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Magnetic soap could make your next oil spill less oily

On January 24, 2012, In Gadgets, News, by DaveShapiro

Instead of spending millions upon millions to clean up the next oil spill , why don’t we just all pitch in and buy some soap? That’s basically what researchers at the University of Bristol are proposing, with a new kind of soap that’s apparently like no other. This soap, you see, is magnetic, which means it could be easily removed from water without leaving behind any hazardous chemicals — a potentially major selling point for cleanup crews and environmentalists alike.

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Tetris played on microscopic level with lasers, thanks to Amsterdam’s rigorous curriculum (video)

On December 26, 2011, In Gadgets, News, by DirlamChesterman412

Ostensibly speaking, it appears that university goers in the Netherlands have a bit too much time on their hands. You see, in between visits to coffee shops, students at VU University Amsterdam have developed a way to play Tetris with lasers, or in this case, a light-trapping device known as optical tweezers . With blocks constructed of microscopic glass spheres, university physicist Joost van Mameren explains, “The focus of this beam acts as an attraction point for small particles: they get sucked into the focus and cannot escape.” The end result is transformed into a rousing experience of the Soviet Union’s greatest creation ever, now played out on the microscopic level — be sure to check the action after the break.

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Get diagnosed by spitting on an iPhone, social graces terminal

On November 30, 2011, In Apple, Gadgets, News, Technology, by DirlamChesterman412

Korean scientists reckon that the capacitive touchscreens on our phones and tablets could help diagnose diseases from what’s floating around in your mouth. It works through the screen’s ability to detect minute capacitive differences in disease-carrying liquids placed on its surface. Experiments by Hyun Gyu Park and Byoung Yeon Won at the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology in Daejeon managed to detect chlamydia microbes in three different concentrations

China launches unmanned, auto-docking spacecraft

On November 3, 2011, In Gadgets, News, by klubetor

China isn’t wasting any time getting its space station ducks in a row. After launching the first piece of the Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) in late September, the country has already put its first companion craft, Shenzhou-8, into orbit alongside it. The Shenzhou is another unmanned craft, packed with a collection of 17 biological experiments

‘Kraftwerk Who?’ Pioneering ’50s Synthesizer unearthed in French Barn

On August 13, 2011, In Apple, Gadgets, News, by westase1

So there Dr. Mick Grierson was, wandering around a French barn, minding his own business when all of a sudden he happened upon an antique: one of the earliest modern synthesizers .

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‘Kraftwerk Who?’ Pioneering ’50s Synthesizer unearthed in French Barn

Duke University’s underwater invisibility cloak stills troubled waters

On July 29, 2011, In Gadgets, News, by klubetor

Everyone’s jumping on the invisibility cloaking bandwagon these days, but no one’s quite managed to fully deliver on the promise. The same goes for two Duke University researchers who believe their mesh casing could grant the gift of concealment to underwater craft — submarines, anyone

Russia’s RadioAstron telescope finally set to launch, blanket space with its radio eye

On July 18, 2011, In Gadgets, News, by Lobo

Considering all the space nostalgia we’ve been swimming in recently, it’s somewhat appropriate that a Cold War-era telescope is gearing up to make its maiden voyage, after more than three decades of development (and delays). The Russian mission, known as RadioAstron, will finally become a reality on Monday, when a radio telescope launches from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome before soaring into orbit some 350,000 kilometers away from the Earth.

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Prototype glasses use video cameras, face recognition to help people with limited vision

On July 6, 2011, In Gadgets, News, Technology, by klubetor

We won’t lie: we love us a heartwarming story about scientists using run-of-the-mill tech to help people with disabilities, especially when the results are decidedly bionic . Today’s tale centers on a team of Oxford researchers developing sensor-laden glasses capable of displaying key information to people with poor (read: nearly eroded) vision. The frames, on display at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, have cameras mounted on the edges, while the lenses are studded with lights — a setup that allows people suffering from macular degeneration and other conditions to see a simplified version of their surroundings, up close

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Scientists develop algorithm to solve Rubik’s cubes of any size

On July 1, 2011, In Gadgets, News, by mbanku

A computer solving a Rubik’s cube? P’shaw. Doing it in 10.69 seconds

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Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories builds a 555 chip you can rest your feet on

On July 1, 2011, In Gadgets, by klamka13303

A 555 timer chip may be pretty versatile as far as integrated circuits go, but when it comes to helping you take a load off, well, it’s a little… small.

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Magnetic soap could make your next oil spill less oily

Tetris played on microscopic level with lasers, thanks to Amsterdam’s rigorous curriculum (video)

Get diagnosed by spitting on an iPhone, social graces terminal

China launches unmanned, auto-docking spacecraft

‘Kraftwerk Who?’ Pioneering ’50s Synthesizer unearthed in French Barn

Duke University’s underwater invisibility cloak stills troubled waters

Russia’s RadioAstron telescope finally set to launch, blanket space with its radio eye

Prototype glasses use video cameras, face recognition to help people with limited vision

Scientists develop algorithm to solve Rubik’s cubes of any size

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories builds a 555 chip you can rest your feet on

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