This is the Nexus S - "Here it is: the Nexus S, your Gingerbread-running Google phone from Samsung, and the presumed sequel to the HTC-produced Nexus One. These pictures were taken about a month ago..." See also: Oops: Best Buy Slip-Up Revives`Nexus S' Rumors
How ‘Super AMOLED' Displays Work - "Some tablets and smartphones ship with an AMOLED display. Newer ones are shipping with a “Super AMOLED” display. What so super about it, and what does all this alphabet soup even mean?"
What the U.S. Can Learn from the Dutch About Teen Sex - "The Dutch are known for their liberal attitudes toward sex and drugs: while not officially legal, marijuana use and sale in “coffee shops” is tolerated in The Netherlands, as is prostitution, most notoriously in the street windows of Amsterdam's red light district. Pragmatism, the Dutch have long believed, is better than punitive prohibition — and they've got lots of data on their side.While 12% of the American population has smoked marijuana in the last month, for example, the same is true of only 5% of citizens of The Netherlands...."
Navy's Superlaser Is More Than a Weapon - "The Navy is increasingly excited about building a superpowerful laser to shoot down missiles and rockets that might attack its ships. But don't expect the long-planned Free Electron Laser weapon to replace the guns the Navy stations on its ships — or to be shipboard for years. And definitely expect the laser to do more than just zap stuff out of the sky..."
Gold Nanoparticles Could Make Trees Glow Like Street Lights - "Scientists in Taiwan have discovered that gold nanoparticles can induce luminescence in the leaves of plants, making them emit a reddish glow. They came up with the process while searching for a way to create high-efficiency lighting that is similar to LED technology, but without the use of toxic chemicals such as phosphor powder. One use envisioned by lead researcher Dr. Yen-Hsun Su is the cultivation of gold-treated roadside trees that would provide street lighting while saving energy and absorbing carbon dioxide..."
Doctor's dandy idea leads to a promising cancer finding - "Extract from dandelion roots dug out of lawns by a University of Windsor scientist and his students make cancer cells "commit suicide.".."
Google's fight to keep its top minds - "Google is known to hire the best and the brightest Silicon Valley has to offer, but hanging onto that talent can be a struggle. Google's bold move to boost morale -- a 10% across-the-board pay raise -- has already cost it one worker: The employee who leaked the news..."
Stem cell transplant ‘doubles muscle mass' - "Researchers at University of Colorado transplanted stem cells into the leg muscles of mice prevented the loss of muscle function and mass that normally occurs with aging – a find that could be used in treating humans with chronic, degenerative muscle diseases..."
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The secrets of evolution unearthed in Highlands - "The key moment in the history of life on Earth – the tipping point at which there was enough oxygen in the atmosphere to support the evolution of complex animals and plants – occurred about 400 million years earlier than previously thought, a study has found..."
Vroom! Boom! - "No sooner does Defense Secretary Robert Gates succeed in ending production of the Air Force's F-22 fifth-generation jet fighter than the service is off into the wild blue yonder developing its sixth. The so-called Next Generation Tactical Aircraft -- they always begin with boring names before the marketeers get involved and dub them Raptor, the F-22's official nickname, or something equally cool -- should begin flying about 2030. The Air Force's wish-list for its next warplane is included in a new solicitation for the purchase..."
Robotic Nurse Gives Human A Sponge Bath, With Just the Right Amount of Force - "Perhaps in the past we've held back from having robots administer sponge baths for fear that they would just be too forceful. Now there's Cody – a robotic nurse proven to be gentle enough to bathe humans..."
Fasten Your Seatbelts – Firefox 4 Beta adds new JavaScript power and faster graphics - "A new release of Firefox 4 Beta is now ready for you to download and test! This release boosts performance in some important ways: it adds the JägerMonkey just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compiler; adds more support for hardware-accelerated graphics, as well as hardware acceleration for Windows XP and Mac OS X; and enables 3D capabilities, without the need for plug-ins, with WebGL..."
Unbelievable 3D Drawings (16 pieces) - "These three-dimensional pencil drawings by Chilean artist Fredo are absolutely mind-blowing! The 17-year-old prodigy draws objects that look like they're about to jump off the page! In fact, by taking pictures of his art at just the right angle, it's hard to differentiate what's real and what's not...."
Ireland's Fate Tied to Doomed Banks - "But now, investors are betting the bill could be higher still and could reignite Europe's sovereign-debt crisis. The unpopular government is bracing for collapse, and on Tuesday, Irish government bonds continued a week-long slide to a fresh record low. The debt is judged as risky as Greece's was this spring just before that nation begged for a European Union bailout..."
Why should you care about currency wars? - "The strength of currencies has become a source of tension between some of the world's biggest economies, especially the US and China..."
Spintronic Memories to Revolutionize Data Storage - "Superdense MRAM chips based on the bizarre property of electron spin could replace all other forms of data storage..."
Google Brings Goggles: Visual Search to iPhone, iPod Touch - "The rift between Apple and Google seems to once again be shrinking, or at least changing shape. Google has updated its iPhone search app with Google Goggles, a feature it debuted for Android phones nearly a year ago. Google Goggles is an interesting feature (though some call it "terrible"), which can basically search the world around you using your device camera..."
Yahoo! expected to layoff 2,500 staff - "A rumor is making the rounds that managers at Yahoo! have been told to start deciding which staff need to go. The reason? Yahoo!'s upper management is set to cut 20% of its staff, or around 2,500 people..."
The final nail in the coffin for Net neutrality?
Out Of This World: A Paper Plane In Space - "The balloon climbed to 90,000 ft where the helium expanded to a point that caused the balloon to burst and the plane was released, gliding down to earth 100 miles from where it set off..."
Great Scott! Over 35 Hours of Video Uploaded Every Minute to YouTube - "Remember in March when we shared with you that more than 24 hours of video being uploaded to YouTube every minute? Well, you continue to amaze us: you've increased the amount of video uploaded to YouTube to 35 hours per minute..."
Create a Chemical Reaction - "Create a Chemical Reaction is an interactive exhibit in the Science Storms wing of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Using specially-tagged pucks, visitors can grab atoms from the periodic table and combine them to cause chemical reactions..."
Networks, don't boycott internet television - "Following the launch of Google TV in America, a bunch of major US TV networks have blocked the company from their content. But if they want the highest ratings, it's about time they embraced web TV in its entirety..."
Patent lawsuit: "majority" of Seagate, WD drives infringing - "Both patents were filed back in 1997 by Uri Cohen, a California inventor who eventually launched his own investigations of Seagate and Western Digital drives. Convinced that the companies were using his work without compensation, Cohen found himself unable to secure licenses; he was also short of cash to fund a hugely expensive patent lawsuit in federal court. So he sold his patents to Rembrandt, which has the deep pockets needed to see the litigation through..."
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