Samsung has filed a patent application for a system that links a smart stylus with a projected display to enable big-screen applications on mobile phones.
Monthly Archives: April 2006
Organ Printing Progress
There has been some success recently with the growing of replacement organs. But growing is slow, especially when you consider organ replacement is best done sooner rather than later. Enter Gabor Forgacs, a biophysicist at the University of Missouri – he has developed a new bioprinting technique that could be used to create complex tissue structures such as veins far more efficiently than previous methods allowed.
New Mexico Spaceport – Good To Go
There is now sufficient mobile apparatus at the New Mexico Spaceport to permit UA Aerospace Inc. to go through with their first planned suborbital launches in July. Moving to permanent structures will require the granting of a licence from the Federal Aviation Administration, but the Spaceport crews have plenty of other work to be getting on with in the meantime.
Are Things Really This Bad?
I’ve been to Mexico City, and while they say it’s the most polluted city in the world, I don’t believe even that level of pollution warrants a product like the new OGO. Essentially, it’s a can of air. That you breathe. And pay for. It even comes in flavors!
Jaguar Tech
Wired has an entertaining review of the new Jaguar XK. Worthy of a technology magazine’s attention is a highly automatic control system that’s designed to let you feel dangerous without being dangerous, and carefully crafted engine noise deliberately mixed to “European” perfection and piped at appopriate volumes to the cabin.