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ChemBot Keeps Rolling Toward Production 20 Oct 2009 | 04:28 am
A new prototype known as the ChemBot may take the trend of making robots more like living organisms in a very interesting new direction. The ChemBot - which has already caught the eye of DARPA and th...
Germany Gets “Go-Ahead” To Clean Up Space 13 Oct 2009 | 04:28 am
Humanity, while still relatively new to space, needed little time to foul it up. The area surrounding our planet is full of dead satellites, lost wrenches, and other crap that make it much harder for...
Plasma Rocket Passes Test 6 Oct 2009 | 04:25 am
Modern space travel seems horribly boring compared to the stuff portrayed in a lot of science fiction; we can’t even get astronauts to nearby planets in a reasonable amount of time. But tests on a pl...
EU May Limit MP3 Players’ Max Volume 29 Sep 2009 | 04:24 am
When other people play their music too loud, offended bystanders always have one thing to fall back on: the knowledge that the inconsiderate bastards are going deaf. But the EU may try to save those ...
Seagate Ships Super-Fancy Hard Drive 22 Sep 2009 | 04:23 am
Hard drives have an unfortunate habit of filling up. Then there’s the issue of accessing the data, which always seems to take too long. Seagate’s taking a crack at solving those problems, however, w...
802.11n Wireless Standard Ratified 15 Sep 2009 | 04:24 am
If you’ve ever had trouble accessing the Internet or moving information from one place to another within your home or business, due to either distance or to transfer rates, a new development should of...
Impressive Wheelchair Concept Unveiled 1 Sep 2009 | 08:41 am
Unfortunately, medical technology hasn’t yet made immortal androids of us all. So it may be of some slight comfort to you to know that, even if you lose the use of your legs at some point, a darn coo...
Taser Has A Go At Turning Shotguns Into Phasers 25 Aug 2009 | 04:21 am
There are, aside from the usual cruelty- and health-related concerns, a couple of problems with Tasers: namely that they have a limited range and are yet another piece of equipment for armed persons t...
IBM May Make Microchips Out Of DNA In The Future 18 Aug 2009 | 05:36 am
Okay, folks. Anybody remember the human-form Replicators from the “Stargate” shows? Here’s a bit of news that may have you trying to construct some of the protagonists’ special anti-Replicator weapo...
Good Night Vision Gets Accessible 11 Aug 2009 | 05:32 am
Night vision isn’t really a change-the-world technology; for people who aren’t soldiers (or criminals), it might, at best, help with sleepover games or home defense paranoia. But when it works well, ...
