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First nanoengineered retinal implant could help the blind regain functional vision
Posted in Medicine on 17th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller
Nanowires provide higher resolution than anything achieved by other devices, closer to the dense spacing of photoreceptors in the retina.
Googles Project Sunroof now shows solar potential in all 50 states
Posted in Online on 15th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller
Another expansion of Project Sunroof, a web app for showing how much money you can save by installing solar panels at home.
As Moore's law ends, brain-like computers begin
Posted in Science on 14th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller
For five decades, Moore's law held up pretty well: Roughly every two years, the number of transistors one could fit on a chip doubled, all while costs steadily declined.
To the Moon! The Musk-Bezos Billionaire Space Rivalry Just Reached New Heights
Posted in Science on 14th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller
The rivalry between billionaire space entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos may soon reach all the way to the moon.
China aims to Send People to the Moon by 2020
Posted in Science on 12th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller
China is working to develop a new spaceship that can both fly in low-Earth orbit and land on the moon.