Links for 18-10-2007
Europe is go for space, building tech with biology, teaching the tongue to see, cloned livestock …
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1 – Europe set for major space campaign
“After more than a decade of preparation, 45 tonnes of European hardware is heading into space over the next four months, including [...] the Columbus laboratory, which is to become part of the ISS…” High time, too.
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“Assembling nanomaterials with the help of innocuous viruses could lead to threadlike ¬batteries and photovoltaics that can be woven into clothing.”
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3 – Sue the libraries – they’re letting people get content on the cheap
“If I wanted to build a collection of published music for which I did not pay, the local public library would be more useful than the whole internet.” Nice to see someone else flogging my own old dead horse.
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4 – The Frontal Cortex : Teaching the Tongue to See
“By connecting a camera to an array of electrodes that stimulate the sensitive nerves inside the mouth – a pixel of light is translated into a slight pinch – scientists can literally retrain the brain.”
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5 – Cloned Beef (and Pork and Milk): It’s What’s for Dinner
Wired article on the trend of cloned livestock. Interesting stuff.
