Scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory & Northwestern University have figured out how to get bacteria to swim in swarms big enough to spin microscopic gears.
Not sure how this is useful but I’m sure some clever soul is already working on it.
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Sometimes the sketches are more interesting than the finished product…
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Traveling from New Jersey to Spain in 221 days, the Scarlet Knight is the first autonomous vehicle to safely cross the Atlantic ocean. Traveling mostly underwater at depths of up to 600 feet, the device was controlled remotely from a control room at Rutgers University as it collected measurements of temperature and salinity of water.
I don’t know if it is possible for us to manage the environment, but if so I’m sure that lots of real time data will be needed. I’m no expert but it seems the oceans are pretty important in our ecosystem… and it looks like robotic vehicles will be helping collect oceanic data.
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I’m always wondering what do do with scrap wood. Using scrap wood from their furniture production, Midas designed this nifty lamp that you can play with.
Now I’ll feel extra guilty when I just throw out my scraps….
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Nice drawings – made me blog even when I felt too lazy…
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Found these nicely animated word problems on the Science Channel’s site. I got the first two but I never did figure out the third one….
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Caught my eye at butdoesitfloat
Marketing using glow-in-the-dark bacteria. nice.
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Great conversation starter tags from a recent creative mornings event hosted by Charlie Todd of the amazing ImprovEverywhere. More tags here.
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Cool customizable wallpaper by ZNAK looks like fun!
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