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Juxi are you following this one? any idea on its purpose?

Not that I'm an expert in the field in any way, but there are two things I could think of: 1) possibility of bringing the payload back means that it can collect huge amounts of data which wouldn't be possible to be transferred via radio in reasonable time and/or you can bring back data you don't want to be intercepted by enemy 2) I remember reading somewhere that possibility of re-entry from orbit means you can strike any country without violating the airspace of the neighbouring countries. As the project is now managed by military, a purely civil purpose can be safely ruled out in my opinion.

Amazing what robots learn to do these days :). Any background music ideas for the video?

Nice try, but humans are still better in it... on so many levels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzFwn064cFE

Well the idea is not really new and cannot explain climate change, but it's interesting

Easy money.....

So an idea for a "product that could benefit society, protect our planet, or create jobs" is worth $20,000? And then they take the idea and earn billions? Well...

oops

German honesty!!

One more nice citizen scientist example as I try to find for space since some time. Any good ideas this mit inspire you to?

why don't you programme one and get rich?

Would love to but this requires *TIME* :-( Automatic image-based mushroom recognition... perhaps could do as a FP7 study... it may save lives actually!

probably not practical for launchers nor for s/c but maybe for suborbital planes? nice idea anyway ...

...This slippery surface was bio-inspired by the carnivorous plant I showed you sometimes ago! I was sure it was a good idea! next time I will be quicker!!

And a good lesson that it is important to proceed quickly when you have an idea and don't wait ...

Yes, I will see what we could do, but they really did a good job, from the biomimetic of the surface, up to the realization of the material, and the tests...

Changing people's behaviour through fun. Looks a bit naive, but if there are any ideas http://www.thefuntheory.com there's an ongoing competition until the 15th of Nov.

The information processing performance of a network can be enhanced by a sparse or low-cost configuration with disproportionately high efficiency. --> any ideas?

Maybe Pacome can come up with some nice idea on testing GR with the reflectors on the Moon?

online game developed by Thales as part of improving their recruitment!! who want's to give it a try (in your spare time in the nights of course ....) reminds me of the idea that we have been bouncing around since some time on the use of games for engaging students in our scientific research ...

I always new it - the future of telecom is with pigeons ... (what happened to our idea of the pigeon inspired navigator??)

Well, it's been newn... I mean known since computer networks were invented that it'll take them a long time to match with a throughput of a train carrying recorded media. The point is that throughput is not the only important parameter: the other is response time... (BTW let's see how this commenting feature works, not many folks seem to use it...)

I do use it quite regularily .... a train full of DVDs and flash drives, yes ok - but a pigeon!!!!

interesting list!

DARPA in search for orbit debris removal ideas

this might come very handy in case we explore further the idea of a virtual ACT - one of the key points: you still have to meet from time to time physically ...

A toc of a spcial issue on synthetic biology: How to assemble organisms from scratch. Could one day be intersting for large scale deterministic self assembly or some other crazy idea...

still quite a beta version but interesting in the concept ... in addition to our advanced idea generator :-) ...

Any ideas for material studies?

excellent paper easy to understand and containing interesting ideas on what is creativity in a computer program (DI)