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Japanese - 33 million pixel TV
Standard
BHFO Jan. 14, 2008
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NHK plans to develop and launch a
higher-quality 33.2 million pixel
broadcast standard by 2015....
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Monkey's Thoughts Propel Robot, a
Step That May Help Humans
New York Times Jan. 15, 2008
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Duke University scientists have
designed an experiment allowing
brain activity from a monkey in
North Carolina to make a humanoid
robot in Japan walk on a treadmill,
the first time that brain signals
have been used to make a robot walk.
The project follows up on a 2003
project in which monkeys could use
their thoughts alone to control a...
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Tinkering extends life of organism
by 10-fold
MSNBC Jan. 14, 2008
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University of Southern California
scientists have extended the
lifespan of yeast by 10-fold. That's
twice the previous record for life
extension in an organism. USC's
Valter Longo and his team previously
found two genes--RAS2 and
SCH9--related to growth and
development of cancer. These genes
are similar in humans and yeast. The
scientists...
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Toyota Will Offer a Plug-In Hybrid
by 2010
New York Times Jan. 14, 2008
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Toyota plans to build its first
plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle by
2010, using lithium-ion batteries to
make cars that can be recharged
externally....
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Robotic exoskeleton to help farmers
with heavy lifting
KurzweilAI.net Jan. 15, 2008
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Researchers at the Tokyo University
of Agriculture and Technology have
built a robotic exoskeleton suit
designed to help elderly Japanese
farmers with heavy lifting or other
strenuous tasks. The suit has eight
motors to help with knee, elbow,
lower-back and shoulder movement,
and can be programmed to match the
type of work being done. The...
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Cheap Ethanol from Tires and Trash
Technology Review Jan. 14, 2008
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General Motors has partnered with
Coskata, a company that claims it
can make ethanol from wood chips,
grass, and trash--including old
tires--for a dollar a gallon, using
a hybrid approach that involves
thermochemical and biological
processes....
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Gene Therapy Cancers Prompt Design
of Safer Virus
ScienceNOW Daily News Jan. 10, 2008
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Researchers at Great Ormond Street
Hospital in London have developed a
better virus to deliver an inserted
gene for severe combined
immunodeficiency (SCID) patients,
one that is self-inactivating and
less likely to turn on other genes.
Cancer has been a serious
side-effect of SCID gene therapy.
Since 2002, four of 10 children in
one SCID trial...
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Researchers find new way to block
destructive rush of immune cells
PhysOrg.com Jan. 14, 2008
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University of Rochester Medical
Center researchers have found a way
to selectively block the ability of
white blood cells to "crawl" toward
the sites of injury and infection
when such mobility drives disease.
The results suggest a new treatment
approach for autoimmune diseases and
conditions made worse by
inflammation such as atherosclerosis...
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T-cell 'nanotubes' may explain how
HIV virus conquers human immune
system
PhysOrg.com Jan. 14, 2008
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String-like "membrane nanotube"
connections can form between those
T-cells that bump into each other
and carry proteins between the two
cells, which could help explain how
the HIV virus infects human immune
cells so quickly and effectively.
This indicates that there may be
"as-yet-undiscovered ways that these
types of cells communicate with...
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