AAAS Science Assessment ~ Home Members | Government 2.0 Taskforce Fifteen members make up the Government 2.0 Taskforce. They are: Dr Nicholas Gruen (Chair) Dr Gruen has worked in a diverse range of public policy and other roles since 1981. He has worked as An economic policy adviser to two Federal Government Ministers – Treasurer John Dawkins (1991 to 1994) and Industry Minister John Button (1981, 83-85).An Associate Commissioner to the Productivity Commission (1994 – 1997) where he was Presiding Commissioner on one inquiry and an industry study and Associate Commissioner on five inquiries.Director of the Business Council of Australia’s New Directions economic reform project from 1997 to 2000.CEO of Lateral Economics and Peach Discount Mortgage Broking since 2000. Dr Gruen holds a PhD and BA Hons (First Class) from the ANU and a LLB Hons from Melbourne University. He has been a regular columnist for the Australian Financial Review and the Courier Mail and has been a substantial contributor to Australia’s thriving policy blog scene at Club Troppo.
Free Online Course Materials | Courses Powerhouse Museum | Science + Design | Sydney Australia 27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012 We may never have our flying cars, but the future is here. From creating fully functioning artificial leaves to hacking the human brain, science made a lot of breakthroughs this year. 1. Quadriplegic Uses Her Mind to Control Her Robotic Arm At the University of Pittsburgh, the neurobiology department worked with 52-year-old Jan Scheuermann over the course of 13 weeks to create a robotic arm controlled only by the power of Scheuermann’s mind. The team implanted her with two 96-channel intracortical microelectrodes. 2. Once the robot figures out how to do that without all the wires, humanity is doomed. 3. Photo Courtesy of Indigo Moon Yarns. At the University of Wyoming, scientists modified a group of silkworms to produce silk that is, weight for weight, stronger than steel. 4. Using an electron microscope, Enzo di Fabrizio and his team at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa snapped the first photos of the famous double helix.Source: newscientist.com / via: davi296 5. 6. 7. 8. 10.
Virtueel Platform (virtueelp) 2012 March 12 - The Scale of the Universe Interactive Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2012 March 12 The Scale of the Universe - Interactive Flash Animation Credit & Copyright: Cary & Michael Huang Explanation: What does the universe look like on small scales? Tomorrow's picture: dust before galaxies Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important NoticesA service of:ASD at NASA / GSFC& Michigan Tech.
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10 Biggest High School Football Stadiums In Texas High school football is in the blood of Texas and as they say, everything is bigger in Texas, including our stadiums. 10. Stallworth Stadium – Baytown, TX – 16,500 capacity With a seating capacity of 16,500 Stallworth stadium comes in as the 10th largest high school football stadium in Texas. 9. Just around the corner from Baytown is the next stadium on our list; Pasadena’s Veteran’s Memorial Stadium. Peggy Weil The BLURING TEST is a conversation with a computer program named MRMIND who asks visitors to his website to convince him that they are human. The website creates a relationship between a human and a robot in order to probe that relationship. Historically, consideration of the relationship between humans and machines has assessed machine progress. MrMind started talking on the net in September of 1998. JOURNAL: MrMind has been logging these conversations, read an excerpt from MrMind's Journal.