Cyborgs – scientists create biological tissue with embedded wiring Under its human skin, James Cameron’s Terminator was a fully-armored cyborg built out of a strong, easy-to-spot hyperalloy combat chassis – but judging from recent developments, it looks like Philip K. Dick and his hard-to-recognize replicants actually got it right. In a collaboration between Harvard, MIT and Boston Children's Hospital, researchers have figured out how to grow three-dimensional samples of artificial tissue that are very intimately embedded within nanometer-scale electronics, to such an extent that it is hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. It could lead to a breakthrough approach to studying biological tissues on the nanoscale, and may one day be used as an efficient, real-time drug delivery system – and perhaps, why not, even to build next-generation androids. So far, our attempts at creating an intimate blend of lab-grown tissues and nanoscale electronics have led to mediocre results at best. Source: Boston Children's Hospital Share
Your Birthday, Your Tree and their meanings (wowzone.com) WOW Poetry, lyrics, music, stories, classics, Wish OnlyWell Find your birthday and its corresponding tree. Then, see the meaning behind it below. Do you recognize yourself? APPLE TREE (the Love) - of slight build, lots of charm, appeal, and attraction, pleasant aura, flirtatious, adventurous, sensitive, always in love, wants to love and be loved, faithful and tender partner, very generous, scientific talents, lives for today, a carefree philosopher with imagination. ASH TREE (the Ambition) - uncommonly attractive, vivacious, impulsive, demanding, does not care for criticism, ambitious, intelligent, talented, likes to play with fate, can be egotistic, very reliable and trustworthy, faithful and prudent lover, sometimes brains rule over the heart, but takes partnership very seriously. BEECH TREE (the Creative) - has good taste, concerned about its looks, materialistic, good organization of life and career, economical, good leader, takes no unnecessary risks, reasonable, splendid lifetime companion, keen on keeping fit (diets, sports, etc.)
Caltechs Killer Idea: Artificial Leaves That Turn Sunlight Into Fuel - Derek... We asked the California Institute of Technology (Caltech, as it's commonly known) for its smartest new innovation. This is what they gave us. Caltech The problem: Human beings have a big appetite for energy. Meanwhile, the sun is the largest source of power in the solar system, but it doesn't play a big role in our energy diet. The idea: Caltech is creating artificial leaves that can produce fuels directly from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to fuel cars and heat homes. The awesomely named project, the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP). is a $122 million energy hub established by President Obama and the Department of Energy. The potential: A cheaper and cleaner energy future. Want to share your company's best idea -- or your own! The Best Ideas Series Caltech: Artificial Leaves That Turn Sunlight Into Fuel IBM: The $100 DNA-Sequencing Machine GE: A Real-Time Energy Dashboard For Your House Google: A Personal Translator on Your Phone Under Armour: The World's Smartest Shirt
The Robot Hiring Boom Has Arrived The knock against many technology companies is they create too few jobs in their own countries. That complaint needs serious amending. Tech companies are creating plenty of jobs for robots. Foxconn, the leading manufacturer of electronics in the world -- which makes Apples iPhones and iPads, among other products -- plans to build 500,000 robots over the next three years to either replace or augment the company's human workforce. Foxconn currently supplements its 1.2 million human workers with 10,000 robots. In one regard, this investment will help the company's labor relations. The official response to the media sounded every bit as cynical. Watch: What's the Big Idea? Foxconn has annual revenues of over $60 billion, and the company has put up an astounding compound annual growth rate of over 50 percent for the last decade. This could be a step in the right direction from both a business and humanitarian perspective. What's the Significance? Watch here: Image courtesy of Shutterstock
10 Dumbest Moments In Movies | Interesting Movies - StumbleUpon I’ve seen a lot stupid movies in mi life, but some moments are just too stupid. I’m sure it happened to you too. Well, i I have right, take a look, and i am sure that you will recognize some really stupid moments in movies. Take a look, and enjoy Compromised FBI agent, Keanu Reeves, is forced to help in escape of robber, Patrick Swayze. Patrick jumps out of plane with last parachute… And then… Incredible Keanu jumps out too, without parachute and manages to catch bandit in the air. Code breaker, scientist Scott and his assistant in form of Kate Winslet, grab a part of German code machine, Enigma. Writer Charlie Kaufman is imprisoned in a swamp by John Laroche and Susan Orlean, subject and author of his adaptation “The Orchid Thief”. You got to admit, pretty good beginning of a movie. Stallone in a pretty good story, on a very unusual place. 7. xXx (2002) Modern version of 007, Vin Diesel is in bad situation. Great begining of Victor Salva movie. Master of suspense, M.
Interview: Bruce Sterling on the Convergence of Humans and Machines Bruce Sterling is a prominent science fiction writer and a pioneer of the cyberpunk genre. His cyberpunk novels Heavy Weather (1994), Islands in the Net (1988), Schismatrix (1985), The Artificial Kid (1980) earned him the nickname “Chairman Bruce”. Apart from his writings, Bruce Sterling is also a professor of internet studies and science fiction at the European Graduate School. In the interview below, we had the honor of hosting Bruce Sterling in our Next Nature Network headquarters to talk to him about the concept of the convergence of humans and machines. Lots of people are actually talking about and also investing a lot of money in this idea of convergence of the machine and humans. The result is the unbundling of those metaphysical ideas and their replacement by actual products and services That convergence will not happen, because the ambition is basically metaphysical. This is the history of artificial intelligence. You do not want Siri to be more like Alan Turing.
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Physicists Offer Mundane Explanations for Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos |... Faster-than-light neutrinos mean Einstein is wrong! At least, that’s what some popular press articles have suggested since researchers with the OPERA experiment in Italy presented evidence of neutrinos arriving 60 nanoseconds earlier than thought possible. But scientists, quite intrigued by the anomalous results, have since been busy generating more measured responses. In the three weeks after the announcement, more than 80 explanations have been posted to the preprint server arxiv. One of the earliest objections to the faster-than-light interpretation came from an astrophysical observation. Other scientists have taken the faster-than-light results to task using the Standard Model of physics, which describes all known subatomic particles and their interactions. Theoretical physicist Matt Strassler also noted on his blog that the Standard Model’s properties suggest that making neutrinos go faster than light requires electrons to do the same. Image: OPERA experiment
10 Movies I Wish Were Based on True Stories | Jinni Blog - StumbleUpon The Men Who Stare at Goats, starring George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges and Ewan McGregor, is about a secret, psychic military unit. Just a few things this unit does: Attempt to kill goats by staring at them and examine the use of Barney the Dinosaur’s theme tune on Iraqi POWs. Oh, and it’s based on a true story. Wait, what? 10. Why do I wish it was true? Here, a teenage girl is approached by all sorts of different people - each claiming to be God delivering instructions for her next mission. 9. 12 Monkeys (1995) Why do I wish it was true? When a man enters a hospital claiming to have journeyed back in time from the future to stop a killer virus from exterminating mankind, a beautiful psychologist decides he might be more than delusional. 8. Why do I wish it was true? A megalomaniacal millionaire asks two dinosaur experts to act as consultants on his entrepreneurial endeavor - an amusement park with DNA-cloned live dinosaurs. 7. Why do I wish it was true? 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
Part Human, Part Machine, Cyborgs Are Becoming A Reality Meeting a cyborg for the first time is a nerve-wracking experience. We had arranged to meet in an area of London known as Silicon Roundabout. Near Old Street, the district is home to high-tech start-up firms, giving birth to Britain’s recent software industry boom. In its coffee bars, internet entrepreneurs and programmers share hot drinks and electronic dreams. Neil Harbisson walked into the cafe wearing a bright orange blazer and a 12-inch metal antenna curved over his head. “For me, a cyborg is someone who feels their technology is a part of their biology,” he says. Newsweek Magazine is Back In Print In Harbisson’s case, his is an antenna. The implant was not sanctioned by the medical profession. “My antenna allows me to detect not only colour visible to the human eye, but also beyond,” he adds. Harbisson became known for being the first “officially” recognised cyborg when his passport photograph showing his antenna was accepted by the British Passport Office.