positive Technology news
Yoav Medan: Ultrasound surgery—healing without cuts
via TED |
Sat December 17, 2011 |
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Harnessing desert sun to power EuropeIt is a beguiling idea - harvest sunshine, and a little wind, from the empty deserts of North Africa and the Middle East, and use it to produce clean power for the region and for Europe. |
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Giant Nasa rover launches to MarsNasa has launched the most capable machine ever built to land on Mars. |
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How rainwater harvesting is helping Nicaraguan farmersMr Beltran lives in northern Nicaragua, one of the poorest and driest areas of the country, where a pilot project to harvest rainwater is beginning to transform local agriculture and local people's lives. |
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Rating Your Toaster’s Lifetime CostsWhen shopping for appliances, it’s easy to compare prices, but what about the cost to actually run a toaster, coffee maker or blender? A new testing service aims to do just that. |
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True3D Head Up Display keeps drivers focused on the road
via GizMag |
Tue November 01, 2011 |
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TED Talk: Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research
via TED |
Sat October 29, 2011 |
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‘Gloria’ will allow internet astronomers to access worldwide robotic telescope networkAmateur astronomers wanting to observe celestial bodies soon won't be limited to just their own personal telescopes, or visits to the local public observatory. |
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Real-life Jedi: Pushing the limits of mind controlThe inner workings of the brain can now be read using low cost hardware. You don't have to be a Jedi to make things move with your mind. |
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World’s largest radio telescope begins study of cosmic dawn
via BBC |
Mon October 03, 2011 |
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Paris ready to turn ignition on electric car-sharing program
via Financial Times |
Fri September 30, 2011 |
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Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzleOnline gamers have achieved a feat beyond the realm of Second Life or Dungeons and Dragons: they have deciphered the structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus that had thwarted scientists for a decade. |
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ULTra PRT autonomous vehicles now operating at Heathrow Airport
via http://www.gizmag.com/heathrow-ultra-prt-system/19493/ |
Wed August 17, 2011 |
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Text messages boost malaria careDaily text messages to health workers more than doubled the number of children getting the correct treatment for malaria, research shows. |
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Science news headlines
- Light-powered bionic eye invented to help restore sight
- Share your status – and your lungs. Facebook tool promotes organ donation
- Bar Codes Apps Allow Consumers To Make Socially Conscious Choices
- Saving Right Whales? There’s an app for that.
- New technologies detect seizures, and could possibly even eliminate them
- Floating wind turbines to produce low cost renewable energy
- Device invented that can detect infectious disease in minutes
- American Scientists Make Great Leap in Battery Technology
- New system could eventually ‘eliminate’ batteries
- Digital tools ‘to save languages’
- Transplant jaw made by 3D printer claimed as first
- The Cleanweb Takes Off
- Personal medicine is a little bit closer: Sequence your genome for under $1000
- 2012 Doomsday Predictions Debunked by NASA
- New discovery could lead to better artificial hips
- New plasma “brush” may mean painless cavity filling
- First Earth-sized planets spotted
- Artificial Intestines near reality
- Yoav Medan: Ultrasound surgery—healing without cuts
- Harnessing desert sun to power Europe
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