Insulin Nanopump:
Swiss firm Debiotech is teaming up with French/Italian manufacturer
STMicroelectronics to bring to market a miniaturized insulin pump, bound to
change the lives of countless diabetics, provided it makes through the
regulatory process.
April 26th,
2007
Scientists find most Earth-like planet yet:
Astronomers who announced the discovery of the new planet say this puts them
closer to answering the cosmic question: Are we alone?
April 25th,
2007
Tech Vendors Seek Profits in Recycling:
Technology vendors have long used Earth Day as an excuse to polish their
environmental records every April, but in 2007 many companies are finding they
can generate revenue through the practice.
April 24th,
2007
Threat
sensing binoculars:
The folks at DARPA have a plan to build some binoculars that would allow
soldiers to see miles off into the distance, day or night, warning them of
potential threats almost immediately.
April 12th,
2007
Googling your date:
Dating used to be largely a matter of spending time with a love interest,
discovering the good, the bad and the ugly in person. Now, the Internet - and
the ability to check people out before they ever meet up - has forever changed
the rules.
April 10th,
2007
How to Confine the Plants of the Future?
A NEW generation of genetically engineered crops that produce drugs and
chemicals is fast approaching the market — bringing with it a new wave of
concerns about the safety of the global food and feed supply.
April
9th, 2007
A grim vision of the future:
England's Ministry of Defense paints a bleak picture for the future -
Information chips implanted in the brain, electromagnetic pulse weapons, and the
middle classes taking on the role of Marx's proletariat.
April
9th, 2007
Southwest could become Dust Bowl, study warns:
Rising temperatures will fuel longer and more intense droughts across Arizona
and the Southwest, according to a new climate-change report that warns of
conditions not seen since the 1930s Dust Bowl.
April
6th, 2007
DARPA wants a T-1000:
DARPA put out a call for proposals for a shape-shifting "chemical robot," or
ChemBot, that can pour itself into small spaces and creep under doors, then
transform itself on the other side back into its regular shape.
April 4th, 2007
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