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Scientists Crack Code That Would Allow Bionic Eyes to Send Signals to the Brain
http://inhabitat.com/scientists-…
- ukit20
Book written in DNA code
Scientists have for the first time used DNA to encode the contents of a book. At 53,000 words, and including 11 images and a computer program, it is the largest amount of data yet stored artificially using the genetic material.
The researchers claim that the cost of DNA coding is dropping so quickly that within five to 10 years it could be cheaper to store information using this method than in conventional digital devices.
- http://www.guardian.…ukit2
- hope they didn't encode Frankenstein or The Hulk...uan
- Or Twilight.ian
- scarabin0
freaky
- Oh Jesus Christ, scientists - what are you doing?! THINK!detritus
- Applications?kalkal
- you can replicate all QBN members with pictures from the mugs thread and have them in your bedroom while onlinedrgs
- That's a good idea, they were already too late with this for the new total recall movie with talking lady exploding head scene.kalkal
- scene.kalkal
- application... like face-eater victim can have his faced replaced by his own clone?sine
- face*sine
- dbloc0
- it's a t-shirt, it's programmable
http://www.thinkgeek…albums - scary? cool?cruddlebub
- it's a t-shirt, it's programmable
- plash0
Researchers are now suggesting that it may be possible to generate magnetic bonds between atoms, resulting in more stable molecules of different types that don't exist on Earth.
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- ChrisKeegan0
From the future.....
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- Pupsipu0
- THEY HAVE TRULY TAKEN OVER/NathanNice
- Programmed, built and operated by man; we are STILL in control...ideaist
- ...for now!ideaist
- dbloc0
per @plash in vid of day thread.
- plash0
New Department of Defense giant cluster built to test nuclear weapons stockpile breaks HPC speed record. 96 racks, 98,304 compute nodes, 1.6 million cores, 1.6 petabytes of memory across 4,500 square feet and this is just one we know about.
- Bur will it run Crysi... hold on, it's not 2008 any more.detritus
- uan0
buttons morphing out of your touch devices....cybersex 2.0
- albums0
Are Mind-Reading Teacher Robots Clever or Creepy?
http://www.sodahead.com/united-s…
- HijoDMaite0
My latest article delves into the world of scary/cool technology. Bioengineers are beginning to combine our unique biology with computer science by the use of, "electronic tattoos" to monitor our physiology. Medical research is just the beginning; exploration of this new technology has already begun in the fields of defense, sports, security and of course consumer products.
http://www.ucsdguardian.org/comp…
I sent Professor Coleman some follow up questions, here are some of his answers:
- as for personal information: in principle, yes. We are at the very initial stages of exploring this. It brings forth very interesting security questions at the intersection of physiology and computer science. For example, although one might imagine that this brings forth ominous "big brother" challenges, it could also provide unique opportunities to enhance security, by combining the uniqueness of everyone's biology (e.g. heartbeat) with already-existing computer security methods.
- other areas of interest: yes we are exploring defense, sports, security (as mentioned above), as well as consumer products. For defense, we are taking advantage of San Diego's proximity to many agencies associated with the department of defense. For example, we have just initiated a collaboration with the Naval Health Research Center to apply these devices on warfighters and monitor their bodily processes in a manner that is less cumbersome than existing technologies. Analogously, a company that we are partnering with to get this technology in the private sector, MC10, inc, has a contract with Reebok to put this technology on athletes. We are also exploring a variety of mobile phone applications with computer science students that combine the body's physiological processes with other inputs to enrich the user experience in mobile phone applications.
Here are some pics he sent me: