Ashton
12-25-2012, 16:16
I was just surfing the internet and came across some science things that have happened in 2012... The ones I liked are below. I can't wait to see what other cool things I will see in my lifetime.
5. Invisibility Cloak Technology Took a Huge Leap Forwardhttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2012/12/18/15/enhanced-buzz-28471-1355862628-4.jpg
British Columbia company HyperStealth Biotechnology showed a functioning prototype of its new fabric to the U.S. and Canadian military this year. The material, called Quantum Stealth, bends light waves around the wearer without the use of batteries, mirrors, or cameras. It blocks the subject from being seen by visual means but also keeps them hidden from thermal scans and infrared.
8. Stem Cells Could Extend Human Life by Over 100 Yearshttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2012/12/18/16/enhanced-buzz-29090-1355865809-13.jpg
When fast-aging elderly mice with a usual lifespan of 21 days were injected with stem cells from younger mice at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Pittsburgh, the results were staggering. Given the injection approximately four days before they were expected to die, not only did the elderly mice live — they lived threefold their normal lifespan, sticking around for 71 days. In human terms, that would be the equivalent of an 80-year-old living to be 200.
16. Google Goggles Bring the Internet Everywherehttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2012/12/18/17/enhanced-buzz-12399-1355869428-7.jpg
Almost everyone has seen the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4) of Google's vision of the future. With their Goggles, everyday life is overlaid with a HUD (Head's Up Display). Controlled by a combination of voice control and where the user is looking, the Goggles show pertinent information, surf the web, or call a loved one.
25. Human Brain Is Hackedhttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2012/12/19/10/enhanced-buzz-15028-1355930344-3.jpg
Usenix Security had a team of researchers use off-the-shelf technology to show how vulnerable the human brain really is. With an EEG (electroencephalograph) headset attached to the scalp and software to figure out what the neurons firing are trying to do, it watches for spikes in brain activity when the user recognizes something like one's ATM PIN number or a child's face.
27. Microsoft Patented the "Holodeck"http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2012/12/19/10/enhanced-buzz-18203-1355932329-0.jpg
The patent suggests Microsoft wants to take gaming beyond a single screen and turn it into an immersive experience — beaming images all over the room, accounting for things like furniture, and bending the graphics around them to create a seamless environment.
Link to original article:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/27-science-fictions-that-became-science-facts-in-2
5. Invisibility Cloak Technology Took a Huge Leap Forwardhttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2012/12/18/15/enhanced-buzz-28471-1355862628-4.jpg
British Columbia company HyperStealth Biotechnology showed a functioning prototype of its new fabric to the U.S. and Canadian military this year. The material, called Quantum Stealth, bends light waves around the wearer without the use of batteries, mirrors, or cameras. It blocks the subject from being seen by visual means but also keeps them hidden from thermal scans and infrared.
8. Stem Cells Could Extend Human Life by Over 100 Yearshttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2012/12/18/16/enhanced-buzz-29090-1355865809-13.jpg
When fast-aging elderly mice with a usual lifespan of 21 days were injected with stem cells from younger mice at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Pittsburgh, the results were staggering. Given the injection approximately four days before they were expected to die, not only did the elderly mice live — they lived threefold their normal lifespan, sticking around for 71 days. In human terms, that would be the equivalent of an 80-year-old living to be 200.
16. Google Goggles Bring the Internet Everywherehttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2012/12/18/17/enhanced-buzz-12399-1355869428-7.jpg
Almost everyone has seen the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4) of Google's vision of the future. With their Goggles, everyday life is overlaid with a HUD (Head's Up Display). Controlled by a combination of voice control and where the user is looking, the Goggles show pertinent information, surf the web, or call a loved one.
25. Human Brain Is Hackedhttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2012/12/19/10/enhanced-buzz-15028-1355930344-3.jpg
Usenix Security had a team of researchers use off-the-shelf technology to show how vulnerable the human brain really is. With an EEG (electroencephalograph) headset attached to the scalp and software to figure out what the neurons firing are trying to do, it watches for spikes in brain activity when the user recognizes something like one's ATM PIN number or a child's face.
27. Microsoft Patented the "Holodeck"http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2012/12/19/10/enhanced-buzz-18203-1355932329-0.jpg
The patent suggests Microsoft wants to take gaming beyond a single screen and turn it into an immersive experience — beaming images all over the room, accounting for things like furniture, and bending the graphics around them to create a seamless environment.
Link to original article:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/27-science-fictions-that-became-science-facts-in-2