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Monday November 5, 2012 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines Physicists build laser tweezers controlled with Kinect Help discover dark matter in the universe, win money Obama or Romney? Face-reading software monitors viewers’ responses to debate First therapy in the western world to correct errors in a person’s genetic code approved China proposes space collaboration with India How science can build a better you Will cities of the future be filled with vertical slums? How to watch cancer spread in real time The most important education technology in 200 years Following Sandy, DHS seeks security ‘Cyber Reserve’ Latest News Physicists build laser tweezers controlled with Kinect November 5, 2012   Now anybody can pick up and move micron-scale particles using their hands and arms thanks to a Kinect-controlled infrared holographic laser device called HoloHands. The interface allows user to “pick up” and “push” particles they see on a computer screen using hand, arm and body movements alone, Technology Review Physics arXiv Blog reports. The system shows … more… Help discover dark matter in the universe, win money November 5, 2012   Can you generate new algorithms to spot dark matter in Hubble images? Observing Dark Worlds aims to capitalize on the ever-growing field of citizen science, where non-experts are asked to sift through data to help make discoveries, Wired Science reports. Dark matter is thought to be a strange form of matter that doesn’t interact with electromagnetism and … more… Obama or Romney? Face-reading software monitors viewers’ responses to debate November 5, 2012   New Scientist asked readers to take part in an online project designed to give a more fine-grained view of the public’s reactions to politics. About 80 readers watched clips from the third and final presidential debate while face-reading software recorded subtle emotional cues via webcams. Developed by Affectiva of Waltham, Massachusetts, the software tracked six categories … more… First therapy in the western world to correct errors in a person’s genetic code approved November 5, 2012   European regulators have approved the first therapy in the western world that can correct errors in a person’s genetic code, according to Amsterdam-based uniQure (formerly Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics), Europe has approved Glybera for treatment of Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency (LPLD), a very rare, inherited disease. Patients with LPLD are unable to metabolize the fat particles carried in their … more… China proposes space collaboration with India November 4, 2012   The China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) proposed on Nov. 2 a joint collaboration for a space solar power mission with India and met with former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam. “Kalam assured, certainly he will take up this interest to the Government of India and ISRO [Indian Space Research Organization], so that a hard cooperation and … more… How science can build a better you November 4, 2012 How far would you go to modify yourself using the latest medical technology? In a New York Times article Saturday, author and broadcaster David Ewing Duncan offers a partial checklist of cutting-edge medical-technology therapies now under way or in an experimental phase that might lead to future enhancements, including: Present: supermemory or attention pill cochlear … more… Will cities of the future be filled with vertical slums? November 4, 2012   After a skyscraper in Caracas was abandoned, it quickly became home to 750 families. As cities develop, will slums build up instead of out? Fast Company Co.EXIST explores. The 45-story Torre David office tower in Caracas, Venezuela, was nearly complete in the early 1990s when a pair of events changed the building’s trajectory forever: First, the … more… How to watch cancer spread in real time November 4, 2012   Researchers have surgically implanted small glass windows (similar to ship port holes) into the abdomen of living mice to watch cancer spread over the course of 14 days, as reported in Science Translational Medicine. “Visualization of the formation of metastasis [spread of cancer cells] has been hampered by the lack of long-term imaging windows for metastasis-prone … more… The most important education technology in 200 years November 3, 2012   Education is about to change dramatically, says Anant Agarwal, who heads edX, a $60 million MIT-Harvard effort to stream a college education over the Web, free, with plans to teach a billion students, Technology Review reports. “Massive open online courses,” or MOOCs, offered by new education ventures like edX, Coursera, and Udacity, to name the most prominent … more… Following Sandy, DHS seeks security ‘Cyber Reserve’ November 3, 2012   The damage to the electrical grid from Superstorm Sandy is just a taste of what could happen from a major cyberattack, says Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, CSO Security and Risk reports. And a DHS task force said this week that one way to minimize that kind of risk is to recruit … more… New EVENTS   FutureMed 2013 Dates: Feb 4 – 9, 2013 Location: Santa Clara, California more... New VIDEOS   Frankenoctopus unveils novel shape-shifting arms   Minority Report arrives with Oblong (Part II) — mind-blowing UI   Minority Report arrives with Oblong (Part I) — mind-blowing computer/human interface   Peter Norvig: The 100,000-student classroom Latest Kurzweil Collection posts FutureMed 2013   FutureMed at Singularity University is a one-of-a-kind program that focuses on disruptive, game-changing exponential technologies that will revolutionize the practice of medicine and radically transform healthcare and the biomedical industry in the decade ahead. The next FutureMed is scheduled for February 4-9th, 2013. 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