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Soccer and the Future of Nanotechnology

Exploding from the other end of the field, a silver robot glinted under the light of the cameras and burst toward the lone defender standing between it and the goal. That's when the "Whirling Dervish," as its creators call it, lived up to its name, spinning furiously in a show of razzle-dazzle. Suddenly, the robot stopped dead in its tracks, hopelessly mired as if it were stuck on superglue. A metal arm appeared to rescue the wayward robot, but it was no crane -- it was an acupuncture needle. The field it plucked the robot from was hardly the size of a grain of rice.

Logitech Takes Mouse Off Pad

By Fred J. Aun
TechNewsWorld

Banking that users want the ability to step away from the desktop when mousing around on the computer, Logitech has unveiled the MX Air cordless mouse, which lets the user control the cursor on the screen using hand movements and gestures. The company said the computer's place as the media hub in many households means users want to have control from the couch as well as the desk chair...

The $100 Laptop

Moves Closer To Reality
By Mike Ricciuti

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A low-cost computer for the masses moved one step closer to reality on Wednesday.

Nicholas Negroponte, the co-founder of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, detailed specifications for a $100 windup-powered laptop targeted at children in developing nations.

Negroponte, who laid out his original proposal at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January, said MIT and his nonprofit group, called One Laptop Per Child, is in discussions with five countries--Brazil, China, Thailand, Egypt and South Africa--to distribute up to 15 million test systems to children.

Levitation Desk - Who Really Needs Four Legs?
By Andrew Liszewski

Here’s another great idea for cutting down waste and preserving the planet’s natural resources. Instead of building those ridiculous tables with four legs why not just build them with one? It makes so much sense it makes you wonder why no one has ever thought of it before. Hopefully the automakers of the world will also open their eyes and instead of building those giant 4 wheeled SUVs they’ll start building giant 1 wheeled SUVs instead.

Believe it or not,though the Levitation table created by Alexandre Boucher is apparently more than just a design concept and actually works, though he won’t spill the beans on exactly how. My guess is the same answer I used through 2 years of high school physics, a gypsy curse. And that single leg can also be positioned anywhere under the table without it toppling over to accommodate existing furniture or other structures.

Artificial Life Likely in 3 to 10 Years

Scientists working to create the first cell of synthetic life.
Artificial life could be used to fight diseases, climate change
Some worried creating life could "run amok".

Reach for the sky: Could Flying Wind Farms Help Beat Global Warming?

U.S. company develops "flying" wind turbine.
Wind energy far greater at high altitude.
FEG (Flying Electric Generator) would hover at 15,000 feet
Massive air-born wind farms envisaged

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