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Quantum Time Machine Lets You Travel to the Past Without Fear of Grandfather Paradox

07-21-2010 • Clay Dillow via PopSci

Looking to build a time machine but nervous about the classic grandfather paradox, aka the Marty McFly conundrum, aka the idea that you might unwittingly do something that causes you to never exist in the first place?

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Synthetic Cell-Like Microcapsules Communicate Like Biological Cells, Cooperate Like Ants

07-21-2010 • Clay Dillow via PopSci

Taking cues from slime molds, ants, and living biological cells, a team of University of Pittsburgh researchers has designed a system of artificial cells that can communicate with one another and cooperate to carry out tasks. The computer models they

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DARPA's Dynamic Duo Plans to Turn Biology into Tools for Troops, Somehow

07-07-2010 • Clay Dillow via PopSci

DARPA is an interesting and innovative agency, not only because it pushes the science and technology envelopes, providing funding, purpose, and goals to R&D houses looking to create next-gen technology, but also because its talents are unparalleled w

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Nifty Low-Res Design Process Drops Polygons From Lamborghini Countach, Beauty Ensues

07-07-2010 • John Mahoney via PopSci

This is a Lamborghini Countach. It was created by taking a hyper-accurate 3-D model of an actual Lamborghini (made up of millions of polygons), then gradually decreasing the resolution of the model with 3-D software until the object is lo-resed down

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Nanoscale Light Mill Spins a Motor with a Beam of Light

07-07-2010 • Clay Dillow via PopSci

The Nanoscale Light Mill Motor Ignore the Reich-i-ness of the motor's shape and you'll notice that at a shorter 810-nanometer wavelength the light strikes the outside of the motors arms, turning the motor counterclockwise. A larger 1,700-nanometer wa