Science Etcetera, Saturnday 20080705

Posted on 5th July 2008 by ideonexus in Science Etcetera - Tags: , , , , , ,
  • Check out this collective intelligence prediction application. Will the “Wisdom of the Crowd” work here? Something futurists should keep an eye on.

    • Collective Intelligence Predicition

    Collective Intelligence Prediction
  • Super Sweet!!! Grocery Store of the Future!!! (HT BMF).
  • The Endowment Effect is why we have difficulty parting with personal belongings, even when they’re junk.
  • Roundworms do calculus to find food or avoid harm using a derivative-crunching mechanism located within them.

    • Roundworm Calculus

    Roundworm Calculus
    Credit: Shawn Lockery
  • Cool chemical elephant statue.
  • Hubble has caught a photo of a shockwave from a supernova.

    • Supernova Shockwave

    Supernova Shockwave
    Credit: NASA
  • Scientists are moving proteins around inside cells using tweezers made out of light beams.
  • 11 food you should be eating, but probably aren’t.
  • UW RoboFish



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