September 2009
11 posts
Scientists extract images directly from brain →
“Researchers from Japan’s ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories have developed new brain analysis technology that can reconstruct the images inside a person’s mind and display them on a computer monitor, it was announced on December 11.” Found on Pink Tentacle via Reilly’s Twitter.
1 Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth →
“A rare textile made from the silk of more than a million wild spiders goes on display today at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.” Found on Wired Science.
Pause in Operations
Out of town for a few days. Posts will resume early next week.
Severed Gecko Tails Have a Mind of Their Own →
“Even after they’re no longer connected to a lizard brain, gecko tails can flip, jump and lunge in response to their environment — and may even be able to evade predators.” Found on Wired Science.
The Impossible Project →
“Impossible b.v. has been founded with the concrete aim to re-invent and re-start production of analog INTEGRAL FILM for vintage Polaroid cameras.”. Found on Whitechapel
Japanese 'robot suit' to help disabled →
“The suit, called HAL – or Hybrid Assistive Limb – is the work of Cyberdyne Corporation in Japan, and has been created to “upgrade the existing physical capabilities of the human body”.” Found on The Telegraph via Whitechapel.
