Scary Cool Tech Thread
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- ETM0
- plash0
http://www.newscientist.com/arti…"With advances in micro-technology, researchers were able to power the lens by printing an antenna on its surface that is only half a centimeter long. By putting a radio source close to the eye of the animal, they were able to power up the one pixel display successfully for a forty minute test. The results after the lens was taken out of the rabbit’s eye were very good, with no damage or abrasion having occurred. This experiment is a significant step forward in optical enhancement." ...
"Imagine if you could eliminate the need for screen-based devices. Instead of having to haul around a cell phone, it could be in your eye, allowing you to get live content about the person on the other end. How about media? You could watch a movie pretty much anywhere, Netflix for your eye so to speak. The possibilities really are endless, but are certainly in the future. The time when you can use a targeting system in your retina is pretty far off, but you can certainly dream about it." ...
"Last September, Sensimed, a Swiss spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, launched the very first commercial smart contact lens, designed to improve treatment for people with glaucoma. http://www.sensimed.ch "
note: was post earlier by ali
- I'm still stupefied by the way in which our eyes can focus on an image literally ON our cornea. How is that possible?mcmillions
- plash0
Military and civilian scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory came up with the concept while researching how to create unique winged drones that resemble nature’s creations. The goal was to create a bird-like drone that would flap its wings realistically to avoid detection by enemy forces during surveillance operations. With miniaturization technology constantly getting more advanced, the lab was able to create a drone that fits on the pad of a finger as pictured above. Operating much like the Predator attack drones, the “Fly-Bot” is controlled by a trained pilot from a remote terminal. The aviator has full command of the drone, and can maneuver it into groups of real insects to hide, while a live feed is piped into the command center.
The potential for this technology to be weaponized is limitless. Give the drone the ability to release a small amount of gas, or pack a high-powered mini-explosive inside its body and you have something to be feared above just surveillance. A swarm of these invading a building then detonating would bring new meaning to the phrase “smart-weapon.”
- Fuuuuuuck!SteveZissou
- Now Micro Manned would have been more awesomeCALLES
- Inner Space ;)23kon
- ...and maybe ceiling cat works for CIA.ETM
- uan0
a trillion frames per secons...sees photons as the travel through space
- BozMan0
I can't wait till we can go back in time.
"Pentagon Scientists Use ‘Time Hole’ to Make Events Disappear"
- Cabein0
- +1BabySnakes
- fakeD4W33D
- yeah thats pretty unconvincingcruddlebub
- i'd say real. there are a lot of videos on youtube of other examples of that technologyscarabin
- Ironmonkey0
This is not cool, its actually scary. Fallout Sized Giant Ants possible?
i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01...
- Ironmonkey0
- ^Ironmonkey
- Yeah good one, just what we need, more painful ant bites!ali
- Accessing primitive, recessive genes like that finally explains the Jersey Shore.ETM
- utopian0
RoyalSlider – Touch-Enabled jQuery Image Gallery
I tested this on on iPad, iPhone, HTC, and Blackberry works beutifully.
- drgs0
...heeeelp
- ukit20
Researchers at I.B.M. have stored and retrieved digital 1s and 0s from an array of just 12 atoms, pushing the boundaries of the magnetic storage of information to the edge of what is possible.
- yottabyte here we come!plash
- that's one quadrillion gigabytes for you non-puter nerd out there.plash
- I don't even know what a quadrillion ismcmillions
- Its a brazilian with one extra zero.slappy
- Quadrillion = one thousand million million; 10 with 15 zeros behind it.plash
- CGN0
- scarabin0
can i just rename this thread "WANT of the day"?
- ukit20
Up next: Cats in space
- Ironmonkey0
The future.
- cool.dbloc
- what are the blinds for though if people can't see in anyway?dbloc
- to cut out the light?! like what normal blinds are for.23kon
- soooo you can see out cause its bright outside.Ironmonkey
- That is cool********
- Reminds me of something Frog Design developed:
http://www.frogdesig…ukit2 - yeah I guess so...seems like you could just adjust brightness if no one can see in anyway.dbloc
- Just adjust the brightness of the sun / natural daylight?ETM
- ukit20
Cancer Vaccine for 90 Percent of Cancers Potentially Developed
Vaxil BioTherapeutics, a biotechnical company based in Ness Ziona, near Tel Aviv, has produced a ground-breaking therapeutic vaccine for cancer patients which could prevent about 90% of cancers from coming back.
Vaxil was founded in 2006 by Dr. Lior Carmon and the vaccine is now in clinical trials at the Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem. The vaccine could be available as early as 2017 to administer on a regular basis, not only to help treat cancer but in order to keep the disease from recurring.
- until the US stops treating healthcare like a business, they will never cure cancer._niko
- Cancer costs projected to reach at least $158 billion in 2020.
http://www.cancer.go…_niko - value of the market for cancer vaccines is expected to reach $4-5 billion. do the math._niko
- hate to be a cynic but this makes me sick._niko
- cancer is america's fault? stfuscarabin