Walking robotic lamps reorganize garden landscapes Toro-bots No matter how pretty your garden may be it only gets that way because of all of the hard work you put into it.
reordering themselves at a robotic whim. Video) That s the idea that drove researcher and artist Cassinelli Alvaro to construct the Toro-bots, a pair of walking, locationally-aware robots with Japanese lanterns as heads.
These little garden bots are meant to meander about your topiaries and flower pots, altering the overall aesthetic of your garden every time you lift your head.
With a series of infrared rangefinders, the robots can sense their surroundings, even reacting to human visitors to their garden by stepping out of your way.
The robots are connected to a central hub via Xbee radios. This hub then connects to your ipad wirelessly
For us, just the thought of looking out the window to see the shrubbery sneaking across the lawn on robotic legs is enough to have us scrambling for our wallets.
Vermeulen chose to research food growth and remote-operated, robotic farming. Along with Simon Engler, a scientific programmer specializing in robotics,
Vermeulen set out to grow crops in a distant location that could not be accessed readily by the crew.
To do so, he and Engler devised a spiral hydroponics garden system with a central robotic arm.
The goal is to develop a system where robotics can take over part of the maintenance and food growing tasks,
and, as such, free up time for the astronautsthe goal is to develop a system where robotics can take over part of the maintenance and food growing tasks,
built his own system by hacking plastic containers and even used a 3d printed sprouting system, reflecting the resourcefulness
and creativity required during a mission. Eventually, Vermeulen adds, the sprouting project yielded alfalfa, broccoli, clover, radish and mung bean.
which memory is impaired slightly but decision-making and other cognitive abilities remain within normal levels, foundsignificant nicotine-associated improvements in attention,
memory, and psychomotor speed, with excellent safety and tolerability. What we saw was consistent with prior studies showing that nicotinic stimulation in the short run can improve memory, attention,
and speed, said Newhouse, who led the study. As Newhouse sees it, Obviously the results of small studies often aren replicated t in larger studies,
In Britain, Rusted has published a series of studies showing that nicotine increases something called prospective memory,
she s saddling you with a prospective memory challenge. We ve demonstrated that you can get an effect from nicotine on prospective memory,
Rusted said. It s a small effect, maybe a 15 percent improvement. It s not something that s going to have a massive impact in a healthy young individual.
#Scientists attach tiny sensors to bees to study decline in colonies Honey bee with sensor.
Attach tiny sensors to 5, 000 honey bees, and follow where they fly. The sensors, each measuring 2. 5 millimeters by 2. 5 millimeters (0. 1 inch by 0. 1 inch),
contain radio frequency identification chips that broadcast each bee s location in real-time. The data is beamed to a server,
Worker bees tend to follow predictable daily schedulesthey don t call them drones for nothingleaving the beehive at certain times, foraging for pollen,
If the sensor-equipped bees transmit data indicating that they have changed their behavior, say, by flying a circuitous path to and from the beehive,
If the bee sensors indicate that s happening, scientists can immediately go to the bees location
So how do you attach a sensor to a bee? Put them in a refrigerator.
The cold induces a coma-like state long enough for the sensor to be attached to their backs with adhesive.
The sensors appear to have no impact on the bee s ability to fly and carry out its normal duties,
This has drawn additional and faster response capabilities from existing power producers customer-owned equipments and evennew storage assets (such as flywheels and batteries.
and they improved their scores on memory and thinking tests. Score! This new finding is promising
which have hard exoskeletons). Arthropods are the most diverse group of animals in the world
Society needs to create rules that balance the interests of those creating something new with those of the people who want to build on that invention to create the next version Dreyfuss said. 6. do need we open source in agriculture?
Often used in the field of computer software open source innovations do not have patent protection
Some though not all plant breeders support the use of open source for innovations within agriculture Gepts said.
Adaptations of an open source innovation can be protected legally in a variety of ways Dreyfuss said. 7. Better consumers needed.
Like all insects which have an exoskeleton the first bite is crunchy but the inside is soft akin to the inside of a corn kernel the overall taste is a bit like almond paste Necaise said.
while to chew it because of the exoskeleton Necaise said. Hardcore bug eaters however can always ask for extra cricket on the side.
Data gathered from Google searches show that interest in the term hemorrhoids more than doubled between 2008 and 2013 according to a Livescience analysis using Google Trends a tool that shows how often a particular search term is entered in the search engine relative to the total search
and allowing the hacking off of body parts. This is a change from an earlier law code created centuries ago by a ruler of Ur
Ground penetrating radar was brought in and found that 30 meters (100 feet) of trunk were unexposed still.
#Antarctic Mission to Feature Robot Subs & Seals with Sensors A team of British scientists is preparing for a mission to Antarctica an ambitious journey that will involve sensor-carrying seals seafaring robots
and state-of-the-art radar technology to uncover what may be causing the rapid loss of ice on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
The researchers will use ground-based radar and seismic technologies to map the area beneath the Pine Island Glacier
The scientists will also deploy a fleet of ocean robots called Seagliders and an unmanned submarine to measure ocean temperature salinity and the speed of currents at different depths.
Four autonomous radar instruments capable of taking measurements year-round will also monitor the gradual shifts in the thickness of the ice shelf the part of the glacier that floats on the ocean
Fifteen seals with small sensors temporarily glued to their fur will help the scientists collect data
The sensors attached to the Antarctic seals will gather information on ocean temperature and salinity or salt content.
The sensors are designed to fall off when the seals molt their fur the scientists said. The observations may also help the researchers understand how changing Antarctic conditions are affecting seal populations in the region.
and memory. 3. Full moon named for autumn Autumn gets its own full moon the Harvest moon. From Wolf and Sturgeon to Hunter and Harvest full moons are named for the month
Assuming we can replicate the findings this is going to open up a whole new window on insect sensory systems.
and patents these rights protect creative industries prevent piracy and encourage innovation. Critics point out that too much protection can prevent creativity and innovation.
and capture data from much larger areas than can ground sensors or field crews. In fact these instruments may measure the individual tree heights leaf area and leaf chemistry of 15 million trees in a single flyover.
There's also the fight over banning barren battery cages and supporting the national effort to give laying hens more space.
#Caffeine Gives Bees a Memory Boost Honeybees like tired office employees like their caffeine suggests a new study finding that bees are more likely to remember plants containing the java ingredient.
but high enough to affect their memory the authors say. Next the researchers used a form of Pavlovian conditioning to test how the caffeine affected the bees'memory.
Bees have a reflex where they stick out their mouth parts when they encounter something sweet.
or sugar containing different levels of added caffeine Caffeine had a strong effect on the bees'memory.
I think it's the first example of nature manipulating memory in an animal neuroscientist Serena Dudek of the National institutes of health who was involved not in the study told Livescience.
In mammals caffeine has been shown to affect circuits in the brain's memory center the hippocampus.
About 95 percent of tornadoes in the United states are EF2S or below according to the National Climatic Data center.
Using supercomputer simulations she and her team are working to model tornadoes on a very fine scale tracking their movements to within 165 to 245 feet (50 to 75 meters).
Radar can't sense every component of the wind's movement for example. By using simulations she
On Monday the National Weather Service office in Norman Okla. gave residents 16 minutes of warning before the tornado even formed based on radar indicators that the storm clouds were circulating in such a way that a tornado was likely.
Colorado State university engineer V. Chandrasekar and his team are working to deploy small networks of radar in urban areas.
Traditional radar provides only one component of wind movement. What we are about is getting higher resolution in space
During the war The british Royal air force developed a new type of radar technology that helped pilots shoot down German enemy planes at night according to Smithsonian Magazine.
Then they'd dart the cougars before attaching a collar with a GPS tracking device
A fly-sized robot? A killer cave in Spain? These stories and more made our top picks for the week.</
</p><p>And could we create a robot capable of doing the same?</</p><p>That's the question that's been buzzing around Harvard professor Robert Wood's head for 12 years now.
and his team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard university have created a robot the size of a penny that is capable of remote-controlled flight.</
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A group of researchers has put a silkmoth in the driver's seat of a small two-wheeled robot to study how the insect tracks down smells.</
</i>)could help scientists develop robots that are able to sense environmental spills and leaks by smell according to the new study.</
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#Could Drones Revolutionize Agriculture? SAN MATEO Calif. The word drone tends to conjure up images of planes that kill terrorists or of creepy surveillance tools.
But tiny drone airplanes made of foam may be more useful in rural environments one researcher says.
Because drones can fly cheaply at a low altitude they can get highly detailed images of cropland said Chris Anderson the CEO of 3d Robotics
Drone-captured close ups of fields could help farmers tailor their pesticide treatment and identify subtle differences in soil productivity.
Rise of the Drones: Photos of Unmanned Aircraft Vast unknown The automation of farming has led to fewer farmers tending massive plots of land.
 Plane power Drones provide a potential solution to this problem because they can provide high-resolution images of crops are cheap to make
Anderson is developing tiny foam drone airplanes that fly using a $170 autopilot essentially a brain for the plane that works in any kind of automated vehicle.
Because the drones fly low to the ground they can use cheap point -and-shoot technology to take pictures instead of the costly equipment that enables satellite imagery.
In addition drones can store ultra-precise GPS coordinates for each picture they take. That information allows the planes to stitch pictures together more accurately getting a better image of
and near-infrared images which could be captured in drone airplane imagery. More precise imagery could also allow farmers to target pesticides just to the plants that need them reducing how much ends up in the food supply Anderson said.
Drones could also be used by vineyards to make better wines by identifying patches of soil with richer moisture content.
The North Central Sustainable agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program and the Conservation Technology Information center conducted the survey of more than 759 commercial farmers from winter 2012 through spring 2013.
E-cigarettes are powered battery devices that deliver vaporized nicotine but they don't contain tobacco or don't produce smoke.
To test memory dogs were given a series of games that tested working memory which is the ability to hold information in mind
Again all dogs tended to rely on their memory but mixed breeds were significantly more likely than purebreds to use their memory to locate the food.
This does not mean that purebreds have bad memories. In fact when we tested only their memories they were just as successful as the mixed breeds.
They don't have the exoskeleton and they are more flavorful but to each his own.
Antarctica s Pine Island Glacier Cracks Humbert and her colleagues studied high resolution radar images taken by the Terrasar-X satellite to track the changes in the two cracks
which require power from either a battery or electrical outlet to keep showing the image.
The potential polarization means it could also be used in cryptography or security where images can be produced invisible
Although Hatshepsut was given a burial in the Valley of the Kings her memory was honored not. oesoon after her death in 1457 B c. Hatshepsut's monuments were attacked her statues dragged down and smashed
they also have to undergo a battery of tests and typically participate in other medical studies at the same time all
The goal of this project is to develop shelf-stable palatable 3d printed foods for a mission to Mars
but the researcher behind the project Anjan Contractor hopes that 3d printing technology will eventually help supply food to a rapidly growing population On earth he said in May.
and then monitoring the graves using geophysical methods such as radar researchers could improve the ability to find hidden bodies.
A technology called ground-penetrating radar which lets scientists see underground yielded clear signatures of the dead bodies.
The team will survey the graves at regular intervals over 18 months using ground-penetrating radar electrical conductivity probes and magnetic sensors.
and the futuristic video game series Halo (where a group of super-soldiers are called oespartans). Yet the real-life story of the city is complicated more than popular mythology makes it out to be.
And modern-day people whether watching a movie playing a video game or studying ancient history know something of what this legend means.
A time before Darwinism It might sound strange that an organism's genetic code could be the result of crowdsourcing.
and see what sort of artificial life appears. Goldenfeld believes that formulating the principles of universal biology may help answer one of the biggest questions of all.
They don t use batteries that are charged via the electric grid. They are nonpolluting use zero fossil fuel
Quick kitty Wilson and his colleagues designed special GPS-tracking collars for their cheetah subjects that collected precise data on the animals'location speed acceleration and deceleration.
The team next plans to attach GPS units to the woodpeckers to better assess their distribution across the island
So far scientists have deployed about 25 of these GPS-equipped javelins in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier
With satellite GPS and other technologies just about anyone could easily find a site and Ciudad Blanca may be at particular risk because of legends that it contained massive amounts of gold he said.
and his colleagues placed light temperature and moisture sensors on spruce fir trees in the southern Appalachian forestsstretching from Virginia to the Great Smokey Mountains.
Now neurologists offer a clue as to why the first kind of memory to fade may be navigational.
which is known for its roles in memory and navigation. Â As a rat walked around the enclosure a neuron in the entorhinal cortex fired;
Showing the monkeys the same picture twice enabled Buffalo to link grid cells to memory.
but they now have become of central importance especially in cryptography the science of encryption he says.
which were equipped with GPS transmitters that beamed their location. The scientists also took measurements in the form of blood samples and fat biopsies
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</p><p></p><p>On June 4 meteorologists in Huntsville Ala. noticed a blob on their radar screen that looked like a strong thunderstorm
</p><p>Our operational meteorologist spotted it on radar immediately and initially thought he was caught off-guard by a pop-up thunderstorm that wasn't in the forecast Matthew Havin data services manager at weather technology company Baron Services told Livescience in an email.
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The satellite called BIOMASS will use long range radar to pierce through clouds and collect data from forested regions inaccessible from the ground such as the boreal forests of Russia and the Amazon rain forest.
 We have found a bridge from which transmission of cultural memory about the'specialness'of the place where the stones were later being put up was wrote possible Jacques.
Fraunhofer IOSB developed the imaging technology image processing and software. Two German companies Armbruster Kelterie-Technologie based in GÃ glingen-Frauenzimmern
and raise livestock (check out Navin Ramankutty's animation of global cropland for a wow visualization).
but for some reason they haven't really been on anybody's radar screen until recently said Smalling who is based at the USGS California Water Sciences Center in Sacramento.
At IBM we developed a precision agriculture weather-modeling service using Deep Thunder our Big data analytics technology for local customized high-resolution and rapid weather predictions.
It gathers data from sensors placed throughout fields that measure the temperature and moisture levels in soil and surrounding air.
A supercomputer processes the combined data and generates a four-dimensional mathematical model derived from the physics of the atmosphere.
By combining supercomputing and Big data analytics with other technological innovations even farmers with modest means can bolster production and profits.
#Radar Plane Scans South american Landscapes NASA's globetrotting remote-sensing plane wrapped up a month-long trip to Central
The small Gulfstream-III passenger plane carries a 10-foot-long (3 meters) radar pod the unmanned aerial vehicle synthetic aperture radar (UAVSAR.
The radar scans Earth's surface with radio waves to detect and measure changes of less than half an inch (1 centimeter).
In Central america the radar team looked at coastal mangrove forests and active volcanoes. In South america the sites ranged from Chilean wineries and shrinking tropical glaciers to Amazon cloud forests and Moche culture archaeological sites in Peru.
The radar is sensitive to water content of soil and soil moisture constrains a lot of ecosystem processes Yang Zheng UAVSAR operational processing lead told Ouramazingplanet during a UAVSAR demo at NASA's Dryden Flight Research center in January.
Its GPS SYSTEM flies the plane in a line with real-time corrections via satellite phone providing global coverage.
#Radar Plane Scans Volcanoes, Archaeological Sites NASA's globetrotting remote-sensing plane wrapped up a month-long trip to Central
The small Gulfstream-III passenger plane carries a 10-foot-long (3 meters) radar pod the unmanned aerial vehicle synthetic aperture radar (UAVSAR.
The radar scans Earth's surface with radio waves to detect and measure changes of less than half an inch (1 centimeter).
In Central america the radar team looked at coastal mangrove forests and active volcanoes. In South america the sites ranged from Chilean wineries and shrinking tropical glaciers to Amazon cloud forests and Moche culture archaeological sites in Peru.
The radar is sensitive to water content of soil and soil moisture constrains a lot of ecosystem processes Yang Zheng UAVSAR operational processing lead told Ouramazingplanet during a UAVSAR demo at NASA's Dryden Flight Research center in January.
Its GPS SYSTEM flies the plane in a line with real-time corrections via satellite phone providing global coverage.
Forecast Temperature Maps Yosemite Wildfire Grows to Fifth Largest in State's History California Interactive Radar Researchers
and powerful supercomputers are helping researchers better understand the biology evolution and dispersion of the diatom.
After generating massive amounts of data using next-generation gene sequencers they used the Ranger supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center to align organize
Forest Service Fiscal year 2013 Budget Justification Budget Puts NOAA's Focus on Weather Interactive US Radar Extreme heat is forecast over a large part of the West this summer.
Acoustic sensors designed to detect cracks in bridges and buildings catch the ultrasonic pops. A piezoelectric pickup the same as an electric guitar pickup goes through an amplifier to an oscilloscope that measures the waveform of each pop.
The acoustic sensor is pricey but Duke university botanist Dan Johnson has funding from the National Science Foundation
They come in undetected under the radar screen but have an impact that can be enormous.
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By 2009 however supercomputers had discovered the first 3148379694 congruent numbers. Some of these numbers are so enormous that
Gigantic numbers have interesting implications in data storage because they are so huge that a stray gamma ray could disrupt the bits in these numbers
Just one of the battery-powered devices provides as many as 300 puffs roughly equivalent to the number of drags from an entire pack of conventional cigarettes.
#The Ultimate Iron Chef When 3d printers Invade the Kitchen (Op-Ed) This article was published originally atâ The Conversation.
But recent advances in 3d printing (known formally as additive manufacturing) are driving the concept closer to reality.
Building by extruding material through a nozzle is quite similar to how certain 3d printers called fused deposition modellers (FDM) work today.
Researchers at Cornell pioneered some of this work adapting an open source extrusion printer called the Fab@Home Lab to work with food in 2007.
Further examples include a Burritobot on Kickstarter last year and Google serving 3d printed pasta. Other 3d printing technologies have been investigated for use with food.
In 2007 Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories introduced the Candyfab 4000 a DIY printer based on a modified selective laser sintering technique.
The netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific research (TNO) announced they ll build printers to reassemble pureed food to look like the original think 3d printed broccoli florets from pureed broccoli.
And NASA sees 3d printed food as a revolutionary way to make personalised meals for astronauts.
They are funding development of a 3d printer that premixes basic food components before spraying the mix on baking tray.
Some suggest 3d printed meat could provide high quality protein for a growing global population without increasing stress on arable land
whether 3d printed meat is halal or kosher. There may not be an issue if there is no animal slaughter involved.
They work with communities on a wide range of issues including synthetic biology and bionic implants.
With no slow down in 3d printing developments there will certainly be new advances in printed food.
whether 3d printed food can integrate in the global supply chain particularly if printed meat can be made economically viable
However the benefits of 3d printed food could be monumental. Time will tell if the next fad will be the 3d printed diet.
Until then the community should be involved in the discussion of printed food. Dr. Robert Gorkin is a Strategic Development Officer at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES.
So we're always on a rope and in a saddle. These are designed specially ropes and saddles.
One research team at Duke university plans to adapt acoustic sensor technology used for bridge cracks into a low-cost tree listener that could be ready as early as summer 2013.
Marmottant's team is also in early discussions to create a sensor. Alone his research team a group of physicists does not have a lot of biology experience.
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