SETI bioastro: FW: KurzweilAI.net Daily Newsletter

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Date: Fri Feb 06 2004 - 08:28:34 PST

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    >Date: 6 Feb 2004 03:22:01 -0800
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    >KURZWEILAI.NET NEWSLETTER
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    >Incorporate disassembly into every
    >self-assembled nanotech product
    >Small Times Feb. 6, 2004
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    >We can avoid the risks of molecular
    >nanotechnology by building
    >"self-regulating assembly" and
    >"disassembly" into nanotechnology
    >from the start, says Douglas
    >Mulhall, author of "Our Molecular...
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    >Nanotube quantum dot doubles up
    >Nanotechweb.org Feb. 5, 2004
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    >Researchers at Harvard University
    >have made a nanotube double quantum
    >dot by gating a carbon nanotube in a
    >number of places. The strength of
    >the tunnel coupling between the dots
    >was tunable, which means the device
    >could have applications in quantum
    >computing....
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    >Global Nanotechnology Market To
    >Reach $29 Billion By 2008
    >KurzweilAI.net Feb. 5, 2004
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    >The total global demand for
    >nanoscale materials, tools, and
    >devices was estimated at $7.6
    >billion in 2003 and is expected to
    >grow at an average annual growth
    >rate of 30.6% to reach $28.7 billion
    >in 2008, according to a report....
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    >Scientists embed nanotubes in
    >hybrid semiconductors
    >Nanotechweb.org Feb. 5, 2004
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    >Scientists from the University of
    >Copenhagen claim to have made the
    >first electronic hybrid
    >nanotube-semiconductor devices. They
    >encapsulated single-walled carbon
    >nanotubes in epitaxially grown
    >semiconductor structures....
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    >Pentagon Kills LifeLog Project
    >Wired News Feb. 4, 2004
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    >The Pentagon canceled its so-called
    >LifeLog project, an ambitious effort
    >to build a database tracking a
    >person's entire...
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    >If you kick a robotic dog, is it
    >wrong?
    >Christian Science Monitor Feb. 5, 2004
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    >How should people treat creatures
    >that seem ever more emotional with
    >each step forward in robotic
    >technology, but who really have no...
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    >Looking technology in the eye
    >Christian Science Monitor Feb. 5, 2004
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    >Researchers are designing robots
    >with more human characteristics,
    >like artificial skin and muscles as
    >well as eye and facial expressions,
    >and they might speak more...
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    >Plants Give Up Their Secret of
    >Splitting Water
    >Reuters Feb. 6, 2004
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    >Researchers have taken another step
    >toward understanding how plants
    >split water into hydrogen and oxygen
    >atoms -- which may provide a cheap
    >way to produce clean-burning
    >hydrogen fuel. The splitting of
    >water involves three manganese
    >atoms, a calcium atom and four
    >oxygen atoms that form a...
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