Hydrogenase
Vincent Callebaut’s latest project, Hydrogenase, aims to create a self-sufficient organic airship. This conceptual transport system would be comprised of airships that produce biofuel from seaweed. The project draws its inspiration from nature, as well as from the qualities of its materials and its self-manufacturing processes. (pics)
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Too many text messages and social networking linked to risky behavior.
Parents of text-crazed teenagers might have more to be concerned about than sky-high cell phone bills, according to a Case Western Reserve University study that links excessive use of popular high-tech communications to risky health behaviors.
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(Scale bar = 1mm. Rectangle left shows approximate location of digital micrograph illustrated right).
‘Cherry’ figure. Note that red organisms predominate, but black fungus is also present.
While some rock art fades in hundreds of years, the “Bradshaw art” remains colourful after at least 40,000 years.
Jack Pettigrew of the University of Queensland in Australia has shown that the paintings have been colonized by colorful bacteria and fungi.
These “biofilms” may explain previous difficulties in dating such rock art…
Blood test will be able to detect one cancer cell among a billion healthy cells.
Cellphones thriving in prisons.
At a Georgia state prison, a counterfeiter ticks off the remaining days of his three-year sentence on his Facebook page. He has 91 digital “friends.” Like many of his fellow inmates, he plays the online games FarmVille and Street Wars.
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Amazon Kindle book lending
Amazon has now enabled a Kindle book lending service that allows eligible Kindle books to be lent to friends and family for up to 14 days, and the borrower doesn’t need to own a Kindle reading device.
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A bumblebee gathers pollen from a sunflower.
Four previously abundant species of bumblebee are close to disappearing in the United States, researchers reported Monday in a study confirming that the agriculturally important bees are being affected worldwide.
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MySpace has been suffering from tumbling traffic and revenue over the past year.
Unfortunately for the staff at Myspace the New Year might not bring great news for them, with rumors of huge layoffs taking the shine of New Year’s Eve celebrations for a social networking pioneer MySpace.
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Rare panda cow
A rare miniature cow with markings similar to a panda was born on a farm in northern Colorado. The so-called “panda cow” born in Larimer County is thought to be one of only about 24 in the world.
Facebook, the popular social networking site, has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor in a deal that values the company at $50 billion, according to people involved in the transaction.
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Workers walk past a part of Qinshan No. 2 Nuclear Power Plant in China.
Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in spent fuel reprocessing technology that could potentially solve China’s uranium supply problem, state television reported on Monday.
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Dust Ball Vacuum
The automated Dust Ball Vacuum looks so alien that if you did have one of these sitting idly in your living room you’d be extra careful lest icky things suddenly crawl out its pores all.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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