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    Germanium Laser Brings Optical Computing Closer

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    Germanium Laser Brings Optical Computing Closer: “Researchers at MIT have created a germanium laser that’s an important step towards computers that can move data and perform calculations using light instead of electricity.“

    (Via Wired News.)

    LHC at CERN: first collisions

    LHC at CERN: first collisions: “

    ALICE’s inner tracker

    Over the weekend, the Large Hadron Collider smashed the first pairs of protons. Ever. See
    CERN press release, DVICE, Physics Central, The Independent, The Latest News

    As The Independent mentions in another article, the current center-of-mass energy was 1 TeV, so we have another Tevatron right now.

    They’re watching the LHC beams, not baseball!

    Before the Christmas, the center-of-mass [...]

    The brain chip…

    The brain chip…: “

    Our ability to do things with technology far exceeds our ability to understand implications. Consider the brain chip: ‘Intel researchers in Pittsburgh told journalists today that brain implants are harnessing human brain waves to surf the Internet, manipulate documents, and much more’.
    This got me thinking about how far I would go to adopt technology. Or humanity as a whole. Do you [...]

    Singularity University Gives Execs a View of the Future

    Singularity University Gives Execs a View of the Future: “The school’s executive program offers participants the chance to learn and discuss how technology is changing, or even disrupting, their industries“

    (Via BusinessWeek.com — Brand Equity.)

    Last planes leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base

    Last planes leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base: “The two last planes at Maine’s Brunswick Naval Air Station have lifted off in blustery winds, ending nearly 60 years of maritime patrol operations at New England’s last active-duty military air base.

    (Via Boston.com — Maine news.)

    3D scanning with a plain webcam

    3D scanning with a plain webcam: “

    Coming soon to a science fiction plot near you: with the right software, a plain-jane webcam can be a 3D scanner. It’s a project from Qi Pan, a PhD candidate at Cambridge University Engineering Department.

    ProFORMA: Probabilistic Feature-based On-line Rapid Model Acquisition

    (via Futurismic)

    Previously:

    Homemade 3D printer goop made from maltodextrin costs 1/50 of the …
    Baby brain scanner photo [...]

    Crab Robots Get Even More Interesting (Video)

    Crab Robots Get Even More Interesting (Video): “We mentioned the cute, and inexpensive, robot crab kits from 1Sorc a while ago, and even put some of them on order. While we were waiting for our robot kit to arrive, a new video below featuring the nimble little creatures popped up on Youtube. Now we’re even more excited, if that’s possible. One of the simple [...]