Thomas Frey - Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute - Celebrity Keynote

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New State of Matter Is ‘Nearly Perfect’ Liquid

April 20th, 2005 at 9:20 am » Comments (0)

Physicists working at Brookhaven National Laboratory announced today that they have created what appears to be a new state of matter out of the building blocks of atomic nuclei, quarks and gluons.



Sneaky Dude Cream

April 20th, 2005 at 8:20 am » Comments (0)

The growing use of inexpensive, and commercially available, thermal cameras (that can see at night by detecting body or engine heat), has created more risk for commandos… who typically operate at night, and use stealth. Solving this problem was the motivation for creating the thermol-masking “Commando Cream”.



The ‘Rabbit’ Robot - No Feet But Walks Like Humans

April 20th, 2005 at 7:37 am » Comments (0)

A team of French scientists working with collaborators at the University of Michigan (U-M) and Ohio State University have created a robot that walks and balances just as a human does.



Monkey Joins Elite SWAT Team

April 20th, 2005 at 7:28 am » Comments (0)

An elite American Swat team wants to train a small monkey as the ultimate reconnaissance tool.