Month: October 2009

Every circle is alive.

14 October 2009 grant b 0

This sounds awfully New Agey for Yale, but apparently, physicists there have discovered that metal circles have a tiny amount of persistent energy flowing through […]

The Gold Bug

13 October 2009 grant b 0

EurekAlert tells me these dudes in Australia are breeding their fortunes after finding a germ that, in effect, lays golden eggs: “A number of years […]

Squirt memory up your nose.

12 October 2009 grant b 0

The venerable Lockergnome recently looked at memory technology – specifically, a nasal spray that boosts your ability to learn: In a research report featured as […]

The Eigenharp

9 October 2009 grant b 0

So, these musical engineers are trying to take the keyboards out of electronic music. Instead, “beautiful wooden instruments” are back with the Eigenharp: It pitchbends, […]

Intelligent eyes.

7 October 2009 grant b 0

IEEE Spectrum, the journal that sounds like it’s screaming, is taking a long, close look at contact lenses that could give you Terminator eyes: …[I]n […]

Salt, paper, battery!

6 October 2009 grant b 0

The technical chefs at M.I.T. have come up with a cheap, fun recipe – with simple ingredients like salt and paper, you can start cooking […]

Plasma drive. We have one.

5 October 2009 grant b 1

Or, really astronaut hero Franklin Chang-Diaz has one. Seed magazine has an interview with Dr. Chang-Diaz in which he describes how he’s using magnets and […]

GeekPop: Call for Artists

2 October 2009 grant b 0

I am not alone. No, there’s a whole festival for people like me. And, possibly, like you, too. GeekPop 2009 is accepting applications for performers. […]