NEWRON vol I issue IV (3-2-07)

Edited by: Natan Davidovics


http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/07/0221fish.html

Biologically inspired sensors can augment sonar, vision system in submarines

James E. Kloeppel, Physical Sciences Editor 2/21/07

To find prey and avoid being preyed upon, fish rely on a row of specialized sensory organs along the sides of their bodies, called the lateral line. Now, a research team led by Chang Liu at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has built an artificial lateral line that can provide the same functions in underwater vehicles.



http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&tax onomyId=19&articleId=9011945

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Scientists: Data-storing bacteria could last thousands of years

Lucas Mearian February 27, 2007 (Computerworld)

Keio University Institute for Advanced Biosciences and Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus announced the development of the new technology, which creates an artificial DNA that carries up to more than 100 bits of data within the genome sequence, according to the JCN Newswire.



http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/ArticleID/14763/14763.html

To Be Almost Human Or Not To Be, That Is The Question

Daniel Harris | ED Online ID #14763 | February 15, 2007

Researchers are developing robots that will assist the elderly and disabled, but the vote is split on how human-like they should become.