Future Drones to Work Like Flying Androids

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From Discovery News - Top Stories: Engineers are testing how to attach limbs to pilotless aircraft. Read the whole article

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SLIPS Liquid Repeller is Inspired by Carnivorous
Plants, Enemy to Insects and Graffiti Artists Alike

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From Engadget: When a team of Harvard researchers wanted to create the ultimate liquid- and solid-repelling surface, they looked toward the Nepenthes pitcher plant, where curious insects check in and never check out, thanks to slippery walls that lead to their tiny, horrific fate. W

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Researchers Develop Cell Spray to Repair Hearts,
Healthy Dose of Electricity Included

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From Engadget: Spray-on solutions have found a place in green technology and even in transmitting radio waves, and they're no strangers to medical research, either. Researchers at the British Heart Foundation are working on a bioelectric spray composed of heart cells to help mend that mo

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Rethinking the Robot Hand at Harvard

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 04 August 2012 05:15:38 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Engadget: Should you ever find yourself needing to discuss the state of the robotic hand in the early 21st century, Harvard professor Robert Howe seems about as good a place to start as any. Read the whole article

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New Drywall Helps Save Energy, Therefore
Isn't Boring

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 04 August 2012 05:11:58 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From DVICE: Drywall may not be the most exciting topic, and I fully accept that. But what this new drywall could do to your power bill might excite you. The new drywall is filled with tiny beads of paraffin that absorb heat during the day, and release it at night. It could be the latest

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Light burst alters cell activity

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With a milliseconds-long flash of blue light, Yale University researchers regulated a critical type of signaling molecule within cell membranes, another illustration of the power of light-based techniques to manipulate cell functions and thus to study mechanisms of disease.

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Thats Right, Japan Has Created A Real Life 4 Ton
Mech Robot

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Its name is Kuratas, and it’s a dream come true for mech robot fans. That’s right — it’s your very [...]

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Curiosity landing minus two days

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I just came out of a press briefing at JPL, on the morning of the day before Curiosity's landing. The panel seemed fairly calm -- anxious, certainly, but the happy kind of anxiety that precedes something that could be great.

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Test flight could revolutionize archaeological
mapping

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Archaeological sites that currently take years to map will be completed in minutes if tests underway in Peru of a new system being developed at Vanderbilt University go well.

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Disorders of consciousness

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New tools have confirmed high rates of misdiagnosis of patients with chronic disorders of consciousness, such as the vegetative state. An increasing number of patients' families wish to use these novel techniques for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.

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