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Comment testing how? (Score 1) 100

by Odyss on Monday July 30, 2018 @10:22AM (#57032538) Attached to: European Court Ruling Raises Hurdles For CRISPR Crops

Will be interesting to see how they will regulate it,,for GMO you can easily test for the transgenic protein. Gene editing for the removal of an existing protein will require testing for the absence of that protein,,more difficult, especially in mixed grain exported commodity barge, trains, trucks,etc. Like testing for Organic,,can't be done in a lab

Comment beta-level simulations (Score 1) 320

by Odyss on Friday December 03, 2010 @05:25PM (#34437496) Attached to: A Mind Made From Memristors

“Did you arrange for your own beta-level to be transmitted to Zodiacal Light, Ilia? ... The beta-levels can speed up the whole negotiation process, ... soul or no soul,,do they do what you do?

Pluto — a Complex and Changing World 191

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 04, 2010 @09:57PM from the can-imagine-quite-a-bit dept.

astroengine writes "After 4 years of processing the highest resolution photographs the Hubble Space Telescope could muster, we now have the highest resolution view of Pluto's surface ever produced. Most excitingly, these new observations show an active world with seasonal changes altering the dwarf planet's surface. It turns out that this far-flung world has more in common with Earth than we would have ever imagined."

Why the First Cowboy To Draw Always Gets Shot 398

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 04, 2010 @04:00PM from the more-guns-less-crime dept.

cremeglace writes "Have you ever noticed that the first cowboy to draw his gun in a Hollywood Western is invariably the one to get shot? Nobel-winning physicist Niels Bohr did, once arranging mock duels to test the validity of this cinematic curiosity. Researchers have now confirmed that people indeed move faster if they are reacting, rather than acting first."

Monitor Your Health 24x7 With the WIN Human Recorder 66

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 28, 2010 @09:37PM from the paranoia-count-high dept.

kkleiner writes "Japanese venture firm WIN Human Recorder Ltd is set to bring a health monitor patch to market that is capable of keeping tabs on all your vitals. The HRS-I is a small (30mm x 30mm x 5mm) lightweight (7g) device that adheres to your chest and relays the data it collects to a computer or mobile phone via wireless connection. While the HRS-I only directly monitors electrocardiograph information, body surface temperature, and movement (via accelerometers), it can connect to sensors for heart rate, brain waves, respiration and many other important health indicators. WIN is selling the HRS-I for around ¥30,000 (~$330) and providing monitoring software for around ¥10,000 (~$110)."

Security Expert Paul Kocher Answers, In Detail 227

Posted by Roblimo on Thursday March 27, 2003 @01:00PM from the your-lock-your-key dept.

Paul Kocher, president of Cryptography Research, Inc. and one of the architects of SSL 3.0, said, "The questions were great -- definitely one of the most fun interviews I've ever done." His answers score high on the 'informative' scale, too. Thanks to everyone who submitted such fine questions, and thanks to Paul for putting some real time and effort into his answers.

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