SnapShots: The Archive. Nanopore genome sequencer makes its debut. Technology that its parent company says will sequence a human genome in just 15 minutes opened its first data run to scrutiny today. Oxford Nanopore Technologies, based in Oxford, UK, revealed the initial results from its GridION system at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting in Marco Island, Florida. The firm expects to start selling its new machine in the second half of this year and also plans to launch the world’s first miniaturized, disposable sequencer — the MinION — which will retail for less than US$900. iemedia solutions Fast track: nanopore sequencing identifies individual bases as a strand of DNA is passed through a pore. Given its flexibility, scalability and low entry price, “this technology could have a seriously disruptive effect on the sequencing industry,” says Daniel MacArthur, a geneticist who blogs about the genomics industry. SixthSense - a wearable gestural interface (MIT Media Lab)
'SixthSense' is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information.
We've evolved over millions of years to sense the world around us. When we encounter something, someone or some place, we use our five natural senses to perceive information about it; that information helps us make decisions and chose the right actions to take. Commercial Version of the MIT Media Lab CityCar Unveiled at European Union Commission Headquarters. A full-scale version of the stackable, electric CityCar, created by researchers at the MIT Media Lab and commercialized by a consortium of automotive suppliers in the Basque region of Spain, was unveiled at the European Union Commission headquarters on January 24, 2012.
Branded "Hiriko," the vehicle incorporates all of the essential concepts of the MIT Media Lab CityCar: a folding chassis to occupy a small footprint when parked, drive-by-wire control, front entry and egress, the ability to spin on its axis, and “Robot Wheels” with integrated electric drive motor, steering motor, suspension, and braking. Since 2009, the Media Lab has collaborated with Denokinn, an industrial sponsor from Vitoria, Spain, and their partner companies to refine the design and technology of the CityCar to allow for its commercialization by industry. INNOVATIVE ROBOT WHEELS The CityCar project is part of larger initiative at the MIT Media Lab devoted to investigating the urban mobility systems.