Daily News Digest – 31 July 2009

- How big is the internet? – http://bit.ly/viqmi
>>> Over 31,000 years to read
>>> An average person would need six hundred thousand decades of nonstop reading to read it.
>>> 150 web address per person

- 30 Stunning Wallpapers – http://inspiredology.com/30-stunning-wallpapers/

- Why do stars twinkle? – http://bit.ly/1UVzz (via http://ff.im/5U9eP )
- Making a Black Hole with Metamaterials [technologyreview] – http://bit.ly/37AB6R
- Brain’s Moving Experience When Reading [scientificamerican] – http://bit.ly/2Rz1Fs

- A Water-Powered Jetpack – http://bit.ly/3N5Ozw [popsci]
- Citadel floating apartment block to ride the Dutch waves [dvice] – http://bit.ly/11IgLu

- Mystery of how neurons transmit information has been solved [nanowerk] – http://bit.ly/14Qi1q
- Robot running [YouTube] – http://bit.ly/1Wnu0
- Video Game Helps Artificial Intelligences Learn to Learn [popsci] – http://bit.ly/Ie0t5
- NexGen AI -A Threat to Human Civilization? [dailygalaxy] – http://bit.ly/WZtp4
- New Approach to Fusion – http://bit.ly/9aBfI [technologyreview] – http://bit.ly/9aBfI

- Blackout Bomb: Air Force’s High-Powered Microwave Weapons Fry Enemy Equipment [popsci] -  http://bit.ly/1GoWzB
- Experiment Looks to Bridge Classical Physics and Quantum Mechanics [popsci] – http://bit.ly/EIJBD
- Panel Wants Deep Space, Not Landings as U.S. Goal [nytimes] – http://bit.ly/X0ZV2
- Moon in Google Earth – [jalam1001] http://bit.ly/MZFor

- First Ever Stem Cell Treatment Bust? [h+] – http://bit.ly/18KjXR
- Inspiring the non-scientist: Nature publishes editorial on TED [Wildcat2030] – http://ff.im/5VPsH
- Cool roofs are finally cool [scientificamerican] – http://bit.ly/EUTMN

- Modern Insanity: What Really Makes Us Crazy [jalam1001] – http://bit.ly/YCJPI
- Kodak gets into the solar charger business [dvice] – http://bit.ly/hbx8a
- 60% of Net Users Watch Video Online: Traditional TV Doomed? [fastcompany] – http://bit.ly/1QRVpO

- Chance of Nuclear War is Greater Than You Think [XiXiDu] – http://ff.im/-5VUmI

- Marriage rates lowest since 1862 [jalam1001] http://bit.ly/11pZWT
- Twiiter Community – Lets not get too excited. – http://bit.ly/rRP6g
- Steve Jobs speaks out – On the birth of the iPhone – [jalam1001] http://bit.ly/2PTXQy
- 100 Free Cutting-Edge Courses that Didn’t Exist When You Were in School – [onlinecolleges] http://bit.ly/ECrxt

Daily News Digest – 30 July 2009

- 15-Minute Genome: Faster, Cheaper Sequencing On The Way  – http://bit.ly/LWRsy [sciencedaily]

- Accelerating Evolution Millions of Times to Make Biotech Factories in Days – http://bit.ly/3yk34
- Is Hyper Evolution Possible? A Galaxy Classic – http://bit.ly/15nKdF [dailygalaxy]
- Reprogramming Human Cells Without Inserting Genes – http://bit.ly/TdqvF [physorg]

- Fermi Paradox Points To Fewer Than Ten ET Civilisations – http://bit.ly/1On2PP [arXiv]
- Why do stars twinkle? – http://bit.ly/1UVzz (via http://ff.im/5U9eP )

- 3D Scanner Recreates Real-Life Objects on Computer Screen – http://bit.ly/1WnV8c [singularityhub]
- Want responsible robotics? Start with responsible humans – http://bit.ly/4CIx7 [esciencenews]
- Neurosky’s MindSet is now available http://ff.im/-5SqNW [XiXiDu]

- Book Review: Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki http://ff.im/-5SigQ [XiXiDu]

- Air Force Future UAV munitions and One Pilot Flying 12 UAVs – http://bit.ly/qSvRo [nextbigfuture]
- Panasonic rolls out space-age capsule hotel – http://bit.ly/YtRAK [dvice]

- EC threatens action against US over copyright laws – http://bit.ly/19cXGc
- How Gen-Y Startups Use Social Media to Shatter the Status Quo – http://bit.ly/gzW5n [mashable]
- 50 Percent of Doctors Use Wikipedia – http://bit.ly/FD3si [livescience]
- Study finds human population expanded during late Stone Age – http://bit.ly/tSKSx [esciencenews]

- Breaking the Planck’s law, at the nanoscale – http://bit.ly/qh5j7 [physorg]

- Laser-Powered Lightcraft “At the Cusp of Commercial Reality” – http://bit.ly/uI3pg [popsci]
- Laser Propulsion: Wild Idea May Finally Shine – http://bit.ly/dHbzR

- You won’t be wearing the CAIR air helmet anytime soon – http://bit.ly/48uA2u [dvice]
- Talking paperclip inspires less irksome virtual assistant – http://bit.ly/vs7x0 [newscientist]
- AddTV – http://www.youtube.com/user/ADDTV [Youtube Channel]

>> —————————————–
- Full Stargate Universe panel: Comic-Con Stargate Universe .. http://bit.ly/d6pbu [scifiwire]
- Full Caprica/Battlestar: The Plan panel from Comic-Con – http://bit.ly/sJsRD [scifiwire]

- Top 7 Places to Watch Great Minds in Action – http://bit.ly/t22YG
– TED       – http://ted.com
– PopTech – http://poptech.com
– BusinessInnovationFactory – http://www.businessinnovationfactory.com
– Gel – http://gelconference.com
– Bil – http://bilconference.com
– bigthink – http://bigthink.com
– ideacityonline – http://www.ideacityonline.com

- Life Expectancy Countries /Healthcare – http://bit.ly/kqpYd
- Product Development cycle – http://imgur.com/Zftb2.png
- Education vs Jobs – http://bit.ly/Y6KJi
- virus – http://bit.ly/2t0ca
- 40 Free GUI Icon Sets for Web Designers – http://bit.ly/mfdzh

Daily News Digest – 29 July 2009

- Image of Day: ISS and Discovery Transit the Sun – http://bit.ly/4bgaM5
- 23 Breathtaking Moments And Ideas Captured By Photographers – http://ff.im/-5OMit [XiXiDu]
- Martian mesa… in 3D! – http://bit.ly/GnM2f [discovermagazine]
- Etherpad – http://etherpad.com/ – Web-based WP allowing people to work together real-time

- Slides Talk on Nanotechnology and Computational Challenges – http://bit.ly/18JOEX [metamodern]

- Henry Markram on Blue Brain at TED – http://bit.ly/NiTfW [acceleratingfuture]
- Whole Brain Emulation PDF – http://bit.ly/OcRn [philosophy.ox.ac.uk]

- New Supercapacitor Charges In Minutes, Lasts For Months – http://bit.ly/7kvZ j
- MIT’s Project:  Electric Car That Recharges in Under 11 Minutes – http://bit.ly/26C4rH [popsci]
- Medtronic brain device for OCD approved in Europe – http://bit.ly/7erzy [reuters]
- Nanotubes sharpen X-ray vision – http://bit.ly/XJ0pD [nature]

- Breaking barriers with nanoscale lasers – http://bit.ly/1wi7WX [esciencenews]
- Nanoscale light source can change its colour – http://bit.ly/15HCdz [physicsworld]
- Finally, a True Green Laser – http://bit.ly/mIkYF [slashdot]

- Arm-swinging riddle is answered – http://bit.ly/zGMjT [Physorg]
- Nerve cells have natural resistance to HIV – http://bit.ly/FRphU [newscientist]
- How to Land Safely Back on the Moon – http://bit.ly/12gfh8 [technologyreview]
- 1 in 6 health workers won’t report in flu pandemic – http://bit.ly/pbaiD [esciencenews]
- Doctor particle decides when to release drug payload – http://bit.ly/BeAtn [newscientist]

- 2012: The Real “Milestone”, The Real Danger – http://bit.ly/MrIgN [scienceblogs]
- Photon torpedoes vs. nukes: Scientists agree — Star Trek wins – http://bit.ly/13Dl3n [dvice]
- Realworld Angels & Demons: Surges of Antimatter Observed in Space – http://bit.ly/ZTFEt [dailygalaxy]
- Warp Speed a Reality? -A Galaxy Insight – http://bit.ly/14Gn99 [dailygalaxy]
- Scientists create ultraviolet-transparent aluminum – http://bit.ly/y2SQ7 [dvice]
- Mediocre Returns of Extraordinary Technologies – http://bit.ly/aSYga [ieet]

- Rumored Apple Tablet Is a Train Wreck – http://bit.ly/j2ruT [pcworld]
- Why Buy Apple’s Tablet – http://bit.ly/9mpQE [fastcompany]
- What Is Twitter? Apparently, No One Knows – http://bit.ly/SeMhf [fastcompany]
- UK encouraging civil servants to tweet ‘issues of relevance’ – http://bit.ly/TuCjK [crunchgear]
- Scientificamerican who we follow Twitter – http://bit.ly/15Gk6Q [scientificamerican]

- Mom installs 98-inch screen in son’s bedroom ceiling, deservedly garners award nomination – http://bit.ly/JEaD1 [engadget]
- Hollywood Movie Houses Sue Pirate Bay Operators – http://bit.ly/DAA5n [torrantfreak]
- Surgery’s Robotic Future – http://bit.ly/K4pcR [blisstree]
- Robots arouse concerns over how smart they may become – http://bit.ly/MCBjP [postivefuturist]
- London’s Robotic Fire Brigade – http://bit.ly/Z71Ws [slashdot]

- Darwinian Futures? — Why we should leave emotions in when exploring future – http://bit.ly/13VofS [foresightculture]
- In Battle, Hunches Prove to Be Valuable – http://bit.ly/wxXSh [nytimes]

- Video: watch an SSD get made at the Runcore factory http://ff.im/-5QkUc [XiXiDu]
- Virtual reality illusions produce out-of-body experiences in the lab http://ff.im/-5Qc0I [XiXiDu]
- Electron Microscopes http://ff.im/-5QkFS [XiXiDu]

- Do animals masturbate? – Slate Magazine – http://bit.ly/19vzCv [jalam1001]
- Are More Women OK with Watching Porn? – http://bit.ly/TD5Dk

Daily News Digest – 28 July 2009

- Fractal set – http://bit.ly/hFUVw [Flickr]
- Apple Tablet or Crunchpad or both? Argue out here – http://bit.ly/aX57h [Scobleizer]

- Researchers develop ‘brain-reading’ methods – http://bit.ly/GTsk1 [Esciencenews]
- Genome Engineering Goes High Speed – http://bit.ly/eIOPf – [Wired]
- Man Receives His Own Stem Cells as a Treatment for Heart Failure – http://bit.ly/a2YXI [Scientificamerican]
- Heart failure: Women different than men – http://bit.ly/zF25s [Esciencenews]
- All-in-1 nanoparticle: A Swiss Army knife for nanomedicine – http://bit.ly/10houd [Esciencenews]
- Are women getting better looking? [Gene Expression] – http://bit.ly/rKZ2x [Scienceblogs]
- Researchers soak up stem cell potential – http://bit.ly/dw1jn [Physorg]
- After dinosaurs, mammals rise but their genomes get smaller – http://bit.ly/18zl8T [Physorg]
- Quotations on Science – http://bit.ly/1bZC7f [Superconcepts]
- Is There Gravity in Space? – http://bit.ly/ZCVcE [Livescience]
- Metamaterial improves resolution of MRI scans – http://bit.ly/13DQIr [Arxiv]

- Need to Track Your Body Fat? There’s an iPhone App For That – http://bit.ly/17kc73 [fastcompany]
- iPhone app to Track Your Happiness – http://bit.ly/8SryD [Fastcompany]
- Device Tracks How You’re Sleeping – http://bit.ly/TE0Kf – [technologyreview]
- WiFi scales notifies the internet of your lapsed diet – http://bit.ly/ofTaS [Dvice]

- Gov to spend $10b to develop advanced medical surveillance robots – http://bit.ly/174Eyy
- Catherine Mohr Promises More Robotic Surgery – http://bit.ly/iwc9e [Singularityhub]
- Robotic Arm for Lunar Missions – http://bit.ly/QffXB [Technologyreview]

- AI And What To Do About It – Forbes.com” http://ff.im/-5Mzts [XiXiDu]
- Mainstreaming of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence Explosion Risks http://ff.im/-5Mkmy [XiXiDu]
- Was Moore’s Law Inevitable? http://ff.im/-5Mudv [XiXiDu]
- VASIMR Trumps Star Trek? Ion Drive Aiming At Mars http://bit.ly/GZmUT [Dailygalaxy]
- Voltron Fleet of Telescopes Zooming in on Mystery of the Galactic Core – http://bit.ly/CNhbZ [Dailygalaxy]
- Fake Trees Charge Your Car While You Park – http://bit.ly/SD5Cp [io9]

- Vid shows nanotube spins as it grows – http://bit.ly/3uL9Vv [Esciencenews]
- New supercomputer 15x fast than predecessor to reel in answers to Earth’s problems – http://bit.ly/wy9vC [Physorg]
- Mach 2.0 In An Open Cockpit – http://bit.ly/407omv [Popsci]
- Iowa’s $80 million NADS-1 driving simulator – http://bit.ly/M9OTg [Dvice]

- OK, Sell The Pirate Bay – Everyone Will Have a Copy Soon – http://bit.ly/couYJ [Torrentfreak]
- iPhone Mini-humanoid robot – http://bit.ly/UIgPH [Pinktentacle]
- Facebook Touchgraph app – http://bit.ly/wsjOP

Daily News Digest – 27 July 2009

- New Search Engines http://ff.im/-5JMTQ – http://www.glearch.com/ – http://hulbee.com/ [XiXiDu]
- AR Times Weekly Linkfest – Virtual Pong – http://bit.ly/vbguf [AR Times]
- STARMAC learns the loop de loop – http://bit.ly/12SlGR [engadget]
- REEM-A, humanoid robot. Playing chess – http://bit.ly/3VZ19 [uvmegame.in]
- Catastrophe Social Collapse and Human Extinction Robin Hanson – http://ff.im/-5JK4S [XiXiDu]
- Monkey’s Brain Can “Plug and Play” to Control Computer With Thought – http://bit.ly/pD43s [ieee]
- Registry of Standard Biological Parts -  http://bit.ly/r9vqS [Wildcat2030]
- Artificial Life and Artificial Intelligence Research – http://bit.ly/HdI3o [field.io]
- Scientists closer to making implantable bone material – http://bit.ly/XW58J [esciencenews]-
- An eye catching vision discovery – http://bit.ly/illb1 [esciencenews]
- Transparent metal hints at nature of planets cores – http://bit.ly/7zhj5 [Newscientist]
- Bike of the future will pay you back for all of that pedalling – http://bit.ly/17GdxI [dvice]
- Bill Gates quits Facebook over too many friends – http://bit.ly/OPfm3 [physorg]
- Stripping Leukemia-initiating Cells Of Their Invisibility Cloak- http://bit.ly/cVQOl [sciencedaily]
- Pig Cells Treat Diabetes Patients – http://bit.ly/ciM3i [technologyreview]
- A Vaccine for Colon Cancer – http://bit.ly/zIAIw [technologyreview]

>> Comic-con
- James Cameron’s 3D CGI Avatar Movie coming Dec 18, 2009 – http://bit.ly/10ObbS [nextbigfuture]
- Are You Ready For The Avatar Backlash? – http://bit.ly/P6nXx [io9]
- Director on the Mayans 2012′s demolition derby: http://bit.ly/Xgslq [scifiwire]
- Heroes offer up lots of spoilers for season four – http://bit.ly/IsrLh [scifiwire]
- Warehouse 13′s New Hacker Chick Puts Punk In Steampunk – http://bit.ly/lrMkO
- Vampire Diaries Drags Us To Teen-Drama Hell – http://bit.ly/14oGBX [Vampire Diaries]

Daily News Digest – 26 July 2009

- This Is Exactly What Touchscreen Surfaces Were Invented For – http://bit.ly/odyMn
- How it would be, if a house was dreaming: http://bit.ly/1Akhvn [psaffo]
- Ubercool! visualization structure for Wikipedia: http://bit.ly/2vk97 [Wildcat2030]

- Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man – http://bit.ly/GJXC7 [nytimes]
- Electronic Armageddon, and No Electricity Either – http://bit.ly/te4dV [slashdot]
- Robot Model Hits the Runway – http://bit.ly/hqFBa [livescience]
- How to glue together a lighter spacecraft – http://bit.ly/12o5Gn [newscient]
- Craig Venter: Programming algae to pump out oil – http://bit.ly/7lUsP [newscientist]
- Twitter schools businesses in benefits of microblogging – http://bit.ly/V9xX8 [physorg]
- Combustion Simulation – http://bit.ly/XTKDn [sciencedaily]
- Short stressful events may improve working memory – http://bit.ly/18lnx1 [biosingularity]

Comic-Con >>> Snippets…
- Comic-Con madness!!!! = http://bit.ly/2A0QWn
- FeedNews http://www.thrfeed.com/
- Tron Legacy: Trailer – http://bit.ly/16euoN
- Twilight Saga: New  moon sneak Peek 1 – http://bit.ly/13K3Wl
- PIXAR: Danager Mouse?
- Iron Man 2 – Fans Iron Man 2 so awesome it’s orgasmic
- Flashforward – Air 24 Sep. – Twistier Plots Than A JJ Abrams Series? – http://bit.ly/13eaSm
- Caprcia – Air Jan 22 at 9 p.m
- Chuck : New superpowers Wonky, not lasting …..
- Simpsons: Bart will get a girlfriend voiced by Sarah Silverman : world record longest running sitcom!
- Dexter: trailer – http://bit.ly/lS9vs
- V: Not repeating the past!
- The Family guy :
- FRINGE: Writers Explain Next Season’s Multiverse  http://bit.ly/103Mtp
- 24: Day8: Jack vs Assassination.
- Heroes: Claire kissing her college roommate
- Lost S6: Final Season
- Eureka S4
- Smallville:
- Dollhouse’s Lost Post-Apocalyptic Episode! – http://bit.ly/aXm0B
- ABC’s Eastwick – Eastwick Women are Not Spell Casters – http://bit.ly/BiSMx
- Futurerama – will the voices be back ? still unclear.

Daily News Digest – 25 July 2009

- Technology On Way To Forecasting Humanity’s Needs – http://bit.ly/XL2PA [sciencedaily]

- Nanotechnology ‘violin string’ measures single-electron vibrations – http://bit.ly/Q6AbM [nanowerk]
- Nanoparticles Could Revolutionize Therapeutic Drug Discovery – http://bit.ly/Iwwnh [Phyorg]
- Process For ‘Surgical’ Genetic Changes In Plants Developed – http://bit.ly/2QfOv [sciencedaily]
- Knee Injuries May Start With Strain On The Brain, Not The Muscles – http://bit.ly/IYaD4 [sciencedaily]
- Coming Soon Stem-Cell Surgical Thread? – http://bit.ly/M7x0V [YAHOO]

- Hubble Captures Rare Jupiter Collision – http://bit.ly/118M7T [Sciencedaily]
- How does your galaxy grow – http://bit.ly/13NjtD [newscientist]
- Space Travel: The Path to Human Immortality? – http://bit.ly/H5wku [alternet]

- Technology Ahead: Will Robots get married?? http://ff.im/5EkyH [Wildcat2030]
- Robot Trash Collectors Are Roaming the Streets of Italy  - http://bit.ly/36loqZ [Physorg]
- Robots Help Trains Stay on the Rails – http://bit.ly/zObuv [fastcompany]
- Slitherbot – http://bit.ly/KIvVI

- Steve Jobs Happy With Apple’s Tablet, FastTracks Early 2010 – http://bit.ly/PAfyv [techcrunch]

- If You’re Happy, Then We Know It – http://bit.ly/2KY8Q [sciencedaily]
- Girls game less because they have less free time – http://bit.ly/V5bdl [Physorg]
- Ants more rational than humans – http://bit.ly/3c7We [esciencenews]
- Innovation: Is the future of healthcare online? – http://bit.ly/OnVQt [newscientist]
- Should Thursday Be the New Friday? Environmental Economic of 4-Day Workweek – http://bit.ly/V0Dun [sciam]
- Saving the Planet – http://bit.ly/9ileq [foresight]

DNA Videos
—————-
- From RNA to Protein Synthesis – http://bit.ly/QrP8m
- How DNA Copies Itself – http://bit.ly/cMxDM
- From DNA to Protein – http://bit.ly/MEwhh
- PBS program “DNA The Secret of Life”. – http://shadowlabs.org

—————-
- Carl sagan vs the Matrix – http://bit.ly/aZZyI [posthumanblues]
- Rollerblader / Rollercoaster working video – http://bit.ly/1xPWFK
- Isofa.tv – http://bit.ly/MROL8

Comic Con >>
—————-
- Mattel Launches Augmented Toys at Comic Con – http://bit.ly/18yqr7 [artimes]
- Fans say Avatar will be game-changing as Star Wars – http://bit.ly/9qcc1 [scifiwire]
- Hollywood places biggest 3-D bet yet on Avatar – http://bit.ly/14bdCK [Physorg]

- Avatar: Real trailer 22 August!: Teaser Trailer: – http://bit.ly/14RBIV
(12 years in making!) general release date December 18, 2009.
- District 9 Aug 4 (trailer) – http://bit.ly/YoHMz
- Alice in Wonderland Trailer – http://bit.ly/1wwLK
- Toy Story 3 trailer – http://bit.ly/AiniA
- The Book Of Eli trailer – http://bit.ly/1oXZ7
- Nightmare on Elm Street remake trailer – http://bit.ly/1Wnu0
- Stargate Universe prem Oct 02 trailer – http://bit.ly/bGRP4
- Dollhouse Brings The End Of The World, And We Beg For More – http://bit.ly/AyiP8
- 11th Doctor who and new assistant – http://bit.ly/8KUHR

Daily News Digest – 24 July 2009

- Rhonda: 3D drawing – http://ff.im/-5Cy68 [XiXiDu]
- X-ray GIF of human speaking – http://bit.ly/4l6KUp

- Basic Concepts in Science: A list – http://bit.ly/1gsgZN [Scienceblogs]
- Download introduction to proteins in 30 minutes – http://bit.ly/2gaHOi [Nanowerk]

- Living, Breeding Mice Grown From Skin Cells – http://bit.ly/YAhqv [Wired]
– Mice made from induced stem cells -  http://bit.ly/sX8Vn [Nature]
- NZ Company Injects Insulin-Making Cells from Pigs into Diabetic Humans – http://bit.ly/YjDhc [Sciam]
- First stem cell transplant on Chilean leukemia patient – http://bit.ly/2UGRL6 [Yahoo]
- Non-embryonic stem cells pass major hurdle in mice – http://bit.ly/WlCgS [Yahoo]
- Human cells secrete cancer-killing protein – http://bit.ly/6h4D1 [Esciencenews]
- Stem cells not the only way to fix a broken heart – http://bit.ly/12NMds [Esciencenews]

- Electronic Evolution: Will Robots Form Human-Like Societies?-Galaxy Classic -  http://bit.ly/13qH19 [Dailygalaxy]
- Toyota Humanoid Can Outrun ASIMO – http://bit.ly/14WYf0 [Botjunkie]
- Oprah neuron hints at nature of memory – http://bit.ly/5XIUd [Newsciemtist]
- Can brain scans read your mind? Neuroscientists provides new insights – http://bit.ly/otqE4 [Physorg]
- Youtube as neuroscience resource hub – http://bit.ly/1yICm [Brainethics]

- Researchers Train Minds to Move Matter – http://ff.im/-5BnxQ [XiXiDu] [NYTimes]
- Theories about the origins of language – http://ff.im/-5BmF9 [XiXiDu]

- Physicists balk at Nature paper saying lenses can see beyond theoretical limit. – http://bit.ly/tTSqk [Nature]

- How to dismantle a nuclear bomb – http://ff.im/-5BBab [Xixidu]
- Fighting cancer with nanotechnology vid – http://bit.ly/45Q3uk [Xixidu]
- Scientists Design Versatile Self-Assembling Nanogears – http://bit.ly/17Vdqs [Popsci]
- Mismatched materials produce self-assembling gears – http://bit.ly/y25By [Newscientist]

- TEDGlobal: democratisation of intimacy – http://bit.ly/4CnUj [Guardian]
- Control Your House by iPhone? – http://bit.ly/sIsFM [Fastcompany]

- Microwave weapon will rain pain from the sky – http://bit.ly/WtIOl [Kurzweilai]
- Apollo Moon Rock Gets New Lunar Mission – http://bit.ly/1Tezmx [Space]
- $2 Million NASA Power Beaming Challenge Heating Up – http://bit.ly/p55Zs [Slashdot]

- Project Sage: Bringing Solar Power to the Masses (w/ Video) – http://bit.ly/HcBEX [Physorg]
- Technology on way to forecasting humanity’s needs – http://bit.ly/LfzIw [esciencenews]

- Coolest Bluetooth headset ever transforms into a ring with data display – http://bit.ly/EkDbk [Dvice]
- Speech-recognition technology is rapidly improving – http://bit.ly/r5bqZl [Physorg]
- Should We Bulldoze Underused Neighborhoods and Return Them to Nature? – http://bit.ly/bm9II [Fastcompany]
- Adobe Flash vulnerability exploited in Web pages – http://bit.ly/i425F [Networkworld]
- Amazing Permanent Interactive LED wall in Montreal http://bit.ly/NnV0d [Jalam1001]

Daily News Digest – 23 July 2009

- Another stunning illusion http://ff.im/-5y56n  [XiXiDu]
- Spectacular: HD Aquarium Video viewed 740K+ times in a week – http://bit.ly/fsJb9
- Dare: Rollerblader goes rollercoaster  – http://bit.ly/cvARu  [dvice]

- Vaccine blocks malaria transmission in lab experiments – http://bit.ly/tmOBz  [Physorg]
- Stem Cell Transplants Can Restore Lost Memory – http://bit.ly/3ZggDA  [fightaging]
- Music is engine of new lab-on-a-chip device  – http://bit.ly/3FYYIu  [Physorg]
- New windows opened on cell-to-cell interactions  – http://bit.ly/HEGJr  [Physorg]
- Inner fingerprint for personalizing medical care – http://bit.ly/o6aBe  [esciencenews]
- Genetically modified rice crucial in drought battle – http://bit.ly/1gsIXd  
- Strange! Humans Glow in Visible Light – http://bit.ly/6qudZ  [livescience]

- New method to cleaner and more efficient CO2 capture  – http://bit.ly/3CYE7L  [Physorg]

- Artificial brains in ten years? – http://bit.ly/5SknX [BBC
- Thought-based Computing? No Problem for Your Monkey Brain - http://bit.ly/15hA3x  [fastcompany]
- Thought Controlled Machines – http://bit.ly/27HmpG  [positivefuturist]
- Are Robots Mirroring Human Evolution? -Expert Says “Yes” (at Warp Speed) – http://bit.ly/2liFpw [dailygalaxy]

- Ion engine could one day power 39-day trips to Mars – http://bit.ly/xngJ  [newscientist]
- Scramjets promise space travel for all – http://bit.ly/2dD4yv  [newscientist]
- Experiments show artificial gravity can prevent muscle loss in space – http://bit.ly/XSPbR  [esciencenews]
- Superlens That Assembles Itself – http://bit.ly/jGLzv  [technologyreview]

- Samsung Unveils Gesture-Sensing Hologram, but It’s Not World’s First – http://bit.ly/dKhdo [fastcompany]
- Technology Review: Making Light Bulbs from DNA http://ff.im/-5zdf8  [XiXiDu]
- Early Molecular Manufacturing Products http://ff.im/-5ypwg  - [XiXiDu]
- Caltech physicists create first nanoscale mass spectrometer – http://bit.ly/RH9qx  [esciencenews]

- A Whole-House Wireless Lighting System That Creates Its Own Energy – http://bit.ly/122UEY [popsci]
- Stackable fridge concept is perfect for roommates – http://bit.ly/HtWFb  [dvice]
- Samsung’s world’s thinnest watchphone might make your wrist look fat – http://bit.ly/233isD  [dvice]
- Grow Your Own: Buildings Made From Living Trees – http://bit.ly/17vWmU  [fastcompany]

- Video: Excalibur, Unmanned Vertical-Takeoff Aircraft, Makes First Flight – http://bit.ly/13WGTl  [popsci]
- MIT Electric Car May Outperform Rival Gas Models – http://bit.ly/ooA6R  [slashdot]

- 10 Computing Tasks You Won’t Be Doing With Chrome OS – http://bit.ly/CZaBn  [popsci]
- Human Monorail System Puts Your Feetin Control – http://bit.ly/BPmrm  [popsci]
- Touchscreen Touches You Back  -  http://bit.ly/15LG0c  [technovelgy]

- Here’s why I have two Twitter accounts and why – http://bit.ly/ST6J3  [Scobleizer]
- Opened “secret” Twitter account: @notsecretscoble Why? Because of whos its following, not who’s following it. – [Scobleizer]

- Apple’s Mesmerizing New Window Display – http://bit.ly/bAF9A
- Apple Tablet might be for real and coming from verizon – http://bit.ly/2gQlF [geek]
……now we’re getting it could have been baking for a couple of years already.
- Did Apple just order half a billion dollars worth of flash memory to build a tablet? – http://bit.ly/2emNjj

- A computer screen that folds up like a pocket handkerchief,   a harbour that goes out to a ship,  and a road which recharges electric vehicles – http://bit.ly/17HfX2  
- Open Source Heart Monitor, Possible Blood Sugar Level Detector
{ another step forward in sensor networks and personal data: I’ve set up a quick prototype of a device that will monitor my heart rate while I  Sleep}. – http://bit.ly/R3pPX
- Gordon Brown: Wiring a web for global good | TED.com http://ff.im/-5yqmd  - [XiXiDu]
- j Dr. Marty Tenenbaum talk: revolutionizing to cure cancer. check out: www.collabrx.com  - [Jessicascorpio]
- World Population Grows Older, but at a Cost – http://bit.ly/IGCKz [webmd]

Daily News Digest – 22 July 2009

- Iowa State University researchers develop process for ‘surgical’ genetic changes http://ff.im/-5vf9M [XiXidu]
- Fighting disease atom by atom – http://bit.ly/dOXX3 [esciemcemews]
- New way to kill cancer found using body’s immune system – http://bit.ly/NAMwT [Physorg]

- Brain develops motor memory for prosthetics, study finds – http://bit.ly/18Bmb1 [Physorg]
- New Evidence of the Brain’s Remarkable Flexibility – http://bit.ly/43Hl8 [technologyreview]
- Fetal Memories? Not So Fast – http://bit.ly/1zadfD [livescience]
- An Easy Way to Increase Creativity – http://bit.ly/19ISnG [scientificamerican]

- Testing relativity in the laboratory – http://bit.lycUbMg [esciencenews]
- Researchers Set New Distance Record for Quantum Key Distribution – http://bit.ly/1528qU [Physorg]

- Prenatal Screening Could Eradicate Genetic Disease, Replace Natural Conception – http://bit.ly/JYjZi [singularityhub]
- J. Storrs Hall’s Feynman Path Proposal to MNT – complete – http://bit.ly/jgrvg [acceleratingfuture]

- Status quo won’t get NASA to Mars, new chief says – http://bit.ly/jmXVa [reuters]
- Reprogrammable Space Probe Design For Mission Multitasking in Orbit – http://bit.ly/aHp29 [popsci]
- Space Fence : Will it Solve the Coming Space Litter Crisis? – http://bit.ly/MAwFm [dailygalaxy]
- Real Space Race Has Yet To Begin – http://bit.ly/ovrac [dailygalaxy]
- World’s largest telescope to be built in Hawaii – http://bit.ly/5ejVm

- New Integrated Circuits Consume No Standby Power – http://bit.ly/16wIqx [popsci]
- Laser Ignition May Replace Spark Plug – http://bit.ly/5VCts [slashdot]

‘Cellphone becoming your side kick doctor…..’
- Could u txt me ur blood sample? – http://bit.ly/18NaXh [newscientist]
- Putting the Cell in Cell Phone: Adapter Turns Camera into a Microscope – http://bit.ly/VjVay [scientificamerican]
- Web Becomes the New Health-Care Battleground – http://bit.ly/udAcJ [fastcompany]

- Article Will Self-destruct: Tools To Make Online Personal Data Vanish – http://bit.ly/sC8h6 [sciencedaily]
- Intel Delivers First 34-Nanometer Flash Solid-State Drives – http://bit.ly/gbedL [Physorg]
- Would-be buyer of Pirate Bay backpedals in court /sale cancelled – http://bit.ly/8Ta0v [Physorg]
- Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before Joining a Startup – http://bit.ly/p7qcn [mint]
- 45+ Excellent Code Snippet Resources and Repositories – http://bit.ly/FZHiJ [smashmagazine]
- How Much Is That Apple Tablet Going To Cost? Not $399 Or $499. – http://bit.ly/BJUP0 [techcrunch]

rfurlan: “Design is the application of technology to serve human needs” #singularityu

- The World’s First Surfing Mice – The Radical Rodents http://bit.ly/20dL1Z