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Submission + - Remote control worms with laser light (FOSS) (sciencenews.org) 1

Kramer747 writes: I'm a longtime /. fan and wanted to share a new tool I've developed for neuroscience that uses optogenetics to remotely control the neurons of a worm as it swims or crawls. Its called CoLBeRT, Controlling Locomotion and Behavior in Real Time. With the instrument I can induce the worm to stop, accelerate, lay eggs or experience the illusion of touch. All source code to run the instrument is GPLd and available at http://github.com/samuellab/mindcontrol Science News and Scientific American both have stories at http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68860/description/Making_a_worm_do_more_than_squirm and http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=single-worm-neurons

The project homepage is at http://colbert.physics.harvard.edu/

Submission + - Finally Opera Has Decided To Support Extensions (digitizor.com)

dkd903 writes: Opera is one of the most solid browsers around. It is very fast, extremely customizable and has a lot of functionalities which others do not have. Opera is also a very supporter of web standards. It is one of the first browsers to pass the ACID 3 test. However Opera has always been confined to a relatively small user-base because of one critical thing – lack of extensions. Well, that is about to change – at least the extensions part. Today, it has been announced that Opera 11 will support extensions.
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Submission + - Verizon Will Sell iPad on Oct 28th (apple.com)

wiredmikey writes: Verizon Wireless and Apple® today announced that iPad will be available at over 2,000 Verizon Wireless Stores nationwide beginning Thursday, October 28. Verizon Wireless will offer three bundles, all featuring an iPad Wi-Fi model and a Verizon MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, for a suggested retail price of $629.99 for iPad Wi-Fi 16GB + MiFi, $729.99 for iPad Wi-Fi 32GB + MiFi and $829.99 for iPad Wi-Fi 64GB + MiFi. Verizon Wireless is offering a monthly access plan to iPad customers of up to 1GB of data for just $20 a month. In addition, Verizon Wireless will also offer all three iPad Wi-Fi models on a stand-alone basis.

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