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Wednesday February 6, 2013 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines Criminals and terrorists can fly drones too The threat of silence Creating artificial nanostructures to house living cells 3D-printing human embryonic stem cells for drug testing, future replacement of human organs Latest News Criminals and terrorists can fly drones too February 6, 2013   Drones are no longer the sole domain of the military, and just as with many new technologies, they can easily fall into the wrong hands,  global security advisor, writer and consultant Marc Goodman reports in Time. Criminal organizations are early adopters of technology, and some have already used UAVs and other forms of robotics to violate the law … more… The threat of silence February 6, 2013   For the past few months, some of the world’s leading cryptographers have been keeping a closely guarded secret about a pioneering new invention. Today, they’ve decided it’s time to tell all, Slate Future Tense reports. Back in October, the startup tech firm Silent Circle ruffled governments’ feathers with a “surveillance-proof” smartphone app to allow people … more… Creating artificial nanostructures to house living cells February 6, 2013   Using lasers, a research team at the Vienna University of Technology is developing microstructures for embedding living cells. The process allows living cells to be incorporated into intricate custom structures, similar to biological tissue, in which cells are surrounded by the cell’s normal extracellular matrix. This technology is particularly important for artificially growing biotissue, for … more… 3D-printing human embryonic stem cells for drug testing, future replacement of human organs February 6, 2013   A new 3D printing process using human stem cells could pave the way to custom replacement organs for patients, eliminating the need for organ donation and immune suppression, and solving the problem of transplant rejection. The process, developed at Edinburgh-based Heriot-Watt University, in partnership with Roslin Cellab, could also speed up and improve the process … more… 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|*.