Miniature robots designed to travel inside humans

DNA nanobot

http://techland.time.com/2012/02/29/five-miniature-robots-designed-to-travel-inside-of-humans/?iid=tl-main-feature#dna-nanorobot

Micro-bots

http://techland.time.com/2012/02/29/five-miniature-robots-designed-to-travel-inside-of-humans/?iid=tl-main-feature#micro-bots

Wirelessly powered medical device

http://techland.time.com/2012/02/29/five-miniature-robots-designed-to-travel-inside-of-humans/?iid=tl-main-feature#wirelessly-powered-medical-device

DNA nanorobot

http://techland.time.com/2012/02/29/five-miniature-robots-designed-to-travel-inside-of-humans/?iid=tl-main-feature#magmite

Spider robot

http://techland.time.com/2012/02/29/five-miniature-robots-designed-to-travel-inside-of-humans/?iid=tl-main-feature#spider-robot

"Pig MRSA" came from humans, evolved via farm drugs

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/02/pig-msra-came-from-humans-evolved-via-farm-drugs.ars

/ pig MRSA farm humans /

Why is being a human bird so hard?

Why can't humans fly like a bird?  We're built wrong:

1. Our pectoral muscles are way too small to move wings with enough force.

2. Our pectoral muscles work at the wrong angle.  By comparison with humans, birds have an extension of the sternum (breast bone) which looks like a keel sticking out of the chest.  This allows the pectoral muscles to work at a better angle.

Wired's take:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/humans-with-bird-wings/

Do you think we should clone a Neanderthal?

http://io9.com/5880249/do-you-think-we-should-we-clone-a-neanderthal

/ prehistoric cloning T-Rex being nurture nurtured rights /

Tibet: China's bloody crackdown on Tibetan protesters escalates, as self-immolations continue

http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/tibet-chinas-bloody-crackdo.html

/ Dalai Lama HHDL rights protest Tibetan /

Reasons to be cheerful in 2012: it's the year we'll start talking to robots

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/20/cheerful-2012-talk-to-robots 


/ Bina48 /

Top scientific discoveries of 2011

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/top-discoveries-2011/?pid=2732&viewall=true

Slime molds could hold key to new kinds of intelligence, help Statue of Liberty walk

http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/29/slime-molds-could-hold-key-to-new-kinds-of-intelligence-help-st/

Science breakthroughs of the year

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/12/sciences-breakthroughs-of-the-year.html

Engineered avian flu could kill half the world’s humans

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/11/engineered-avian-flu-could-kill-half-the-worlds-humans/#more-496592

Researchers create spinal cord connectors from human stem cells, heralding breakthrough

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/23/researchers-create-spinal-cord-connectors-from-human-stem-cells/

Google’s self-driving car in four vehicle fender bender

But a human was driving it at the time!

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/08/googles-self-driving-car-in-four-vehicle-fender-bender/#more-468367

New ways to manage your data — human area network, killswitch & slurp

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/07/document-fbi-surveillance-geeks-fear-love-new-gadgets/

UN says taking file sharers offline violates their human rights

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/06/the-un-says-taking-file-sharers-offline-violates-their-human-rights/#more-455248

Monkey AIDS vaccine holds promise for us humans, too

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/monkey-aids-vaccine-holds-promise-for-us-humans-too/