-04-07T15:45:00.001-07:002011-04-07T15:46:36.693-07:00The stem cell revolution of medicine continues...Stem cells used to create retinal tissue
Embryonic stem cells are capable of innately forming tissue structures without genetic alterations.
Ref.: Mototsugu Eiraku et al., Self-organizing optic-cup morphogenesis in three-dimensional culture, Nature, April 6, 2011Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-23334585187376379662011-04-07T15:05:00.000-07:002011-04-07T15:05:04.288-07:00Lexmark 2011 - Colorjet printer with the ability to construct a building
Buildings Made with a Printer
A novel approach to design and construction could save materials and energy, and create unusually beautiful structures.
Thursday, April 7, 2011 By Kevin Bullis
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619118122811406898.post-44082091607801971742011-04-06T11:58:00.002-07:002011-04-06T11:58:47.557-07:00Mining the moon
For some entrepreneurs, Moon is money
April 6, 2011
Source: For Some Entrepreneurs, Moon Is Money — Apr 4, 2011
Dr. Barney Pell, founder of Powerset, with his two co-founders, Naveen Jain (Infospace) and Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards have started a new company called Moon Express to develop a space vehicle that will in turn allow the company to tap into mineral Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250019580468462849noreply@blogger.com0