Links for 11-04-2008
Evolution-on-a-chip; hacking the utility grid; idoru popstars in SL; magnetic sail propulsion; Babbage Engine unboxing pr0n …
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“… an automated device that evolves a biological molecule on a chip filled with hundreds of miniature chambers. The molecule, which stitches together strands of RNA, became 90 times more efficient after just 70 hours of evolution.”
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Does what it says on the tin.
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“”We had to shut down within hours,” Winkler says, “because it was working too well. We more than proved that they were royally screwed.”" I suspect a degree of FUD, but still nasty news.
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Hello, future!
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“… try riding the flow of charged particles coming out of the Sun by using a magnetic sail generated aboard the vehicle. Velocities of several hundred kilometers per second seem feasible.”
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“… we’ll see more retreats as contracts for underused e-services come up for renewal and policy makers get more discerning about choosing at precisely which bits of the government machine computer power should be thrown.”
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OMG awesome! I want one!
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