Tech Suki

Source: Dailytech

Researchers from IBM and ETH Zurich have demonstrated a new technique to “print” at the nanoscale, yielding the world’s current smallest piece of art. Rather than just lending the technology to legal departments to write even smaller tinyprint, the more important application of this invention could apply to nanoscale production.

Source: Dailytech

NASA chip can take the heat: 1,700 hours of continuous operation at 500 degrees Celsius

Source: engadget

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NoPoPo (Non-Pollution Power) Aqua Batteries are available in both AA and AAA form, although the company page shows they are producing the technology for all sizes of battery, and can only be currently purchased in Japan.

The batteries can be recharged with various different fluids using the new development which forms electric power using liquid as a catalyst.

Source: Kotaku

Former Akihabara idol Shoko Nakagawa has fully transformed into a mainstream celeb. While just a year ago, Shoko-tan was doing Akihabara Ninety-Nine Nights cosplay events for Microsoft, now she’s selling shampoo and appearing in fashion mags.

Source: engadget

The nation is looking to set up an “experimental landmass” where a smorgasbord of sensors will “allow doctors to remotely monitor the health of the elderly,” and in another instance, “monitor the movement of pedestrians and notify nearby drivers.” Additionally, IC tags could be implanted into produce in order to divulge information such as where it was grown to a shopper’s mobile phone.

Source: Dailytech

In the past, photons thrusters have been relegated to science fiction as they were considered too unpractical for modern space flight. While such a device would have the advantage of nearly constant thrust, unlike a fuel rocket, photons have no mass so it could take years to equal the speed of traditional propulsion techniques.

Source: Dailytech

The newest concept — dubbed Mini-MagOrion, or MMO — takes the old Project Orion concept of using small nuclear explosions, one after another, to propell a spacecraft faster than any propulsion system in use today.

Source: tgdaily

Tokyo (Japan) – Toshiba has been somewhat quiet about its involvement in the development and marketing of the Cell processor, the heart of the Playstation 3. Now we know what Toshiba is up to: The company will introduce a stream processor that will go head to head with AMD and Intel in various consumer market segments. 

Source: Gizmodo

Ras al-Khaimah — one of the United Retarded Arab Emirates, — is going to install this floating solar island, which will be 0.62 miles in diameter when completed. Due to the lack of space in land, the micro-state contracted the Neuchâtel’s Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology to design it, paying $5 million toward the construction of the project. The island will produce electricity by heating up water to produce vapor and will be able to propel itself in case bad weather strikes

Source: Kotaku

Over in Ishikawa Prefecture, a taxi company is offering a maid taxi service, appropriately called “Maid Taxi” (so clever). 5,700 yen (US $50) an hour gets you a chauffeur, a maid and a PS3 equipped cab that comes with Virtual Fighter 5, Ridge Racer 7 and Hot Shots Golf 5. Passengers can also watch DVDs and listen to MDs. 

Source: Dailytech

Nanowires store data for 100,000 years and read 1000 times faster than current data storage methods

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Storing memory in live neurons paves way for cyborgs

Israeli researchers Itay Baruchi and Eshel Ben-Jacob of Tel-Aviv University have demonstrated through experiment that it’s possible to store multiple rudimentary memories in an artificial culture of live neurons.

Source. Stem Cell News

A team of researchers has succeeded in engineering stem cells taken from tooth germ to quickly develop into liver or bone tissue, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology’s Research Institute (AIST) for Cell Engineering said.

Source: BBC News

Scientists at Durham University have developed a method of routinely growing stem cells in conditions similar to the human body.