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* Voice Controlled Augmented Reality Search Interface | YouTube http://ff.im/-dgT0a
* IEEE Spectrum: A Form-fitting Photovoltaic Artificial Retina  http://ff.im/-dgYIB
* Meh Transhumanism – cold war futurism,enviro-futurism,techno-optimism,transhuman… http://ff.im/-dgR8O
* Book: How to Teach Physics to Your Dog Is Out Today! http://ff.im/-dgPS6
* Botnet Baddies Setting Up Own ISPs For Unfettered Spamming | Gizmodo http://ff.im/-dgL47

* Robotic Knee Helps Perfectly Healthy Runners Run Even Better | Popular Science http://ff.im/-dgHRb
* You Could Hire This Robot Teacher for $77,000 | Fast Company http://ff.im/-dgdXD
* Facebook fuelling divorce, research claims | Telegraph http://ff.im/-dgckT
* We continue to teach our kids French but we don’t teach them Ruby On Rails. @timoreilly: http://ff.im/-dg4Di

* A Review Of The Best Robots of 2009 | Singularity Hub http://ff.im/-dg32o
* We now know that the brain controls the formation of bone. http://ff.im/-dg2JQ
* New human reproductive hormone could lead to novel contraceptives http://ff.im/-dg2t6
* Physicists propose quantum entanglement for motion of microscopic objects http://ff.im/-dg1mt
* Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics to generate same Solar Energy from 100 times less Silicon http://ff.im/-dfZuT

* Facial Recognition on Facebook (Video) | Singularity Hub http://ff.im/-dfZMj
* Book: Experimental Man http://ff.im/-dfZ9X
* Synchronization of multiple coupled rf-SQUID Flux Qubits http://ff.im/-dfYlD
* Invisible bracelet for emergency health alerts? http://ff.im/-ddE00
* X51A Hypersonic demonstration vehicle Goes for a Spin on a B52 http://ff.im/-ddl8W

* Special Ops robots now do psychological warfare • The Register http://ff.im/-ddkur
* Implantable Solar Cells Might Power Next Generation of In Vivo Devices http://ff.im/-ddjWs
* Why Embeddable Virtual Worlds are the Future via @chrisgrayson  – http://bit.ly/6DITQ9 http://ff.im/-ddjaS
* 2010 preview: Is this the year that we create life? – New Scientist http://ff.im/-ddhDQ
* Single light wave flashes out from fibre laser – New Scientist http://ff.im/-dd6fB

* LG unveils worlds thinnest LCD panel. Sure, whatever just 0.1 inch thick. http://ff.im/-dd50j
* Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time http://ff.im/-dd4v1
* NASA Tests Unique Jumbo Jet with Opening in Side; Plane’s Airborne Telescope to Study Cosmos http://ff.im/-dd4jl

* Broadcast Streaming Video – iPhone Finally Has an App http://ff.im/-dd3sU
* Status of Flying Cars – Parajet, Samson Motorworks and Terrifugia Transition http://ff.im/-dd3aT
* Cutting edge chemistry in 2009 http://ff.im/-dd2Ro
* A Tooth-mounted hearing aid for the masses http://bit.ly/7EYaF8 http://ff.im/-dbFP5
* Paxshikai’s 100th i-SOBOT Video | BotJunkie http://ff.im/-dbFnn

* Engage the x drive: Ten ways to traverse deep space – New Scientist http://ff.im/-dbBoR
* World’s Oldest Known DNA Discovered : Discovery News -… [pic] http://ff.im/-dbtn2
* 100+ Beautiful Examples of Black and White Photography http://ff.im/-dbs1J
* How 3-D Movie Projection Works | Wired http://ff.im/-dbpuZ

* TR: Nervy Repair: explains how his new nerve stretching technique works to grow artificial nerve http://ff.im/-dbovn
* TR: Videos: Searching Unstructured Data http://ff.im/-dbo8y
* TR: Evolution of Technology : When a technology first appears in the world, it is not understood.. http://ff.im/-dbmQj
* TR: Reactions on Demand – Microcapsules isolate reactants until laser bursts bubble http://ff.im/-dbf3n

* Virtual Repair – Augmented reality helps mechanics fix vehicles. http://ff.im/-dbeGU
* Technology Review: Quantum Leap in Battery Design http://ff.im/-dbdsy
* Overcoming Bias : Ho Hum Nuclear Winter http://ff.im/-daSik
* Responsible Nanotechnology: RE: Nanofactories In the Basement? http://ff.im/-daRqC
* Basement development? Big leaps? – Eric Drexler http://ff.im/-daysg

* key theory: Animal study demos how whole chromosome changes cause cancer http://ff.im/-daQiV
* Submersible glider spent months collecting data on Atlantic waters – washingtonpost http://ff.im/-daw71
* 10 Worst Uses of Augmented Reality in 2009 http://ff.im/-davhA

* Overcoming Bias : China Ascendant http://ff.im/-dav22
* Evanescent waves bring new window into the nanoworld – physicsworld http://ff.im/-dauk9
* 2010 preview: Automotive X Prize contestants power up New Scientist http://ff.im/-dau64
* The skull bone is different to the hip bone – Telegraph -… [pic] http://ff.im/-dagWZ
* Brain-Saving, Mind-Blowing, Hi-Tech Medical Imaging… http://ff.im/-dagEL
* Android to power Raytheon’s RATS battlefield networking system http://ff.im/-d9gur
* Documentary Heaven | Free Online Documentaries – http://documentaryheaven.com/

Likes:
* XiXiDu: By Thought Alone: Mind Over Keyboard http://bit.ly/6JTZvS
* XiXiDu: Study: Velociraptor’s Cousin Had a Venomous Bite and Saber-Teeth http://bit.ly/5c2sBL
* XiXiDu: Technology Roundup – Quantum computer Algorithm http://bit.ly/6MesGF
* XiXiDu: Unique nanomechanical response of DNA allows high-speed direct digital detection http://bit.ly/7nLkgH
* XiXiDu: An Introduction to Biotechnology and Bioinformatics http://bit.ly/5ELC0c
* Anibal M. Astobiza: Neural coding of working memory: http://www.pnas.org/content/106/50/21341

* XiXiDu: Machine learning video lecture series (Stanford) http://bit.ly/8O8Vr6
* XiXiDu: Chimps and fire http://bit.ly/71fa7N
* XiXiDu: Researchers break into BitLocker (getting around Microsoft’s disk-encryption) http://bit.ly/906c8z
* XiXiDu: Technical explanation of Predator drone hack published http://bit.ly/8R1viv
* mikolka: 40 Examples Of Beautiful Beach Photography Shots http://bit.ly/6MecBc

* Wildcat: go read this :Internet-Manifesto\How journalism works today. Seventeen declarations. http://bit.ly/82QVgg
* XiXiDu: Broader Perspective: Engineering life into technology http://bit.ly/7E3n5H
* XiXiDu: Video: Tim Tyler: The risks of caution http://bit.ly/5g9zx9
* Anibal M. Astobiza: Leaf-eating monkeys may be wiped out by climate change  http://bit.ly/6bAh14

* Kimber Scott: Even Bacteria Get Lonely : Discovery News http://bit.ly/6Sph30
* Steven Perez: Vanished Precambrian Life Forms Were Like Nothing Before or Since Ediacarans http://bit.ly/7itQFF
* Wildcat: Why Wise Leaders Don’t Know Too Much – Harvard Business Review  http://bit.ly/4QiayG
* XiXiDu: If Time Flew, You Had Fun http://bit.ly/7dClHm
* Ami Iida: Brain-Saving, Mind-Blowing, Hi-Tech Medical Imaging http://bit.ly/8JHnPb

* XiXiDu: Bloggingheads.tv – Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Mechanics http://bit.ly/6SzBM0
* XiXiDu: Addicted to Sex? The Internet? Friendship? http://bit.ly/6ZFGcC
* Wildcat: Being online: Your identity in real life–what people know – O’Reilly Radar – http://bit.ly/6hFSSN

* Anibal M: Female facial attractiveness increases during the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle. http://bit.ly/8G0OaZ
* Anibal M. Astobiza: Addicted to Sex? The Internet? Friendship?  http://bit.ly/5m5e14
* Anibal M. Astobiza: Sex differences in molecular neuroscience: from fruit flies to humans http://bit.ly/5fWr8z
* George Dearing: “No Words Needed” when searching is indeed cool http://bit.ly/6km4Qs
* Goran Zec: ‘A Universe From Nothing’ by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009 http://bit.ly/6fSkxW
* Christopher A Carr: Murray Gell-Mann on beauty and truth in physics | Video on TED.com http://bit.ly/7lrIiB

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* Proposed NASA Mission Would Sail the Seas of Titan | Slashdot http://ff.im/-d8N0E
* Computer Helps Improve the Fit of Prosthetic Limbs – NYTimes http://ff.im/-d8Iu9
* A Universe From Nothing’ by Lawrence Krauss. http://ff.im/-d8HDJ
* Excellent article for any business owner or entrepreneur. How Toyota lost its way… http://ff.im/-d7H3w
* Robot Flute And Saxophone Duet Sounds Like Middle School http://ff.im/-d6Bbt

* Robotic Suit Gets Me That Much Closer to Being a Real-Life Iron Man http://ff.im/-d6Ba2
* Construction of 50-km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, started, expected completion 2016. http://ff.im/-d6AVz
* Nuclear Reactor Wall Charts – Flickr http://ff.im/-d6AtM
* The next medical frontier: nano-surgery http://ff.im/-d6AmN

* Internal Twitter Credentials Used in DNS Hack, Redirect http://ff.im/-d6yWv
* New Second Life iPhone Client http://ff.im/-d6yKA
* Totally Implantable Hearing Device Under Approval in US http://ff.im/-d6ywU
* Abuse of Alcohol, Pot Linked to Same Genes http://ff.im/-d6yup
* Al Fin: The Brain Is Far More Complex Than Believed http://ff.im/-d6ym7

* New Rules for the New Economy In the network economy a firm’s primary focus…. http://ff.im/-d6y5j
* Electroweak stars predicted – physicsworld.com http://ff.im/-d6xJO
* How Santa Does It: Clones, Wormholes and Memory-Elimination Devices http://ff.im/-d6xIh
* A Tantalizing Hint of Dark Matter? No. : Starts With A Bang http://ff.im/-d6wGr
* Physicist sees through the opaque with T-rays http://ff.im/-d6wBo
* 17 Movies We’re Geeked Out For in 2010 http://ff.im/-d6wuZ

* Prague from the TV Tower – 18 Gigapixel Panoramic http://www.360cities.net/prague-18-gigapixels
* Google-Fujitsu join ’smart objects’ alliance http://ff.im/-d6sEM

Likes
* George Dearing: “No Words Needed” when searching is indeed cool http://bit.ly/6km4Qs
* Goran Zec: ‘A Universe From Nothing’ by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009 http://bit.ly/6fSkxW
* Christopher A Carr: Murray Gell-Mann on beauty and truth in physics http://bit.ly/7lrIiB
* Anibal M. Astobiza: 25 Products That Might Just Change The World http://bit.ly/4KTird
* Spaceweaver: Nowhere to Hide From the Buzz of Civilization http://bit.ly/5×2HX8

* Wildcat: Ten years from now …Cracked, cloudy or clear? The crystal ball report: http://bit.ly/91waNN
* Wildcat: Stranger than Fiction: Technology And Science Fiction, system-Level Design http://bit.ly/76bJbY
* Amira: List of unsolved problems – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://bit.ly/6iYali
* Alexander Kruel: Molecular Manufacturing: Where’s the progress? http://bit.ly/89ig5V
* Myrna: Snowflakes, the coolest shapes on the planet are even more beautiful close up – http://bit.ly/748CHi

* Myrna: A Journey Round My Skull http://bit.ly/6s51jB
* Wildcat: Being online: identity, anonymity, and all things in between – O’Reilly http://bit.ly/7CA05F
*  Amira: Unconscious Decisions in the Brain http://bit.ly/4whs3C
* Alexander Kruel: Twitter gets hacked and redirected by Iranian Cyber Army http://bit.ly/4Xm4h2
* Goran Zec: Bug powder causes male bedbugs to stab each other to death with their penises http://bit.ly/7NvG9e

* Wildcat: -Darwinian theory best idea of all time, but why did it take so long to evolve? http://bit.ly/7Of6hQ
* Wildcat: The Cyber Sea: World’s Largest Internet Undersea Science Station Boots Up http://bit.ly/5A38JJ
* Alexander Kruel: Electric Sheep artificial life screensaver goes super hi-rez http://bit.ly/72GGbL
* Alexander Kruel: Earth’s Upper Atmosphere is Cooling | Universe Today http://bit.ly/8UEdmI
* Alexander Kruel: What will battling spacecraft look like? http://bit.ly/8Rpxdy
* Myrna: Lilla Rogers» Blog Archive » New Work by Mati Rose McDonough http://bit.ly/7xvWXW

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* Machine Ethics With Prospective Logic http://ff.im/-d5stc
* Space 2010 – Solar sailing, Venus weather, dark matter, and more…. http://ff.im/-d5s2f
* Superconductors could Enable Electric Jet Planes http://ff.im/-d5rbU
* A single sperm has 37.5MB of DNA information in it; a normal ejaculation represents a data transfer of 1,587.5TB – http://ff.im/-d4Ldm

* Are Knowledge Workers becoming obsolete? http://ff.im/-d4pdI
* Researchers link calorie intake to cell lifespan, cancer development (w/ Video) http://ff.im/-d4ovl
* IEEE Spectrum: Surgeons and Robots Scrub Up (Audio Slide) http://ff.im/-d4emx
* DRM Fiasco Ruins James Cameron’s Avatar 3D Preview in Germany http://ff.im/-d4cyd
* 26 Gigapixel Photo Sets New World Record http://ff.im/-d4b9O

* Prepare to Have Your Brain Exploded by This Known Universe Video – Gizmodo http://ff.im/-d44dH
* Robotic Insects Could Pollinate Flowers and Find Disaster Victims | Popular Science http://ff.im/-d43I5
* The Gene Bubble: Curing Cancer, One Misleading Article at a Time | Fast Company http://ff.im/-d3Z8Q
* 2010 LHC Schedule http://ff.im/-d45Zt
* SCOPE – Augmented Reality Toys.future of gaming? http://ff.im/-d3X9s

* NASA -Colliding Auroras Produce Explosions of Light http://ff.im/-d3W99
* Everlasting quantum wave | e! Science News http://ff.im/-d3RaA
* Know a gene’s ‘parent’ to improve disease prediction http://ff.im/-d3Qol
* How complexity rules our lives – New Scientist http://ff.im/-d3OXJ
* You-Vision Video Glasses for the Hipster Voyeur  http://ff.im/-d3Ms2

* Iraqi insurgents using $26 software to monitor Predator video feeds http://ff.im/-d3Iw9
* One gene stops ovaries from turning into testes http://ff.im/-d2dSa
* The Brain: What Is the Speed of Thought? http://ff.im/-d2anJ
* Top 100 Stories of 2009 http://ff.im/-d1XGT

* Scientists film photons with electrons – Four-dimensional (4D) Microscopy http://ff.im/-d1EXY
* Scientists Shed New Light On Right Brain Activity http://ff.im/-d1EOQ
* 3-D view of genes-at-work is paradigm shift in genetics http://ff.im/-d1xkF
* Alien planet could be ultimate water world – New Scientist http://ff.im/-d1wwK

* Synthetic Nano-Platelets Added to Blood Cut Healing Time in Half http://ff.im/-d1syz
* Video: Crowds of Bacteria Turn Gears a Million Times Their Size http://ff.im/-d1s5U
* Video: Laser-Etched Crystal Zoetrope Embeds Victorian-Era 3-D Animation in Your Table http://ff.im/-d1oGN
* Engineering Food With Aromas That Make Us Feel Full http://ff.im/-d1o0Y
* Scientists crack ‘entire genetic code’ of cancer – BBC News http://ff.im/-d1bBw

Likes:
* Shevonne: Genetic Lessons From a Prolific Sperm Donor http://bit.ly/5gEKd1
* Eric Logan: Stay tuned for technology of the future http://bit.ly/8fPuPi
* Alexander Kruel: Eureqa – Software to Replace Scientists http://bit.ly/6UYioD
* Alexander Kruel: Hopefully my last D-Wave post ever http://bit.ly/7cXZsp
* Alexander Kruel: Sexual Terrorism and Tiger | Psychology Today http://bit.ly/8GzKh5

* Ashalynd: 3D Bio-printer to create arteries and organs http://bit.ly/8LkZhP
* Eric Logan: Wounded soldier’s shattered pancreas gets replaced in a whole new way http://bit.ly/85MID5
* Christopher A Carr: Science-Based Medicine » The One True Cause of All Disease http://bit.ly/6WwGJn

* Alexander Kruel: Newly Discovered Planet Could Be A Watery World http://bit.ly/8QhhiI
* Alexander Kruel: Signs of Life Detected on the Moon? http://bit.ly/7c9HFy
* Alexander Kruel: Custom Fit Bionic Fingers Work Like The Real Thing  http://bit.ly/76nFnM
* Ashalynd: Richard Feynman talks on science and math. http://bit.ly/7ajMhg

* Wildcat: Does weak equivalence break down at the quantum level? http://bit.ly/6WQoBd
* Alexander Kruel: How bad hyperinflation can get http://bit.ly/7ynidp
* Alexander Kruel: A Deluge of Data Shapes a New Era in Computing http://bit.ly/757J93
* Alexander Kruel: That inexplicable feeling of being ‘you’ http://bit.ly/8jWfgB
* Anibal M. Astobiza: Glimpsing memory traces in real time http://bit.ly/5BdonR