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Comment Re:I read somewhere... (Score 1) 1613

But for the first wave of personal computers? All Apple ever made in that era were computers that cost a shitload of money and did fuck-all. Especially the Lisa.

Many visions start like that. It still deserves credit to the visionary, because others could see flaws in it and make it better. You may have issues accepting this, but, it is a huge loss. Industry might find it very difficult to find a true visionary like him.

Science

Submission + - Artificial leaf that can split water, makes fuel f (geektech.in)

GeekTech.in writes: "Living leaves can turn the energy of sunlight directly into a chemical fuel. Using the very same concept researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera created something that they call an “artificial leaf”.

Artificial leaf can split water into oxygen and hydrogen using solar power. The Artificial leaf is a silicon solar cell with different catalytic materials bonded onto its two sides. The light (solarlight) generates a flow of electricity that causes the water molecules, with the help of the catalysts, to split into oxygen and hydrogen, which bubble up from the two surfaces."

NASA

Submission + - NASA green-lights $16.5M to advance future jets (networkworld.com)

coondoggie writes: "NASA said this week four research teams would split $16.5 million to continue developing quieter, cleaner, and more fuel-efficient jets that the agency says will be three generations ahead of airliners in use today.

NASA said the money was awarded after an 18-month study of all manner of advanced technologies from alloys, ceramic or fiber composites, carbon nanotube and fiber optic cabling to self-healing skin, hybrid electric engines, folding wings, double fuselages and virtual reality windows to come up with a series of aircraft designs that could end up taking you on a business trip by about 2030."

Technology

Submission + - Fermi Lab discovers new bump (nytimes.com)

schleprock63 writes: "Physicists at Fermi Lab have found a "suspicious bump" in there data that could indicate they've found a new elementary particle or even a new force of nature. The discovery could "be the most significant discovery in physics in half a century". Physicists have ruled out that the particle could be the standard model Higgs boson, but theorize that it could be some new and unexpected version of the Higgs. This discovery comes as the Tevatron is slated to go offline sometime in September."
Media

Submission + - U.S. students suffering from Internet addiction (reuters.com)

PsiCTO writes: (Reuters) — Crackberry is no joke.

American college students are hooked on cellphones, social media and the Internet and showing symptoms similar to drug and alcohol addictions, according to a new study.

This probably falls under the no-big-surprise category. CBC Radio 1 played a couple of interviews with students that took part in the study. I especially liked the quote in which the student felt like he had a phantom limb experience with his cell phone.

Mozilla

Submission + - Thunderbird Group is in Mozilla Labs now (cnet.com)

junglee_iitk writes: Slashdot readers might remember Mozilla Thunderbird, the flagship product for email management from Mozilla and the most used email client on Linux was given the status of step child in 2007, while the world continued to focus on web. Since then more than 3 years have passed and the web has evolved into a platform in itself. So Mozilla Foundation has decided to dissolve Thunderbird Group and absorb its activities under Mozilla Labs, last heard as the developing grounds for F1 and Raindrop.
AI

Submission + - Speech recognition comes to chrome (i-programmer.info)

mikejuk writes: The latest beta of Chrome features speech recognition — yes you can talk to a web page. It sounds like a silly idea but consider how many users opt for voice commands with a mobile phone.

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