A Space Junk Collision Could Set Off Catastrophic Chain Reaction, Disable Earth Communications
Posted by admin in Space on 29. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
Orbital Debris The dots on this NASA-generated chart represent known pieces of large orbital debris. Every now and again someone raises a stern warning about the amount of space junk orbiting Earth. Those warnings are usually met with general indifference, as very few of us own satellites or travel regularly to low Earth orbit. But [...]
Roll up! Roll up! Sony develops super-flexible OLED screen
Posted by admin in Computers, Electronics on 27. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
We’re putting things that used to be on paper on video devices, things usually associated with large video screens onto pocket-sized devices, and now Sony is putting video on a flexible OLED screen thin enough to be rolled around a pencil like a sheet of paper, without interrupting the video. The 80-microns-thick (that’s 80 millionths [...]
Stem-Cell Dental Implants Grow New Teeth Right In Your Mouth
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 26. May, 2010 | 5 Comments
The loss of a tooth is a minor deformity and a major pain. Although dental implants are available, the healing process can take months on end, and implants that fail to align with the ever-growing jawbone tend to fall out. If only adult teeth could be regenerated, right? According to a study published in the [...]
EyePhone: New Cellphone Software Tracks Users’ Eye Movements For Control
Posted by admin in Concept, Design, Electronics on 25. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
Forget touch or even voice control–a team of researchers is developing eye-tracking software for phones for truly hands-free operations EyePhone The EyeMenu on a Nokia smartphone. While a user looks at the display, a button is highlighted if it matches the eye position on the display. The highlighted button is ready to be “clicked” with [...]
First truly synthetic organism created using four bottles of chemicals and a computer
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 21. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
Scientists call it ‘the first self-replicating species we’ve had on the planet whose parent is a computer If figuring out how to quickly sequence genomes was but the first small step for genetics, Craig Venter has gone ahead and made a giant leap for the discipline. The J. Craig Venter Institute announced today that [...]
