Emo Computer Using New Algorithm Finds Aesop’s Fables Strangely Moving
Posted by admin in Computers, Robots on 25. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
A Parade of Emo Macs An Australian researcher has built algorithms that let computers experience free thinking and emotion, allowing them to respond to simple moral lessons found in Aesop’s Fables. Upon freely associating a trifecta of stories involving birds — “The Thirsty Pigeon,” “The Cat and the Cock” and “The Wolf and the [...]
In Test of Relativity Theory, Superaccurate Atomic Clocks Prove Your Head Ages Nanoseconds Faster than Your Feet
Posted by admin in Science on 25. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Different Times at Different Heights The higher you go, the slower time moves. Einstein first figured out that time moves at a different rate depending on how fast you’re moving, and depending on how close you are to a gravitational field. And scientists have already shown that time moves faster at higher elevations — clocks [...]
iBGStar plug-in glucose meter for the iPhone and iPod touch
Posted by admin in Medicine on 24. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
The iBGStar plug-in glucose meter With the number of apps in Apple’s App Store standing at more than 250,000 it’s no surprise that there are a number of diabetes-related apps amongst them. Such apps require users to manually enter information such as glucose numbers, carbohydrate consumption, insulin dosages and activities to allow diabetics to better [...]
Canadian Student Becomes First Human to Fly By Flapping Wings
Posted by admin in Design on 23. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Snowbird The Snowbird weighs just 94 pounds but has a wingspan that nearly matches a Boeing 737. A Canadian engineering student achieved sustained flight in a human-powered ornithopter for the first time in August, and has just filed a claim for a world record, according to the University of Toronto. The Snowbird is the first [...]
New Process Uses Genetically Modified Yeast to Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions Into Bricks for Construction
Posted by admin in Science on 23. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
CO2 To Bricks Carbon dioxide is bubbled into water and then added to a solution of mineral ions. Genetically engineered yeast help turn the dissolved CO2 into solid carbonates. A method developed at MIT and modeled after seashells could provide a new way to sequester carbon dioxide — by using it to manufacture new carbonate [...]
