… Read More → "Robot will beat you at Rock Paper Scissors even faster now"

Although NASA’s Kepler probe has entered a semi-retirement, discoveries from the data it collected continue. Scientists are currently gathered to discuss these results, and they held a press conference today to announce the latest haul. As of today, the Kepler team is adding 833 new exoplanet candidates to its existing haul, bringing the total up to over 3,500. So far, 90 percent of the candidates that have been checked have turned out to be real. … Read More → "New Kepler analysis finds many Earth-like planets; total 3,500 exoplanets"

During the Vietnam War, the jets of the United States Air Force were equipped with expendable, external fuel tanks. When these metal-skinned tanks were used up, pilots dropped them where they were.

Vietnamese civilians put them to good use. Many of them were turned into boats and are even still in active service. 
via Neatorama

Read More → "Boats made from aviation fuel tanks left over from the Vietnam War"

Lasers could prove to be the key in eliminating brain diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. New findings from researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the Polish Wroclaw University of Technology have raised hopes that doctors may one day be able to cure the ailments without needing to touch surrounding brain tissue. Such a technique could also replace the chemical-based treatments used to … Read More → "Scientists believe lasers could help cure Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s"

The Lick Me I’m Delicious ice-cream company has created a limited run of glowing ice-cream that uses jellyfish proteins in its recipe; when they’re licked, the agitation causes them to glow. A scoop costs £140.
via Boing Boing

Continue reading 

A European research group has an answer for catching people who aim to make explosive devices at home. Waste products that go down the drain deliver clues. Sensors that can identify these ingredients and sound an alarm are the solution, Bomb-making residue in city sewers may be an important signal for finding bomb-makers out, thanks to special sensors placed in sewers. A project called EMPHASIS aims to do just that. Emphasis is an EU-funded project … Read More → "Project turns to sensors in sewers to catch bomb-makers"

It won’t be long before wearing a device on your wrist is considered passé.

A San Jose-based company called NeuroSky is building sensors to detect your brain activity, so you can control things with your thoughts. The applications for this kind of technology are endless — and are best known in the gaming community – but the company raised an undisclosed sum today to push into the health … Read More → "Next step for wearables? NeuroSky brings its smart sensors to health & fitness"

Storage vendor HGST is now shipping 6-terabyte hard drive systems filled with helium, and the technology already has some very big fans. CERN is testing the drives on the 60-petabyte storage system where its scientists keep their active data, and companies such as Netflix, HP, and a few anonymous large social media and search companies are also putting the drives through their paces.

Why? Because the new drives — called the HGST& … Read More → "Why the webscale world — and CERN — is stoked about helium-filled hard drives"

… Read More → "Gah! They’ve taught drones how to weave giant spider webs now"

These are a series of 3-D resin paintings by DeviantARTist Kenglye. He creates the 3-D effect by pouring a thin layer of resin, painting that layer, pouring another thin layer, painting that one, and repeating until he’s built up a real looking fish or octopus or turtle.
via Geekologie

Read More → "3-D paintings of fish and octopuses in resin ‘water’"