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Startup Says It Can Make Ethanol
for $1 a Gallon, and Without Corn
Wired Jan. 24, 2008
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Coskata, which is backed by General
Motors and other investors, uses
bacteria to convert almost any
organic material, from corn husks to
municipal trash, into ethanol, for
less than $1 a...
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Microchips Everywhere: a Future
Vision
AP Jan. 26,  2008
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Microchips with antennas will be
embedded in virtually everything you
buy, wear, drive and read, allowing
retailers and law enforcement to
track consumer items -- and, by
extension, consumers -- wherever
they go, from a distance. A
seamless, global network of
electronic "sniffers" will scan
radio tags in myriad public
settings, identifying...
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Scientists hit back at Catholic
church over 'cybrids'
NewScientist.com news service Jan. 25, 2008
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Scientists are responding angrily
to claims by the Catholic church
that a new bill currently before the
UK Parliament "will allow scientists
to create embryos that are half
human, half...
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Pocket cell phone reads text for
blind, others
KurzweilAI.net Jan. 27, 2008
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K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. has
released a pocket-sized cell phone
that reads print to the blind and
learning-disabled. knfbREADER Mobile
combines character-recognition and
text-to-speech software and runs on
a multifunctional Nokia N92 cell
phone, using its 5 megapixel camera
for capturing images The knfbReader
Mobile combines the...
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Universal Influenza Vaccine Tested
Successfully In Humans
Science Daily Jan .25, 2008
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The British-American biotech
company Acambis reports the
successful conclusion of Phase I
trials of the universal flu vaccine
in humans. This vaccine is intended
to provide protection against all
"A" strains of the virus that causes
human influenza, including pandemic
strains. About two thirds of
seasonal epidemics are due to these
strains, as...
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The world's lowest noise laser
PhysOrg.com Jan. 25, 2008
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Max Planck Institute researchers
have set a new record for photon
noise control in a laser beam,
creating a laser that has the
precision to be used as a
gravitational wave detector....
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The Coming Wave of Gadgets That
Listen and Obey
New York Times Jan. 27, 2008
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Devices that incorporate speech
recognition are starting to hit the
mass market in cellphone and other
non-desktop-computer...
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