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Mar 4, 2022

ALIAS equipped Black Hawk helicopter completes first uninhabited flight

Posted by in category: transportation

“It might look disconcerting to see a @LockheedMartin Martin @Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter flying itself…but, don’t worry, we’ve got this! DARPA’s ALIAS technology just enabled the first ever flight of this iconic chopper…with nobody onboard. https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-02-08

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Mar 4, 2022

Temperature variation could help new touchscreen technology simulate virtual shapes

Posted by in categories: computing, engineering

High-fidelity touch has the potential to significantly expand the scope of what we expect from computing devices, making new remote sensory experiences possible. The research on these advancements, led by a pair of researchers from the J. Mike Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, could help touchscreens simulate virtual shapes.

Dr. Cynthia Hipwell is studying at the finger-device level, while Dr. Jonathan Felts is researching friction in the interaction between single skin cells and the glass of the touchscreen interface. The two are bringing together their respective areas of expertise to apply friction principles at the to finger-device interaction mechanics.

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Mar 4, 2022

A new artificial human arm is moving prosthetics one step closer to true bionics

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, transhumanism

Mar 4, 2022

Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Posted by in category: education

Mar 4, 2022

These solar panels create clean water in the desert

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

Mar 4, 2022

Brain-computer interface firm Neuroelectrics wants to eliminate surgery

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, neuroscience

Mar 4, 2022

Watch a SpaceX rocket fly for a record 11th time

Posted by in categories: drones, Elon Musk, internet, satellites

Elon Musk’s Starlink internet project continues to move forward, launch by launch.

SpaceX launched another 47 internet-beaming satellites from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday morning.

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Mar 4, 2022

Hackers Who Broke Into NVIDIA’s Network Leak DLSS Source Code Online

Posted by in category: computing

Hackers who penetrated the network of the American chip manufacturer NVIDIA have leaked DLSS source code on the Internet.

Mar 4, 2022

Report: Nearly 75% of Infusion Pumps Affected by Severe Vulnerabilities

Posted by in category: security

Nearly 75% of network-connected infusion pumps contain security vulnerabilities.

Mar 4, 2022

Targeting the cell cycle could overcome cancer treatment resistance

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Scientists from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have shed light on a different way of overcoming mechanisms of resistance to specific therapeutic agents used to treat cancer. In a new article published March 1 in the journal Cell Reports, the researchers propose a new approach to cancer treatment based on the way different cancer cells divide.

A collaborative team led by Agnieszka Witkiewicz, MD, Professor of Oncology, and Erik Knudsen, Ph.D., Professor of Oncology and Chair of Molecular and Cellular Biology, from Roswell Park investigated over 500 from a multitude of cancer types, as well as preclinical tumor models. The researchers then analyzed based on their dependency for CDK and CCN, two genes that drive the cell cycle and determine how often a cancer cell divides.

“We found that the way cancer cells divide is highly varied, and that diversity represents a tremendous challenge for some widely used cancer therapies because it often contributes to treatment resistance,” says Dr. Witkiewicz, the study’s senior author. “However, with a better understanding of these heterogenous features of cancer cell division, different therapies could be deployed in a more precise and effective fashion.”