The Historyscoper's Science & Technology News Blog

A Voice Only You Can Hear: DARPA's Sonic Projector

2012-01-30T13:19:00.002-07:00

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Sonic_Projection.html

Moving a Cemetery: How to Drag Higher Education into the 21 Century

2012-01-30T13:15:00.001-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42161

An airplane in your garage?

2012-01-30T10:55:00.002-07:00

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/29/opinion/dietrich-plane-that-drives/index.html

To Your Brain, the World Is 2D

2012-01-29T14:32:00.005-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42205

How to Recognize Your Best Ideas

2012-01-29T14:32:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42204

Help Your Brain Learn Better

2012-01-29T14:21:00.001-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42209

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Shoots Down Gingrich’s Moon Base

2012-01-28T12:17:00.002-07:00

http://gizmodo.com/5880084/neil-degrasse-tyson-shoots-down-gingrichs-moon-base

Warren Buffett and the true value of solar

2012-01-27T12:53:00.002-07:00

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2012/01/26/warren-buffett-and-the-true-value-of-solar/

Electric car that that folds itself launches in Spain

2012-01-27T12:52:00.002-07:00

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2012/01/26/electric-car-that-that-folds-itself-launches-in-spain/

YouTube users now upload an hour of video every second... that's a decade of footage EACH DAY

2012-01-27T12:48:00.002-07:00

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2091747/YouTube-users-upload-hour-video-second.html

3D Object Cloaked from All Angles

2012-01-26T18:36:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42153

Deep Intellect Inside the mind of the octopus by Sy Montgomery

2012-01-26T14:02:00.002-07:00

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6474

With Prevalence of Nanomaterials Rising, Panel Urges Review of Risks

2012-01-26T09:46:00.002-07:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/science/nanomaterials-effects-on-health-and-environment-unclear-panel-says.html

The Fascinating Scientific Reason Why "Money Doesn't Buy Happiness"

2012-01-26T09:42:00.000-07:00

http://www.alternet.org/story/153887/the_fascinating_scientific_reason_why_%22money_doesn%27t_buy_happiness%22_

UK’S First Marine Energy Park to Harvest 27 Gigawatts of Wave Power by 2050

2012-01-25T21:20:00.003-07:00

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2012/01/25/uk%E2%80%99s-first-marine-energy-park-to-harvest-27-gigawatts-of-wave-power-by-2050/

Joi Ito's Deep Dive

2012-01-25T17:50:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42107

Fried food heart risk 'a myth'

2012-01-25T17:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/103986-2012-01-25-fried-food-heart-risk-a-myth.htm

What Will Happen as the Sun Dies

2012-01-25T17:32:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42138

Magnetic reversal “imminent,” says National Geographic – Video

2012-01-25T15:33:00.000-07:00

http://globalrumblings.blogspot.com/2012/01/magnetic-reversal-imminent-says.html

Why the Supreme Court GPS Decision Won't Stop Warrantless Digital Surveillance

2012-01-25T15:19:00.002-07:00

http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=662267

Solar Power from the Moon - Patrick Tucker

2012-01-25T14:20:00.002-07:00

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tucker20120121

Professor Departs Stanford U., Hoping to Teach 500,000 Students at Online Start-Up

2012-01-25T11:16:00.002-07:00

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=5567334726408077325&ids=dj8PdPsMe30Qdz8Td3cPdPoRdiMSd3cQcjwMd3kUcP4UdPcTdzkRb38QdzgVcj4Pc3cVc30UcjsSdjkIc3oVcz8Pc3sTcj4Sc3cOdPoRdiMUdPkSdPcQd3oOdjgOdPwRdzkR&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-4&ut=3VgrzuQYkHCB41

Dog-Gone Genetics: A Few Genes Control Fido's Looks

2012-01-25T10:33:00.002-07:00

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/22/145604966/dog-gone-genetics-a-few-genes-control-fidos-looks

Badass flying toy

2012-01-23T20:20:00.002-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3NLWxJ1N5U&feature=player_embedded#!

Mitochondria Adam

2012-01-23T20:16:00.004-07:00

http://inyourface.info/ArT/Zulu/BiT.shtml

Sixth Taste Receptors Identified

2012-01-23T17:34:00.002-07:00

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/103808-2012-01-23-sixth-taste-receptors-identified.htm

Parent-Child Conflict: It's in the Genes

2012-01-23T12:28:00.002-07:00

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644694-parent-child-conflict-it-s-in-the-genes

William Gibson: I really can’t predict the future The science fiction legend tells Salon that if he had a crystal ball, he'd have put Facebook in an early novel

2012-01-23T11:13:00.000-07:00

http://www.salon.com/2012/01/22/william_gibson_i_really_cant_predict_the_future/

How to Keep Your PC Safe With Sandboxing

2012-01-23T09:22:00.002-07:00

http://www.pcworld.com/article/247416/how_to_keep_your_pc_safe_with_sandboxing.html

The Importance of Positive Thinking

2012-01-22T14:41:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42081

For a Healthy Brain, Play the Long Game

2012-01-22T14:40:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42080

How Diversity Sparks Creativity

2012-01-22T14:39:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42076

How Genetic Is Intelligence?

2012-01-22T14:37:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42077

Scott Rickard: The beautiful math behind the ugliest music

2012-01-22T10:05:00.002-07:00

http://www.ted.com/talks/scott_rickard_the_beautiful_math_behind_the_ugliest_music.html

Copyright wars Internet fights back against Congress and Hollywood

2012-01-22T09:10:00.002-07:00

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/20/copyright-wars/

Speed limit for birds

2012-01-21T20:40:00.002-07:00

http://machineslikeus.com/news/speed-limit-birds

Animal Mind Control. Examples of parasites that manipulate the behavior of their hosts are not hard to come by, but scientists have only recently begun to understand how they induce such dramatic changes.

2012-01-21T20:34:00.002-07:00

http://the-scientist.com/2012/01/01/animal-mind-control/

Paging Raven II, the open-source surgery robot

2012-01-21T15:21:00.002-07:00

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57362450-1/paging-raven-ii-the-open-source-surgery-robot/

Father of the web backs SOPA protests

2012-01-21T10:39:00.002-07:00

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/103703-2012-01-20-father-of-the-web-backs-sopa-protests.htm

Cloud-Based Quantum Computing Will Allow Secure Calculation on Encrypted Bits

2012-01-21T10:35:00.000-07:00

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/103704-2012-01-20-cloud-based-quantum-computing-will-allow-secure-calculation-on-encrypted.htm

Tesla's Model S Sets a New Standard for Battery-Powered Cars

2012-01-21T10:33:00.003-07:00

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/103708-2012-01-20-teslas-model-s-sets-a-new-standard-for-battery-powered.htm

A Tiny Transistor Hooks Up To Individual Proteins In Human Tears

2012-01-21T10:32:00.002-07:00

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/103715-2012-01-20-a-tiny-transistor-hooks-up-to-individual-proteins-in-human.htm

Children with genes from three parents to be born within two years thanks to new IVF technique

2012-01-21T08:41:00.003-07:00

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2089146/Children-genes-parents-born-years-thanks-new-IVF-technique.html

Common substance may fight food poisoning hazard

2012-01-21T08:39:00.002-07:00

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10050441

The faster-than-fast Fourier transform For a large range of practically useful cases, MIT researchers find a way to increase the speed of one of the most important algorithms in the information sciences.

2012-01-20T12:12:00.002-07:00

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/faster-fourier-transforms-0118.html

Black Students At Duke University Protest Recent Study On College Majors

2012-01-20T11:32:00.002-07:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/black-students-duke-study_n_1216878.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

FBI website crippled in Anonymous-led retaliation to Megaupload raid

2012-01-20T10:27:00.000-07:00

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2012/01/20/fbi-website-crippled-in-anonymous-led-retaliation-to-megaupload-raid/

Akamai Real-Time Global Web Monitor

2012-01-20T08:09:00.002-07:00

http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/dataviz1.html

World's Smallest Ear Can Hear Germs

2012-01-19T13:55:00.001-07:00

http://news.discovery.com/tech/worlds-smallest-ear-can-hear-germs-120116.html

Titan Has Heat . . . And Two Atmospheres

2012-01-19T12:33:00.002-07:00

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/103456-2012-01-17-titan-has-heat-and-two-atmospheres.htm

Gigantic Titanosaur discovered in Antarctica

2012-01-19T12:31:00.002-07:00

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/103449-2012-01-17-gigantic-titanosaur-discovered-in-antarctica.htm

Apple Introduces IBooks 2, IBooks Author, ITunes U App In Push To Transform Textbooks, Education

2012-01-19T12:26:00.003-07:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/apple-ibooks-2-author-itunes-u_n_1215887.html?ref=daily-brief

Video: How Microsoft Is Creating Minority Report Storefronts for Real

2012-01-19T09:27:00.003-07:00

http://xcluesiv.com/2012/01/19/video-how-microsoft-is-creating-minority-report-storefronts-for-real/

The False Ideals of the Web

2012-01-19T08:24:00.002-07:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/opinion/sopa-boycotts-and-the-false-ideals-of-the-web.html

Foxconn, Revisited

2012-01-18T15:21:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/41890

How I Customized Disqus in a Flash

2012-01-18T15:18:00.002-07:00

http://blog.disqus.com/post/15958957136/how-i-customized-disqus-in-a-flash

Google Thinks OPEN Is a Rational Alternative to SOPA

2012-01-18T15:13:00.002-07:00

http://mashable.com/2012/01/18/googles-alternative-to-sopa-open/

Global Science: 10 Theses For A Scientific Conception Of The 21st Century

2012-01-18T10:14:00.000-07:00

http://www.kawther.info/wpr/2012/01/17/global-science-10-theses-for-a-scientific-conception-of-the-21st-century

Scientists Pour Water Into Oregon Volcano to Generate Energy

2012-01-18T10:08:00.003-07:00

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2012/01/17/scientists-pour-water-into-oregon-volcano-to-generate-energy/

Particle-free silver ink developed for printable electronics

2012-01-18T10:07:00.002-07:00

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2012/01/17/particle-free-silver-ink-developed-for-printable-electronics/

These Websites Are Going Dark to Protest SOPA Wednesday Jan. 18, 2012

2012-01-18T10:05:00.002-07:00

http://xcluesiv.com/2012/01/18/these-websites-are-going-dark-to-protest-sopa-wednesday/

Until 2009, the human clitoris was an absolute mystery

2012-01-17T22:34:00.002-07:00

http://io9.com/5876335/until-2009-the-human-clitoris-was-an-absolute-mystery

Yeast suggests speedy start for multicellular life. Single-celled organism can evolve multicellularity within months.

2012-01-17T19:06:00.000-07:00

http://www.nature.com/news/yeast-suggests-speedy-start-for-multicellular-life-1.9810

Earth 2312: startling possibilities predicted for next 300 years

2012-01-17T19:00:00.002-07:00

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/420.html

Cracking Open the Scientific Process

2012-01-17T18:55:00.000-07:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html

New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves

2012-01-17T18:47:00.002-07:00

http://it.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=12/01/16/0147218

With Gatsby, Can 3D Come of Age?

2012-01-17T18:25:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/41993

Is Digital Technology Burying the Middle Class?

2012-01-17T18:24:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42005

Apple Ready to 'Digitally Destroy' Textbook Publishing

2012-01-17T18:23:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/42008

Jerry Yang Resigns From Yahoo

2012-01-17T16:20:00.001-07:00

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577167251792053494.html

Energy drinks industry rejects doctors' calls for greater regulation

2012-01-17T15:53:00.002-07:00

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/doctors-issue-health-warning-as-teens-guzzle-energy-drinks/story-fn7x8me2-1226244891611

HEALTH: How "totally drug-resistant" is a misnomer - for now

2012-01-17T15:20:00.002-07:00

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94656

Methane Hydrate Could Power The World For Decades, Even Centuries

2012-01-16T20:44:00.003-07:00

http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2012/01/methane-hydrate-could-power-world-for.html

Newly discovered carnivorous plant devours underground worms

2012-01-16T20:27:00.002-07:00

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0109/Newly-discovered-carnivorous-plant-devours-underground-worms

The magic number A huge identity scheme promises to help India’s poor—and to serve as a model for other countries

2012-01-16T20:25:00.002-07:00

http://www.economist.com/node/21542763

Programming Prodigy Arfa Karim Passes Away At 16

2012-01-16T12:31:00.002-07:00

http://developers.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=12/01/15/1937259

Eat fish, build up fetus' brainpower

2012-01-16T11:53:00.002-07:00

http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_01_09_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=23493

Quantum Computing Sort Of Makes History With Super-Computation

2012-01-16T09:28:00.002-07:00

http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/quantum-computing-sort-of-makes-history-with-super-computation-15-01-2012/

The BBC Fails To Provide Context If It Detracts From Their Narrative

2012-01-15T11:13:00.003-07:00

http://biased-bbc.blogspot.com/2012/01/bbc-fails-to-provide-context-if-it.html

Totally drug-resistant TB emerges in India

2012-01-14T16:16:00.002-07:00

http://www.nature.com/news/totally-drug-resistant-tb-emerges-in-india-1.9797

Processed meat 'linked to pancreatic cancer'

2012-01-14T12:40:00.002-07:00

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16526695

Nanocoating Waterproofs Any Gadget

2012-01-14T12:38:00.002-07:00

http://mobile.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=12/01/13/011233

"Learn To Code, Get a Job" According To CNN

2012-01-14T12:36:00.002-07:00

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=12/01/12/2339202

Physicist's one million volt homemade coil on show at CES

2012-01-14T10:17:00.002-07:00

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/16558921

Award-winning teen-age science in action: Google Science Fair winners (video)

2012-01-14T10:07:00.002-07:00

http://www.ted.com/talks/award_winning_teen_age_science_in_action.html

Tebow Time: Is God or Math the Explanation for Tim Tebow's Success?

2012-01-13T18:01:00.002-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/41921

Can Bacteria Solve the Mysteries of the Universe?

2012-01-13T11:58:00.000-07:00

http://bigthink.com/ideas/41923

‘Board of Awesomeness’: Electric Skateboard Steered With Motion-Sensing Technology

2012-01-13T10:41:00.002-07:00

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/board-of-awesomeness-electric-skateboard-steered-with-motion-sensing-technology/

Billions of habitable planets in Milky Way

2012-01-13T09:18:00.005-07:00

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9008012/Billions-of-habitable-planets-in-Milky-Way.html

Lower Your Cholesterol, Increase Your Diabetes Risk By 48%

2012-01-13T09:18:00.002-07:00

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/lower-your-cholesterol-increase-your-diabetes-risk-48

A Higher Level of Freedom: Cannabis' 120+ Benefits To Health

2012-01-13T09:17:00.002-07:00

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/higher-level-freedom-cannabis-120-benefits-health

Journey Inside The Cell (video)

2012-01-13T09:16:00.002-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fiJupfbSpg

Research From 100+ Countries Proves Sunlight Prevents Cancer

2012-01-13T09:15:00.001-07:00

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/research-100-countries-proves-sunlight-prevents-cancer

Why there's no such thing as sex addiction

2012-01-12T20:50:00.002-07:00

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/relationships/8995815/Why-theres-no-such-thing-as-sex-addiction.html

CES - Samsung's Smart Window (video)

2012-01-12T20:23:00.002-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5rlTrdF5Cs

Dinosaurs never existed (funny video)

2012-01-12T19:53:00.002-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6bM-FHdBfY

Homeland Security watches Twitter & social media..Obama reportedly plans to create Internet ID for all Americans

2012-01-12T17:50:00.001-07:00

https://seeker401.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/homeland-security-watches-twitter-social-media-obama-reportedly-plans-to-create-internet-id-for-all-americans/

Ion Torrent Instrument Designed to Sequence the Human Genome for $1,000 in One Day

2012-01-12T17:30:00.002-07:00

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/ion-torrent-instrument-designed-to-sequence-the-human-genome-for-1-000-in-one-day/81246184/

This Island Formed In The Red Sea Practically Overnight

2012-01-12T09:56:00.000-07:00

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/103026-2012-01-10-this-island-formed-in-the-red-sea-practically-overnight.htm

New DNA reader to bring promise

2012-01-12T09:52:00.002-07:00

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/103040-2012-01-10-new-dna-reader-to-bring-promise.htm