Archive for June, 2006
Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound.
Researchers have created a device that can regrow teeth. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 30th, 2006.
Readers of jasonspage.
We’re at Gnomedex so posting will be light the rest of this week…
Post date: Thursday, June 29th, 2006.
Predecessor cells.
Researchers identify the very first neurons that are responsible for developing the cerebral cortex. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, June 28th, 2006.
Cytokine interleukin-7.
Scientists inject mice with an immune system regulator and prevent them from gaining weight. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, June 28th, 2006.
Tritare.
Mathematicians create a triple-necked guitar that operates on the principles of Pythagoras and produces non-harmonic sounds.
Post date: Wednesday, June 28th, 2006.
Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys.
Astronomers discover a possible Jupiter-size planet orbiting the Beta Pictoris. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
Walkie Talkie Watches.
Voice-activated private mobile radio watch. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
Crowd power.
Engineers are developing technology that will capture the vibrations created by people walking and convert it into usable energy. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage.
Japanese plan to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by burying carbon dioxide emissions underground.
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
Emotionally aware computers.
Computer has been designed that can interpret facial expressions and read people’s minds. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
Stealth radar system.
Radar that generates signal across a variety of frequencies which can be tuned to see through solid walls. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
GEO600.
Laser interferometer that can detect gravitational waves caused by the motions of matter that have rippled across space-time since the Big Bang. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
CB-Hep.1
Antibody engineered from a genetically modified tobacco plant is being used in the production of a hepatitis vaccine. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
Thorium reactor.
Nuclear fuel source that is meltdown-proof and safely burns up existing radioactive waste. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
2004 XP14.
Asteroid at least a half-mile in diameter will fly past Earth on July 3. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 26th, 2006.
Human-to-human transmission.
World Health Organization confirms that a person in Indonesia has transmitted bird flu to another person.
Post date: Monday, June 26th, 2006.
Psychological neoteny.
Researchers find that more people are growing up and are never reaching mental adulthood.
Post date: Monday, June 26th, 2006.
Empedocles.
Underwater volcano discovered off the coast of Sicily with a base that is larger than Washington, D.C..
Post date: Monday, June 26th, 2006.
Embedded and Communicating Agents.
Technology that allows robots to evolve their own language and communicate with other robots. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 23rd, 2006.
Meat sheets.
Researchers are mass producing layers of animal muscle cells in an effort to grow meat for human consumption. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 23rd, 2006.
Road energy system.
Company is paving roads with technology that absorbs heat and converts it into usable energy. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 23rd, 2006.
Electroporation microfluidic channel.
Researchers have created a device that can scan a single cell for diseases. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 23rd, 2006.
TMS
Handheld device that shoots an electromagnetic pulse and stops migraine headaches from forming. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 22nd, 2006.
Hanuman.
Man with a congential defect that looks like he has a tail is believed by villagers to be an incarnation of a Hindu monkey god. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 22nd, 2006.
Nix and Hydra.
Twin moons of Pluto formerly known as S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2 are given formal names. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 22nd, 2006.
Kopi Luwak.
Specialty coffee bean that gets its unique flavor by fermenting in the gut of an Indonesian mammal. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, June 21st, 2006.
The Baby Mind Reader.
Man who professes to being able to read the minds of babies. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, June 21st, 2006.
TAX1BP2.
Scientists discover a protein that when disrupted triggers the onset of leukemia. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
David’s stone.
Researchers have proposed the idea of capturing an asteroid and engineering it to take out any Earth-bound threats. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
Nic Lite.
Water that contains nicotine is designed for smokers to drink in places where they aren’t allowed to smoke. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
Mu-opioid receptors.
Pleasure receptors concentrated in an area of the brain involved with comprehension may be an evolutionary reward mechanism for learning new concepts. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
Low-density amorphous ice.
Research on a form of water supports the idea that living cells could survive cryopreservation and be reanimated. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
Cannabigerol.
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
SkySeer.
Unmanned drone to be tested in Los Angeles for use as a law enforcement surveillance tool.
Post date: Monday, June 19th, 2006.
Selective laser nano-thermolysis.
Scientists use gold nanoparticles to selectively target and destroy leukemia cells in bone marrow. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 19th, 2006.
Electrospinning.
Fabrication process that produces bioactive vascular grafts designed to help patients regenerate new arteries. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 19th, 2006.
Camera-neutralizing technology.
Technology that can block digital cameras from taking pictures or recording videos. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 19th, 2006.
Tissue-engineered grafts.
Scientists engineer skeletal tissue to be electrically conductive and beat like a heart. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 19th, 2006.
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