REAL STUFF that sounds like Fiction
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:44 am
Power Generation and Storage
Ampy converts a half-hour jog into three hours of battery life
http://www.gizmag.com/ampy-is-a-small-m ... ger/34192/
World's first solar battery claimed to "run on light and air"
http://www.gizmag.com/solar-cell-battery-hybrid/34119/
University of Washington fusion reactor promises "cheaper then coal" energy
http://www.gizmag.com/dynomak-fusion-re ... ton/34174/
BM "sunflowers" to supply off-grid energy, water, and cooling
http://www.gizmag.com/ibm-sunflower-hcp ... tor/33989/
Salt water-powered Quant e-Sportlimousine gets European approval
http://www.gizmag.com/quant-e-sportlimo ... ads/33020/
Volvo to replace body parts with energized carbon fiber panels
http://www.gizmag.com/volvo-battery-inf ... nts/29437/
Structural; supercapacitors could make batteries and power cords obsolete
http://www.gizmag.com/structural-superc ... ete/32246/
Graphene and carbon nanotubes combined to create flexible, wearable supercapacitor
http://www.gizmag.com/flexible-supercap ... ity/32028/
Pronto battery take 5 minutes to fuel up enough to charge an iPhone
http://www.gizmag.com/pronto-power-prac ... ery/34143/
An Industrial-Sized Generator That Runs on Waste Heat, Using No Fuel
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/53 ... g-no-fuel/
Two-dimensional piezoelectric material forms basis of world's thinnest electric generator
http://www.gizmag.com/mos2-atomic-piezo ... tor/34301/
Zap&Go portable charger fuels up in just 5 minutes
http://www.gizmag.com/zap-and-go-superc ... ger/34228/
Things that seemingly defy the laws of physics
Nanoparticles found to violate second law of thermodynamics
http://www.gizmag.com/nanoparticles-vio ... ics/31491/
LED's efficiency exceeds 100%
http://phys.org/news/2012-03-efficiency.html
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/201 ... cient-leds
http://www.realclearscience.com/2012/03 ... 45913.html
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/new ... into-light
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/sho ... icient-LED
"Solid" light reveals new insights about quantum mechanics
http://www.gizmag.com/solid-light-quant ... ics/33865/
Groundbreaking experiment aims to create matter from light
http://www.gizmag.com/experiment-to-tur ... ter/32107/
Can The Future Affect The Past
http://www.livescience.com/19975-spooky ... ement.html
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/new ... t-the-past
Spacesuits and Power Armor
Future skintight spacesuits could snug up at at the touch of a button
http://www.gizmag.com/mit-shrink-wrap-spacesuit/33866/
HAL exoskeleton can boost strength 10 times
http://www.gizmag.com/robot-suit-hal/11471/
Riddell's Speedflex football helmet flexes to absorb the hits
http://www.gizmag.com/riddell-speedflex ... met/33693/
Mind-controlled mechatronic prosthetics now a reality
http://www.gizmag.com/mind-controlled-p ... nic/34184/
Prosthetic hand capable of delivering texture sensations
http://www.gizmag.com/prosthetic-hand-t ... ons/34203/
Brain-computer interface enables "locked-in" brain stroke sufferer to communicate
http://www.gizmag.com/brain-computer-in ... ate/34204/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TALOS_(uniform)
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new ... an-to-life
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the ... -man-suit/
New shear Thickening Fluid (STF) enables flexable, comfortable armor
http://www.gizmag.com/go/5995/
Human Enhancement
Mutant gene prevents worms gaining weight from unhealthy diets
http://www.gizmag.com/mutant-gene-weigh ... iet/34202/
Scientists close in on diabetes cure with production of insulin-producing cells
http://www.gizmag.com/stem-cell-diabete ... lls/34221/
Oxygen absorbing material may allow us to breathe underwater
http://www.gizmag.com/crystalline-mater ... ark/34064/
Newly discovered on/off switch could hold the key to healthy aging
http://www.gizmag.com/on-off-switch-tel ... ute/33931/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respirocyte
Transportation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_pack
Sikorsky reveals first S-97 Raider helicopter prototype
http://www.gizmag.com/sikorsky-s-97-rai ... ype/34099/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-97_Raider
WingBoarding: An extreme aerial sport inspired by a Disney cartoon
http://www.gizmag.com/wingboard-extreme-sport/34181/
HMS Ocean receives all-in-one computer system
http://www.gizmag.com/hms-ocean-upgrade/34175/
Salt water-powered Quant e-Sportlimousine gets European approval
http://www.gizmag.com/quant-e-sportlimo ... ads/33020/
Gravity powered aircraft flies with no fuel
http://www.gizmag.com/go/3060/
Microwave-Powered Rocket Ascends without fuel
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/42 ... hout-fuel/
Other Sci-Fi type stuff
Inteliscope turns your iPhone into a tactical gun sight
http://www.gizmag.com/inteliscope-iphon ... ght/27644/
Leia Display System: The mid-air touchscreen you can control with your whole body
http://www.gizmag.com/leia-display-inte ... ist/34165/
Wood pulp extract stronger then carbon fiber or Kelar
http://www.gizmag.com/cellulose-nanocry ... lar/23959/
Coin combines multipule cards in one device
http://www.gizmag.com/coin-electronic-card/29787/
Plastic - one card to rule them all?
http://www.gizmag.com/plastc-card/34153/
Lighting Sheets Would Use Half as Much Power as Lightbulbs
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/53 ... ightbulbs/
New materials developed that are as light as aerogel, yet 10,000 times stronger
http://www.gizmag.com/llnl-ultralight-m ... ial/32589/
Stanford researchers control light using synthetic magnetism
http://www.gizmag.com/synthetic-magneti ... tal/25261/
Copper iodide phosphors could mean less-expensive LEDs
http://www.gizmag.com/copper-iodide-led ... ors/34295/
Weapons
Turret flight tests to pave the way for laser weapons on military aircraft
http://www.gizmag.com/high-energy-laser ... est/33841/
U.S. Navy to deploy Laser Weapon System on warship
http://www.gizmag.com/laser-laws/26978/
Laser weapon adds sea-going craft to its list of conquests
http://www.gizmag.com/adam-laser-weapon ... est/32014/
U.S. Army weapon shoots lightning bolts down laser beams
http://www.gizmag.com/laser-induced-pla ... nel/23117/
Ampy converts a half-hour jog into three hours of battery life
http://www.gizmag.com/ampy-is-a-small-m ... ger/34192/
World's first solar battery claimed to "run on light and air"
http://www.gizmag.com/solar-cell-battery-hybrid/34119/
University of Washington fusion reactor promises "cheaper then coal" energy
http://www.gizmag.com/dynomak-fusion-re ... ton/34174/
BM "sunflowers" to supply off-grid energy, water, and cooling
http://www.gizmag.com/ibm-sunflower-hcp ... tor/33989/
Salt water-powered Quant e-Sportlimousine gets European approval
http://www.gizmag.com/quant-e-sportlimo ... ads/33020/
Volvo to replace body parts with energized carbon fiber panels
http://www.gizmag.com/volvo-battery-inf ... nts/29437/
Structural; supercapacitors could make batteries and power cords obsolete
http://www.gizmag.com/structural-superc ... ete/32246/
Graphene and carbon nanotubes combined to create flexible, wearable supercapacitor
http://www.gizmag.com/flexible-supercap ... ity/32028/
Pronto battery take 5 minutes to fuel up enough to charge an iPhone
http://www.gizmag.com/pronto-power-prac ... ery/34143/
An Industrial-Sized Generator That Runs on Waste Heat, Using No Fuel
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/53 ... g-no-fuel/
Two-dimensional piezoelectric material forms basis of world's thinnest electric generator
http://www.gizmag.com/mos2-atomic-piezo ... tor/34301/
Zap&Go portable charger fuels up in just 5 minutes
http://www.gizmag.com/zap-and-go-superc ... ger/34228/
Things that seemingly defy the laws of physics
Nanoparticles found to violate second law of thermodynamics
http://www.gizmag.com/nanoparticles-vio ... ics/31491/
LED's efficiency exceeds 100%
http://phys.org/news/2012-03-efficiency.html
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/201 ... cient-leds
http://www.realclearscience.com/2012/03 ... 45913.html
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/new ... into-light
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/sho ... icient-LED
"Solid" light reveals new insights about quantum mechanics
http://www.gizmag.com/solid-light-quant ... ics/33865/
Groundbreaking experiment aims to create matter from light
http://www.gizmag.com/experiment-to-tur ... ter/32107/
Can The Future Affect The Past
http://www.livescience.com/19975-spooky ... ement.html
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/new ... t-the-past
Spacesuits and Power Armor
Future skintight spacesuits could snug up at at the touch of a button
http://www.gizmag.com/mit-shrink-wrap-spacesuit/33866/
HAL exoskeleton can boost strength 10 times
http://www.gizmag.com/robot-suit-hal/11471/
Riddell's Speedflex football helmet flexes to absorb the hits
http://www.gizmag.com/riddell-speedflex ... met/33693/
Mind-controlled mechatronic prosthetics now a reality
http://www.gizmag.com/mind-controlled-p ... nic/34184/
Prosthetic hand capable of delivering texture sensations
http://www.gizmag.com/prosthetic-hand-t ... ons/34203/
Brain-computer interface enables "locked-in" brain stroke sufferer to communicate
http://www.gizmag.com/brain-computer-in ... ate/34204/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TALOS_(uniform)
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new ... an-to-life
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the ... -man-suit/
New shear Thickening Fluid (STF) enables flexable, comfortable armor
http://www.gizmag.com/go/5995/
Human Enhancement
Mutant gene prevents worms gaining weight from unhealthy diets
http://www.gizmag.com/mutant-gene-weigh ... iet/34202/
Scientists close in on diabetes cure with production of insulin-producing cells
http://www.gizmag.com/stem-cell-diabete ... lls/34221/
Oxygen absorbing material may allow us to breathe underwater
http://www.gizmag.com/crystalline-mater ... ark/34064/
Newly discovered on/off switch could hold the key to healthy aging
http://www.gizmag.com/on-off-switch-tel ... ute/33931/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respirocyte
Transportation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_pack
Sikorsky reveals first S-97 Raider helicopter prototype
http://www.gizmag.com/sikorsky-s-97-rai ... ype/34099/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-97_Raider
WingBoarding: An extreme aerial sport inspired by a Disney cartoon
http://www.gizmag.com/wingboard-extreme-sport/34181/
HMS Ocean receives all-in-one computer system
http://www.gizmag.com/hms-ocean-upgrade/34175/
Salt water-powered Quant e-Sportlimousine gets European approval
http://www.gizmag.com/quant-e-sportlimo ... ads/33020/
Gravity powered aircraft flies with no fuel
http://www.gizmag.com/go/3060/
Microwave-Powered Rocket Ascends without fuel
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/42 ... hout-fuel/
Other Sci-Fi type stuff
Inteliscope turns your iPhone into a tactical gun sight
http://www.gizmag.com/inteliscope-iphon ... ght/27644/
Leia Display System: The mid-air touchscreen you can control with your whole body
http://www.gizmag.com/leia-display-inte ... ist/34165/
Wood pulp extract stronger then carbon fiber or Kelar
http://www.gizmag.com/cellulose-nanocry ... lar/23959/
Coin combines multipule cards in one device
http://www.gizmag.com/coin-electronic-card/29787/
Plastic - one card to rule them all?
http://www.gizmag.com/plastc-card/34153/
Lighting Sheets Would Use Half as Much Power as Lightbulbs
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/53 ... ightbulbs/
New materials developed that are as light as aerogel, yet 10,000 times stronger
http://www.gizmag.com/llnl-ultralight-m ... ial/32589/
Stanford researchers control light using synthetic magnetism
http://www.gizmag.com/synthetic-magneti ... tal/25261/
Copper iodide phosphors could mean less-expensive LEDs
http://www.gizmag.com/copper-iodide-led ... ors/34295/
Weapons
Turret flight tests to pave the way for laser weapons on military aircraft
http://www.gizmag.com/high-energy-laser ... est/33841/
U.S. Navy to deploy Laser Weapon System on warship
http://www.gizmag.com/laser-laws/26978/
Laser weapon adds sea-going craft to its list of conquests
http://www.gizmag.com/adam-laser-weapon ... est/32014/
U.S. Army weapon shoots lightning bolts down laser beams
http://www.gizmag.com/laser-induced-pla ... nel/23117/