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Robotic insect takes first flight, barely weighs more than grain of rice

Robotic insect takes first flight, barely weighs more than grain of rice
  • Posted May 3, 2013, 11:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing With Video
  • Researchers toiling away in a Harvard University lab have developed what is said to be the world's most miniscule, guided, flying robot. Weighing just under three thousandths of an ounce, RoboBee with its 3cm wingspan borrows heavily from real flying…

Scientists use DNA to store MP3, holds 2.2 petabytes per gram

Scientists use DNA to store MP3, holds 2.2 petabytes per gram
  • Posted January 24, 2013, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Further exploring the role biological processes could one day play in the evolution of technology, researchers from the European Bioinformatics Institute claim to have successfully encoded 154 Shakespeare sonnets and an MP3 of Martin Luther King's  famed "I Have a Dream"…

Google X reveals "Project Glass", an augmented reality visor

Google X reveals "Project Glass", an augmented reality visor
  • Posted April 4, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing With Video
  • We've all seen what happens when technology becomes portable and connected to everything around us -- we get fatally bad driving and people walking into water fountains -- but what if your smartphone could be a visor, glasses or even…

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