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First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Air Force Jet X-51A Goes Hypersonic, Zooms Five Times Speed Of Sound

[Source: Boeing] The United States Air Force has a serious need for speed. On May first their X-51A Waverider zoomed to an amazing Mach 5.1 – more than five times the speed of sound. While there was no pilot behind the stick of the hypersonic jet, ... [Published Singularity Hub - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Hypersonic, Speed of Sound, Chuck Yeager, scramjet

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Maastricht University

You can now place your order for a burger grown entirely in a lab

[Source: GeoBeatNews via YouTube] You can now place your order for a burger grown entirely in a lab. After years of work – and hundreds of thousands of dollars – one group of researchers have made one of the world’s first in vitro burgers. It may take ... [Published Singularity Hub - 18 hours ago]

Entities: In Vitro, Fetal Calf Serum, Cattle, Mark Post, Maastricht University

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Singularity University Announces Fundraising Campaign To Support Graduate Studies Program

It’s almost June and that means that the launch of the 2013 Graduate Studies Program at Singularity University is right around the corner. To provide tuition support to the 80 international students who’ve been selected to participate in this year’s ... [Published Singularity Hub - May 21 2013]

Entities: Singularity University, Fundraising, Invention, Catalyst

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Scientists Able To Slow Aging In Mice By Modifying The Brain’s Hypothalamus

[Source: Wikipedia] When we age, all parts of our body deteriorate over time. But while aging as a whole might be an accumulation of disparate processes, scientists have long wondered if it might be controlled by some central location in the body. ... [Published Singularity Hub - May 21 2013]

Entities: hypothalamus, GnRH, Inflammation, Neuron

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Matternet Building Quadcopter Drone Network To Transport Supplies

Last summer, drones took to the skies over the Dominican Republic and Haiti. These flying bots weren’t on a military mission, nor were they conducting police surveillance. They belonged to audacious Singularity University Labs startup, Matternet. ... [Published Singularity Hub - May 21 2013]

Entities: Drone, Santana (Dominican Republic), Singularity University, Dominican Republic

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

FDA To Decide Whether Antibacterial Soap Is Safe – After Four Decades

[Source: FDA} Antibacterial soap has been around for 40 years. But research now shows that the active ingredient in the soap, triclosan, alters hormonal balance in animals, is possibly harmful to the immune system, and possibly contributes to the ... [Published Singularity Hub - May 20 2013]

Entities: Bactericide, Hormone, Antibiotic, Gingivitis

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Vimeo

Virtual And Real Objects Meet And Become Smarter Objects At MIT

[Source: Fluid Interfaces via Vimeo] The line between the physical world and the virtual just got a little bit more blurred. Smarter Objects is a program developed by MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group that connects virtual objects to real ... [Published Singularity Hub - May 20 2013]

Entities: Vimeo, MIT Media Lab, Graphical User Interface, TUI AG

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

iRobot’s RP-Vita Telepresence Robots Start Work At Seven Hospitals

[Source: UCLA] As smart as they are, doctors can’t compete with the volume of knowledge that a robot can retain. In an effort to join the best of both worlds – human experience with robotic data – a number of companies are developing telemedicine ... [Published Singularity Hub - May 18 2013]

Entities: iRobot Corp, TelePresence, Robotics, UCLA, UCLA Medical Center

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

DARPA’s Robotic Hand Can Unlock and Open Your Door

Engineers often turn to nature for inspiration, but working from evolutionary blueprints isn’t always necessary. The Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) recently showed off a dexterous robotic hand that uses three fingers, instead of a human-inspired ... [Published Singularity Hub - May 17 2013]

Entities: DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Robotics, Kinect for Xbox 360

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Cara Face Recognition Transforms Standard Webcams Into Intelligent Sensors

The human face is a treasure trove of information. A millisecond after meeting someone, we’ve guessed their general age bracket, gender, mood, and more. With tech startup IMRSV ’s new face detection software, Cara, your home PC and webcam will ... [Published Singularity Hub - May 16 2013]

Entities: Face Recognition, Ubuntu (operating system), Don Draper, Reebok International LTD, Powerful

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

With Latest Tech, Can Doctors Treat Us Before We Fall Sick?

Even now I can see Dr. Hingorani telling my mother that her boy has chronic hypertension and feel the embarrassment of seeing tears well up in her eyes. More than 16 years have passed since but I can’t help feeling oddly satisfied with that episode. ... [Published Singularity Hub - May 16 2013]

Entities: Patient, Larry Smarr, Singularity University, pancreatitis

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Smartphone App Lets You Carry Human Experts Around In Your Pocket

Imagine if you could bring a slew of virtual experts around with you and ask them for advice whenever the need arose. Although that sounds like futuristic technology, a new app from Esquire magazine shows that it’s a world right around the corner. ... [Published Singularity Hub - May 16 2013]

Entities: Smartphone, Ray Kurzweil, Khan Academy

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Air Force Jet X-51A Goes Hypersonic, Zooms Five... [Published Singularity Hub - 18 hours ago] [Source: Boeing] The United States Air Force has a serious need for speed. On May first their X-51A Waverider zoomed to an amazing Mach 5.1 – more than five times the speed of sound. While there was no pilot behind the stick of the hypersonic jet, ...
You can now place your order for a burger grown... [Published Singularity Hub - 18 hours ago] [Source: GeoBeatNews via YouTube] You can now place your order for a burger grown entirely in a lab. After years of work – and hundreds of thousands of dollars – one group of researchers have made one of the world’s first in vitro burgers. It may take ...
Singularity University Announces Fundraising Ca... [Published Singularity Hub - May 21 2013] It’s almost June and that means that the launch of the 2013 Graduate Studies Program at Singularity University is right around the corner. To provide tuition support to the 80 international students who’ve been selected to participate in this year’s ...
Scientists Able To Slow Aging In Mice By Modify... [Published Singularity Hub - May 21 2013] [Source: Wikipedia] When we age, all parts of our body deteriorate over time. But while aging as a whole might be an accumulation of disparate processes, scientists have long wondered if it might be controlled by some central location in the body. ...
Matternet Building Quadcopter Drone Network To ... [Published Singularity Hub - May 21 2013] Last summer, drones took to the skies over the Dominican Republic and Haiti. These flying bots weren’t on a military mission, nor were they conducting police surveillance. They belonged to audacious Singularity University Labs startup, Matternet. ...