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Submission + - Supple - the wheel chair becomes the sphere-chair (gizmag.com)

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Phoghat writes: "Mohamad Sadegh Samakoush Darounkolayi's entry into this year's Michelin Design Challenge is an automated, self-balancing personal transport chair. Despite NOT becoming the personal transport revolution it was meant to be, the Segway has provideed a wealth of concepts and design fodder for other types of vehicles. Owing more to "Wall-E The Supple , an entry in this year's Michelin Design Challenge, looks like I'd like to have a go at one."

Submission + - Laser igniters could spell the end for the humble (gizmag.com)

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Phoghat writes: "Japanese scientists are creating laser igniters that could one day replace spark plugs, resulting in better-performing, more efficient and cleaner internal combustion engines.
  Researchers from Japan's National Institutes of Natural Sciences NINS are creating laser igniters that could one day replace that most iconic of engine parts, the spark plug. Though they have been installed in gasoline engines, they're not commercially available as yet, but you can buy plasma hurling Pulse Plugs for only $25 a pop."

Submission + - Anti-Helium Nucleus: Heaviest Anti-Matter Particle (techie-buzz.com)

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Phoghat writes: "The Star Collaberation at RHIC, Brookhaven National Laboratories, have detected the presence of the heaviest anti-matter particle found till date. They can also figure out the production rates and compare them to theoretical values, verifying known calculations. This is big news!
The STAR collaboration at the RHIC, Brookhaven National Laboratories, smashed together extremely fast moving gold nuclei, producing conditions similar to that of the hot, early Universe. Out of these billions of collisions, trillions of charged particles and anti-particles are produced. The huge data sets are sifted through to identify the details of the particles and anti-particles produced. Generally, anti-matter are stable for long enough to be detected. They eventually collide with matter on the outer margins of the detector and get annihilated."

Submission + - Astronomy Without A Telescope (universetoday.com)

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Phoghat writes: "In what is starting to become a familiar theme, researchers have speculated on what types of observational data from distant planetary systems might indicate the presence of an alien civilization, in this case asteroid mining
it’s thought that indicators of the presence of an alien civilization might include:
Atmospheric pollutants, like chlorofluorocarbons – which, unlike methane or molecular oxygen, are clearly manufactured rather than just biogenically produced
Propulsion signatures – remember how the Vulcans detected humanity in Star Trek: First Contact
  Stellar engineering – where a star’s lifetime is artificially extended to maintain the habitable zone of its planetary system"
Movies

Submission + - Stop being duped by the 3D scam (techrepublic.com)

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Phoghat writes: "The entertainment and electronics industries keep trying to push 3D on consumers, even though a lot of smart people have caught on to the fact that it is a scam and not innovation as the industry would like you to believe."

Submission + - Weta creates a mermaid prosthetic device  Co (coolest-gadgets.com)

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Phoghat writes: "You have heard of Weta Workshop before, they are the group responsible for the special effects for The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia movies. They also did the effects for that live action Peter Pan film that involved mermaids. In the film, they created tails for actresses, and now they have created this fully functional mermaid tail for a double leg amputee."

Submission + - Book Saver (ionaudio.com)

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Phoghat writes: "You've ripped all your CDs into mp3s, all your DVDs, Maybe even ripped your old vinyl and cassettes using an Ion USB Cassette deck or vinyl turntable . Now the people at Ion have something new coming out soon. You can rip your printed books into e reader format at the rate of about 200 pages in 15 minutes. It will retail for about $149."
Space

Submission + - Scientists to go Suborbital for Research (universetoday.com)

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Phoghat writes: "Think again if you believe the suborbital space market is exclusively for well-heeled tourists. The Southwest Research Institute has just inked deals with Virgin Galactic and XCOR Aerospace to fly up to 17 scientific research flights. Three scientists, including Dr. Alan Stern, former head of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA and current New Horizons Principal Investigator, will become some of the first scientists to fly on a commercial spacecraft to conduct scientific research. They will fly on board
Virgin Galactic's Spaceship II and XCOR’s Lynx."

Submission + - Leif J. Robinson Passes Away (universetoday.com)

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Phoghat writes: "For those of us who have dreamed over the stars for years while reading Sky & Telescope magazine, we respectfully remember Leif J. Robinson, who served for 20 years as Editor in Chief. He passed away Sunday at the age of 71 at his home in Costa"
Space

Submission + - STS-133 Launches Final Discovery Mission (universetoday.com) 3

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Phoghat writes: "Overcoming a down-to the-last second problem, space shuttle Discovery made history today, launching on its final mission to orbit. The most-traveled orbiter is carrying a crew of six astronauts and one human-like Robonaut , along with a new permanent storeroom and supplies for the International Space Station."
Medicine

Submission + - New Strides In Stroke Recovery (gizmag.com)

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Phoghat writes: "It's certainly not a news flash to say that being in a stimulating environment, where there's plenty to perceive and think about, is good for the brain – new neural pathways are formed, and existing ones are kept from atrophying. Now, however, researchers have discovered a way of replicating and reinforcing those good effects in any environment. It is hoped that the new technology will allow strokes to be treatable up to two days after they have occurred. Most current treatments must be administered within a matter of hours after the event.
The research was carried out by scientists at Sweden'sLund University in collaboration with American colleagues."
Medicine

Submission + - New Nanoparticle Delivery System For Vaccines (gizmag.com)

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Phoghat writes: "Vaccines work by exposing the body to an infectious agent in order to prime the immune system to respond quickly when it encounters the pathogen again. Some vaccines, such as the diphtheria vaccine, consist of a synthetic version of a protein or other molecule normally made by the pathogen, while others, such as the polio and smallpox vaccines, use a dead or disabled form of the virus. However, such an approach cannot be used with HIV because it's difficult to render the virus harmless. MIT engineers have now developed a new type of nano particle (Abstract) Nature Materials that could safely and effectively deliver vaccines for infectious diseases such as HIV and malaria, and could even help scientists develop vaccines against cancer."
Biotech

Submission + - Immune Boosting Treatments Cure HIV in Mice (gizmag.com)

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Phoghat writes: Australian scientists may have discovered a vital key to curing HIV and other immune related illnesses by boosting the body’s immune response. A team of researchers led by Dr. Marc Pellegrini from the Walter + Eliza Hall Institute successfully cured a HIV-like infection from mice by boosting the function of cells vital to their immune system. It was published on 11 Feb. 2011 in Cell

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