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Thursday October 11, 2012 |
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News and Blog Headlines
Extending Einstein’s theory beyond light speed
Glowing DNA allows for high speed disease detection
3D printing may put global supply chains out of business: report
Researchers unravel the secret to making cheap, high-density data storage
Mysterious algorithm was 4% of trading activity last week
How to print headphones
A tactile glove provides subtle guidance to locate objects
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Extending Einstein’s theory beyond light speed
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University of Adelaide applied mathematicians have extended Einstein’s theory of special relativity to work beyond the speed of light. Einstein’s theory holds that nothing could move faster than the speed of light, but Professor Jim Hill and Dr Barry Cox in the University’s School of Mathematical Sciences have developed new formulas that allow for travel … more… |
Glowing DNA allows for high speed disease detection
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University of Copenhagen scientists have invented a method that promises to shave days off the lab work done to reveal diseases, using cheap methods and easy to use analytical apparatuses. Many diseases, including cancers, leave genetic clues in the body just as criminals leave DNA at the scene of a crime. But tools to detect the … more… |
3D printing may put global supply chains out of business: report
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Will 3D printing make global supply chains unnecessary? That’s a real possibility, according to a recent report from Transport Intelligence, Smart Planet reports. 3D printing (or “additive manufacturing,” as it’s called in industrial circles) takes offshore manufacturing and brings it back close to the consumer. It has enormous potential to shift the trade balance. Goods will be cheaper … more… |
Researchers unravel the secret to making cheap, high-density data storage
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Researchers from A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered that an ultra-smooth surface is the key factor for “self-assembly” — a cheap, high-volume, high-density patterning technique for data storage. This technique allows manufacturers to use the method for data storage on a variety of different … more… |
Mysterious algorithm was 4% of trading activity last week
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A single mysterious computer program that placed orders — and then subsequently canceled them — made up 4 percent of all quote traffic in the U.S. stock market last week, according to the top tracker of high-frequency trading activity. The motive of the algorithm is still unclear, CNBC reports. The program placed orders in 25-millisecond … more… |
How to print headphones
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What if printed prototypes could become actual products? John Mabry of Teague Labs.decided to try it by creating printable headphones. The idea was to print an object that could be assembled without any tools and be made functional by adding readily attainable components. He decided to stress-test the premise with the challenge of making electronically simple yet … more… |
A tactile glove provides subtle guidance to locate objects
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Researchers from the University of Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT) and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics have developed a prototype of a glove that uses vibration feedback on the hand to guide the user’s hand towards a predetermined target in 3D space. The glove could help users in daily visual search tasks in supermarkets, parking lots, warehouses, … more… |
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The cloud will expand human brain capacity: Kurzweil
Source: Slashdot — 10/10/2012 | Nick Kolakowski
Futurist Ray Kurzweil believes that the cloud will help expand the capacity of the human brain beyond its current limitations — it’s going to help expand our brain capacity beyond its current limits. In a question-and-answer session following a speech to the DEMO technology conference in Santa Clara, California last week, Kurzweil described the human … more…
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