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  • Sydsvenskan om Adlands

    Så har då intervjun som tog plats (nästan) samtidigt som bloggmiddagen den 6/6 publicerats. Trettiotusen läser hennes blogg Medan svenska bloggare med runt 3000 besökare om dagen bråkar om vems blogg som är störst sitter svenska Åsk Wäppling i Köpenhamn och räknar in tio gånger så många surfare på sin sajt. AdLand är internets största…

  • Aiming for the Sun

    Solceller++. Aiming for the Sun Nanosolar’s technology gains efficiency by optimizing power-conversion performance, product cost, and product lifetime, as well as lower installation costs. The company has developed a proprietary technology to create cost-efficient solar panels. Whereas most current solar cells use traditional silicon semiconductors and are costly to manufacture, Nanosolar’s ”thin-film” approach would replace…

  • New printer produces 3D objects on demand

    Som sagt, kostnaden för produktion av fysiska varor går mot noll. New printer produces 3D objects on demand In the same way that conventional desktop printers provide computer users with a paper output of their documents, Z Corp.’s 3D printers provide 3D CAD users a physical prototype of real world objects such as a mobile…

  • DARPA Grand Challenge – andra ronden

    Ska bli intressant att se hur mycket bättre årets fordon är jämfört med första årets. DARPA GRAND CHALLENGE 2005: 40 Teams through to next round Grand Challenge Program Manager Ron Kurjanowicz praised all 118 entrants and their sponsors, and underscored that the 40 semifinalists were selected from a very strong field of competitors. ”It is…

  • Fågelinfluensan testas på 24 timmar

    Ett snabbt test är mycket viktigt för att begränsa smittspridningen. Vic scientists develop bird flu test Victorian scientists have developed a 24-hour test to detect various strains of avian flu in birds. Vaccin i all ära, men det allra bästa är om människor inte blir utsatta för viruset över huvud taget. Då behövs snabba (och…

  • Ubiquitous Video

    Videobloggandets nästa steg? Computer Scientists Develop Wireless Application For Ubiquitous Video Computer scientists at UCSD have taken the wraps off a new technique for mixing images and video feeds from mobile cameras in the field to provide remote viewers with a virtual window into a physical environment. erikstarckframtidstanken.com

  • PledgeBank – Tell the world ”I’ll do it, but only if you’ll help”

    Intressant social tjänst. Man publicerar löften om att göra något, men bara om någon annan också gör något. PledgeBank – Tell the world ”I’ll do it, but only if you’ll help” ”We all know what it is like to feel powerless, that our own actions can’t really change the things that we want to change.…

  • Zarlink Unveils Wireless Chip for Medical Implants

    Intranät för kroppen. Fascinerande. Zarlink Unveils Wireless Chip for Medical Implants The Ottawa-based company said it has the world’s first chip designed specifically for in-body communication systems, which wirelessly links implanted devices via base stations to a doctor or hospital. erikstarckframtidstanken.com

  • The machine that can copy anything

    Priset för massproduktion av fysiska varor går mot noll. The machine that can copy anything ”People can start manufacturing goods at a low price,” said Bowyer. ”All one needs is a computer and a machine that can copy itself. It can spread without enormous expenditure of capital and where labor costs are low. ”It is…

  • Japan unveils ”robot suit” that enhances human power

    Nu vill vi se världsmästerskap för robotdräktförbättrade människor. Japan unveils ”robot suit” that enhances human power Japan has taken a step into the science-fiction world with the release of a ”robot suit” that can help workers lift heavy loads or assist people with disabilities climb stairs. ”Humans may be able to mutate into supermen in…