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US government has introduced the Materials Genome Initiative and cut the development time of new materials in half. (via Why You’ll Only Have to Wait Half as Long for the Materials of the Future) Meta-materials are important for toy innovation as well.
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Researchers at Stanford University have made fully transparent batteries, the last missing component needed to make transparent displays and other electronic devices. (via A Battery You Can See Through – Technology Review)
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But games aren’t all that’s at stake. Aside from streaming video, the bulk of what Flash is used for on the Internet is advertising. So Edge could hasten the arrival of animated ads that get around both Flash blockers and the absence of Flash on iOS devices. Fernandez says advertisements are “easily the first target…
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The theory of patent law is based on the idea that a lone genius can solve problems that stump the experts, and that the lone genius will do so only if properly incented. We deny patents on inventions that are “obvious” to ordinarily innovative scientists in the field. Our goal is to encourage extraordinary inventions…
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Microsoft has released a new rapid prototyping toolkit that promises to let electronic enthusiasts put together small gadgets in a matter of hours. Devices built with the kit, dubbed .NET Gadgeteer, include an MP3 player, digital camera, and a mini arcade cabinet. At the heart of the kit is a main circuit board with an…
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Three specially-crafted aluminum Minifigures are launched aboard NASA’s deep-space probe Juno. The aluminium Minifigures have been made in the likeness of the Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno and the astronomer Galileo. Launched yesterday, NASA’s Juno and its three passengers will arrive at Jupiter in July 2016 and will orbit the planet for one year,…
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amorningcupofjo: “As you wish.” Custom printed pencils inspired by The Princess Bride! (made by Wacodis) I don’t think I could ever use these. Their only purpose in life would be to sit in my desk cup to be admired. 😛
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As social media play increasingly large roles in fomenting unrest in countries like Egypt and Iran, the military wants systems to be able to detect and track the spread of ideas both quickly and on a broad scale. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is soliciting innovative proposals to help build what would be, at…