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http://www.upct.es/~nano-bio/index.htm - 0 views

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    Nano and bio - A suggestion from Michael
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Sony Global - Press Release - Sony Develops "Bio Battery" - 0 views

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    Bio battery
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MoNETA: A Mind Made from Memristors (IEEE Spectrum) - 0 views

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    (don't forget to turn your hype-filters on...) MoNETA (http://cns.bu.edu/nl/moneta.html) stands for "MOdular Neural Exploring Traveling Agent". It is one of projects participating in the DARPA-funded SyNAPSE project ("Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics"): http://www.darpa.mil/dso/thrusts/bio/biologically/synapse/index.htm http://www.darpa.mil/dso/solicitations/baa08-28.html
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Photosynthesis: Quantum design for a light trap : Article : Nature - 0 views

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    Quantum-stuff in bio-stuff. Finally! Anyone wants to work on biomimetic quantum theory?
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    I'll start once we have the "Topological Metabiostring".
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    ooh yeah! do you have some time on sunday...? well this falls i think in the "Can we use it for space?" category... but I would like to read a bit more about it (just had the time to read the sciencenow news few post below...)
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Cheetah, Gecko and Spiders Inspire Robotic Designs | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 1 views

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    Bio-inspired robots. Cockroaches are also in.
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Evolutionary Photonics with a Twist -- Vukusic 325 (5939): 398 -- Science - 0 views

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    Again bio-photonics. Cool subject, should have a look into.
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    really interesting and fascinating what evolution can do...!
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2006-BioRob-Klug-vonStryk-Moehl.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    A control and design architecture inspired by bio-arms (i.e. fluffy elastic things)
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Ultrastrong and Stiff Layered Polymer Nanocomposites -- Podsiadlo et al. 318 (5847): 80... - 0 views

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    Imitating bio-composites (enamel, cuticula,...) could become feasible with nanotechnology.
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The Transition from Stiff to Compliant Materials in Squid Beaks -- Miserez et al. 319 (... - 0 views

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    Gradient material properties - here in squid beaks - but also in other bio-models are extremely cool.
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Design and fabrication of multi-material structures for bioinspired robots - 0 views

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    A paper claiming to have the perfect production technique for bio-inspired robotics.
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Journal Focus: Iridescence - 0 views

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    An entire issue of a J R Soc is about iridescence in bio-things. Anyone interested in deepening this topic?
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Technology Review: Compound-Eye Camera Analyzes Scenes - 0 views

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    Another bio-inspired compound eye.
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Bio-Mimetic Approaches in Management Science, Book - Barnes & Noble - 1 views

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    Oh yes somebody seems to have found a link between CMS and Biomimetics. Everything is possible now, even Fundamental physics !
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    Neural networks = biomimetics. That's the conclusion from the TOC. It seems that biomimetics becomes the worse usurper than string theory.
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New theory allows drones to see distances with one eye - 2 views

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    Inspired by the work that was done at the ACT, I continued working on optical flow landing at TU Delft. Today Bio & Bio published my article on a new theory that allows drones to see distances with a single camera. It shows that drones approaching an object with an insect-inspired vision strategy become unstable at a specific distance from the object. Turning this weakness into a strength, drones can actually use the timely detection of that instability to estimate distance. The new theory will enable further miniaturization of autonomous drones and provides a new hypothesis on flying insect behavior. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm7SMJp8EA4&feature=youtu.be Article: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/11/1/016004
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How To Build Your Own Cockroach Cyborg | Popular Science - 1 views

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    bio-robotics anybody?
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    WIRING Poke the left silver wire about one millimeter into the roach's thorax, under a wing just behind its head, and secure it with superglue. Cut each antenna to expose a neuron-lined tube. Insert the middle wire one millimeter into the left tube, and the right wire into the right tube. Superglue both wires into place. CONNECT AND COMMAND Hot-glue the circuit board onto the roach's back and plug it into the head connector. After the roach wakes up, press the remote's left button to urge it right, and the right button to move it left. The cyborg will ignore commands after a few minutes. Peel off the circuit board and clip all wires to ensure a long retirement.
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Breakthrough model biological supercomputer - 4 views

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    The model bio- supercomputer is powered by adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the substance that provides energy to all of the cells in a human body.
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Where Life Meets Light: Bio-Inspired Photonics - 0 views

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    Octopus and optoelectronics camouflage, light bugs and LEDs, or spider webs and touch screens, ... a whole cool bunch of biomimetic stuff
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    See also the referred work "Light-extraction enhancement for light-emitting diodes: a firefly-inspired structure refined by the genetic algorithm" - quite cool! https://pure.fundp.ac.be/portal/files/11946897/paper89.pdf
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Short-term meditation induces white matter changes in the anterior cingulate - PNAS - 3 views

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    one more try to get you interested in this ... seems that it is slowly but surely moving into the domain of serious science ...
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    Why don't you try this out? 10 minutes group meditation before every ACT meeting... Should be fun!
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    Great, just great!! The conclusion seems to be "Thus IBMT could provide a means for improving self-regulation and perhaps reducing or preventing various mental disorders." Why all this neuro-bio-nonsense?? Wasn't this conclusion known before just using good old classic psychology and similar? Again one of these studies that thinks to provide new evidence just because they made a boring brain scan...
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Space and the Biological Economy - 0 views

  • the U.S. space program has a robust life science program that is diligently working to innovate new approaches, research and technologies in the fields of biotechnology and bio-nanotechnology science, which are providing new solutions for old problems – including food security, medical needs and energy needs
  • more money be allocated to develop environmentally sound and energy efficient engine programs for commercial and private aviation
  • waste water program
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  • we lack fundamental knowledge about the entire effect of the photosynthesis system on food growth, and that space-based research could provide vital clues to scientists on how to streamline the process to spur more efficient food growth
  • From the start of the space age until 2010 only around 500 people have journeyed into space, but with the advent of private space travel in the next 24 months another 500 people are expected to go into space
  • Wagner indentified prize systems that award monetary prizes to companies or individuals as an effective way to spur innovation and creativity, and urged the Congressional staffers present to consider creating more prize systems to stimulate needed innovation
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    a bunch of ideas, iinitiatives, and good points about upcoming changes in space ...
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