Technology Review – The ability to engineer life is going to spark a revolution that will dwarf the industrial and digital revolutions, says Juan Enriquez, a writer, investor, and managing director of Excel Venture Management. Because we can engineer our environment and ourselves, humanity is moving beyond the constraints of Darwinian evolution. The result, he …
North Dakota produced 444142 barrels of oil per day in August, 2011 This is 60,000 barrels per day more than two months ago and 80,000 barrels per day more than three months ago. North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms indicated that the boom in North Dakota oil is likely to lead to …
The same piezoelectric effect that ignites your gas grill with the push of a button could one day power sensors in your body via the respiration in your nose. Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor Xudong Wang, postdoctoral Researcher Chengliang Sun and graduate student Jian Shi report creating a plastic microbelt that vibrates when passed …
A University of Arkansas researcher has patented a process that reduces the time it takes to perform DNA analysis from hours to minutes. This development could contribute to many areas of health care and law enforcement, including diagnosing and treating disease, developing and testing new vaccines and forensic identification. The ultimate goal of his research …
Space.com – If Russia doesn’t return its rockets to flight by mid-November, the space station could be left unmanned for the first time since 2000. That’s because the six astronauts currently residing on the orbiting lab are due to come home relatively soon. Three are slated to return next month, and the rest will likely …
1. Inquirer – Nvidia has secured a 34.4 per cent share of the non-Ipad tablet market in the first quarter of 2011. Apple’s market share at 61 per cent, meaning that Nvidia essentially has a third of the remaining 39 per cent. 2. Nvidias quad-core Tegra mobile processor called the Kal-El will ship with high-end …
Office bot: This telepresence robot, from Anybots, costs $15,000. Known as the QB, it has built-in obstacle avoidance that automatically prevents it from striking objects such as doorways. Credit: Anybots Technology Review – New telepresence robots are being commercialized Building on the trend toward remote work, two companies started shipping wheeled telepresence robots to customers …
An ULTra PRT on a test track in Cardiff. Credit: ULTra PRT. Technology Review – ULTra PRT (ULtra “personal rapid transit”) could soon be branching out beyond Heathrow airport. The company has proposed systems similar to that at Heathrow for 10 cities in the United States. The City of San Jose has already committed $4 …
ABB’s FRIDA two-armed robots, from the ABB website Everything Robotic looks at the shift in Robotics that is being spearheaded by Foxconn deploying one million industrial robots by 2014 Foxconn’s deployment will more than double the world’s industrial robot population. And it will do so outside of the auto industry. A new breed of flexible …
Probing the cellular niche environment and signalling using cells engineered with an aptamer sensor. Aptamer sensors that bind to signalling molecules (PDGF in this case) are covalently attached to the surface of cells Nature Nanotechnology – Cell-surface sensors for real-time probing of cellular environments The ability to explore cell signalling and cell-to-cell communication is essential …
Mount Sinai researchers have developed a way to stimulate production of an enzyme that enables failing hearts to pump more effectively. Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have developed a new gene therapy that is safe and effective in reversing advanced heart failure. SERCA2a (produced as MYDICAR®) is a gene therapy designed to stimulate …