Sunday, February 19, 2012
UFO sighting beliefs counter today's science while new metal box theory floated
UFO sighting beliefs counter today's science while new metal box theory floated | HULIQ: "BRAYS POINT, Ore. – Marine scientists have looked under the hood of mysterious metal boxes -- that started appearing along West Coast beaches two weeks ago – and now have a scientific theory."
Cars Without Drivers: Get Ready to See Automated Automobiles on the Open Road
Cars Without Drivers: Get Ready to See Automated Automobiles on the Open Road - International Business Times: "It's time for the next big automotive revolution.
A century ago, the horse-drawn carriage became obsolete. Within the last decade, GPS technology rendered paper maps useless. And if the electric movement gets going in earnest, gasoline may one day be a thing of the past. Next on the chopping block: the need for human drivers"
A century ago, the horse-drawn carriage became obsolete. Within the last decade, GPS technology rendered paper maps useless. And if the electric movement gets going in earnest, gasoline may one day be a thing of the past. Next on the chopping block: the need for human drivers"
Ghostly image causes a stir
Ghostly image causes a stir - News - Galway Independent: "A photo that appears to capture a ghostly image of a nun on The Long Walk has been causing a stir in the city this week."
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The top 10 emerging technologies for 2012
The top 10 emerging technologies for 2012: "Below, the Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies presents the technological trends expected to have major social, economic and environmental impacts worldwide in 2012. They are listed in order of greatest potential to provide solutions to global challenges:"
Could 'artificial leaf' technology power the cars of the future? Scientists aim to create 'oil' using photosynthesis
Could 'artificial leaf' technology power the cars of the future? Scientists aim to create 'oil' using photosynthesis | Mail Online: "An oil substitute made with ‘artificial leaf’ technology could power ships and planes, according to a leading British expert.
Scientists have applied a new twist to the process of photosynthesis - the method plants use to harness the energy of sunlight.
Instead of producing organic material from carbon dioxide, as plants do, they plan to manufacture a hydrocarbon 'fuel' which could be used instead of oil, using photosynthesising bacteria."
Scientists have applied a new twist to the process of photosynthesis - the method plants use to harness the energy of sunlight.
Instead of producing organic material from carbon dioxide, as plants do, they plan to manufacture a hydrocarbon 'fuel' which could be used instead of oil, using photosynthesising bacteria."
Telescope described as 'biggest leap since Galileo' will unravel how planets form - and could solve the mystery of where Earth's oceans came from
The world's most expensive ground-based telescope, the $1.3billion ALMA array high in the Chilean Andes, has a new mission - to study how planets like our Earth form.
Together with another huge radio telescope, the Very Large Array (VLA), a collection of 27 antennae in New Mexico, ALMA is delivering the first insights into how planets form from the discs of gas and dust around young stars.
Scientists at ALMA describe the telescope as the biggest leap in the technology since Galileo.
The ALMA and VLA telescopes will capture the early stages of how planets form from the disc of dust and gas around young stars, watching as the dust forms into pebbles then finally into young worlds
Vast solar tornado spied on the sun
Vast solar tornado spied on the sun | Fox News: "A tremendous tornado whirling across the surface of the sun was captured by a NASA satellite recently -- an amazing wonder of the solar system that may be as big as the Earth itself."
Phantom Black Holes of the Milky Way --Could They Pose a Danger to Our Solar System?
The effect of a primordial black hole hitting the Sun ought to be easily observable, say physicists at New York University and Princeton University, noting what we think might be the obvious. But they go on to suggest that such an event wouldn’t be as catastrophic as it sounds.
DNA machine can sequence human genomes in hours
Oxford Nanopore has come up with a DNA sequencing machine the size of a USB memory stick that can decode the building blocks of life within hours rather than days
The MinION, a tiny DNA sequencing machine made by a firm spun out of Oxford University. Photograph: Nigel Chapman
A UK firm spun out from Oxford University has come up with a DNA sequencing machine the size of a USB memory stick, a move that is set to revolutionise the industry.
Privately owned Oxford Nanopore, which was spun out of Oxford University in 2005, on Friday presented at a conference in Florida two new generation machines that can do the same job as current mainframe-sized devices, and can decode the building blocks of life within hours rather than days.
Read More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/17/dna-machine-human-sequencing
Hundreds of dead birds on I-95 in Laurel
Hundreds of dead birds on I-95 in Laurel | WJLA.com: "Hundreds of birds just dropped from the sky and landed onto I-95 Wednesday, bringing afternoon rush hour traffic to a crawl."
Eisenhower had three secret meetings with aliens, former pentagon consultant claims
Eisenhower had three secret meetings with aliens, former pentagon consultant claims | Mail Online: "Former American President Dwight D. Eisenhower had three secret meetings with aliens, a former US government consultant has claimed.
The 34th President of the United States met the extra terrestrials at a remote air base in New Mexico in 1954, according to lecturer and author Timothy Good."
The 34th President of the United States met the extra terrestrials at a remote air base in New Mexico in 1954, according to lecturer and author Timothy Good."
Friday, February 17, 2012
The artist who hears colour: World's only recognised cyborg uses head-mounted camera to convert hue to sound
The artist who hears colour: World's only recognised cyborg uses head-mounted camera to convert hue to sound | Mail Online: "A colour-blind artist has become the world's first government-recognised cyborg with a head-mounted device that translates colour to sound."
Editor of science journal says he is ready to publish details of lethal man-made flu 'in complete form'
Editor of science journal says he is ready to publish details of lethal man-made flu 'in complete form' | Mail Online: "The editor of a leading science journal has said that it is his duty to publish details of controversial research into a mutant H5N1 bird flu virus.
Far deadlier than normal flu, the H5N1 strain kills roughly half of humans that contract it, but so far the virus has been mainly restricted to poultry. Scientists have researched mutations which make it more contagious."
Far deadlier than normal flu, the H5N1 strain kills roughly half of humans that contract it, but so far the virus has been mainly restricted to poultry. Scientists have researched mutations which make it more contagious."
Project Avatar: U.S. military researches ways for soldiers to control robot 'surrogates' using just their minds
The U.S. military is researching ways for its troops can use their minds to remotely control androids who will take human soldiers' place on the battlefield.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), the Pentagon's hi-tech research arm, has earmarked $7million for research into the project, nicknamed Avatar.
The ultimate goal of the project sounds, bizarrely, much like the fantastical plot of the the film of the same name.
Science following fiction: In Avatar, pictured, human soldiers use mind control to inhabit genetically engineered proxies
In the James Cameron movie, set far in the future, human soldiers use mind control to inhabit the bodies of human alien hybrids as they carry out a war against the inhabitants of a distant world.
According to the Darpa's 2013 budget: 'The Avatar program will develop interfaces and algorithms to enable a soldier to effectively partner with a semi-autonomous bi-pedal machine and allow it to act as the soldier’s surrogate.'
'Genius' computer with an IQ of 150 is 'more intelligent' than 96 per cent of humans
A computer has become the first to be classed as a 'genius' after scoring 150 in an IQ test.
The average score for people is 100. A score of 150 ranks the artificial intelligence programme among the top four per cent of humans.
The programme uses a mixture of mathematical logic and 'human-like' thinking, enabling it to outperform previous software on IQ tests.
Artificial intelligence? The high-IQ software uses a mix of computer logic and 'human like' thinking to achieve higher scores than previous software
Alien Life Clues in Antarctic Ice?
Alien Life Clues in Antarctic Ice? : Discovery News: "Digging up the Antarctic ice in Lake Vostok could be a good test run for looking for life beyond."
DNA Robots Deliver Deadly Punch to Bad Cells
DNA Robots Deliver Deadly Punch to Bad Cells : Discovery News: "In the fight against cancer, these nano-robots could be the equivalent of sending in SEAL Team Six."
Cold Fusion Gets Cold Shoulder (and $200,000 Challenge)
Cold Fusion Gets Cold Shoulder (and $200,000 Challenge) : Discovery News: "Just over a year ago, two Italian researchers claimed to have found one of the Holy Grails of physics: They said they fused atomic nuclei at room temperature -- essentially what is known as cold fusion.
If what researchers Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi of the University of Bologna claim is true, they have found a cheap, clean, and limitless energy source -- possibly even something that could revolutionize space travel."
If what researchers Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi of the University of Bologna claim is true, they have found a cheap, clean, and limitless energy source -- possibly even something that could revolutionize space travel."
Earth Lights Under Fire: Getting to the Bottom of the Mystery
The appear as if by magic–strange hovering lights above the horizon–that are mostly white, but often varying in color. What are they? Are these will o’ the wisp, or are they strange, intelligently controlled craft from another realm? Perhaps they are neither… or perhaps they are both. While we have various cultural names for these so-called “earth lights,” we have yet to find remarkably consistent scientific terms within which we can really seek to understand the phenomenon.
While physics anomalies, swamp gases, ball lightning and naturally free-floating plasma manifestations are all theories that could account for many strange airborne illuminations seen around the globe, as is often the case with strange phenomenon, our ability to explain their occurrence in a consistent, provable manner seems to continuously fall short of the mark… but why?
Read More: http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2012/02/earth-lights-under-fire-getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-mystery/
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