- Already Efficient, LED Lights Get Smarter
Digital convergence is rapidly coming to lighting as component makers pave the way for customizable, networked lamps.
Now that we have smart phones, smart TVs, and smart thermostats, perhaps its not surprising that smart light bulbs are just around the corner.
- Moore's Law and the Origin of Life
As life has evolved, its complexity has increased exponentially, just like Moore’s law. Now geneticists have extrapolated this trend backwards and found that by this measure, life is older than the Earth itself.
- Interview with BRAIN Project Pioneer: Miyoung Chun
The trickiest thing about the brain mapping project might be that we don’t even know what we’re trying to learn.
- Bitcoin Isn't the Only Cryptocurrency in Town
Currencies designed to fix perceived flaws in Bitcoin could lead to competition that makes the idea of digital “cryptocurrency” stick.
In recent weeks, the digital currency Bitcoin has soared and then dipped in value, along the way attracting more public attention than ever before and speculation as to whether it could become an established and widely accepted way to pay for goods and services.
- Safe Texting While Walking? Soon, There May Be an App for That
CrashAlert, created by University of Manitoba researchers, could make it easier to walk and text without smacking into things.
The last time you saw someone walk into a lamppost while focusing intently on a smartphone, you probably thought, “That was dumb!” If you were Juan-David Hincapié-Ramos, though, you might have thought, “There should be an app for this.”
- Nanoparticle Disguised as a Blood Cell Fights Bacterial Infection
Biomimetic nanoparticles could be an effective treatment against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
A nanoparticle wrapped in a red blood cell membrane can remove toxins from the body and could be used to fight bacterial infections, according to research published today in Nature Nanotechnology.
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