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Thursday January 10, 2013 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines Organovo partners with Autodesk research to develop 3D bioprinting software CES 2013: hands on with the Oculus VR Rift, virtual reality’s greatest hope Drug enables deafened mice to hear again UCSD introduces Diego-san, a baby robot with ‘tude AXE offers suborbital space flight for 22 contestants One-kilometer-long ‘electric sail’ tether constructed Latest News Organovo partners with Autodesk research to develop 3D bioprinting software January 10, 2013   Organovo Holdings, Inc., a creator and manufacturer of functional, 3D human tissues for medical research and therapeutic applications, is working together with researchers at Autodesk, Inc., the leader in cloud-based design and engineering software, to create the first 3D design software for bioprinting. The software, which will be used to control Organovo’s NovoGen MMX bioprinter, … more… CES 2013: hands on with the Oculus VR Rift, virtual reality’s greatest hope January 10, 2013   A demo of the Oculus Rift device from Oculus VR. has convinced Will Greenwald of PC Magazine.that it can make first-person games immersive to an unforeseen extent. “Oculus VR is getting ready to ship developer kits, but the Oculus Rift is a long way from hitting stores. While the technology is there, the combination of stereoscopic vision … more… Drug enables deafened mice to hear again January 10, 2013   All you graying, half-deaf Def Leppard fans, listen up. A drug applied to the ears of mice deafened by noise can restore some hearing in the animals, Science Now reports. By blocking a key protein, the drug allows sound-sensing “hair cells” damaged by loud noises to regrow. The treatment isn’t anywhere near ready for use … more… UCSD introduces Diego-san, a baby robot with ‘tude January 10, 2013   UCSD has introduced Diego-san, a new humanoid robot who mimicks the expressions of a one-year-old child Demonstrated at CES and in a video, the robot will be used in studies on sensory-motor and social development — how babies “learn” to control their bodies and to interact with other people. Diego-san’s hardware was developed by two … more… AXE offers suborbital space flight for 22 contestants January 10, 2013   AXE, a hair-products company, has announced the AXE Apollo Space Academy (A.A.S.A) with astronaut Buzz Aldrin. By joining A.A.S.A at AXEApollo.com, you can compete for one of 22 tickets to travel to space on a flight with Space Expedition Corporation (SXC). Deadline: Feb. 3. Top-voted candidates will qualify for a challenge in their local country … more… One-kilometer-long ‘electric sail’ tether constructed January 10, 2013   The Electronics Research Laboratory at the University of Helsinki has successfully constructed a 1-km-long electric sail (ESAIL), which would interact with the solar wind (charged particles from the sun) to produce long-distance propulsion power for a spacecraft. Using ultrasonic welding, the feat proves that manufacturing full-size ESAIL tethers is possible. Experts previously considered it impossible to weld together such thin wires. Invented … more… New VIDEOS   At CES, more gadgets talk to each other   CES 2013: flying a helicopter with brain waves Visit KurzweilAI.net You are currently subscribed to the KurzweilAI.net newsletter as *|EMAIL|* To unsubscribe, please click here. To change your email preferences, please click here. *|LIST:ADDRESS|*.