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Tristans Daily Link Review; 31 July Feb 2010

* 70-gigapixel panorama of Budapest becomes world’s largest digital photo >>
* Google Earth gets real time weather >>
* Doctors: Transplant advance in windpipe cancer >>
* Open Science Summit live: >> #oss2010

* Physicists Dream Up the Antilaser >>
* 3-D Brain Model Could Revolutionize Neurology >>
* Rare Find: Failed Star Circling Sun-Like Star (SPACE.com) >>
* Breaking the language barrier: Language translation devices for US troops tested >>

* Male modesty not appreciated by female or male interviewers, study suggests >>
* Global Warming turns 35 [A Few Things Ill Considered] >>
* Computers: Will They Ever Learn? >>

* Brain Scans Teach Humans to Empathize with Bots >>
* ICN2010: One of the genetic roots of language points to self-learning in fruit flies >>
* NASA’s ATHLETE Warms Up for High Desert Run (w/ Video) >>

* Reader Request: Quantum Complexity >>
* In the Future, We’ll All Wear Clothes Made by 3D Printers [3D Printers] >>
* Meet the 300 million-year-old reptile who truly conquered the land >>

* Toy Story 3 meets Inception >>
* Reliable Dictation, Down to a ‘T’ >>
* Technologies Help Adult Children Monitor Aging Parents >>

* A Judge’s Guide to Neuroscience >> >>
* You can tell the age of a man by the length of his stories” – David Fries of #sciflies #oss2010
* You can’t patent Mt. Everest, why can you patent a gene?” Luigi Palombi’s #oss2010
* Satellite quantum communication circles closer >>

* Real-Time Searches Lead to Real-Time Malware >>
* Xixidu News for 2010-07-30 >>
* Genes from Ebola Virus Family Found in Human Genome >>
* Reliable Dictation, Down to a ‘T’ >>
* Tristans Daily Link Review; 30 July Feb 2010 >>

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Tristans Daily Link Review; 30 July Feb 2010

* Augmented Reality: Earthmine SDK for Flash >>
* Car batteries to run your house: Used electric car batteries, secret to cheap power >>
* Exclusive: I Used BlindType, Virtual Keyboard of the Future >>
* Prostate cancer ‘cell of origin’ identified >>
* Life on Mars? Rocks may contain fossilised remains of life >>
* The New Science of Morality (in Video) >>

* The Future Of #Mobile Needs Major Change -… >>
* Mike Treder Convergence, Disruption, and Resilience >>
* Interview with Craig Venter: ‘We Have Learned Nothing from the Genome’ >>
* Graphene Under Strain Creates Pseudo-Magnetic Fields Equivalent tt 300 Tesla >>

* Genome Surprise: Guinea Pigs Have Ebola! >>
* Island Monkeys Give Clues to Origins of HIV’s Ancestor >>
* Hitachi shows off new gesture-based interface, touts grand plans >>
* What You Want: Flickr Creator Spins Addictive New Web Service >>
* Last Shuttle Mission Will Test 3-D Video Docking System For Shuttle’s Replacement >>

* Longest Pinhole Exposure Ever Is Also Most Beautiful [Photography] >>
* Hacker Develops Program To Make ATMs Spit Out Free Cash [Atm] >>
* This Wind-Powered Cart Is Actually Faster Than The Wind [Wind] >>

* Quantum phenomenon observed: Atoms form organized structure from unorganized one >>
* Xixidu News for 2010-07-29 >>
* Evolution of the Neck Gave Brain a Leg up >>
* Satellite quantum communication circles closer >>

* Computer game helps nurses master drug calculations >>
* Inside TRAK: a new robot shows us how we think >>
* Using exploding nanoparticles to insert DNA and proteins into cells >>
* Alzheimer’s unlocked: New keys to a cure >>
* Tristans Daily Link Review; 29 July Feb 2010 >>

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Tristans Daily Link Review; 29 July Feb 2010

* Quadrotor Balances Inverted Pendulum >>
* Solar power is cheaper than nuclear >>
* Head-mounted display controls video camera, keeps you painfully single >>

* Aging and longevity tied to specific brain region in mice >>
* Watch Every Action on Twitter in Real Time [Twitter] >>
* Scientists watch chemical bond break using molecule’s electrons >>

* VIDEO: (Sony no-glasses 360* 3D) autostereoscopic 3D technology >>
* Video: Google Talk- Tony Schwartz & Becoming More Productive >>
* Space Food Turns Gross Within a Year >>
* Dear Asteroid Hunters: Stop telling us we’re all gonna die! [Starts With A Bang] >>
* Get Ready for Steerable Photon Guns >>

* Big Bang Abandoned in New Model of the Universe >>
* Rabbits grow their own joint replacements in study >>
* Maybe Your Customers Don’t Want to Talk to You >> >>
* How Sure are we of the Higgs? : Starts With A Bang >>
* DNA Factory Plans to Open Within 6 Months >>

* Ask a Physicist: How long does it take for you to fall into a black hole? [Ask A Physicist] >>
* Astronaut wears same pair of bacteria-killing underwear for a month straight >>
* We are all filters to hundreds of webpages put in front of our faces every day”…” >>
* Deal finalised on fusion reactor >>

* Ancient DNA identifies donkey ancestors, people who domesticated them >>
* Did emotions evolve to push others into cooperation? >>
* The Trifid Nebula is Stars and Dust >>
* Progress in Reverse Engineering Brains with Detailed Macaque Monkey Brain Map >>

* String Theory in Complete Sentences >>
* Terry Grossman: Rethinking the Promise of Genetics >>
* Tumor Growth Blocked By Morphine >>
* Singularity Summit 2010 Program Posted >>

* Graphene Expert Boris Yakobson interviewed by Sander Olson >>
* Multifunctional nanoparticle enables new type of biological imaging >>
* Xixidu News for 2010-07-28 >>
* Shields up! Force fields could protect Mars missions >>
* Tristans Daily Link Review; 28 July Feb 2010 >>

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Tristans Daily Link Review; 28 July Feb 2010

* Is there a key to reboot the internet? >>
* Searching as a way of life. >>
* Panasonic unveils 3D consumer camcorder >>
* Microsoft Street Slide: it’s electric! >>

* Molecular Cellular Automata Achieves 700 bits of Parallel Processing >>
* The Puzzle Of Sperm And Surface Attraction >>
* How Preschool Changes the Brain >>
* Invisibility cloak upgraded to bend infrared light, not to mention our minds >>
* Java IO Faster Than NIO >>

* Possible Room Temperature Superconductor Achieved >>
* The Future of Maps: 3D, Realtime Media Rich, and Totally Personalized (video) >>
* 12-Core Mac Pro and 27-inch IPS Cinema Display – Wired News >>
* Apple Magic Trackpad first hands-on >>

* Intel’s Optical Breakthrough Downloads an HD Film in a Second, Literally >>
* 10 Ways The iPad Is Changing Healthcare >>
* Data Sorting World Record — 1 Terabyte, 1 Minute >>
* Got $14,500 for a hot video card? >>

* What Is Blood? What Does Blood Do? >>
* 60 Minutes Growing Body Parts From Human Cells Videos >>
* In the ‘neck’ of time: Scientists unravel another key evolutionary trait >>
* Asteroid could threaten Earth in 2182 >>
* Biologists find that red-blooded vertebrates evolved twice, independently >>
* Researchers use more GM animals >>
* Mapping the mountain of human DNA >>
* Nanoblasts laser-activated nanoparticles move molecules proteins, DNA into cells >>

* Food scale tells you the exact nutritional value of anything placed on it >>
* Xixidu News for 2010-07-27 >>
* The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class >>
* Ray Kurzweil Abstract for Singularity Summit 2010 >>
* Dextre Robot On Space Station Almost Ready For Duty >>
* Smart glass helps pioneering solar sail to steer >>
* Researchers Create Graphene Organic Photovoltaic Panels >>
* First step toward electronic DNA sequencing: Translocation through graphene nanopores >>

* Hire out your spare brainpower, says Internet optimist >>
* Why Fair Use is Not Just Acceptable, It’s Essential for the Future >>
* Why Is The Universe Complex? Broken Symmetries, Information, Energy, Work >>
* Tristans Daily Link Review; 27 July Feb 2010 >>

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Tristans Daily Link Review; 27 July Feb 2010

* Curiosity Killed the Robot >>
* Video: IBM on Mapping the Human Brain and the Future of Cognitive Computing >>
* Sniff-detector allows paralysed people to write, surf the net and drive a wheelchair >>
* Turning Back Clock on Hemoglobin Production May Be Key to Sickle Cell Disease >>

* Trailer for Phil Plait’s Bad Universe >>
* Introducing Updated Dome City Plans for Energy Efficiency and a 21st Century Epcot >>
* Why Intelligent People Fail >>
* The neural response to emotional robots >>
* Watching Genetically Engineered Cells Kill Cancer In Real Time >>
* Gamma-Ray Bursts Could Halt Photosynthesis >>

* Blog – Big Bang Abandoned In New Model of the Universe >>
* Fuel from the Sun >>
* Philips: the future of TV is personalised >>
* 2000-year-old giant rat was forty times bigger than its modern relatives >>
* Kepler Scientist: ‘Galaxy is Rich in Earth-Like Planets’ >>
* How we found hundreds of Earth-like planets: Dimitar Sasselov on TED.com >>

* Want a map of your Twitter followers? >> >>
* Time Travel: Ways Around Paradox >>
* New camera software allows you to line up your photos with the past >>
* Xixidu News for 2010-07-26 >>

* Video of Panel Discussion of Advanced Space Propulsion >>
* We humans can mind-meld too >>
* What comes after the Large Hadron Collider? >>
* All power to the wind – it cuts your electricity bills >>
* Bellyflopping frogs shed light on evolution >>
* Invisibility cloak makes objects seen in infrared invisible >>
* Social web: The great tipping point test >>
* Tristans Daily Link Review; 26 July Feb 2010 >>

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Tristans Daily Link Review; 26 July Feb 2010

* Firefox Tab Candy groups your tabs, but that’s just for starters (video) >>
* Armed Robots Will Make Us Behave >>
* The importance of forgetting (or not) >>
* Human v2.0 >>
* Rethinking the Promise of Genomics >>
* Curiosity Rover Takes First Test Drive >>

* Researchers discover how key enzyme repairs sun-damaged DNA >>
* Glass Invisibility Cloak Shields Infrared >>
* Blog – The Fermi Paradox, Phase Changes and Intergalactic Colonisation >>
* New Languages, and Why We Need Them >>
* 128 GB Flash Memory Package >>
* Why Is The Universe Complex? Broken Symmetries, Information, Energy, Work : NPR >>

* ‘Minority Report’ technology used by police to predict crimes >>
* Insane balancing act >>
* Halcyon Molecular’s William Andregg: “The Only Way To Reach The Stars Is To Live Longer” >>
* Xixidu News for 2010-07-25 >>
* Armed Robots Deployed By South Korea in Demilitarized Zone on Trial Basis >>
* zygbot: History of Robots – Joseph Letzelter « Czech Sephari >> >>
* Tristans Daily Link Review; 25 July Feb 2010 >>

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Tristans Daily Link Review; 25 July Feb 2010

* A headset that reads your brainwaves-Tan Le >>
* The bio-future of joint replacement: Kevin Stone on TED.com >>

* Gamma-ray burst could kill off ocean life >>
* Earth As an Extrasolar Planet >>
* Air Force Wants Drones to Sense Other Planes’ ‘Intent’ >>

* Through The Wormhole: Are We Alone? >>
* The future of spy drone tech lands after two weeks in the air >>
* Is humanity prepared for the worst? >>
* Hitachi ‘Life Microscope’ promises to track your every movement — Engadget >>

* Could Our Universe be 150 Billion Years Old? (A Weekend Feature) >>
* Xixidu News for 2010-07-24 >>
* Singularity Summit 2010 – August 14 and 15 in San Francisco >>
* GeorgeDvorsky: Speak & Spell emulator! >> >>

* M.I.T. Scientists Split the Smithereen” >>
* Xixidu News for 2010-07-23 >>
* Gee Whiz: Human Urine Is Shown to Be an Effective Agricultural Fertilizer >>
* Single gene could be key to a baby’s first breath >>
* Fishing skews sex ratios in fish >>
* India develops 35-dollar ‘laptop’ for schools >>
* Tristans Daily Link Review; 23 July Feb 2010 >>

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Tristans Daily Link Review; 23 July Feb 2010

* Artificial Pancake Flipping >>
* MIT researchers develop autonomous glider that can land on a wire >>
* Solar Powered Curtain Concept Smartly Controls Shade >>
* More than 100 Earth-like planets found in just past few weeks | Mail Online >>
* New MIT software learns an entire dead language in just a few hours — Engadget >>
* Online Shoppers Can Play Dress-Up With a Robotic Torso >>

* Hyperfast Star Kicked Out of Milky Way >>
* The Future of Robot Scientists >>
* Sex Makes You Smarter- Can ‘Virtual Sex’ Do The Same? >>
* CloudCanvas Launches HTML5 Image Creation And Editing Suite >>
* A headset that reads your brainwaves: Tan Le on TED.com >>

* Online Flight Data Recorder: Best Idea In a Long Time [Airplanes] >>
* Spitzer Telescope Finds First-Ever Buckyballs in Space >>
* Impossible Sounding Solar Plant Generates Electricity at Night [Solar] >>
* Solar-powered process could decrease carbon dioxide to pre-industrial levels in 10 years >>
* ‘The Breakup 2.0:’ A look at how new media is used to end relationships >>
* NexGen Robot Surgeons Can Operate Without Human Assistance” >>

* New ‘smart’ metal could mean cool cash for consumers, less CO2 >>
* Micro plane perches to feed on power lines >>
* Did We Inherit Time from an Earlier Universe?” (VIDEO) >>
* Antibody Neutralizes 91% of HIV Strains, Strong Step Towards a Vaccine >>
* Xixidu News for 2010-07-22 >>
* Quantum entanglement in photosynthesis and evolution >>
* Nanoribbons for graphene transistors >>
* Tristans Daily Link Review; 22 July Feb 2010 >>

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Tristans Daily Link Review; 22 July Feb 2010

* Improved gesture system makes Minority Report look prehistoric >> >>
* Graphene could revolutionize DNA sequencing >>
* Scientists find most massive star ever discovered (w/ Video) >>
* Black Hole Gets Jerked Around — Twice >>
* Creepy ‘Human Fish’ Can Live 100 Years >>
* Stem cells for eating and sex pinpointed >>

* Driverless Cars Begin 8,000-Mile Trek >>
* The Web Means the End of Forgetting >>
* Great White Sharks Text Their Whereabouts, For Science and Swimmer Safety >>
* Cornell’s Ranger Robot Power-Walks into the Record Books With 14.3-Mile Stroll >>
* New Redshift-Scanning Technique Could Create Map of the Universe 500x More Detail >>

* Flipboard Social iPad App Everyone Is Going Crazy Over- In 80 Seconds >>
* 30 Breathtaking Space Artworks >>
* Is instant translation in any language now possible? >>
* Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: Quantum Chemistry Comes of Age >>
* Rat lungs successfully grown in bioreactor: groundbreaking >> >>
* The discovery of energy >>
* Whale pwns boat >>
* Go, Diarrhea Bot! >>

* O2h no! Is our oxygen running out? >>
* Twitter mood maps reveal emotional states of America >>
* Biggest star ever found may be ticking antimatter bomb >>
* Musical training linked to language, speech, and memory skills >>
* Computer Chip Implant to Program Brain Activity, Treat Parkinson’s >>
* Xixidu News for 2010-07-21 >>
* Your Entire Life Recorded – Lifelogging Goes Mainstream >>
* Japan in a Cell Phone League of its Own >>

* Next generation surgical robots: Where’s the doctor? >>
* To Fight Drug-Resistant MRSA, Algorithm Predicts Bacteria’s Future Mutations >>
* Synthetic Cell-Like Microcapsules Communicate Like Biological Cells, Cooperate Like Ants >>
* FileMaker Pro squeezes onto an iPhone >> >>
* One of the most amazing physics engines I’ve ever seen… >> >>
* The paradox of promises in the age of word of mouth >>
* Twitter Strangers :why following someone unexpected on Twitter can be a small step towards a more open…” >>

* h+ Magazine | A feasibility analysis of neural interfaces and controllers >>
* Thoughtware.TV – Regenerative Medicine: Why and When? >>
* Black British couple give birth to white blue-eyed blonde baby girl >>
* Self-sustaining robot has an artificial gut (w/ Video) >>
* Enhancing Brains, What Are We Afraid Of?- Dana Foundation” >>
* Life in the Universe: “It May Not Even Have a Genetic Code”” >>
* Xixidu News for 2010-07-20 >>

{Sorry i’ve had systems problems for last few days” – Now Resolved., back to dailyfeeds}

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Tristans Daily Link Review; 17 July Feb 2010

* From the Vault: What’s A Gene For? >>
* marXbot Feeds Itself By Hot-Swapping Batteries (video) >>
* DARPA To Turn Humans Into Batteries >>

* Utah Woman to Rent Half of Duplex Uterus >>
* Thousands of New Proteins Discovered in Spinal Fluid >>
* Researchers find mice cages alter brains >>

* Nearly Hard as Steel: Aluminum with Fullerenes >>
* Prolific NASA Sky-Mapper Finds 25,000 Hidden Asteroids (SPACE.com) >>
* Microsoft’s Terapixel Project, Biggest Night Sky Map Yet, Using 3,400 Telescope Photos >>
* Apple’s $100 Million iPhone Test Chambers [Testing] >>
* George Dvorsky Gelernter’s ‘dream logic’ and the quest for artificial intelligence >>

* IEEE Spectrum: Robot Head Flobi Designed To Dodge Uncanny Valley >>
* Touchable holograms >>
* See A Quasar Gravitationally Lens a Galaxy (for the First Time!) : Starts With A Bang >>
* Nasa satellite ‘blinded by biggest ever star explosion in space’ >>

* Innovation: Google may know your desires before you do >>
* Solar plane flies for seven days >>
* Apple Must Kill The iPhone 4 — The Sooner The Better >>

* MIND: How Pleasure Works >>
* Can you take eggs from a dying woman? >>
* RACETRACK shuttling electrons around at 20x high speed has set new silicon chips record >>
* 10% Unemployment, Depression-Era Time Banks Offer an Alternative Way to Earn >>

* Get aboard the gravity train >>
* Experts Skeptical About Digital Drugs Claims by Teens >>
* Quantum Energy Teleportation with a Linear Harmonic Chain >>
* CHART OF THE DAY: 60-Year-Old World Credit Bubble Could Be Deflating Right Now >>
* Bill Gates School Crusade >>

* Xixidu News for 2010-07-16 >>
* Tristans Daily Link Review; 16 July Feb 2010 >>

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