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2013-05-20 17:26:56 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Aivan loistava pätkä robottiautoista Ylen uutisissa!!! Liikenneneuvos Marko Forsblom, joka oli osallisena hankkeen käynnistyksessä, loistaa selkeydessään! Lait on tehty muutettaviksi!!! Jakakaa tätä hyvät ystävät, jakakaa tätä!
http://areena.yle.fi/tv/1920434/#/play

2013-05-10 17:37:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

One more giant leap in aging research
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/05/making-old-hearts-younger/

2013-05-09 12:10:45 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Self illuminating plant gets ample funds from Kickstarter
this clear article from BBC explains the basics of what needs to be done.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22433866

2013-05-09 07:24:00 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

Lausunto eduskunnalle 3D-tulostuksesta - my presentation on 3D-printers for a committee of our national Parliament https://www.facebook.com/notes/risto-linturi/lausunto-valtiovarainvaliokunnan-ty%C3%B6-ja-elinkeinojaostolle-8-5-2013-aihe-3d-tulo/10151647686544602

2013-05-04 06:31:51 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/the-last-time-co2-was-this-high-humans-didnt-exist-15938

2013-05-03 06:03:45 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Smallest flying robot insect yet - fraction of a gram
power supply is not yet on board, but still this is a major achievement!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22380287

2013-05-02 19:29:54 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

Wireless 3D-printed ear can hear radio waves
http://www.wired.com/design/2013/05/3-d-printed-ear-hears/

2013-05-02 19:32:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Long search finally rewarded
Aging controlled by hypothalamus - 20% life extension promised 
There were three dominant theories on aging - one claimed that we should have some mechanism for self destruct that is missing from fish. This theory got a major boost when David Sinclair's group found that sirtuins control destruction of cells and are connected with legthened lifespan of low diet mice. Now that signaling gland has been found (or one of them) - hypothalamus controls many aspects of aging in a way that seems to be modifiable at least in mice. The method seems to be patented and if you wish to live longer in the future, you need a license!

Here link to original article: http://www.nature.com/news/molecules-in-the-brain-trigger-ageing-1.12891

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130501131845.htm

2013-05-01 18:14:12 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

3D-printed liver is now functional. Not yet ready to be used as organ replacement but work is progressing swiftly.

http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/6477/20130425/3d-bioprinted-human-liver-tissue-functional-replacement-organs-goal.htm

2013-04-30 19:33:02 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Wrote about Light Emitting Plants becoming popular - our book where this paragraph appeared was published in 1998 and LE-plants were predicted to become popular in 2014. Now they are promoted in Kickstarter. Dead on!

Our prediction here: http://www.linturi.fi/100_phenomena/2014.html#1

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit

2013-04-28 12:06:57 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Shining sheep, lamb lights - no more dark nights for them
I would rather wish for fluorescent pines and spruces to light up our dark forests during the dark fall when we do not yet have show. That would be both practical and fun. This is tasteless. Also I think it is not safe for the sheep to wander around our forests in the midst of all our wolves, but I guess that is beside the point. Who of you tech freaks will be the first to purchase "naturally" fluorescent woolly pullower? I guess next they will invent a reindeer that has a shiny nose and call it Rudolph? I wonder what these sheep are called?
http://now.msn.com/phosphorescent-sheep-developed-in-uruguay

2013-04-26 14:33:29 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

New robot skin as sensitive as human fingertips
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/26/smart-skin

2013-04-26 07:54:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Very good overview on the speedy advance into bionic humans:
"We're in the midst of a bionic revolution, yet most of us don't know it."
Ramez Naam

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/24/opinion/bionic-superhumans-ramez-naam/index.html

2013-04-25 05:31:14 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

This Sunday NASA launched 3 smartphones into orbit
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0424/Tiny-satellites-cellphones-cheaper-eyes-in-the-sky-for-NASA

2013-04-23 13:05:21 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

I guess we should not laugh. This is rather terrifying! If USA almost elected this woman as their vice-president, who could get her hands on the atomic weapons, and she clearly has no clue, I wonder what else could happen.

But this I guess was satire and not real.

http://dailycurrant.com/2013/04/22/sarah-palin-calls-invasion-czech-republic/

2013-04-23 11:36:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Ancient quadrotor - 4-winged microraptor - ate fish for last dinner
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/04/microraptor-ate-fish/

2013-04-20 10:06:51 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

10 times more powerful and 1000 times faster batteries now produced in small scale. Secret lays in 3D-structure. Scalable but security issues yet to be solved. Promising! This will be a boom for robotic insects and other flying small robots, but possibly also to electric cars and exoskeletons and powerful mobile electronics, mobile projectors and numerous other devices.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22191650

2013-04-17 06:02:48 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

One way ticket to Mars for 2023 - who would you like to send?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22146456

2013-04-16 20:26:38 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 15 +1s)

Aluminium Yoda - printed by me with miniFactory, cast by  my friend Harri Mattinen. He has chokolate Yodas and Yoda-candles too. May the farce begin.

2013-04-16 18:31:46 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

New air conditioning device emits heat to space
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/april/fan-solar-cooling-041513.html

2013-04-16 11:49:27 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 10 +1s)

Public service reminder that the sun is not at the center of the universe and is actually moving.

2013-04-15 17:44:39 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 9 +1s)

This grandma rocks! Great PR for virtual reality.
http://gizmodo.com/5994639/this-90+year+old-grandmother-freaking-out-over-the-oculus-rift-vr-goggles-is-what-makes-technology-great

2013-04-13 09:01:40 (4 comments, 7 reshares, 18 +1s)

This looks like fun - computers change personal transport
Solowheel (2012)!

2013-04-12 21:44:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Infected birds spread the disease, look perfectly healthy - only people die
http://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniehaiken/2013/04/12/new-bird-flu-danger-worse-than-believed-says-urgent-report/

2013-04-09 06:11:37 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 6 +1s)

Laser warfare - stuff on Scifi - is here, Tesla could have done it sooner had he wanted it. Shot price is 1$, and drones can be shot down efficiently unless it rains. Ok - when it is a good day, drones can not touch you. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/04/laser-warfare-system/

2013-04-08 18:09:45 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

33%  efficiency promised to nanowire solar cells with very cheap ingredients http://phys.org/news/2013-04-nanowires-power-revolutionize-solar-energy.html

2013-04-07 06:16:36 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Live video from Internationa Space Station - starting from December 2013
Crowd gatherings, changes in nature, new structures - all visible to public eye!
http://www.680news.com/2013/04/04/cameras-set-for-fall-launch-to-space-station-and-to-start-streaming-by-year-end/

2013-04-07 05:45:28 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

2013-04-06 13:12:55 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

World’s Cheapest Computer Finally Makes It To The US Market, Only $25! ... CNN - "The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced that  its $25 Model A computer is now available for purchase in the United States through the electronics reseller Allied Electronics. ... According to TechCrunch, the Model A uses a third less power and could potentially be powered by solar power or another renewable energy source. The Model A has a 750 MHz processor, 256 megabytes of RAM, a USB 2.0 port, an HDMI port, an SD memory card and a 1/8 inch audio output. The computer also has an HD video camera connector designed for a Raspberry Pi-made camera, and the entire computer is designed to run the Linux operating system. ..." http://bit.ly/Z8l30f

2013-04-05 16:37:29 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

WOW! These researchers have talent! 3D-printing totally new material - that besides conducting electricity and moving, is basically oil and water.
http://www.livescience.com/28479-3-d-printed-material-mimics-biological-tissue.html

2013-04-04 18:23:05 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 13 +1s)

Always be trying something absolutely stupid. Even if you look like an idiot, beat your wings and jump. Eventually, you'll fly.

#amwriting  

2013-04-03 06:04:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

+Jonathan Buford and the Team on +Bloomberg TV 

// Nils

2013-03-25 06:23:42 (1 comments, 6 reshares, 12 +1s)

Printed solar panels promised soon - installed price down 90%
http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=3644

2013-03-18 18:20:56 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

2MWh cheap battery and a receipe to inventions - a great lecture
Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy

2013-03-13 20:40:14 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Curly water - look this video and tell me you did not enjoy it :-)
http://io9.com/how-to-make-a-stream-of-water-zig-zag-using-sound-waves-453545080

2013-03-11 21:38:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Ring of Fire - SpaceX Grashopper milestone flight
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/03/second-spacex-launch-hovers/

2013-03-11 20:05:31 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Proof of extraterrestial life - panspermia? Wait until confirmation though
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/512381/astrobiologists-find-ancient-fossils-in-fireball-fragments/

2013-03-10 09:56:31 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

2013-03-09 14:06:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Makibox beta now printing PLA!

2013-03-09 06:39:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Remember Kinect Fusion - now finally it is becoming true
Easy, good quality real time 3D-scanning to be included in Kinect SDK
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwindows/archive/2013/03/06/kinect-fusion-demonstrated-at-microsoft-research-techfest-coming-soon-to-sdk.aspx

2013-03-05 10:36:55 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Quadrocopter telepresence in distance learning - fly in courses!
Sovelto - Pioneering Distance Learning

2013-03-04 11:33:39 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 10 +1s)

There need not be any uncertainty
Heisenberg found inaccurate, Schrödingers cat can be seen
http://www.sciencecodex.com/getting_around_the_uncertainty_principle-107804

2013-03-03 17:47:50 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 15 +1s)

Periodic Table!

This is pure awesome! A visual pun for #SundayPunday and #ScienceSunday!

"Periodic Table of Elements" made by Nazila Alimohammadi and Anna Clark in 2003 at Wake Forest University. Actinide and lanthanide series are the bench. (Photo: Larry WFU)

#geek #humor #periodictable #elements #chemistry #science #punday

2013-02-28 21:07:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/ingredients-to-dna-discovered-in-interstellar-space-odds-of-discovering-alien-life-increase/

2013-02-27 14:31:34 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

3D-tulostin kurssilta jokaiselle kurssilaiselle!
Probably the 1.st course on 3D-printing with a takeaway 3D-printer for each attendee - this time in Finnish only - courses arranged in Helsinki
3 days hands on course on FDM-based open source devices, printing tips, open software and tutorial for modelling. Each attendee will have their own 3D-printer for their coursework and they can take the printer with them after the course.

Oma 3D-tulostin jokaiselle kurssilaiselle. Kolmipäiväinen kurssi laitteen ylläpidosta, tulostusnikseistä ja ohjelmistoista - hands on - jokaisella kurssilaisella oma tulostin ja paljon harjoituksia. Kurssi täytetään ilmoittautumisjärjestyksessä. Hintaan sisältyvä laite Makibox, 250 euron lisähintaan monipuolinen kotimainen miniFactory.

http://www.sovelto.fi/Kurssit/Kurssivalikoima/Pages/Kurssihaku.aspx?kurssiID=4063

2013-02-26 06:17:29 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

3D printed this nice bird from Thingiverse with miniFactory in PLA and then my friend cast it in aluminium - pretty nice I think, and if you wish to print something useful, aluminium is tough enough for most purposes.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:10560

2013-02-23 10:47:21 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Pole acrobatics - quadrocopter style - amazingly acccurate movements
http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/22/watch-these-quadcopters-flip-a-reverse-pendulum-into-the-air-and-catch-it-no-seriously-watch/

2013-02-23 06:38:53 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 8 +1s)

Let's see
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/5133/20130222/retina-implant-chip-lets-blind-people-see.htm

2013-02-18 09:52:09 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

Robotic hands that can touch and feel to amputees & robots
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/a-sensational-breakthrough-the-first-bionic-hand-that-can-feel-8498622.html

2013-02-16 16:10:42 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9874662/Russian-meteor-hit-with-force-of-30-Hiroshima-bombs.html