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Worm mind control

Using precisely-targeted lasers, researchers manipulate neurons in worms' brains and take control of their behavior
September 25, 2012

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In the quest to understand how the brain turns sensory input into behavior, scientists have crossed a major threshold.

Using precisely-targeted lasers, Harvard researchers have taken over an animal’s brain, instructing miniature nematode worms Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) to turn in any direction they choose by manipulating neurons in the worms’ “brain.”

They even implanted false sensory information, fooling the animal into thinking food was nearby.… read more

Topics: Biotech | Computers/Infotech/UI | Electronics

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Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide

January 23, 2009

A new digital plague has hit the Internet, known as Conficker or Downadup, infecting millions of personal and business Windows-based computers in what seems to be the first step of an unknown multistage attack.

Experts say it is the worst infection since the Slammer worm exploded through the Internet in January 2003, and it may have infected as many as nine million personal computers around the world.

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Survival/Defense

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Worm ‘EEG’ tests neural effects of drugs

May 24, 2013

Roundworms' secret of long life: being cool (credit: The Goldstein Lab)

Scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a microfluidic electrophysiological device called a NeuroChip that records the neural activity in the microscopic worm Caenorhadbitis elegans  (C. elegans) — the worm equivalent of an EEG —.to help test the effects of drugs.

How to record a worm’s ‘EEG’

With the NeuroChip, you feed the  worm into a narrow, fluid-filled channel that tapers at… read more

Topics: Cognitive Science/Neuroscience

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World’s most human-like android head

April 26, 2013

GF2045

Dr. Dmitry Itskov, founder of the 2045 Initiative and Global Future 2045 congress (GF2045), announced Thursday that he will unveil Dr. David Hanson’s latest android, the Dmitry Avatar-A head — the “world’s most human-like android head” — at the GF2045 congress, scheduled for June 15–16 at Lincoln Center in New York City.

The new android, a robotic replica of Itskov’s head, is being created by… read more

Topics: AI/Robotics | Biomed/Longevity

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World’s lightest material is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam

November 18, 2011

Ultra light metal

The world’s lightest material — with a density of 0.9 mg/cc — about 100 times lighter than Styrofoam — has been developed by a team of researchers from UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories, and the California Institute of Technology.

The new material, using nickel-phosphorous thin films, redefines the limits of lightweight materials because of its unique “micro-lattice” cellular architecture. The researchers were able to make a material that… read more

Topics: Nanotech/Materials Science

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World’s first nano-enhanced carbon fiber marine products

Nanocomposite-based door weighs 66% less than traditional doors and is more durable, says nanotech pioneer company Zyvex
June 26, 2012

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Zyvex Marine, a division of the world’s first molecular nanotechnology company, Zyvex Technologies, and Pacific Coast Marine announced a partnership to make the industry’s lightest and most durable doors, hatches, and other marine closures using nanocomposites.

They are unveiling a door that weighs 66% less than a traditional door – from 150 pounds to just 50 pounds each – and is more durable.

Zyvex… read more

Topics: Nanotech/Materials Science

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Worldwide warning issued on mercury-contaminated fish

March 12, 2007

The health risks posed by mercury contaminated fish is sufficient to warrant issuing a worldwide general warning to the public–especially children and women of childbearing age–to be careful about how much and which fish they eat.

The declaration, developed at the Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, is a synopsis of the latest scientific knowledge about the danger posed by mercury pollution.

It… read more

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Survival/Defense

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WorldWide Telescope peers into Big Dipper

February 28, 2008

Microsoft presented its WorldWide Telescope (WWT) program today at the TED conference.

WorldWide Telescope, which is similar to the sky feature in Google Earth but much more expansive, is a virtual map of space that features tens of millions of digital images from sources like the Hubble telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

From the desktop, the technology lets people pan and zoom across the night sky,… read more

Topics: Physics/Cosmology

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Worldwide mobile data traffic will be 75 exabytes a year by 2015

February 2, 2011

Worldwide mobile data traffic will increase 26-fold during 2010 – 2015 reaching 75 exabytes a year by 2015 due to a projected surge in mobile Internet-enabled devices delivering popular video applications and services, according to the Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2010 to 2015.

This traffic increase represents a compound annual growth rate of 92 percent over the same period. Two major… read more

Topics: Internet/Telecom

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Worldwide bacteria network may readily swap beneficial genes

November 3, 2011

HGT

MIT researchers have found evidence of a massive network connecting bacteria from around the world: 10,000 unique genes flowing via horizontal gene transfer (HGT) among 2,235 bacterial genomes.

HGT is an ancient method for bacteria from different lineages to acquire and share useful genetic information they didn’t inherit from their parents. The MIT team’s work illustrates the vast scale and rapid speed with which genes can proliferate… read more

Topics: Biotech | Environment/Climate

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World’s tiniest lamp spans quantum and classical physics

May 1, 2009

UCLA researchers hope to explore the realm in between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics with an experiment using the smallest ever incandescent lamp, made from a single carbon nanotube.

Topics: Nanotech/Materials Science | Physics/Cosmology | Quantum

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World’s smallest storage device lies in the nucleus of an atom

October 27, 2008

Scientists at Princeton University, Oxford University, and the U.S. Department of Energy have demonstrated the “ultimate miniaturization of computer memory,” storing data for nearly 2 seconds in the nucleus of an atom — a key step in the development of quantum computers.

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Nanotech/Materials Science | Quantum

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World’s smallest semiconductor laser

Could lead to “on-chip” communication systems for ultrafast computer chips, ultra-high-speed communications, and highly sensitive biosensors
July 30, 2012

InGaN@GaN core-shell nanorod

Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin and colleagues in Taiwan and China have developed the world’s smallest semiconductor laser, a breakthrough for emerging photonic technology with applications from computing to medicine.

Miniaturization of semiconductor lasers is key for the development of faster, smaller and lower energy photon-based technologies, such as ultrafast computer chips,  next-generation communication technologies, and highly sensitive biosensors for detecting, treating and… read more

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Electronics | Internet/Telecom | Nanotech/Materials Science | Physics/Cosmology

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World’s Smallest Projector Set for Launch

January 3, 2008

Microvision is unveiling a full functioning, self-contained prototype of “the world’s smallest business and personal projector,” using tiny lasers to shoot a WVGA (848 by 480, roughly DVD resolution) image on virtually any surface.

Topics: VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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World’s smallest full-page color scanner

April 11, 2012

ScanStik (credit: Planon)

The $160 pen-sized ScanStik just announced by PlanOn System Solutions is a compact portable color scanner for mobile professionals and students.

Unlike other pen-sized scanners, which only scan a line at a time, ScanStik scans the whole page in one sweep, like a flat-bed scanner, in just four seconds, the company says.

It has a MicroSD memory slot, 24-bit/600 dpi resolution, rechargeable battery, USB connector for… read more

Topics: Electronics

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