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The Chinese and Australians of the world have joined forces to revolutionize the world! Well, maybe not the entire world, just a portion of the world of plasma physics at least. And what exactly did these wonderful/intelligent people create together? Well you see, they joined their powerful minds together to create a handheld, battery-powered plasma-producing device [...]

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We all know that running barefoot is dangerous and less effective than running with shoes on.. Right? Maybe not. A team of researchers from Boston took a trip to Kenya to study the physics of barefoot running. Kenya has produced a number of Olympic winners; the majority of them growing up without shoes. Scientist Daniel [...]

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Robots obeying verbal commands are one thing, but a piece of metal reading your thoughts is a whole different story. Although it seems crazy, recently scientists have been able to develop a robotic arm that does just that. This telepathic arm was tested on two paralyzed patients in Massachusetts.  Brown University and the Department of Veteran [...]

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I found really interesting topic that about our technology. As he said we are interaction with the physical objects around us. And he is going to introduce us one object deals with gestures and also it is fun to use. I was interesting at how he put objects and gestures as how we use these objects in every [...]

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A new study has taken place at UCLA, researching the effects of an high fructose-diet.  Everyone knows that a lot of sugar is not good for you, but the results of this study are very interesting.  This study shows that a high steady diet of fructose slows the brain, the slowing of the brain hampers [...]

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Have you ever wondered how three-sided snowflakes are formed?  Well, your wondering has come to an end because of an experiment that was done in California (ironic) by Kenneth Libbrecht.  The snow that Mr. Libbtecht works with is grown in his laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.  He and his fellow physicist, Hannah Arnold, [...]

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Everyone knows that the blind can’t see, unless Jesus comes down and decides to heal them all. While mere mortal humans have not been able to actually make the blind see, progress is being made. Two British men by the names of Chris James and Robin Millar who have been blind for many years now have [...]

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Though it seems difficult to imagine, a robot struggles to simply pour juice into a plastic cup. While one hand holds the glass bottle firmly, the other one must gently grasp the cup. Researchers at Saarland University have finally created a robotic hand that can accomplish both tasks with ease and yet including the actuators [...]

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Cerebral Palsy is a group of disorders that can involve brain and nervous system functions such as movement, learning, hearing, seeing, and thinking. It is caused by injuries or abnormalities of the brain and mostly occur as the baby grows in the womb. However, it can also happen at any time during the first two [...]

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