KurzweilAI News -- 10/15/07

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'Electromagnetic Wormhole' Possible

with Invisibility Technology

PhysOrg.com October 12, 2007

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University of Rochester researchers

have developed cloaking technology

that opens the possibility of

building a sort of invisible tunnel

between two points in space. One of

the views through the "wormhole."

Credit: University of Rochester...

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Invisibility Made Easier

Technology Review Oct. 15, 2007

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Princeton University researchers

have demonstrated a new way to

create metamaterials that bend light

in unusual ways. Anthony Hoffman,

Princeton University The new proces

allows for metamaterials that are

both higher performing and much

easier to manufacture, perhaps

bringing these applications closer

to...

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Cell-squirting needles could

'weave' new organs

NewScientist.com news service Oct. 12, 2007

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A new approach to "printing" living

cells could make it easier to

arrange them into precise structures

without harming them. This could

enable future therapies where

replacement limbs or organs can be

printed to...

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Second Life, other virtual worlds

extending reach to mainstream

Mercury News Oct. 12, 2007

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For the first time, the Oct. 24

episode of the popular television

show "CSI:NY" will direct viewers to

Second Life, evidence of a growing

push by virtual worlds to attract

mainstream...

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Cram 4TB on Desktop Drives by 2009,

Hitachi Says

PC World October 14, 2007

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Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

has developed technology that will

quadruple the storage capacity of

desktop hard drives within the next

two years. Desktop computers could

attain a capacity of 4TB of storage

while laptop storage could reach

1TB, according to Hitachi. Hard

drives are currently doubling in

capacity every two years, said John...

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