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    Image of Jes St.Lawrence Jes St.Lawrence
    11/12/09

    In reply to Coming Soon: Artificial Gecko Feet, Microcellular Scaffolds, And Programmable Matter!
    "Rectennas are like solar panels"

    I'm so disappointed. #avssymposium
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    Image of TwiceDead TwiceDead
    11/12/09

    In reply to Coming Soon: Artificial Gecko Feet, Microcellular Scaffolds, And Programmable Matter!
    So, is Walter Bishop going to be the keynote speaker? #avssymposium
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    11/12/09

    @TwiceDead: Yes, and he will be tripping. #avssymposium
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    Image of TwiceDead TwiceDead
    11/12/09

    @J_Frank_Parnell: Wouldn't have him any other way. #avssymposium
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/11/09

    In reply to Coming Soon: Artificial Gecko Feet, Microcellular Scaffolds, And Programmable Matter!
    Some of these technologies have already been demoed in TED talks. Here are three awesome TED talks related to the gecko, all by the same person:

    Robert Full on animal movement
    [www.ted.com]

    Learning from the gecko's tail
    [www.ted.com]

    Robert Full on engineering and evolution
    [www.ted.com]

    Edit: as you can see, artificial gecko-like feet aren't coming soon; they're already here.
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    Edited by Roklimber at 11/11/09 9:08 PM Roklimber was starred Roklimber was unstarred
    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    11/11/09

    In reply to Coming Soon: Artificial Gecko Feet, Microcellular Scaffolds, And Programmable Matter!
    Error: More data required!

    What's the bioink used for? The blurb there doesn't really indicate the purpose or scale of the process. By 3D Bio-constructions do you mean rebuilding a lost limb, or making bonsai trees or apartment buildings out of living human cells? #avssymposium
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    Image of Tim Barribeau Tim Barribeau
    11/11/09

    @Anekanta - Space Hippy!:
    The title of each paragraph links directly to the abstract, so that provides a bit more data. It's also mentioned in the link below, but not in much detail
    [www2.avs.org] #avssymposium
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    11/11/09

    @Tim Barribeau: Cool; thanks Tim! #avssymposium
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    11/11/09

    @Anekanta - Space Hippy!: That's insane! If I read that abstract right, bioink is basically about a way of "printing" engineered tissue in layers for replacement, like a rapid prototyping machine... so if say a burn victim lost all the skin & muscle on his leg, you could just print him up some new skin & muscle and graft it on, vasculature and all.

    Of course, I know almost nothing about biology, so I could be making up everything I just said. Still, if that's what it does, it's pretty cool.

    Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go print myself a steak...

    (edit: I mean, if it can do human, surely it can do beef, too, right?)
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    Edited by Anekanta - Go Play! at 11/11/09 7:17 PM Anekanta - Go Play! was starred Anekanta - Go Play! was unstarred
    Image of belisarius001 belisarius001
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    Can I just say "four football fields worth" of foreskin..... W...T...F...
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    Image of drukus drukus
    11/06/09

    @belisarius001: And baby's? Dead baby's foreskin? Seriously, WTF! #nanotech
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    The 'nanoboxes' are just screaming to be weaponised.
    Inert nanoparticles that can be dispersed throughout the environment, with no ill effect.
    But paint the selected 'target' with a laser, and they release precisely what you want, only where you want it.
    Instant unconciousness, blindness, psychosis, suggestibility, death etc. etc. to whoever you want, whenever you want.

    Nice. #nanotech
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    Image of ltwass ltwass
    11/06/09

    @SJ_Edwards: I like the way you think, son. #nanotech
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    Image of drukus drukus
    11/06/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Way to go NSA. #nanotech
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    I wabnt my immortality treatment or at least extend my old life #nanotech
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    Cool! But I'm still holding out for my wired reflexes... #nanotech
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    {bleep bleep bleep}
    Almost there.....

    [www.youtube.com] #nanotech
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    Until they can make me a robotic hand that I can cover with a black leather glove,this is all just fluff.
    /spits out the pencil used for typing. #nanotech
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    Image of Gemini2 Gemini2
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    Science rocks. #nanotech
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    Image of Belabras Belabras
    11/05/09

    @Gemini2:
    Seconded. #nanotech
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/05/09

    @Gemini2: And it rolls too. #nanotech
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    10/10/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    WMDs are used solely as deterrants now a days the real killing comes from conventional weapons. besides, when terrorists can't even cobble together tech we've had since the 40s then i'm not worried about them using nano-weapons. shit the people who made our nuclear program were only a few decades away from riding fucking horses to work.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    I almost skipped the comments on this one b/c I thought "eh".

    Glad I clicked (with my grizzled keyboard).
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    Quoting Scotty, "and if my grandmother had wheels, she would be a wagon."

    Sure, in theory, nanotech nuclear devices powered by lasers are possible. And they will likely be made in practice as well, but not any time soon and not without a lot more research. We are not there yet, not by a long shot.

    I hate when people blow things out of proportion.
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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    Scared? No. They just replaced the infamous planet-cracker with a safer variant.
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