Menu

Blog

Page 11069

May 31, 2016

Augmented Reality Glasses with Eye Tracking Showcased at AWE 2016

Posted by in category: augmented reality

TELTOW, Germany and REHOVOT, Israel, May 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ —

SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) adds eye tracking to the Lumus DK-50

- Cross reference: Picture is available at AP Images (http://www.apimages.com)

Continue reading “Augmented Reality Glasses with Eye Tracking Showcased at AWE 2016” »

May 31, 2016

For $20M, These Israeli Hackers Will Spy On Any Phone On The Planet

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, surveillance

The latest surveillance tech from Israel “will open a new era in data interception,” says the CEO of profitable but troubled snoop supplier Ability. It’s sitting on the “golden key of surveillance” with a $20M product.

Read more

May 31, 2016

Fighter jets piloted by mind control using brain-to-machine implant on the horizon

Posted by in categories: military, neuroscience

DARPA’s new mind control fighter jets (BMIs are coming here soon) — BMI tech will mean smart devices will not be needed by most of the population.


University of Melbourne has developed an implant that could plug the brain directly into a vehicle.

Read more

May 31, 2016

The Defense Department Wants Your Ideas For A Military Space Plane

Posted by in categories: military, space travel

Oh boy.


Got a design concept? You have until July 22 to submit your plan.

By Jennings Brown.

Read more

May 31, 2016

Finding a New Formula for Concrete

Posted by in categories: engineering, materials

“If we can replace cement, partially or totally, with some other materials that may be readily and amply available in nature, we can meet our objectives for sustainability,” MIT Professor Oral Buyukozturk says. Image: Christine Daniloff/MITResearchers at MIT are seeking to redesign concrete — the most widely used human-made material in the world — by following nature’s blueprints.

In a paper published online in the journal Construction and Building Materials, the team contrasts cement paste — concrete’s binding ingredient — with the structure and properties of natural materials such as bones, shells, and deep-sea sponges. As the researchers observed, these biological materials are exceptionally strong and durable, thanks in part to their precise assembly of structures at multiple length scales, from the molecular to the macro, or visible, level.

From their observations, the team, led by Oral Buyukozturk, a professor in MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), proposed a new bioinspired, “bottom-up” approach for designing cement paste.

Continue reading “Finding a New Formula for Concrete” »

May 31, 2016

Can Tracking Our Hormones Make Us Smarter With Money?

Posted by in category: economics

Bad with money? Blame it on your hormones according to Richard Thaler.


Let’s face it: most of us suck at managing money.

According to a National Bureau of Economics working paper published this March, roughly three quarters of all American households carry some form of debt. 40% haven’t paid off their credit cards. Nearly half have no savings at all. And the US isn’t alone: Canada, the UK and Australia are in roughly the same debt-ridden neighborhood.

Continue reading “Can Tracking Our Hormones Make Us Smarter With Money?” »

May 31, 2016

Gene BRCA1 Plays An Important Role In DNA Repair

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Interesting.


The research, published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, explains how the gene encourages the attachment of the protein, ubiquitin, to other proteins and plays a vital role in DNA repair. Should the results be confirmed by further studies, it is possible that patients with certain genetic changes in BRCA1 could be identified as being at higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

Read more

May 31, 2016

First gene therapy for children is approved in Europe: Radical treatment for rare ‘bubble boy’ disorder has a 100% survival rate

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Great news for precision medicine.


European regulators have given the green light for a British drug firm to produce the world’s first gene therapy treatment for children.

GlaxoSmithKline was given approval by the European Commission to provide the treatment to children with a rare immune disorder — which can be fatal for those affected.

Continue reading “First gene therapy for children is approved in Europe: Radical treatment for rare ‘bubble boy’ disorder has a 100% survival rate” »

May 31, 2016

Creation of Weak Materials Offers Strong Possibilities for Electronics

Posted by in categories: computing, electronics, physics

New fundamental research by UT Dallas physicists may accelerate the drive toward more advanced electronics and more powerful computers.

The scientists are investigating materials called topological insulators, whose surface electrical properties are essentially the opposite of the properties inside.

“These materials are made of the same thing throughout, from the interior to the exterior,” said Dr. Fan Zhang, assistant professor of physics at UT Dallas. “But, the interior does not conduct electrons — it’s an insulator — while the electrons on the surface are free to move around. The surface is therefore a conductor, like a metal, but it is in fact more robust than a metal.”

Continue reading “Creation of Weak Materials Offers Strong Possibilities for Electronics” »

May 31, 2016

Are black holes HOLOGRAMS?

Posted by in categories: cosmology, quantum physics

Black Holes possibly be Holograms?


Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Theoretical Physics in Munich, Germany, have used quantum gravity to estimate the chaotic structure that may exist within black holes.

Continue reading “Are black holes HOLOGRAMS?” »