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Robotic Bird Has USAF Flocking
   A prototype of a small robotic bird created from carbon fiber composites and Mylar has the U.S. Airforce flocking nearby for a closer look.
Humans Teach Bacteria New Language
   A group of scientists lead by Professor James C. Liao are engineering an artificial cell-to-cell communication network by teaching bacteria to communicate with each other and to work together in a whole new way.
The Latest In Quantum-Dot Switches
   Quantum dot switches made up of pairs of tiny puddles of forty to sixty paired electrons show promise as the building blocks for quantum computers.
Biomolecular Computer: The Tiniest Doc?
   The vial at shown here contains trillions of tiny doctors capable of both diagnosing a particular form of cancer as well as administering an anti-cancer agent.
Micromouse Robot Builders Seek The Brass Cheese
   The UK Micromouse 2004 Championship will be held on June 19th; tiny autonomouse (sorry about that) robot mice race to solve a 16x16 maze.
Bacillus Loquacious: AI-2 and the Talkative Bacterium
   "When we think about bacteria, we think about them as being tiny single-celled organisms that live these very asocial reclusive lives," said Bonnie Bassler, a molecular biologist at Princeton University. "In fact, bacteria have developed language, an
Product RFID Tags Now Play Jingles
   A computer science student from Durlach in Germany has worked out a way to store a tune on the radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags now attached to many consumer goods.
UAVs Invade Public Airspace
   Unmanned surveillance drones that are capable of autonomous flight are being used in Iraq. One day, you will look up - and probably not see it overhead in your neighborhood.
Electronic Erasable Paper - Xerox Seeks E-Palimpsest
   Xerox is still looking for the perfect palimpsest - eraseable electronic reusable paper.
Interview With Greg Bear On Quantico
   This exclusive Technovelgy interview includes Greg Bear's comments on the ideas and devices used in his book Quantico.
LOCAD-PTS Handheld Microorganism Detector
   Astronauts only carry the best in hand-held instrumentation - this one is a pocket-sized biology lab.
Biocomputers (Biological Computers) Come Closer
   Researchers continue to take small steps toward the creation of biological computers.
Russians Fear Targeted Bioweapons, Ban Human Tissue Export
   Russian fears about bioweapons were predicted by several sf writers, including Greg Bear.
Bacterial Art - Culture In A Dish
   It shouldn't surprise us that bacteria can create beautiful patterns while solving problems (just like we sometimes do), but these pictures still surprised me.
xTAG Viral Panel Tests 12 Viruses In One Sample
   More remarkable developments in which scientists give futurists a run for their money.
Morgellons Disease Has Science-Fictional Effects
   Morgellons syndrome is an almost sfnal disease process - if it really exists.
NASA Biohazard Biosensor Nanotech-Based
   This technology is really coming along; it's also another case in which some space technology came home to Earth.
E-Ink Cover World's First
   Very impressive first effort; Esquire leads the way in bringing this futuristic technology right to your local news stand.
Logic Gates Built Inside Living Cells
   Remarkable development allows logic gates to be placed inside living cells.
Touch EPD Touch Screen EPaper Display
   E-paper, e-shmaper - now there's a way to interact directly with your e-paper display, getting rid of those clunky control keys and boards.
UK School Face Recognition: Kiddie Orwell Tech
   Surveillance of schools now an enjoyable activity, claims UK school principals.
Helmet-Based Sniper Location System
   This system transforms ordinary soldiers into information-gathering 'smart nodes' on a wireless network, ultimately producing a location map of enemy shooters.
Bacteria Talk To Each Other On Bassler Video
   Exceptional talk by molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler details the latest research and thinking about how bacteria work together to help us and harm us.
Programmable Lab-On-A-Chip
   This important development will lead to much more useful portable biosensors and other analysis tools; it would be useful to have a device that detected swine flu from a simple needle stick.
Bacterial 'Computer' Solves Math Problem
   Genetically modified bacteria solve yet another math problem. It takes a while to program them, but when you can double your number of processors every few hours, the calculations go faster.
Cures Found in 'Junk DNA'
   What has been conserved in the so-called 'junk DNA' of the human genome? Perhaps cures for disease? And more.

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