Science Fiction to Science Fact 2012

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 Forward

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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 Years

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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 Everywhere

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Almost everyone has seen the video 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 Hacked

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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"

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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.

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/27-sc...nce-facts-in-2

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I doubt I want to know the cost on that fabric per square foot ...though that could be amazingly fun and functional.

that whole article was pretty interesting, thanks for the read.

I'll take the brain-hacked bitch for $25

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Originally Posted by sabot_round

I'll take the brain-hacked bitch for $25

Dibs on the NASA robo-limb cutie

You could wrap your wife in that fabric and she would disappear...

pretty cool stuff

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Originally Posted by sabot_round

I'll take the brain-hacked bitch for $25

Morning everyone. Today we have a new insert for your Kevlar..........[tinhat][Luck]

Think of the possibilities. Lets talk about Article 31. Here, put this on. [LOL]

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You could wrap your wife in that fabric and she would disappear...

But she wouldn't stop talking. So then you'd just have an invisible nagging wife.

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Dibs on the NASA robo-limb cutie

You're too late already bought her. But soon we will be able to clone her so you can buy one at that time.

In for one blanket.

How does that blanket possibly block your thermal signature? Sounds like it'd be hot as hell to wear.