Filed under: Gaming, Robots

Not that we haven’t seen robotic Guitar Hero masters before, but Cyth Systems’ egotistically named Cythbot is just a full cut above the rest. Boasting some of the most advanced, high-dollar equipment known to mankind (okay, so maybe that’s a stretch, but just barely), the creation uses a highly sophisticated viewing method to determine which notes to hit, and it can even decide whether slamming the whammy bar is a good idea or not. Too bad you’ll be entirely too distracted by the introverted hosts to even notice how awesome this thing is, but the video’s in the read link if you care to try.

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Make no mistake, microscopes have been getting increasingly smaller for years, but a team of CalTech researchers have leapfrogged previous efforts by creating one minuscule enough to fit on a cellphone. The microscopic optofluidic microscope could one day be used in third-world nations to “analyze blood samples for malaria or check water supplies for giardia and other pathogens,” and given that it could theoretically be mass produced for around $10, cost shouldn’t be too much of a hindrance. Changhuei Yang, credited for developing the chip, is currently chatting it up with biotech companies in order to get this to the market, but there’s no word yet on any takers.

[Via Physorg]

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Craig Venter, a DNA researcher that had a part in deciphering the human genome, has stuck together 580,000 base pairs of genetic code to create an entirely new and alien chromosome. Based around the Mycoplasma genitalium bacterium (pictured in all its primordial glory), the new chromosome is then implanted into a living cell and renamed as Mycoplasma laboratorium — don’t you just love science jokes? The new “life form” is reliant on the host cell for replication and metabolism so it’s not exactly entirely synthetic, but as the DNA is different, it is effectively an artificial form of life. Sounds like the human race’s really doomed now: ultimately, all we’re doing is setting the robots up with a tag team.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Craig Venter, a DNA researcher that had a part in deciphering the human genome, has stuck together 580,000 base pairs of genetic code to create an entirely new and alien chromosome. Based around the Mycoplasma genitalium bacterium (pictured in all its primordial glory), the new chromosome is then implanted into a living cell and renamed as Mycoplasma laboratorium — don’t you just love science jokes? The new “life form” is reliant on the host cell for replication and metabolism so it’s not exactly entirely synthetic, but as the DNA is different, it is effectively an artificial form of life. Sounds like the human race’s really doomed now: ultimately, all we’re doing is setting the robots up with a tag team.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!