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Submission + - DNA Nanobots Could Deliver the Future of Medicine (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: Someday you will take a pill that will fix your body. Sounds like science fiction and, though not yet science fact, it is a tantalizing potential presented by a breakthrough in nano technology and biomedicine from researchers in the U.S., Denmark and Rome. Nanorobots that can deliver and release biomolecules based on temperature.

Submission + - Elon Musk: There Was No Falcon 9 Explosion (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: Shortly after reports surfaced on Monday that the private rocket company SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket may have blown up in space, SpaceX came forward to clear the air and caution a bit of patience — and founder and billionaire Elon Musk offered an outright denial.

Submission + - Now You Can Control Your Laptop with Your Eyes (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: Tobii Gaze control dispenses with the mouse and puts your orbitz in control. Now it's embedded in a laptop. Here's the story of what it's liek to use one of the World's first consumer-level eye-control computers.

Submission + - Presto! Baxter Is Magic's First Robot Assistant (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: Tempest, a cyber-illusionist already well known for taking technology to new prestidigitation heights is now working with one of the latest and most affordable androids: Rethink Robotics' Baxter and trying to turn him into The World's First Robot Magician's Assistant.

Submission + - Wanna See the Future of 3D Rendering? This Is It (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: The concept behind Lagoa is simple and smart. It’s a real-time, Web based, collaborative 3D manipulation platform that requires no software installation or localized rendering power. Lagoa is not for 3D newbies. It’s a powerful environment full of rich controls for manipulating pre-built 3D objects, scenes, light sources, textures and materials--all in the cloud.
Patents

Submission + - Get Serious, Apple is Not Building a Smart Pen (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: While tech sites have been chasing each other's tails over a "new" Apple patent for a smart-pen-like device, the reality is much more interesting. This is the only story with the truth and insights from the actual inventor.
Mars

Submission + - Are We Meant to Live on Mars? (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: Humans on Mars is the holy grail of space exploration, but what if it has to be a one-way trip? Can man really survive, live and ultimately die on the Red Planet? This post has the answers.

Submission + - 'World's Smallest' 3D Sensor Is Ready to Go Anywhere (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: When we look back at this year's CES, we may remember it as the year of the sensor. Wearable and embeddable sensor technology will be everywhere, and right there at the heart of at least some of it will be PrimeSense. The Israeli-based company created the 3D environmental mapping tech behind Microsoft's Kinect motion sensor for the Xbox 360 and, at CES 2013 in Las Vegas, PrimeSense will unveil what it calls the "World's Smallest" 3D sensor: the Capri.

Submission + - Is 3D Printing Coming to a Staples Near You? (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: 3D Printing, the white-hot technology that’s promising to transform everything from car repair to bio medicine, is now moving into the most mundane of locations: your local Staples.
Robotics

Submission + - Hands On with iRobot's Throwbot (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: I always wondered what it would be like to take a military-grade, throwable robot on a tour of Mashable‘s office. Now I know. iRobot‘s 110 FirstLook, a five-pound surveillance robot that you can literally throw into the field to gain “situational awareness,” took the test and survived.
Security

Submission + - How Windows 8 Changes the Game for PC Security (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: Windows 8 shuffles the security deck by pulling Microsoft Security Essentials inside, rebranding it Windows Defender (actually adopting the name of a security feature already inside Windows Vista and Windows 7).

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