Friday, October 07, 2005

Diamond knee replacements!

Well, yes...that is one possiblity now that we have learned how to make 'real' diamonds.
They're already up to two carats, and are planning on ten.
Another possibility is a car paint that would never scratch. Lots and lots of possibilities...
The 10,000 *movie* iPod sounds kind of interesting too.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Carbon nanotube memory chips - ten times faster than today's flash memory.
Basically, what they're talking about is "instant on" computers - no start-up time.

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com
- that's one seriously long domain name
World's Tallest Buildings
This could make things interesting - an anti-sniper robot.

It can't fire back (yet), but it locates the source of the shot pretty darn quick, or, as they claim "before the smoke disappears."