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Lenovo introduces U1 hybrid notebook that features detachable screen that can work on its own as a slate tablet
Posted at 10:06PM Jan 05, 2010 by John Virata in Astound | Comments[1] Scientists say paper battery could be in the works Ordinary paper could one day be used as a lightweight battery to power the devices that are now enabling the printed word to be eclipsed by e-mail, e-books and online news. Scientists at Stanford University in California reported on Monday they have successfully turned paper coated with ink made of silver and carbon nanomaterials into a "paper battery" that holds promise for new types of lightweight, high-performance energy storage. The same feature that helps ink adhere to paper allows it to hold onto the single-walled carbon nanotubes and silver nanowire films. Earlier research found that silicon nanowires could be used to make batteries 10 times as powerful as lithium-ion batteries now used to power devices such as laplop computers. Posted at 07:09AM Dec 10, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] There's something in the air: augmented reality
Unlike virtual reality, augmented reality combines real-world images with computer-generated images on a screen, usually in real time. Posted at 04:45PM Dec 04, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] Chair floats to final frontier
When you watch the video, the first thought that comes to mind is, "Wow, that's cool!" And the second thought is probably, "How the heck did they do that?" Posted at 11:52AM Nov 21, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] Microsoft's Courier tablet/kindle/iPhone device revealed on video
Posted at 09:25PM Sep 23, 2009 by John Virata in Astound | Comments[0] MIT Students launch $150 weather balloon to photograph near space
Posted at 01:50PM Sep 18, 2009 by John Virata in Astound | Comments[0] Single molecule pictured for first time
Scientists from IBM used an atomic force microscope (AFM) to reveal the chemical bonds within a molecule. Posted at 06:43PM Aug 29, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] China, U.S. may cooperate on world's biggest telescope
The Thirty-Meter-Telescope (TMT), conceived and headed by the University of California and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), is expected to be completed in 2019, the official Chinese news agency said. Posted at 09:10PM Aug 28, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] Parasitic Robots
By that he means they are able to 'steal' energy from a variety of sources. [Read More] Posted at 05:49PM Aug 27, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] Verbatim Tuff-N-Tiny--It is tiny. . . and tough
As if the USB memory drives can't get any smaller, Verbatim is shipping one that is about the size of a Trident stick of gum. No make that just slightly larger than a penny. Dubbed the Tuff-N-Tiny, and small as heck, the drive comes in 4 and 8GB configurations. [Read More]Posted at 04:49PM Aug 21, 2009 by John Virata in Astound | Comments[1] IBM uses DNA to make next-gen microchips
As chipmakers compete to develop ever-smaller chips at cheaper prices, designers are struggling to cut costs. Artificial DNA nanostructures, or "DNA origami" may provide a cheap framework on which to build tiny microchips, according to a paper published on Sunday in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. Posted at 10:05PM Aug 16, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] Telescope can find "oodles" of Earths: NASA
The planet, called HAT-P-7b, was already among the 300 or so known so-called extrasolar planets, the team led by the U.S. space agency NASA reported. But measurements of its orbit by Kepler show the telescope will be able to see smaller planets, they reported in the journal Science. Posted at 10:26AM Aug 10, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] Chinese experts grow live mice from skin cells
They used induced pluripotent skin cells, or iPS cells -- cells that have been reprogrammed to look and act like embryonic stem cells. [Read More] Posted at 04:52PM Jul 25, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] Believe it....Contact Lenses That Deliver Drugs Cellphone accessory helps diagnose diseases
U.S. researchers
have invented a low-cost microscope-cellphone combo to diagnose and
track diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria in the developing world. Posted at 09:01PM Jul 21, 2009 by Kevin P McAuliffe in Astound | Comments[0] New services promise online life after death
TECH SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!! Posted at 05:06AM Jul 21, 2009 by Kevin P McAuliffe in Astound | Comments[2] Take the virtual plunge into a Black Hole
I always thought it would be pain and suffering as I was slowly digested over a thousand years....Oh wait, that was from Return of the Jedi!   [Read More] Posted at 05:01AM Jul 21, 2009 by Kevin P McAuliffe in Astound | Comments[0] Wechoosethemoon.org: Interactive Website About The Apollo 11 Landing!
Posted at 08:34PM Jul 20, 2009 by Heath McKnight in Astound | Comments[0] Something Big Has Hit Jupiter - Again!
Following up on a tip by an amateur astronomer, Anthony Wesley of Australia, that a new dark "scar" had suddenly appeared on Jupiter, this morning between 3 and 9 a.m. PDT (6 a.m. and noon EDT) scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., using NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, gathered evidence indicating an impact. Posted at 07:21PM Jul 20, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] Electric cigarette for better health
It produces smoke to help ease the transition to quitting! Posted at 05:27AM Jul 20, 2009 by Kevin P McAuliffe in Astound | Comments[1] Think your home theatre setup rocks?
Not compared to these ones!
[Read More] Posted at 05:21AM Jul 20, 2009 by Kevin P McAuliffe in Astound | Comments[0] Ken Rockwell Commemorates 40th Anniversary Of Apollo 11's Moon Landing!
Posted at 06:31AM Jul 19, 2009 by Heath McKnight in Astound | Comments[0] Moon landing tapes got erased, NASA admits
NASA released the first glimpses of a complete digital make-over of the original landing footage that clarifies the blurry and grainy images of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the surface of the moon. [Read More]Posted at 09:09AM Jul 17, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] Facebook gets $6.5 billion valuation with share sale
Russia's Digital Sky Technologies said it will pay $14.77 a share for Facebook common stock, boosting its stake to as much as 3.5 percent and valuing Facebook at about $6.5 billion. [Read More] Posted at 08:36AM Jul 14, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] Amazon Kindle Price Drop: Now $299
Posted at 07:50AM Jul 13, 2009 by Heath McKnight in Astound | Comments[0] NASA delays launch after lightning strikes Shuttle Tower!
Launch was reset for 7:13 p.m. EDT on Sunday. The shuttle is carrying a porch for Japan's Kibo laboratory that will be used to expose experiments to the open environment of space. NASA reported 11 lightning strikes less than a half-mile from the launch pad. [Read More] Posted at 09:39AM Jul 12, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] What A View! U.S. space shuttle ready to deliver porch for Space Station
The space agency planned to begin fueling the ship just after 10 a.m. (3 p.m. British time) for liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:39 p.m. (12:39 a.m. British time). [Read More] Posted at 08:32AM Jul 11, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] MSNBC Reports: Near-lightspeed nano spacecraft might be close
Posted at 04:19PM Jul 08, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] The $17,500 Video Game!
Posted at 07:06PM Jul 06, 2009 by Heath McKnight in Astound | Comments[0] British spy chief's cover blown on Facebook
Posted at 01:06PM Jul 06, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Astound | Comments[0] 
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While all eyes are on Apple, Inc. and its so called Tablet device, Lenovo announced the IdeaPad U1 hybrid notebook, essentially two computing devices in one, each with its own CPU and operating system.[
Technophiles and developers seeking the next tech breakthrough were drawn to the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Friday to hear "augmented reality" promoted as a way of changing their view of the world.
Space ballooning hits new heights in an HDTV commercial showing a simple armchair floating against the backdrop of our curving planet, almost 100,000 feet above the ground. 
Gizmodo has details on what appears to be Microsoft's new tablet called the Courier. Complete with a video showing how the device might work, it is a pretty compelling look at a future product coming out of Redmond. [
A group of MIT students spent $150 to send a digital camera into the stratosphere to take photographs of the earth from near space. While the idea is not new, the MIT students claim that their launch and successful photography endeavor is the cheapest launch to date. The group built the craft with a weather balloon, helium, a Canon A470 digital camera, an ice chest, and a Motorola i290 prepaid cell phone that served as the GPS tracking device. Their balloon flew 17.5 miles up and returned five hours later. [
It may look like a piece of honeycomb, but this lattice-shaped image is the first ever close-up view of a single molecule. 
Astronomers from China and the United States may cooperate on building the world's largest telescope aimed at providing deeper insight into the very early stages of the universe, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
An inventor has created a series of robots that are parasitic in nature. 
International Business Machines Corp <IBM.N> is looking to the building blocks of our bodies -- DNA -- to be the structure of next-generation microchips.
The orbiting Kepler telescope has spotted a Jupiter-sized planet around another star -- a sighting that demonstrates it can see Earth-like planets if they are out there, scientists reported on Thursday.
Chinese researchers have managed to create powerful stem cells from mouse skin and used these to generate fertile live mouse pups.
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Scientists have found evidence that another object has bombarded Jupiter, exactly 15 years after the first impacts by the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. 
Ken Rockwell commemorates this historic moment!
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The original recordings of the first humans landing on the moon 40 years ago were erased and re-used, but newly restored copies of the original broadcast look even better, NASA officials said on Thursday.
Facebook netted a $6.5 billion valuation for its common shares on Monday, further underscoring the fast-growing Internet social networking site's high rank among technology and media industry heavyweights.
How about another $100 off?
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NASA canceled Saturday's launch attempt of space shuttle Endeavour on a construction mission to the International Space Station to assess possible damage from nearby lightning strikes, officials said.
NASA prepared to launch space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station on Saturday to deliver a Japanese porch and spare parts needed to keep the outpost going after the shuttle fleet's retirement next year.
Researchers creating the tiny engines that could drive mini-starships - Massive particle accelerators are exploring the world of the very small, but similar technology may someday propel needle-sized spacecraft to distances on a scale so large as to be almost unimaginable - between star systems.
1990 Nintendo game.
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The wife of the new head of Britain's spy agency has posted pictures of her husband, family and friends on Internet networking site Facebook, details which could compromise security, a newspaper said on Sunday.[