Creative thinkers more likely to cheat,
rationalize

post from Top stories on 18 August 2012 12:23:42 PM. © Top stories

Creative people are more likely to cheat than less creative people, possibly because this talent increases their ability to rationalize their actions, according to research published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

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Microthrusters could propel small satellites

post from Top stories on 18 August 2012 12:17:42 PM. © Top stories

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As small as a penny, these thrusters run on jets of ion beams.

A penny-sized rocket thruster may soon power the smallest satellites in space.

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The first Curiosity 360-degree panorama including
the mountain

post from Planetary Society Blog on 18 August 2012 11:46:08 AM. © Planetary Society Blog

Damien Bouic took Curiosity's Hazcam images of Aeolis Mons / Mount Sharp and merged them with a beautiful 360-degree Navcam panorama to give us our first look at what the view will look like once the mission finally gets higher-resolution images that include the mountain's peak.

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Watch as Curiosity touches down gently and its
heat shield slams into Mars

post from Bad Astronomy on 18 August 2012 08:30:17 AM. © Bad Astronomy

Some amazing videos are still coming out from NASA about the Mars Curiosity rover’s descent to the planet’s surface. This one is blink-and-you’ll-miss-it-but-still-totally-freaking-cool: the heat shield slamming into the surface of Mars[...]

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so just how intelligent can we make our space
probes, revisited

post from weird thingsweird things | exploring science, technology, the strange and the unknown on 18 August 2012 07:27:37 AM. © weird thingsweird things | exploring science, technology, the strange and the unknown

Once upon a time I wrote a post about the sacrifices in intelligence our rovers have to make to be able to travel to other worlds and why these sacrifices are necessary. Basically, we can build very smart bots here on Earth because we can give them a big energy supply for faster, more complex, [...]

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My Sister Rosalind Franklin

post from Sciencebase Science Blog on 18 August 2012 04:55:29 AM. © Sciencebase Science Blog

My Sister Rosalind Franklin: A Family Memoir 9780199699629: Jenifer Glynn – Jenifer Glynn is sister to Rosalind Franklin, whose pioneering X-ray crystallography work provide the key insights needed by Watson and Crick to unravel the double helix of DNA. Much has been written about her role in the rapid advent of molecular biology in the [...]

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New iPad Telepresence Robot for $2,000

post from Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog on 18 August 2012 03:16:32 AM. © Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog

Double is a new telepresence robot that is on sale arrives fully functional as soon as you open the box – just insert your iPad. Touch the power switch to activate Double’s self-balancing sensors, keeping itself upright. At only 15 pounds, it’s easy to move around.

Touch to drive (using your iPad remotely). Adjust height also (to match standing or sitting colleagues). It runs for 8 hours on full charge and charges up in 2 hours.

Pre-order now at $2000 (saving $500 over list price). Delivery is expected in December 2012.

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Blue Sky Project Will Use Drones to Deliver 3-D
Portraits

From Wired Top Stories: A nonprofit called ReAllocate is developing an art project called Blue Sky for Burning Man that will scan people and 3-D-print a model of them before delivering it by drone using GPS tracking. Read the whole article

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