Perhaps the secret to extraterrestrial life resides here on Earth.
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The uncanny biosphere of Google Earth
In Google Earth, seeing the forest for the trees.
Read More »Microsoft moves from vibrotactility to ambient textures
A Microsoft patent filed in May (and published yesterday) describes a �topography-changing� display in which shape-memory polymers would react to light signals to change the texture of a display surface, a technology that may be used to develop tactile touchscreens or other controls.
Read More »Expanding Kinectosphere: augment your reality with puppets!
Day by day, the hacks are getting more interesting.
Read More »Benevolent robot kites will watch over us
German robotics company Festo offers a postfuturist menagerie: autonomous kites, silver air-jellyfish and flying robo-penguins.
Read More »The coming nanosatellite swarm
NASA's latest nanosatellites seek answers to questions about the place of life in the universe�at a very small scale.
Read More »Inoculating our broken infrastructure
University of Newcastle researchers may have come up with a biotechnology answer to the roadway printer I posted about yesterday: bacteria modified to colonize cracks in concrete and fix ruined buildings and crumbling roadways.
Read More »Printing out the orbital infrastructure
3-D printing is going viral. With 3-D fabrication technology at for the desktop, for LEGOs, and for nanoscale materials, it was only a matter of time before the paradigm found its way into space�and corporate science fiction. But this promising technology still has to prove itself in terrestrial infrastructure first.
Read More »App pitch: coffeehouse commons
Coffee isn't only a stimulant, but also a social glue and fuel for creative lives. A proposed mobile app would allow caffeinated bloggers, writers, artists, and designers to share their coffeehouse-generated work in real-time.
Read More »The expanding Kinectosphere
Kinect hacks are emerging at a rapid pace; it�s hard to recall a mass-market gadget so quickly adapted to new uses. As Bruce Sterling points out, �Microsoft accidentally invented a primo piece of art-installation hardware.� It's this kind of DIY innovation that keeps tech feral.
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