HENRi [Sci Fi Film Trailer]

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HENRi is an emotionally powerful short film, which explores human existence at the most fundamental, personal level—what it means to be a conscious individual. Hundreds of years in the future, a derelict spacecraft, controlled and powered by a human brain, floats aimlessly in the outer reaches of space. HENRi, the name of the ship’s power system, is an acronym which stands for Hybrid Electronic / Neuron Responsive Intelligence, and was the first of Earth’s Neuro-Tech space exploration research vessels. Trapped in the cold, mechanical prison of [...]

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Handheld Device To Test For Cancer With A Single Drop of Blood

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Swiss-based scientists are developing a device that will find chemical markers for cancer in a drop of blood. The team from EPFL in Lausanne says the hand-held device will enable doctors to make diagnoses very early in the disease process, thereby both improving outcomes for patients and reducing hospitalization costs. Original story by Jim Drury for Reuters News: Related articles A Pill That Detects Cancer Microfluidics Chip by Sharp Puts The Lab In The Palm Of Your Hand

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Stardust: Mischa Rozema’s Stunning Short Film about Voyager 1

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PostPanic director Mischa Rozema’s new short film, Stardust, is a story about Voyager 1 (the unmanned spacecraft launched in 1977 to explore the outer solar system). The probe is the furthest man-made object from the sun and witnesses unimaginable beauty and destruction. The film was triggered by the death of Dutch graphic designer Arjan Groot, who died aged 39 on 16th July 2011 from cancer. The entire team at PostPanic (the Amsterdam-based creative company) pushed themselves in their own creative post techniques to produce a primarily [...]

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A Pill That Detects Cancer

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Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have developed a device they say will revolutionize the way doctors screen for esophageal cancer. The pill-sized scanner uses lasers to generate a 3D model of the esophagus with microscopic resolution, giving doctors the ability to check for pre-cancerous conditions without the need of a biopsy. Original story by Ben Gruber for Reuters:

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Collision Course: Discovering the Higgs Boson [video]

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2012 will be remembered as the year when scientists at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva found the Higgs boson. It was the longest, most costly manhunt in science for an elusive particle that was said to be key to the workings of the universe. For a generation of physicists, it was an appointment with history. Related articles The Higgs Boson: Top 10 Videos What is the ATLAS Experiment?

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PBS Off Book: Will 3D Printing Change the World?

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Much attention has been paid to 3D printing lately, with new companies developing cheaper and more efficient consumer models that have wowed the tech community. They herald 3D Printing as a revolutionary and disruptive technology, but how will these printers truly affect our society? Beyond an initial novelty, 3D Printing could have a game-changing impact on consumer culture, copyright and patent law, and even the very concept of scarcity on which our economy is based. From at-home repairs to new businesses, from medical to ecological developments, [...]

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The Brain-net is Near: 2 Rat Brains Linked Wirelessly

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Duke University neurobiologist Miguel Nicoleilis says it might one day be possible for humans to communicate and collaborate with each other wirelessly, using only our thoughts. Dr Nicoleilis has already developed interface technology connecting animal brains with machines and is now publishing the results of experiments with rats demonstrating the possibilities of so-called brain-to-brain interface technology. In this experiment two rat brains were connected wirelessly in what the researcher calls a “biological computer.” The rats then end up collaborating with each other in order to receive [...]

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