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The search engine that can predict what you want
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-20 19:55)
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By incorporating information about your interests from your online persona, Futureful aims to give you what you want, before you even know you want it
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Artificial chameleon tongue has bug-catching licked
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-20 19:52)
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A robotic tongue-like device could one day be used to move delicate parts on an assembly line, or catch insects in food processing factories
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Biggest fossil spider ever found
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-20 19:49)
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A stunningly well-preserved spider from the Jurassic has been found. It's the largest in the fossil record, but still disappointingly small. Why?
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2011.04.19雨ときどき晴 軍事ロボットへの印象の変化
from 森山和道
(2011-4-20 9:19)
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Tweet ▼天気は荒れ模様。
▼震災時のトイレの本を読んでたら、仮設トイレも被災地域の現場では運用が困難との話。普段から使ってないと仮設トイレでさえも駄目らしい。やっぱり、たとえば公衆便所と公衆電話を交番に併設するとか、もうちょっと日常レベルから災害に強くしていってほしい。
▼平成２２年度「原子力総合防災訓練」１０月に行われた 訓練内容 。
相次ぐ故障により、原子炉の全ての冷却機能が喪失し、放射性物質の放出のおそれがある事態を想定
とある。想定は浜岡原発だったが、今回と同じ状況を想定した訓練を、つい半年前にやっていたようだ。しかしながらその成果は生かされているようにはあまり見えないのは残念。
▼この話は参院予算委員会でも話題になり、このように報じられている。
▼スポーツ報知 菅首相、半年前の浜岡原発防災訓練を覚えてなかった！
▼なおその前の年の原子力総合防災訓練の様子の 写真はこちら 。緊急時モニタリング用に、ヘリ、モニタリングロボット、海上保安庁の船なども参加していたことが分かる。
１号機原子炉建屋１階（2011年４月17日撮影）
▼産経 東電、原子炉建屋の内部写真公開 ロボッ ...
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Zoologger: Sea anemones spawn mixed-up kids
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-20 8:01)
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Chimeras? animals formed when two or more individuals fuse ? have been found for the first time in a free-living sexual organism
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Bear DNA is clue to age of Chauvet cave art
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-20 2:00)
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Are the paintings in the Chauvet cave? stars of Werner Herzog's recent film ? really as old as radiocarbon suggests? Extinct cave bears could tell us
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Starburst megaquake: Japan quake overturns geology
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-20 2:00)
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The Tohoku earthquake is likely to be the best-studied of all quakes, and the first analyses suggest we may have to rethink how megathrust quakes happen (full text available to subscribers)
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How to be happy: Act now if you want a revolution
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-20 1:31)
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If we want a happier society, we must take explicit action based on science, says Richard Layard , architect of the Action for Happiness project (full text available to subscribers)
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Your brain creates your sense of self, incognito
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-20 1:09)
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David Eagleman's new offering, Incognito, holds its own as one of the next generation of guides to the never-ending quest to understand our sense of self
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Chemical computers solve shapely puzzles
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-20 0:47)
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Computers built from chemical pouches can be used to solve problems in computational geometry
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