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Monday February 25, 2013 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines Insects inspiring new robot vision technology for collision avoidance New Google campus planned, turning the Googleplex into a megaplex White House announces new US ‘open access’ policy Independent Mars mission planned for 2018 A 3D-printing pen A solid-state sequencer Transparent solar cells It’s time for a real policy on asteroids New injectable hydrogel encourages regeneration and improves functionality after a heart attack Latest News Insects inspiring new robot vision technology for collision avoidance February 25, 2013   A computerized system that allows for autonomous navigation of mobile robots based on the locust’s unique visual system has been created by scientists from the University of Lincoln and Newcastle University The work could provide the blueprint for the development of highly accurate vehicle collision sensors, surveillance technology, and even aid video game programming, according … more… New Google campus planned, turning the Googleplex into a megaplex February 25, 2013   .Google Inc. is preparing to break ground on a 42-acre, 1.1-million-square-foot campus called Bayview,  scheduled to be completed in 2015, The Los Angeles Times reports. The new campus is on the grounds of NASA’s Ames Research Center.   White House announces new US ‘open access’ policy February 25, 2013   The White House said Friday that publications from taxpayer-funded research should be available to you, but only after a year’s delay. “The Obama Administration is committed to the proposition that citizens deserve easy access to the results of scientific research their tax dollars have paid for,” the memo said. But that doesn’t mean fast access. … more… Independent Mars mission planned for 2018 February 25, 2013   The Inspiration Mars Foundation,  led by Dennis Tito, the first space tourist, will announce on Wednesday Feb. 27 a planned mission to Mars in 2018. The mission would take advantage of a unique window of opportunity; the orbits of Earth and Mars will be closely aligned. The round-trip journey would start in January 2018 and … more… A 3D-printing pen February 25, 2013   Have you ever wished you could just draw a object in the air and have it magically printed out?  WoobbleWorks has created 3Doodler (a Kickstarter project), the world’s first “3D printing pen” to do just that. As you draw, it extrudes ABS plastic (the material used by many 3D printers) in the air or on surfaces — … more… A solid-state sequencer February 25, 2013   Nabsys has developed a solid-state gene sequencing machine that will allow researchers to determine the structural organization of long stretches of DNA, MIT Technology Review reports. This differs from most existing sequencing methods, which read DNA in short snippets that are later stitched together by software. The new system will, at first, complement existing methods, … more… Transparent solar cells February 25, 2013   Imagine a world where any surface could be coated with solar cells, converting sunlight and even the glow of light bulbs into small amounts of usable energy. This is the goal of a new startup called Ubiquitous Energy, MIT Technology Review reports. The company hopes to develop affordable, transparent coatings and films that could harvest light energy … more… New injectable hydrogel encourages regeneration and improves functionality after a heart attack February 22, 2013   University of California, San Diego bioengineers have demonstrated in a study in pigs that a new injectable hydrogel can repair damage from heart attacks, help the heart grow new tissue and blood vessels, and get the heart moving closer to how a healthy heart should. The gel is injected through a catheter without requiring surgery … more… New BLOG POSTS It’s time for a real policy on asteroids February 24, 2013 by Peter A. Garretson   If you think the events of the post-Valentine’s day surprise of the Russian Meteor and 2012 DA14 near miss are one of a kind, think again. “We know there are 500,000 to 1 million asteroids the size of DA14 or larger. So far we have found fewer than 1% of that ‘cosmic hailstorm’ through which … more… New VIDEOS   First MRI movies capture fetal brain connecting up   Deflecting an asteroid, with paintballs Latest Kurzweil Collection posts How To Create a Mind: Can a marriage between man and machine solve the world’s problems?   Source: The Globe and Mail — February 8, 2013 | Don Tapscott How do you know when your new book is a success? When Google promptly offers you a plum job as soon as the book is on the stands. That’s the pleasant turn of events that Ray Kurzweil, 64, is enjoying. His most recent book, his sixth, is How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human … more… Read full article here 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|*.