Artificial chromosomes could be the future of gene therapy as it allows large amounts of DNA to be introduced into a cell without disrupting the existing genome. Researchers in Tottori University in Japan took an artificial chromosome containing the gene to correct a serious disease, put it in a stem cell, and transplanted it into …
Fight aging gives its feedback about the three submissions that qualified for consideration according to the terms of the Challenge have been posted at Technology Review. There are also discussions of the submissions criticizing the SENS approach to life extension here at digital crusader
Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have observed for the first time that gene expression can occur in the form of discrete “pulses” of gene activity. There are pulses of gene activity and it can be observed in real time. The researchers used pioneering microscopy techniques, developed by Dr. Robert …
Korea also making military robots A battery powered surveillance XAV weighs in at 1.2-tons and is designed for patrol and information gathering. Top speed of about 19MPH. A gasoline powered combat XAV weighs 0.9 tons and has a top speed of 28 mph and has 5.56-millimeter machine guns. The units are being tested and will …
A survey of recent robotics and robotics related AI being used in applications Advances in robotics and intelligent systems have led to systems and solutions that will profoundly affect society. This article provides several examples of the use of such ecotechnologies in the service of humanity, in robotics, speech, vision, human-computer interaction, and natural language …
IEEE Intelligent Systems looks at the Future of AI (Artificial Intelligence) A PDF of 10 AI Researchers to watch One of the top 10 researchers: Eyal Amir starts: The three challenges to achieving human-level AI are merging knowledge representation with machine learning, scaling up reasoning with logical and probabilistic knowledge to real-world-size problems, and developing …
An IEEE standards group, 802.15.3c, is hard at work defining specifications for such chips in a 2-Gb/s short-range, personal area network. More than 20 companies say they intend to participate in writing the standard, including such heavy hitters as Fujitsu, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Philips, and Samsung. 7 GHz of unlicensed bandwidth is available for new …
A modified General Motors Chevrolet Equinox called the Moovada gets 35 mpg instead of 17mpg. The Chevrolet Equinox 2006 is a midsize SUV that weighs just over 2.5 tons and claims 19mpg highway and 25 mpg in city driving It seats 5 people Pricing is MSRP $21,400 and invoice of $19,945. A non-hybrid ford escape …
Nuclear reactor designers use genetic algorithms to better explore a complex design space Simulated evolution will come up with some systems that were not thought of before. It won’t replace the experts or come up with a finished design, but it makes it possible to consider options they wouldn’t have had otherwise. For very complex …
Springer and the Nano Research Society have announced a new partnership to publish Nanoscale Research Letters (NRL), which will be the first nanotechnology journal from a major commercial publisher to publish articles with open access. Look for it at springerlink July 2006
Unlike the previous article about nanoscale medicine, this is leading to the real deal by taking control of proteins and eventually ribosomes. The functioning of the enzyme is determined by its current shape and they have added springs which they control at the right spots to turn it on and off. It is like forcing …
