Breakthrough in storing 700 terabytes of data in 1 gram of DNA
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci ... z2IyoSh0QV
Wow.
I think this is interesting because if they can code DNA to store data for later retrieval there are two obvious and to me logical capabilities fro this when it is mastered.
1. We can produce DNA to build a non-evolved species. What potential is there in that. We could construct any living creatures to any model that is within the scope of our type of DNA/Carbon based lifeform. We have elimated evolution beyond the principals of DNA to build any species we can design.
2. Nana level control of designing new molecules never seen in the universe. Who knows what that may bring.
Oh and we can store huge data in very small robust chain molecules.
The future just get brighter and brighter the the lifeform that will superseed humans. (and sooner and sooner)
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i want one
MeCam $49 helicopter follows you and streams live video to your Android
MeCam $49 helicopter follows you and streams live video to your Android
A company you’ve probably heard of before called Always Innovating is working on a pretty awesome little project for smartphones. It’s called the MeCam and is essentially a mini helicopter they’re calling a Nano-Copter complete with video recording and streaming capabilities. The MeCam is designed to follow you around and record every moment. You can stream that videoright to your Android phone and even share it to your social site of preference or YouTube.
This is instantly one of those “shut up and take my money” devices because it looks awesome. One of the biggest features that sold us instantly was the two ways in which the MeCam operates. No controls are needed and you simply use voice-commands for operations and maneuvers. The second being their “follow me” feature where the Nano-copter will literally follow your every move once synced to your smartphone.
The best part about this quadcopter is Always Innovating hopes to eventually sell this unique device for just $49. So how does it fly? It launches from your hand and will hover instantly using the patented 3 stabilization algorithms. Two which are auto-pilots, and the third being an impressive video stabilization feature. This is how it manages to always stay upright, level, and hover with ease.
The MeCam will be your own personal paparazzi, or your cheaper alternative for Google Glass – since that will be costing an arm and a leg. If you want to record your every moment on vacation with ease, the MeCam could do just that. Sadly we have no details on battery life or camera quality, but the device runs with a 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9 processor, 1GB of RAM, micro-SD for storage, and WiFi/Bluetooth is also on board. The company hopes their initial design and multiple models with varying camera capabilities and battery life will hit the streets in 2014. Pretty neat right?
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Cool...
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Yes... very... I want one too.Rorschach wrote:Cool...
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New alcohol ‘vaccine’ promises instant hangover after just one sip
Not sure whether this is offensive or helpful, but scientists in Chile are developing an “alcohol vaccine” that would prevent alcoholics from drinking simply by making it feel terrible immediately.
Chile apparently has a large and growing alcoholism issue, with one in fifteen men having a drinking problem. Scientists at the University of Chile took inspiration from Asian countries where between 15 and 20 percent of the population is unable to metabolize alcohol and thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if we could make alcoholics like that?”
Their new drug acts like a vaccine that, once injected, turns off the liver’s ability to properly metabolize alcohol, making you feel like a superhero for a few hours and then transmogrifying your body into a living nightmare the next morning. The shot would essentially remove the body’s superhero capacity and make you feel the effects of an extremely strong hangover once any alcohol is consumed. It’s like an engine governor for your body.
Daily Mail reports, “If someone who’s been vaccinated tries to drink alcohol, they will immediately experience severe nausea, accelerated heartbeat, and general discomfort.”
The shot is supposed to last between six months and a year, and once injected can’t be reversed. Scientists are expected to start clinical trials on mice in February with tests on humans starting in November.
In keeping with the philosophically ambiguous designation of alcoholism as a “disease,” one of the scientists talked about the intersection of the “vaccine” with social stigmas in an appropriately awkward fashion: “People who end up alcoholic have a social problem; a personality problem because they’re shy, whatever, and then they are depressed, so it’s not so simple. But if we can solve the chemical, the basic part of the problem, I think it could help quite a bit.”
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/193711/ ... t-one-sip/
Not sure whether this is offensive or helpful, but scientists in Chile are developing an “alcohol vaccine” that would prevent alcoholics from drinking simply by making it feel terrible immediately.
Chile apparently has a large and growing alcoholism issue, with one in fifteen men having a drinking problem. Scientists at the University of Chile took inspiration from Asian countries where between 15 and 20 percent of the population is unable to metabolize alcohol and thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if we could make alcoholics like that?”
Their new drug acts like a vaccine that, once injected, turns off the liver’s ability to properly metabolize alcohol, making you feel like a superhero for a few hours and then transmogrifying your body into a living nightmare the next morning. The shot would essentially remove the body’s superhero capacity and make you feel the effects of an extremely strong hangover once any alcohol is consumed. It’s like an engine governor for your body.
Daily Mail reports, “If someone who’s been vaccinated tries to drink alcohol, they will immediately experience severe nausea, accelerated heartbeat, and general discomfort.”
The shot is supposed to last between six months and a year, and once injected can’t be reversed. Scientists are expected to start clinical trials on mice in February with tests on humans starting in November.
In keeping with the philosophically ambiguous designation of alcoholism as a “disease,” one of the scientists talked about the intersection of the “vaccine” with social stigmas in an appropriately awkward fashion: “People who end up alcoholic have a social problem; a personality problem because they’re shy, whatever, and then they are depressed, so it’s not so simple. But if we can solve the chemical, the basic part of the problem, I think it could help quite a bit.”
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/193711/ ... t-one-sip/
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Screw that.The shot would essentially remove the body’s superhero capacity and make you feel the effects of an extremely strong hangover once any alcohol is consumed. It’s like an engine governor for your body.
Daily Mail reports, “If someone who’s been vaccinated tries to drink alcohol, they will immediately experience severe nausea, accelerated heartbeat, and general discomfort.”
I wonder if the liver damage increases because of the change in the bodies response if you continue drinking. You could probably drink your way through this by just keeping on the piss.
"severe nausea, accelerated heartbeat, and general discomfort" You can have all of that and still force down a few 1000 drinks.
The body can adapt quickly. Getting or feeling sick has never stopped a real alcoholic.
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Imagine a day when you fill your car with Water and drive off. We are a step closer.
Fuel of the Future: Cheap Hydrogen from Water One Step Closer
Jan. 30, 2013 — Hydrogen has tremendous potential as an eco-friendly fuel, but it is expensive to produce. Now researchers at Princeton University and Rutgers University have moved a step closer to harnessing nature to produce hydrogen for us.
The team, led by Princeton chemistry professor Annabella Selloni, takes inspiration from bacteria that make hydrogen from water using enzymes called di-iron hydrogenases. Selloni's team uses computer models to figure out how to incorporate the magic of these enzymes into the design of practical synthetic catalysts that humans can use to produce hydrogen from water.
In this latest paper, Selloni and co-authors present a solution to an issue that has dogged the field: the catalysts designed so far are susceptible to poisoning by the oxygen present during the reaction. By making changes to the catalyst to improve the stability of the structure in water, the researchers found that they had also created a catalyst that is tolerant to oxygen without sacrificing efficiency. What is more, their artificial catalyst could be made from abundant and cheap components, such as iron, indicating that the catalyst could be a cost-effective way of producing hydrogen.
Selloni and her team conducted their research in silico -- that is, using computer modeling. The goal is to learn enough about how these catalysts work to someday create working catalysts that can make vast quantities of inexpensive hydrogen for use in vehicles and electricity production.
Fuel of the Future: Cheap Hydrogen from Water One Step Closer
Jan. 30, 2013 — Hydrogen has tremendous potential as an eco-friendly fuel, but it is expensive to produce. Now researchers at Princeton University and Rutgers University have moved a step closer to harnessing nature to produce hydrogen for us.
The team, led by Princeton chemistry professor Annabella Selloni, takes inspiration from bacteria that make hydrogen from water using enzymes called di-iron hydrogenases. Selloni's team uses computer models to figure out how to incorporate the magic of these enzymes into the design of practical synthetic catalysts that humans can use to produce hydrogen from water.
In this latest paper, Selloni and co-authors present a solution to an issue that has dogged the field: the catalysts designed so far are susceptible to poisoning by the oxygen present during the reaction. By making changes to the catalyst to improve the stability of the structure in water, the researchers found that they had also created a catalyst that is tolerant to oxygen without sacrificing efficiency. What is more, their artificial catalyst could be made from abundant and cheap components, such as iron, indicating that the catalyst could be a cost-effective way of producing hydrogen.
Selloni and her team conducted their research in silico -- that is, using computer modeling. The goal is to learn enough about how these catalysts work to someday create working catalysts that can make vast quantities of inexpensive hydrogen for use in vehicles and electricity production.
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Changed my mind, I want one of these now....
The little flying machine that resembles a child's toy but is used to help fight wars
British soldiers on the front lines in Afghanistan have been armed with pocket-sized spy drones that can give operators bird's-eye views of the battlefield below.
The little flying machine, dubbed Black Hornet Nano, is just 10 centimetres long and weighs about 15 grams. It flies like a helicopter, allowing it to hover and dart back and forth.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/tec ... z2K0ay3Y99
The little flying machine that resembles a child's toy but is used to help fight wars
British soldiers on the front lines in Afghanistan have been armed with pocket-sized spy drones that can give operators bird's-eye views of the battlefield below.
The little flying machine, dubbed Black Hornet Nano, is just 10 centimetres long and weighs about 15 grams. It flies like a helicopter, allowing it to hover and dart back and forth.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/tec ... z2K0ay3Y99
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Earth-like planets are more probable and closer than we thought.
Maybe we have been visited .... after all.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/spac ... kyard.html
Maybe we have been visited .... after all.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/spac ... kyard.html
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Interesting, I always thought that most of the dinos died as a result of the impact not thousands of years later.
The results show the impact was just 32,000 years before dinosaurs died out. Other studies suggested the Chicxulub impact was 300,000 years before the mass extinction.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci ... z2KL8Xl2NL
The results show the impact was just 32,000 years before dinosaurs died out. Other studies suggested the Chicxulub impact was 300,000 years before the mass extinction.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci ... z2KL8Xl2NL
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