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Thomas Frey - Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute

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T-34 Security ‘bot

January 24th, 2009 at 6:26 pm » Comments (0)

Good thing it only shoots webs not bullets
From the “Aren’t you a little short to be a Terminator?” school of design comes the squat Tmsuk T-34, which, while it won’t cut you down at the ankles (nor is it a Soviet tank), packs a powerful net-launching mechanism that wraps opponents in a web like Spider-Man’s.



Gadget Holster

January 24th, 2009 at 6:20 pm » Comments (0)

Well at least all of those rentacops out there can look official
Look, you didn’t grow up to become a cop or a detective. And for that, I am sorry. But really, having a holster that holds your cellphone and your keys will make you look like a dork, not like a cop. Trust me.



Swedish Fish Infidelity Produces Faster Sperm

January 24th, 2009 at 1:44 pm » Comments (0)

Until now, it has been difficult to prove that fast-swimming sperm have an advantage when it comes to fertilizing an egg. But now a research team at Uppsala University can demonstrate that unfaithful females of the cichlid fish species influence the males’ sperm.



Native U.S. Lizards Are Evolving To Escape Attacks By Fire Ants

January 24th, 2009 at 1:34 pm » Comments (0)

 
lizards in the southeastern United States
Penn State Assistant Professor of Biology Tracy Langkilde has shown that native fence lizards in the southeastern United States are adapting to potentially fatal invasive fire-ant attacks by developing behaviors that enable them to escape from the ants, as well as by developing longer hind legs, which can increase the [...]



Genetically Altered Fruit Fly

January 24th, 2009 at 1:30 pm » Comments (0)

Scientists Unlock Possible Aging Secret In Genetically Altered Fruit Fly
Brown University researchers have identified a cellular mechanism that could someday help fight the aging process.



New Way To Produce Hydrogen Discovered

January 24th, 2009 at 1:26 pm » Comments (0)

 

Scientists at Penn State University and the Virginia Commonwealth University have discovered a way to produce hydrogen by exposing selected clusters of aluminum atoms to water.



Quantum Teleportation Between Distant Matter Qubits

January 24th, 2009 at 1:23 pm » Comments (0)

 First Between Atoms 1 Meter Apart
For the first time, scientists have successfully teleported information between two separate atoms in unconnected enclosures a meter apart – a significant milestone in the global quest for practical quantum information processing.



Adorable Mimobot C3P0 IS The Droid Thumb Drive You Are Looking For

January 24th, 2009 at 12:56 pm » Comments (0)

 

 Cyber Cute and Cuddly!

The C-3PO Mimobot is 2.5″ tall (2.49999″ head + 0.00001″ body) by 1″ wide. Like other Mimobots, this one also comes with the mimoByte Sound Software, so you’ll hear some of C-3PO’s classic lines whenever you remove or insert the flash disk.



Domesticated Foxes Becoming Latest Pet Craze In Russia

January 24th, 2009 at 12:26 pm » Comments (0)

A new kind of pet is gaining popularity in Russia – the domesticated fox. The animals are being bred at a research institute in Siberia. Although these foxes are human-friendly, they’ve still got many wild habits.Martyn is a Russian Silver Fox who has never lived in the wild and whose home is a three-bedroom Moscow [...]



From High Tops to Flip Flops

January 24th, 2009 at 12:03 pm » Comments (0)

 

 Freakin Fabulous Footwear!

These modular shoes can convert to several different styles just by using the zippers! Hey, you never know when you’ll have to stop at a beach on the way to a basketball game.