May 2013
4 posts
“Tumblr isn’t a blog platform like WordPress; it’s a social network that has a...”
– Neil Patel, KISSmetrics | 7 Things Marketers Should Know About Tumblr (via Union Metrics)
April 2013
7 posts
White House on Tumblr
I think I’ll follow the White House on Tumblr to check out their GIFs.
http://mashable.com/2013/04/26/white-house-tumblr/
Hyundai Aebulle Concept Car
The Hyundai Aebulle was designed by Shane Baxley with the “mobility and speed of a motorcycle with a cocoon-like safety for the body of the driver.” -Photo from Yanko Design
http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/06/17/cocoon-on-wheels/
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Let Dropbox Help You Find Your Stolen Laptop
March 2013
6 posts
Growing New Teeth
Don’t you love science & technology? Scientists are growing human teeth complete with roots from adult human gum cells combined with cells from mice.
-Photo from TheScientist, Wikimedia, Dozenist, March 12,2013
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/34679/title/Teasing-Out-New-Teeth/
Veti-Gel Stops External & Internal Bleeding
A college student, Joe Landolino, developed a gel that is amazing.
-From Tech News Daily, March 7, 2013, photo from Sebastian Kaulitzki.
http://www.technewsdaily.com/17202-veti-gel-stops-bleeding.html
NIST Quantum Refrigerator
Amazing prototype technology where even the project leader describes the results as “flabbergasting”. This compact technology with cooling abilities has performance implications for information systems, telescope cameras, and many other areas. -Photo from NIST, posted March 5, 2013.
http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/refrigerator-030513.cfm
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sOccket, The Power of Play
sOccket (soccer balll) captures energy to charge a lamp at night. How ingenious! -Photo from soccket.org
http://us.soccket.org
February 2013
9 posts
3D Printed Solar Cells
The problem is energy storage and these 3D printed solar batteries may be the solution.
-Photo from Andy Newman/AFP/Getty Images which appeared in The Guardian article, February 22, 2013.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/feb/22/3d-printing-solar-energy-industry
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Is This Tumblr?
“Tumblr actually became huge because it is the anti-blog.”
Bionic Eye Implants Approved by the FDA
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People who are completely blind may have some sight restoration through a bionic eye implant from Second Sight. Technology like this is the amazing.
-Photo from MIT Technology Review, posted 2/15/2013
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/511356/bionic-eye-implant-approved-for-us-patients/
Russian Meteorite & Dashcams
Why were there so many videos of the Russian meteorite? The answer may surprise you.
-Photo from AP/Nasha gazeta, Posted 2/15/13
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/meteor-hits-russia-dash-cams-and-conspiracy-theories/2013/02/15/1e0fbbcc-77a8-11e2-8f84-3e4b513b1a13_story.html
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Talking Robot Enters 5th Grade
Imagine having a talking robot as a classmate. That’s what’s happening in a 5th grade classroom in Japan where an experimental robot is trying to learn the faces and students in the class.
-Photo from The Japan Daily Press, February 7, 2013
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Imagine Printing Human Stem Cells
Scientists in Scotland are doing this.
-Photo from Mashable, posted February 7, 2013
January 2013
8 posts
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December 2012
14 posts
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DARPA Robot Traverses an Obstacle Course →
Robots are doing amazing things, more than we probably ever dreamed of. This fits so well with the cover art for the Jan 2013 PCATT schedule of courses, you’ll see.
November 2012
7 posts
