Illustration of the experiment. Right panel shows an illustration of the entire experiment, broken into 5 blocks. The experiment had 3 repetitions of the control presentation (blocks 1, 3, 5), and 2 fading blocks (2 and 4). Real feedback in block 2 was given to two out of the four units, while the remaining two …
1. Tunable Bandgap in Graphene by the Controlled Adsorption of Water Molecules Lack of a bandgap limits the utilization of graphene in nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices. It is shown that a tunable bandgap of up to ≈0.2 eV can be engineered by controlled adsorption of water molecules to a graphene surface. The effect is reversible, …
1. Lockheed Martin recently began laboratory testing of an improved next-generation design of its HULC advanced robotic exoskeleton. The ruggedized HULC (Human Universal Load Carrier) system incorporates multiple design changes to increase reliability and performance in operational environments. New environmental sealing and packaging give the system’s electronics increased protection from natural elements and battlefield hazards. …
An infrared photo of the Small Magellanic Cloud taken by Spitzer is shown here in this artist’s illustration, with two callouts. The middle callout shows a magnified view of an example of a planetary nebula, and the right callout shows an even further magnified depiction of buckyballs, which consist of 60 carbon atoms arranged like …
Wired has a new interview with Aubrey deGrey. Aubrey is the champion for Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence. It is focused on anti-aging. Here are what I consider the highlights : * A month or two ago, one of Aubrey’s colleagues, Tony Atala, who runs an enormous group working in tissue engineering at Wake Forest, …
If you “lived inside” a hologram, you could tell by measuring the blurring. Fermilab is building a interferometer to test space time for holographic blurring. Welcome Redditors – This article has made the front page of Reddit Possible consequence of holography Hypothesis: observable correlations are encoded on light sheets and limited by information capacity of …
Scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have designed an electrical link to living cells engineered to shuttle electrons across a cell’s membrane to an external acceptor along a well-defined path. This direct channel could yield cells that can read and respond to electronic signals, electronics capable of self-replication and repair, or efficiently …
The Apple Peel is a like a holder case for the iPod Touch but the case connects to the iPod and enables phone calls the phone network of a compatible working SIM card that you install. The Yosion Apple Peel 520 is a new wireless device that adds mobile voice and text messaging capabilities to …
In 5-10 years these systems should be a lot cheaper and used for protecting regular electric bike riders and motorcyclists and skiers. http://alpinestarsinc.com/safety Alpinestars started working on electronic, wireless, airbag technology at the beginning of this millennium. This project has culminated in the development of a state‐of‐the‐art, fully functional airbag system which provides an active, …
Silicon-based solar cells, by far the most prevalent type of solar cell available today, might provide clean, green energy but they are bulky, rigid and expensive to produce. Organic (carbon-based) semiconductors are seen as a promising way to enable flexible, lightweight solar cells that would also be much cheaper to produce as they could be “printed” in …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software NASA had published proposals from Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed and their partner universities and companies for aircraft for 2030. Besides the previously described Boeing 737 and Beoing 777 replacements there were other planes. MIT had a 181 page report The next step in NASA’s effort …