SXSW Day 4 From Serious Wonder

SXSW (South-by-Southwest) is Austin’s annual festival of panels, expos and keynote presentations oriented around Music, Film and Interactive technology. This year promises some very exciting debuts and startups, which will have a profound impact on how society is shaped and the new directions that technology is currently pushing us towards. Here are some highlights of the…

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Streamlined Stem Cell Production

Japanese scientists have found that stem cell production is as easy as dipping blood cells into acid. STAP (stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency) is a cell reprogramming method that has successfully reverted blood cells in mice back into stem cells with only a low pH shock of acid. The discovery was published in January’s issue of Nature…

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Outing Time Travelers on Social Media

Time travelers on social media beware: you may slip up and post information well ahead of its time. One research study out of Michigan Technological University has sought to uncover undercover travelers who exist among us in our digital present. The study was conducted by physics professor Robert Nemiroff and graduate student Teresa Wilson. Their…

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The Interconnected Tribe of Tomorrow (Part 3)

—— This article is part of a series. Read Part Two here. —— In the fallout from a worldwide economic system run amok, our environment has been poisoned. People guilty of no harmful have been jailed or executed. But, keen manipulators of banking and industry show us how untouchable from the consequences of justice their…

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Look, It’s One of Those Flying Jellyfish Robots!

Scientists have drawn inspiration from the ocean by creating a flying “jellyfish” robot in order to rethink flying technology. Leif Ristroph and other colleagues at New York University have created a winged prototype that moves like the aquatic creature. This particular design is more stable in air than any other insect-modeled counterpart. The frame is…

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