A Chinese scientist is showing off a .5 mm thick flexible battery at the 2007 International Forum on New Material Research and Industry Development in Wenzhou. [source]

Scientists in Korea have developed a novel application for controlling a robot existing in the real world via its representation in a virtual space. Having a virtual reality robot that can realize its behaviors in the real world could have applications in a wide variety of areas, including entertainment, education, manufacturing, and psychological treatments.

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A Lab in Switzerland is using one of the world’s most powerful super computers to reproduce a fully functioning brain.

Link here.

this is especially funny if you’ve followed Gary for the past two years….

 Gary’s 2005 and 2006 videos are here.

in urban centers, cars as we know them today don’t make sense, but do you really need something this sophisticated vs. a souped up Segway with a casing to protect you from the elements, and with features to provide entertainment (and navigation etc.)?

this is one of the best historical futuristic videos I’ve seen.

I really think uWink would be a hit in Asia. It’s like an Internet cafe on steroids.

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this is a test of a new word press plugin for blogging on my iPhone.

[update - the plugin is basically useless because I can’t blog pictures or movies. Wordpress should get on this, and start incorporating the cool features of tumblr.com, or it will be left in the dust.]