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Kurzweil finds zero G 'transcendent
and liberating'
KurzweilAI.net Sep. 29, 2008
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Futurist Ray Kurzweil experienced
zero gravity as a "transcendent and
surreal experience" Sunday at
Kennedy Space Center, where he
participated in his first Zero G
flight aboard an aircraft in
parabolic flight. "It was quite a
transcendent and surreal experience.
We really did get to transcend
gravity, a phenomenon I've lived
with since...
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Mobile phone subscriptions to reach
4 billion by year-end: ITU
PhysOrg.com Sep. 26, 2008
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The number of mobile phone
subscriptions in the world will
reach four billion by the end of the
year, driven by growth in developing
economies, the International
Telecommunications Union said
Friday....
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Professors teach robot to 'play
ball'
PhysOrg.com Sep. 26, 2008
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Arizona State University
researchers have developed a mobile
robot called Catchbot that can
intercept ground balls 75% of the
time....
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Hybrid Nanoparticles Image and
Treat Tumors
PhysOrg.com Sep. 26, 2008
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Combining a magnetic nanoparticle,
a fluorescent quantum dot, and an
anticancer drug within a lipid-based
nanoparticle, a multi-institutional
research team headed by the National
Cancer Institute's (NCI) Alliance
for Nanotechnology in Cancer has
created a single agent that can
image and treat tumors, while
avoiding detection by the immune
system,...
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California Academy of Sciences
designs sustainability
L.A. Times Sep. 27, 2008
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A state-of-the-art digital dome
planetarium, a stunning rain forest
with live trees, birds and
butterflies, and an aquarium
highlight the just-opened California
Academy of Sciences building in
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco....
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Leroy Hood: Look to the Genome to
Rebuild Health Care
Wired Sep. 22, 2008
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Institute for Systems Biology
co-founder Leroy Hood has a plan for
curing the $2.3 trillion US health
care system's inefficiency and
ineffectiveness: - Using genome
sequencing and blood tests, a doctor
will be able to determine a
patient's probability of developing
certain diseases for under $1000. -
Starting therapies in advance will
cut...
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Invention: Universal detector
New Scientist Tech Sep. 26, 2008
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University of California, San Diego
researchers have invented a
low-power, small, portable Star Trek
tricorder-like device that can test
for any surface contamination and
detect everything from explosives to
bacteria. It uses a nanoperforated
plate zapped with laser light,
causing surface plasmons to emit
light with a spectrum related to...
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