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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Math, Video on 01 19th, 2012 | No Comments

Multidisciplinary Math Nets Crafoord Prize

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences gave an important math prize to two U.S. mathematicians for their pioneering work in harmonic analysis. Professor Anders Bjorner from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm says, “These are two of the best problem-solvers alive and even on an historic...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Discoveries, Featured Articles, Nanotechnology, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 01 17th, 2012 | No Comments

IBM Cracks Atomic Hard Drive Code

Right now there are about one million magnetized atoms involved in one bit of information. A bit is defined as a variable that can have only two possible values, 1 or 0. In computing those values are interpreted as binary digits. And IBM just lowered that minimum threshold from one million to 12. For...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Citizen science, Computer Science, Math, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 12 14th, 2011 | No Comments

New Newton Project Drops Online

Sir Isaac Newton wrote mainly in Latin and Greek, the languages of science at the time he made astonishing discoveries about the laws of motion and gravity. Now those numerous writings are being put online in new a collection of 4,000 pages, including his hand-annotated copy of Principia Mathematica.Principia...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Discoveries, Video on 11 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Old Secret Society Code Cracked

It sounds like a plot line from a fictional page turner. Locked inside a coded message is the politics and rituals of a secret society. The message is 105 pages long and contains a combination of Greek, Latin and abstract symbols. This is not the latest novel from Dan Brown. This is a real document...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Inventions, Scientainment, SciLebs on 10 6th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Steve Jobs: 1955-2011

Within hours of his death, Apple co-founder, inventor and innovator Steve Jobs was being compared to scientist Albert Einstein and inventor Thomas Edison. Though he lacked formal scientific training and had no PhD I think most people would consider Steve Jobs a scientist. He tinkered, explored and...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Citizen science, Computer Science, Discoveries, Diseases, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Video on 09 21st, 2011 | 3 Comments

Citizen Scientists Discover Key HIV Protein

For years, scientists have been saying that some of the biggest discoveries in science will come from non-scientists. And now that prediction is showing promise as two teams of online video game players have helped solve the structure for an important enzyme found in the HIV virus. After medical researchers...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Citizen science, Computer Science, Engineering, Inventions, Video on 09 12th, 2011 | 3 Comments

MakerBot Prints Future of Manufacturing

Bre Pettis used to be a school teacher in Seattle. Then he began doing weekend projects and podcasting about them for Make: magazine. But when he found 3-D printing he found a home and turned that passion into a company, where he is bringing science fiction-style replicators a step closer to reality....

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Citizen science, Computer Science, Discoveries, Geology, Marine Science, Math, Video on 08 17th, 2011 | No Comments

Project Shiphunt Puts Adventure in Science

What started out as an educational lesson turned into real-world adventure for five high school students from Sagniaw, Michigan. The students from Arthur Hill High School, near Michigan’s Shipwreck Alley on Lake Huron located two missing ships at the bottom of the lake. In a science outreach collaboration...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Diseases, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Inventions, Video on 08 15th, 2011 | No Comments

Electronic Tattoos

Ultrathin, flexible circuit boards that attach to the skin could replace conventional wired medical equipment, especially when it comes to monitoring vital signs. New electronic tattoos, also known as epidermal electronics are taking state-of-the-art wireless medical technology and sticking it to a...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Featured Articles, SciArt, Scientainment, Video on 06 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Crowdsourcing Humanity

Now that we’ve been living in the Information Age for over 50 years, it’s safe to say we’ve become quite proficient at gathering data. We’ve built elaborate systems to collect and transmit data. We’ve also built elaborate systems to protect and encrypt personal information...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Consumer Safety, Engineering, Inventions, Video on 06 7th, 2011 | No Comments

Driverless Cars Take to French Roads

It sounds like something from science-fiction — but it’s actually the latest brainchild from town planners in the western French town of La Rochelle. Small electric cars without drivers steer themselves through the streets taking locals and tourists around town in the first driverless car...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Engineering, SciArt, Scientainment, Video on 06 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

Vivid Light Show Illuminates Sydney

Sydney’s iconic Customs House, Museum of Contemporary Art and Opera House are being given a psychedelic makeovers as part of the city’s annual festival of light, music and ideas. To weather the winter doldrums of the Southern Hemisphere, Sydney, Australia came up with a bright idea —...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, SciArt, Scientainment, Video on 05 13th, 2011 | No Comments

Robot Orchestra Makes Music

Students at the California Institute of the Arts have built an orchestra of interactive musical robots. Musicians use specialized computer programs to play the robotic instruments. The Associated Press sat in on a rehearsal for the group’s May 12 concert. Tammy, BreakBot, NotomotoN, GlockenBot...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Consumer Safety, Earthquake, Engineering, Environment, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Video on 04 14th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Can Dancing Robots Help with Nuclear Clean Up?

Tokyo Electric Power is putting remote controlled machinery to use at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. Helicopters mounted with cameras can safely survey the damaged reactors to give clean up crews a clear view of the mess without exposing them to dangerous radiation,...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Computer Science, Discoveries, Engineering, Physics and Chemistry, Podcast, Video on 04 7th, 2011 | No Comments

Robot Bird Masters Winged Flight

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s SmartBird — the avian robot. German engineers claim they have succeeded in unlocking the secrets of bird flight. For centuries man has tried to imitate nature by mimicking flight. Capturing the energy efficiency and subtlety of bird flight has proven...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Citizen science, Computer Science, Engineering, Inventions, Podcast, SciArt, Video on 03 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Building Dreams from Scratch

A new membership-based, do-it-yourself fabrication and manufacturing space allows engineers and inventors to work on their gadgets using the latest in high-tech equipment. Tech Shop has opened facilities in California with plans to expand across the country. It’s like your father’s workshop...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Engineering, Environment, Health and Medicine, Inventions, Podcast, Scientainment, Space, Video on 03 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Virtusphere Rolls into the Future

It looks like a giant hamster ball but it’s doing far more than exercising its occupants. The Virtusphere, which first rolled onto the scene during the reality television show Shark Tank in 2009, takes virtual reality to a whole new level. For science, it gives the opportunity to walk through...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, Podcast, SciArt, Scientainment, Video on 03 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Robots Debut in New Opera

Call them operabots. In a marriage of music and media, a team at the MIT Media Lab has infused an opera with robotic technology. In Death and the Powers, a new opera by Media Lab professor Tod Machover, the main character wishes to leave the physical world, but remain there digitally. He downloads himself...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, Video on 03 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Looky Here! Eye Tracking Coming to PCs

Ever wish your eyes were lasers? A Lenovo laptop prototype brings that wish closer to reality. Touch screen and movement based technology is quickly supplanting the mouse as the standard way to interact with computers. But a company is looking down the road to make our interface with machines more user...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, Video on 02 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Computers to Reach Human Level by 2029

Ray Kurzweil, chairman and chief executive officer of Kurzweil Technologies, discusses artificial intelligence and the impact of computer technological advancements on society. Based on the recent artificial intelligence accomplishment of a machine beating man at the game show Jeopardy!, futurist Kurzweil...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, Inventions, Video on 02 16th, 2011 | No Comments

Machine Beats Man in Game Show Battle

Hundreds were put in jeopardy tonight at the Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute campus in upstate New York. But there was no danger. They were there to watch two humans take on a super computer named Watson on the TV game show Jeopardy! Spoiler alert. The computer wins. Bested by the super smart machine,...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Computer Science, Engineering, Space, Video on 02 8th, 2011 | No Comments

CubeSats to Fill the Sky

What weighs less than three pounds, fits into a shoe box and can fly around the Earth? The answer is, a CubeSat. These are the newest generation of satellites that will help NASA conduct educational and science missions in low-Earth orbit. NASA has selected 20 of these nanosatellites to fly as auxiliary...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biofuels, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Environment, Geology, Greenovation, Health and Medicine, Inventions, Math, Physics and Chemistry, Politics, Science Policy, Solar, Space, Video on 01 26th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Science Underpins Innovation in State of the Union

The 2011 State of the Union address, delivered by President Barack Obama, painted a solid picture of the future. Not surprisingly the President finds a secure and prosperous future filled with scientific and technological innovation. To create more jobs, he stresses better education including concentration...

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