Links for 29-06-2007
Evolving hardware, robotic tactile sensor, the record industry’s decline, private Moon missions now booking, microwaving plastic back into oil…
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1 – On the Origin of Circuits – Hardware evolution
“As predicted, the principle of natural selection could successfully produce specialized circuits using a fraction of the resources a human would have required. And no one had the foggiest notion how it worked.”
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2 – Tactile sensor acts as a human finger in minimally invasive surgery
“… it can sense the magnitude and the position of an applied force, slippage of a grasping tool, and the softness of an object, such as a cancerous tumor.”
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3 – The Record Industry’s Decline
“In 2000, U.S. consumers bought 785.1 million albums; last year, they bought 588.2 million (a figure that includes both CDs and downloaded albums), according to Nielsen SoundScan.” Digging their own graves.
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4 – Flight Log: The First Private Expedition to the Moon
“The price per seat will slap your wallet or purse for a swift $100 million – but you’ll have to get in line as the first voyage is already booked.” Damn it – must get rich quickly.
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5 – High Dive
“Ride a rocket into space and then abandon ship? You’d need to be nuts—or desperate. Either way, space diving could be the future of reentry …” Insane indeed – but what a mad trip that would be!
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6 – Giant microwave turns plastic back to oil
“A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level – turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas.” Intriguing.
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:26 pm
[...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt(tags: madness diving jump parachute skydive freefall reentry eject space). 6 – Giant microwave turns plastic back to oil.