| Ray Kurzweil can't wait to be a CyborgRay Kurzweil can't wait to be a Cyborg—a human mind inside an everlasting machine. But is this the next great leap in human evolution, or just one man's midlife crisis writ large? |
| The Tiny Robot that Can Crawl Through Your VeinsIn lab tests, the robot has traveled up to nine millimeters per second and can commute through body fluids ranging from blood to bile, making it a versatile tool that can race through a vein and burrow into an organ. |
| Real-life relationships with XboxThe human interaction system is possible with Natal, a system being developed for the Xbox 360. It monitors and reacts precisely to the player's movements and the way they talk. Microsoft demonstrated Natal at the start of the E3 gaming conference in Los Angeles. |
| Life’s First Spark Re-Created in the LaboratoryResearchers synthesized the basic ingredients of RNA, a molecule from which the simplest self-replicating structures are made. Until now, they couldn’t explain how these ingredients might have formed. |
| GM, Segway Roll Out Project P.U.M.A.GM and Segway rolled out an electric two-wheel, two-seat prototype vehicle in New York on Tuesday. Built for use in congested urban environments, Project P.U.M.A. (for Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), as the vehicle is called, combines several technologies demonstrated by GM and Segway. |
| Advances in stem cell research as Obama lifts restrictionsThe recent weeks have seen major advances in work that is directed toward safely inducing the cells of adults to adopt a identity similar to that of embryonic stem cells. Meanwhile, President Obama has announced a lifting of restrictions on work with embryonic stem cells as part of a government-wide push for scientific integrity. |
| Sequoia: 20 Petaflops, 1.6 million cores, 1.6 Petabytes RAM, 6 MegawattsIBM has won a contract to build a supercomputer, called Sequoia, for the DOE’s NNSA. It is estimated to be installed and brought online in 2011 and 2012. It will have 1.6 million cores (from potentially 16-core chips) within 96 racks (in about 3,400 sq. ft.). It will have around 1.6 Petabytes of memory and achieve about 20 Petaflops. |
| 'Immortal' jellyfish swarming across the worldThe Turritopsis Nutricula is able to revert back to a juvenile form once it mates after becoming sexually mature.
Marine biologists say the jellyfish numbers are rocketing because they need not die. |
| [Humor] Roomba Violates All Three Laws Of RoomboticsThe first law states that the device "must not suck up jewelry or other valuables, or through inaction, allow valuables to be sucked up." The second law prescribes that Roomba "must obey vacuuming orders given to it by humans except when such orders would conflict with the first law." The third and final law authorizes a Roomba to "protect its own ability to suction dust and debris as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law." |
| Brain Reorganizes to Make Room for MathIt takes years for children to master the ins and outs of arithmetic. New research indicates that this learning process triggers a large-scale reorganization of brain processes involved in understanding written symbols for various quantities. |
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