Archive for April, 2006
Dysbindin-1.
Gene discovered that is highly present in key brain regions and appears to influence intelligence.
Post date: Thursday, April 27th, 2006.
Artificial compound eye.
Bioengineers used an array of 8700 hexagonal microlenses to successfully mimick the honeycomb pattern of an insect eye.
Post date: Thursday, April 27th, 2006.
3 dislocations.
Researchers discover why metal gets stronger the more it gets pounded.
Post date: Thursday, April 27th, 2006.
Flexible solar panel technology.
Scientist has created a solar-electric membrane designed to act like a flying carpet and carry a payload into space. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 27th, 2006.
Mazda RX-9.
Post date: Thursday, April 27th, 2006.
Children’s Tylenol with Flavor Creator.
Liquid medicine that is packaged with a packets of flavor crystals allows children to make their medicine taste better. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 27th, 2006.
Mind-machine interface.
Neural technology is being developed that will allow video gamers to control action with their minds. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 27th, 2006.
Topological contour configurations.
Alphabets have been shaped by the contours that man sees in nature.
Post date: Wednesday, April 26th, 2006.
Recursive center-embedding.
Researchers discover a species of bird that can learn the syntax patterns of human language.
Post date: Wednesday, April 26th, 2006.
Great Ape Project.
Spanish Socialist Party to introduce a bill proposing equal rights be given to apes.
Post date: Wednesday, April 26th, 2006.
Zero Gravity Wall Climber.
Toy vehicle that can drive up walls. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 25th, 2006.
Plateosaurus.
Dinosaur remains discovered in Norway 1.4 miles below the sea floor.
Post date: Tuesday, April 25th, 2006.
BMW CLEVER.
Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport. (via)
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
Boeoegg.
Snowman effigy burned annually to celebrate the killing of Winter’s evil spirit has been kidnapped by a radical Swiss militant group. (via)
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
Neuron-powered CPU.
Rat nerve cell has been used to successfully ping a semiconductor computer chip. (via)
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
Making cents.
Zinc popularity has increased the cost of manufacturing a penny to 1.4 cents each. (via)
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
Save sasquatch.
Bigfoot has been granted full protection by the Johor government.
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
CoMnSi1-xGex.
Material discovered that gets colder when placed in a magnetic field. (via)
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
BioBag.
Plastic bio-polymer derived from corn is both 100% compostable and biodegradeable. (via)
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
PlyPH.
Protein discovered that kills the anthrax virus by causing its cell walls to explode.
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
Sub Marine Explorer.
Submarine identified off the coast of Panama that has been missing for 137 years.
Post date: Sunday, April 23rd, 2006.
Activin Receptor Type IA.
Gene discovered that can mutate and cause muscles and soft tissue to metamorphosize into bone. (via)
Post date: Sunday, April 23rd, 2006.
Invention machine.
Man has created a machine that uses genetic programming to evolve designs that are becoming patentable inventions. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 20th, 2006.
CUV1647.
Drug designed to protect the body from UV exposure is implanted under the skin and produces a sun-tan. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 20th, 2006.
Superconducting memory cell.
Scientists have engineered an extraordinarily efficient memory cell from superconducting materials that experiences no electrical resistance and virtually has no speed limit. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 20th, 2006.
Personal Emergency Notification System.
Service that will send you an emergency message to help you get away from a bad date.
Post date: Thursday, April 20th, 2006.
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.
Drilling expedition has recovered an igneous rock called gabbro in a fossil magma chamber 1.4 km beneath the seafloor.
Post date: Thursday, April 20th, 2006.
Beef Jerky Factory Plus.
Kit to make beef jerky at home. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 20th, 2006.
73P Schwassmann-Wachmann.
Comet that an air traffic controller believes a fragment of will catastrophically strike Earth on May 25.
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks.
Project designed to make Rhode Island the first state to offer a border-to-border wireless network. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Limerick.
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Najash rionegrina.
Snake fossil discovered having two legs may prove that they evolved on land rather than at sea.
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Vivitrol.
Injectable drug designed to treat alcoholism approved by the FDA.
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Hydralazine.
Drug used to treat hypertension discovered to have antidote properties that reverse nerve cell death. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Precision Implantable Stimulator for Migraine.
Neurostimulation device designed to help migraine sufferers implanted into first patient.
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Baby steps.
Bigfoot may have been caught in the jungles of Johor.
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Quantum key distribution.
System that uses particles of light for encrypting information produces “unbreakable” code.
Post date: Tuesday, April 18th, 2006.
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