science
interactive gravity levitation with ZeroN
What if materials could defy gravity, so that we could leave them suspended in mid-air?
Read more →Rockwell Turbo Encabulator
This is the first time the Turbo Encabulator was recorded with picture, shot in the late 70′s at Regan Studios in Detroit on 16mm film.
Read more →Reconstructing Speech Digitally from Human Auditory Cortex
PLos Biology have undertaken a study to measure directly from the cortical surface, to characterize how the human brain performs speech recognition. Using these recordings, they are trying to determine what speech sounds can be decoded and reconstructed digitally.
Read more →IBM researchers store 1 bit of magnetic information in just 12 atoms
Almaden physicist Andreas Heinrich explains how to store one bit of magnetic information reliably in 12 atoms.
Read more →Quantum Levitation on a WipeOut Track
Here is a short footage of the Japanese Institute of Science and Technology’s recent work on quantum levitation.
Read more →Capturing Video at the Speed of Light
MIT Media Lab researchers have created a new imaging system that can acquire visual data at a rate of one trillion frames per second. That’s fast enough to produce a slow-motion video of light travelling through objects.
Read more →Understanding Language Through Apes and Lexigrams
The Great Ape Trust is a scientific research facility in Des Moines, Iowa, dedicated to understanding the origins and future of culture, language, tools and intelligence, and to the preservation of endangered great apes in their natural habitats.
Read more →NeverWet superhydrophobic spray-on coating
NeverWet is a silicon-based spray-on coating that repels water and heavy oils.
Read more →OLEDs: Organic Light Emitting Diodes
Researchers in Dresden are looking at the future of OLED’s for lighting and architectural installations.
Read more →Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)
The energy from the heat beneath the earth’s surface is essentially an unlimited resource. What if it could be developed to help solve our energy challenges?
Read more →Quantum Levitation – One Step Closer to Hoverboards and Hovercars
One step closer to the Back to the Future hoverboard becoming a reality.
Read more →Brain scans reveal images in our mind
UC Berkeley researchers used brain scans of the visual cortex and computational models to reconstruct what the individual is seeing.
Read more →What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?
A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night.
Read more →Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary
Square Enix has commissioned filmmaker Rob Spence aka Eyeborg to investigate prosthetics, cybernetics and human augmentation.
Read more →Weill Cornell Medical College 3D CAVE
The Weill Cornell Visualization Facility is the world’s first high definition 3D virtual reality environment.
Read more →Cephalopod Camouflage
Cephalopods are masters of camouflage and are able to change their skin colour, pattern and texture to match the environment around them.
Read more →3D Holographic Maps by Zebra Imaging
a color hologram created with data from Google Sketchup. The model is of downtown Seattle, by Zebra Imaging.
Read more →Portal 2 TV Advertisement
More fun with science with the Portal 2 bots, incoming triumph detected.
Read more →Solar Funnels Convert Sunlight into Fuel
Possible revolution in solar fuel production which mimics plant life. If the process described in the article becomes a commercial reality, it will be one of the most important energy technology innovations in history.
Read more →Scientists home in on chemicals needed to reprogram cells
Scientists have known for at least 50 years that a cell’s identity is reversible if given the right signal — cells go forward to become mature, functional cells or they can go backward to become primitive cells.
Read more →Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) is the science of nano-technology and microscopic machines.
Read more →Partial reversal of aging achieved in mice
Researchers led by Ronald A. DePinho, a Harvard Medical School professor of genetics, say their work shows for the first time a dramatic reversal of many aspects of age-related degeneration in mice.
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