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Neil Gershenfeld: The beckoning promise of personal fabrication

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News Monday, December 12th, 2011

Neil Gershenfeld talks about his Fab Lab — a low-cost lab that lets people build things they need using digital and analog tools. It’s a simple idea with powerful results.

Antarctic’s hidden world revealed

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News Thursday, December 8th, 2011

This article from the BBC Science has some excellent maps of what the landscape beneath the ice of the Antarctica Continent.

Drones Over America

Posted by admin National News/Opinion, Sci-Tech News, Top Stories Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Unmanned aircraft — or drones — are playing a large role in U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, but they’re starting to show up the the skies above the U.S. as well. Drones are already used to patrol the border with Mexico and now they may soon be coming to a police department near you.

Drone Pilots: The Future Of Aerial Warfare

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

The biggest training center of its kind in the United States, Holloman has become the primary training ground for pilots who fly unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones.
There, pilots learn to fly the MQ-1 Predator and the MQ-9 Reaper, two of the military’s most important weapons systems. These remotely controlled planes can hover in the air 24 hours at a time, collecting intelligence or carrying out a strike in Afghanistan.

Lost Cities of Libya and Castles in the Sand

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

The professor and his team were forced to evacuate Libya in February when the anti-Gaddafi revolt started, but hope to be able to return to the field as soon as security is fully restored. The Libyan antiquities department, badly under-resourced under Gaddafi, is closely involved in the project. Funding for the research has come from the European Research Council who awarded Professor Mattingly an ERC Advanced Grant of nearly 2.5m euros, the Leverhulme Trust, the Society for Libyan Studies and the GeoEye Foundation.

Fighting in the Fifth Dimension

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News, World Saturday, November 5th, 2011

It has been called the ‘fifth dimension of warfare’. Along with land, sea, air and space – the cyberworld is increasingly becoming a new frontline.

Steve Jobs Famous Commencement Speech Words

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News Thursday, October 6th, 2011

From his 2005 speech at Stanford

Apple Announces Death of Steve Jobs

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

After a long battle with cancer, the visionary co-founder of Apple has died at the age of 56.

Spies Can Hide Secret Messages in Bacteria

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News Thursday, September 29th, 2011

The secret microbial messages are first grown in petri dishes. The cultures are then transferred to a thin film and ready to be sent to the desired undercover recipient. To unlock the message, the recipient must transfer the bacteria to a genetically modified growth medium, which acts as the secret key.

Record Arctic Ice Melt Threatens Global Security

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News, Top Stories Thursday, September 15th, 2011

The U.S. could generate 100 percent of its electricity from wind, solar, tidal and geothermal for much less than it has spent on defence and wars in the last decade, said Richard Heinberg, energy expert and senior fellow at the California-based Post Carbon Institute.