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Alpha-One

By Alpha-One,
Posted on: 2010-10-27 07:21 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture

 

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Humans Could Run 40 mph, in Theory
Originally posted by Chris_Zuercher

http://www.livescience.com/8039-huma...ph-theory.html


Scientists Create Self-Healing Electronic Chips
Originally posted by Tenzhi

http://www.redorbit.com/news/technol...ctronic-chips/


Self-Healing Electronic Chips article & video
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-...cs-longer.html



A super-memory smart drug?
http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-super-memory-smart-drug


Two ways today's scientists are pursuing immortality
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/456542.../#.Tuu9TCNAYb5


Jupiter's moon Europa is target for possible NASA landers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45618067...science-space/


Private venture gets go-ahead for February space station trip
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...e-station-trip


Stratolaunch massively upsizes SpaceShipOne launch concept
http://dvice.com/archives/2011/12/stratolaunch-ma.php



Apple patents spell fuel-cell-powered laptops, smartphones
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/scie...rtphones/11784


Two images of the Apple fuel cell system obtained from the U.S. Patent Office website
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...uture-iphones/



New particle (Chi-b(3P)) discovered at the Large Hadron Collider
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/lat...eriment--.aspx


Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology will spend more than $2 billion to build an applied sciences campus in New York City
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45729933...ience-science/


Petman Robot - article & video
http://singularityhub.com/2011/12/21...minator-video/


Pituitary Grown From Embryonic Stem Cells
http://singularityhub.com/2011/12/16...ic-stem-cells/


Highly efficient oxygen catalyst found, could prove useful in rechargeable batteries and hydrogen-fuel production
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/e...lyst-1028.html


Tiny Biocomputers Move Closer to Reality
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...-in-every-cell


Researchers have developed a clever way to achieve the lowest temperatures ever recorded on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16285036


The sixth annual “IBM Five in Five"
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/uk/en/pr...ease/36356.wss


Can We Build Tomorrow's Breakthroughs?
http://www.technologyreview.com/arti...11/?p1=MstRcnt


The Comeback of Xerox PARC
http://www.technologyreview.com/business/39222/?p1=BI

 

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Originally Posted by ebon3 View Post
A metallic micro-lattice that has a lower density than aerogel

http://www.hrl.com/hrlDocs/pressrele...ls_111117.html
Love that material. Kinda sad most of these great discoveries come from the defense/weapons guys first.

The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.

 

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Originally Posted by Hero_of_Steel View Post
Can “pollution glue” clean up London’s air?
http://dvice.com/archives/2011/12/can-pollution-g.php
Thats pretty interesting and I wonder too how it will effect ground water.


------->"Sic Semper Tyrannis"<-------

 

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Originally Posted by Hero_of_Steel View Post
That looks way cool. I find it funny one of the people quoted that they should be spending resources to cure cancer than the these robots. Pft, its like he doesn't realize that cancer will be cured once these robots replace humans.

 

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Originally Posted by Innovator View Post
That looks way cool. I find it funny one of the people quoted that they should be spending resources to cure cancer than the these robots. Pft, its like he doesn't realize that cancer will be cured once these robots replace humans.
Actually, a cure for cancer is just around the corner.

The first step in being sane is to admit that you are insane.

 

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Originally Posted by starphoenix View Post
Actually, a cure for cancer is just around the corner.
More News on the cancer fighting front.



Stanford researchers have found a single drug that can shrink or cure human breast, ovary, colon, bladder, brain, liver, and prostate tumors that have been transplanted into mice.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/one-drug-to-shrink-all-tumors



Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and IBM have announced an agreement to collaborate on the development of a powerful tool built upon IBM Watson to provide medical professionals with improved access to current and comprehensive cancer data and practices.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/applying-w...ed-cancer-care



Bone-marrow transfers prior to organ transplants could end the need for lifelong immunosuppression.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...ft-versus-host



Microbe Helps Convert Solar Power to Liquid Fuel.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...ld-liquid-fuel



ChronoZoom, Launched by Microsoft Research, Moscow State University and UC Berkeley, provides information on different time periods spanning 14 billion years, covering a variety of topics.
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/03/dynamic-atlas-o.php

http://www.chronozoomproject.org/#/t55



Self-healing plastic that changes color when damaged.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46861927...ience-science/



Boston Dynamics’ Sand Flea Robot can leap over walls and onto roofs, up to 30 feet high.
http://singularityhub.com/2012/03/30...ngs-30ft-high/



AT&T Labs is making a vibrating steering wheel that promises to deliver navigation information to drivers more safely than on-screen instructions or turn-by-turn GPS commands.
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39947/?p1=A3




A robot built to look and swim like an inconspicuous jellyfish may keep going and going and going thanks to an infinite source of fuel -- its surroundings.

The power comes from heat-producing chemical reactions between oxygen and hydrogen in water with the platinum coated on the surface of the bio-inspired robot, known as RoboJelly.
http://www.futureoftech.msnbc.msn.co...-energy-497769



Radical biplane design flies supersonic without the boom.
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/03/misora-biplane.php



The 5 commercial suborbital spaceflight companies looking to get there soon.
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/03/heres-how-long.php



Vortex gun fires electrically charged gas rings that could clear out smoke-filled hallways for firefighters.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46596726...ce-innovation/



Fire extinguisher that uses vortex combustion technology to put out fires faster and more efficiently than ever before.
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/02/making-better-f.php

 

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I saw this talk on the Science channel yesterday and thought it was worth sharing.

@Demobot

Also on Steam

 

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I love that sonic-boomless biplane.

Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound

 

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That was a great rocket launch.



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Originally Posted by Tenzhi View Post
I love that sonic-boomless biplane.

Yeah, that biplane is definitely cool.

 

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Originally Posted by Hero_of_Steel View Post
That was a great rocket launch.
.
Indeed beautiful shot on the feed of the second stage firing as orbital sunrise hit.

Speaking of which - noted that Jimmy Doohan's finally made it into space on this run: a portion of his ashes, along with 300 other posthumous explorers, are sealed into containers on the second stage fuselage. Should orbit for about a year before burnup. Godspeed, Scotty.

Is it time for the dance of joy yet?

 

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Originally Posted by ebon3 View Post
Thats pretty interesting and I wonder too how it will effect ground water.
London has plenty of water. I keep expecting Swamp Thing to emerge from my lawn. What is doesn't have is anything to put it in, since they sold of nearly all the reservoirs for housing in the 1980s.

I really should do something about this signature.

 

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Originally Posted by Hero_of_Steel View Post
That was a great rocket launch.
Oh bother I missed it. I was up for the aborted launch the other night too.

MA Arcs: Yarmouth 1509 and 58812

 

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Originally Posted by Father Xmas View Post
DARPA invests in "Surrogates". Sadly the article's author, like most people, only saw Avatar.
Maybe they've *seen* Surrogates, but continually forget about it. I know I do. And I'd say it was a good movie. Just didn't stick with me.

Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound

 

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Milestone in Higgs quest: Scientists find new particle

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...-particle?lite


Scientific American editor George Musser explains why the Higgs is so important to science

http://www.scientificamerican.com/vi...-is-2012-06-29


Stephen Hawking lost $100 bet over Higgs boson

http://now.msn.com/now/0704-hawking-bet-higgs-boson


Researchers have developed a way to deliver oxygen to the body's organs safely—via gas-filled microparticles—even when the patient's lungs have stopped working

http://www.technologyreview.com/news...se-lungs-have/


Scientists have developed a system of transmitting data using twisted beams of light at ultra-high speeds — up to 2.56 terabits per second

http://www.kurzweilai.net/scientists...its-per-second


Scientists reprogram skin cells into healthy, beating heart tissue

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8GM33D20120522


IBM Research produces biocompatible, biodegradable staph-killing polymers

http://www.research.ibm.com/articles/nanomedicine.shtml


At Northwestern University, researchers there have come up with electronics that can be stretched 200% and still work

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/07/rubber-band-ele.php


Caltech engineers have developed a procedure that may allow doctors to perform surgery without ever having to cut through your skin

http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-see...rough-the-skin


Army tests laser plasma lightning cannon

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/army-tests-lase.php


Special polymer gel allows adult-stem-cell differentiation without immune rejection

http://www.kurzweilai.net/special-po...mune-rejection


Nano scale vacuum tubes - 10 times faster than the best silicon transistors & are radiation-proof

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceno...cuum-tube.html


Researchers find a way to delay aging of stem cells

http://www.salk.edu/news/pressreleas...p?press_id=561

 

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Originally Posted by Hero_of_Steel View Post
Milestone in Higgs quest: Scientists find new particle

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...-particle?lite


Scientific American editor George Musser explains why the Higgs is so important to science

http://www.scientificamerican.com/vi...-is-2012-06-29


Stephen Hawking lost $100 bet over Higgs boson

http://now.msn.com/now/0704-hawking-bet-higgs-boson


Researchers have developed a way to deliver oxygen to the body's organs safely—via gas-filled microparticles—even when the patient's lungs have stopped working

http://www.technologyreview.com/news...se-lungs-have/


Scientists have developed a system of transmitting data using twisted beams of light at ultra-high speeds — up to 2.56 terabits per second

http://www.kurzweilai.net/scientists...its-per-second


Scientists reprogram skin cells into healthy, beating heart tissue

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8GM33D20120522


IBM Research produces biocompatible, biodegradable staph-killing polymers

http://www.research.ibm.com/articles/nanomedicine.shtml


At Northwestern University, researchers there have come up with electronics that can be stretched 200% and still work

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/07/rubber-band-ele.php


Caltech engineers have developed a procedure that may allow doctors to perform surgery without ever having to cut through your skin

http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-see...rough-the-skin


Army tests laser plasma lightning cannon

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/army-tests-lase.php


Special polymer gel allows adult-stem-cell differentiation without immune rejection

http://www.kurzweilai.net/special-po...mune-rejection


Nano scale vacuum tubes - 10 times faster than the best silicon transistors & are radiation-proof

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceno...cuum-tube.html


Researchers find a way to delay aging of stem cells

http://www.salk.edu/news/pressreleas...p?press_id=561

Epic stuff. Thank you.

When there is no room left in Hell, the Dead shall walk the earth.