July 25, 2012Good Morning,
Love your touchscreen device, but hate the smudges? 3M is developing a solution in the form of a screen protector that makes fingerprints vanish without wiping. Check out the second article for more details.
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Erin
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Computer model mimics entire organism PALO ALTO, Calif. - Researchers in California say they've made a breakthrough in computational biology by creating the first complete computer model of an organism. Writing in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University combined date from more than 900 scientific papers to account for every molecular interaction in the life cycle of Mycoplasma genitalium, the world's smallest free-living bacterium. Modeling the entirety of an organism in a computer has been a longstanding goal for computational biology and represents a stepping-stone toward the use of computer-aided design in bioengineering and medicine, a Stanford release reported. Biology studies in the past two decades have produced enormous amounts of cellular information, so a lack of experimental data is no longer the primary limiting factor, researchers said; instead, it's how to make sense of what is already known. A complete computer model of an organism can clarify and illuminate data sets whose sheer size would otherwise place them outside human understanding, they said. "You don't really understand how something works until you can reproduce it yourself," Stanford bioengineering researcher Jayodita Sanghvi said. Mycoplasma genitalium was chosen, the researchers said, because it possesses the smallest genome of any free-living organism -- only 525 genes -- as opposed to the 4,288 of E. coli, a more traditional laboratory bacterium.
Screen protector makes fingerprints vanishST. PAUL, Minn. - 3M says it has a solution to the common problem of smudges and fingerprints on touchscreens -- a screen protector designed to make fingerprints fade away. 3M's isn't revealing any details of how its "Natural View Fingerprint Fading" causes fingerprints to "magically" fade away after a short period, but it almost certainly has had has some kind of chemical coating worked into the protector, Slash Gear reported. The company says in addition to its "self-cleaning" nature the screen protector is durable and scratch-resistant. Currently available for second and third generation iPads as well as Galaxy Tab tablets, the screen protectors can be bought through Amazon for around $25, Slash Gear reported, noting reports from early adopters of positive results.
NASA tests inflatable space heat shieldWALLOPS ISLAND, Va. - NASA says it has tested a large inflatable heat shield that survived a trip through Earth's atmosphere travelling at hypersonic speeds up to 7,600 mph. The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment, or IRVE-3, was launched by sounding rocket Monday from its Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., the space agency reported. The test was intended to show a space capsule could use an inflatable outer shell to slow and protect itself as it enters an atmosphere at hypersonic speed during planetary entry and descent, such as in missions to Mars, or in returns to Earth with cargo from the International Space Station, NASA said. "It's great to see the initial results indicate we had a successful test of the hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator," James Reuther, deputy director of NASA's Space Technology Program, said. "This demonstration flight goes a long way toward showing the value of these technologies to serve as atmospheric entry heat shields for future space." IRVE-3 is a cone of uninflated high-tech rings covered by a thermal blanket of layers of heat resistant materials. About 6 minutes into its suborbital flight, the 680-pound inflatable aeroshell, or heat shield, and its payload separated from the launch vehicle, then an inflation system pumped nitrogen into the shell until it expanded to a mushroom shape almost 10 feet in diameter. Ground controller monitors video from four onboard cameras that confirmed the inflatable shield held its shape despite the force and high heat of reentry.
New type of connector for iPhone likelyCUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple's next generation iPhone will come with a 19-pin connector port at the bottom instead of the proprietary 30-pin port, analysts predict. The smaller connector has been chosen "to make room for the earphone moving to the bottom," some Web blogs report. Apple-watching Web sites have long expected the end of the 30-pin connector, which takes up a lot of valuable space in ever-smaller devices. If the prediction is accurate, it means the new phone would not connect with current accessories such as speakers and power chargers that form part of the ecosystem around iPods, iPads and iPhones without some sort of adapter. However, that could mean a sales boom for accessory manufacturers, Pete Cunningham, London-based analyst at technology research firm Canalys, told The Daily Telegraph. "It represents an opportunity for accessory vendors," he said. "The iPhone connector has been a standard for a long time now and I would expect the same to be true for a new connector, should Apple change it as expected." Some analysts say they expect Apple to offer a solution for people invested heavily in expensive speaker docks or other expensive iPhone accessories. "Apple needs to find a solution not to disappoint their current clients who want to upgrade to the new iPhone but are tied to an expensive accessory they have bought," Franciso Jeronimo, an analyst at technology research firm IDC said. "I believe Apple will come up with some sort of adaptor so the new iPhone can be used with previous connectors."
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