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T3 GADGETS AWARD (october 2011)- INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
RAZER SWITCHBLADE

The killer tech in this incredible, ultra-portable, gaming "concept PC" - you can't actually buy it yet - is an infinitely customisable keyboard, where each key can change its purpose and even appearance to suit the game being played. The tech has made its way into the just-unleashed Razer Blade laptop, and if Razer decides to licence its technology further afield, who knows where we'll see it appearing next.
Smartphones? Tablets? Spaceships?
A mouth-watering prospect.what the judges said.......
"This high-concept mini gaming PC could be perfect for MMO fans on the move - if it ever actually hits the shops, that is"
Patric Goss, Editor, TECHRADAR.COM




The Runners Up
Motorola Atrix
Nintendo 3DS
LG ST600 Smart TV Upgrader
Nvidia Tegra 2
Google Android Honeycomb

Volkswagen NILS

Volkswagen NILS

Plastic cars from premium brands are on the way. The NILS is VW's vision of future urban transport and much of its bodyshell, including the windows, is made from high-strength plastic to keep weight and costs down.
At only 460 kg. the NILS is so light that power assistance is not required for the steering. The design mimics single-seater race cars, with a rear engine, the driver in front and outboard, free-standing wheels. The next-gen, lithium-ion-powered electric motor provides a 40-mile range for commuting, shopping trips and the like.

Land Rover DC100 Sport

Land Rover DC100 Sport

This rugged next-gen off-roader features Terrain-i scanning tech to warn you of hidden obstacles ahead and suggests alternative routes, while its Wade Aid technology uses sonar to assess water depth and suggests the optimum speed to get through safely. A dashboard button activates integrated tyre spikes for icy roads, and the permanent 4*4 system can be turned off with Driveline Disconnect, which physically decouples the rear axle when less grip is required.

A GEL TO REGROW BURNT SKIN

Researchers have developed a hydrogel that regenerated healthy and scar-free tissue on skin damaged by severe burns.

The procedure which promotes the formation of new blood vessels and skin, including hair folicies, could lead to greatly improved healing for injured soldiers, fire victims and people with third-degree burns, say researchers. The treatment involved a simple wound dressing that included a specially designed hydrogel, a water-based, 3D framework of polymers, the journal proceedings of the national Academy of Sciences reported. this material based on mice tissue tests was developed by researchers from Johns Hopkins engineering, medical and pathology streams. Third-degree burns typically destroy the top layers of skin down to the muscle.

JAGUAR C-X16

jaguar C-X16

This Jag lets you live out your Formula 1 fantasies with KERS-like "push to pass" technology. This is a red steering wheel button temptingly positioned under the right thumb that boosts performance for a few seconds by a massive 95bhp, resulting in swifter and safer overtaking. The engine is a 3.0 litre, 375bhp petrol V6, with the boost coming from an electric motor whose lithium-ion batteries sit behind the front seats. Inside Jaguar's Connect & View multimedia system means your smartphone's screens are replicated on the dashboard display.

£50,000, jaguar.com, out winter 2012 with convertible to follow.

Hackers Developing Virus to Infect Human Mind


"Synthetic biology" is accelerating "faster than computer technology", say experts who have warned that hackers could someday use it to develop a computer virus to bend human minds.

According to Andrew hessel of Singularity University on US space agency Nasa's research campus, "It could lead to a world where hackers could engineer viruses or bacteria to control human minds".

"This is one of the most powerful technologies in the world. Synthetic biology - the writing of life. I advocate cells are living computers and DNA is a programming language. I want to see life programmed and used to solve global challenges so that humanity can achieve a sustainable relationship within the biosphere. It's growing fast. it will grow faster than computer technologies".

He predicts a world where people can "print" DNA, and even "decode" it. but he warned that viruses and bacteria send chemicals into human brains and could someday be used to influence, or even "control" their host.

A literal virus - injected into a "host" in the guise of a vaccine, say - could be used to control behaviour, says Andrew Hessel who warns people "may've to learn how to counterattack" against such weapons.

Security expert Marc Goodman said: "Synthetic biology will lead to new forms of bioterrorism. Biocrime today is akin to computer crime in the early Eighties. few initially recognised the problem - but it grew exponentially."

When billionaire entrepreneur craig venter "created life" last year by adding synthetic DNA to a bacteria cell, prof Jullian Savulescu of Oxford University said: "This could be used in the future to make the most powerful bioweapons imaginable. The challenge is to eat the fruit without worm."

Hessel, however, is generally optimistic about the future of synthetic biology. "We are going to make synthetic genomes - human genomes. it will make cloning look organic. it will make human reproduction look quaint."

BRINGING BACK THE DEAD

Can scientists bring back extinct species? It seems like they very well might, now that scientists in Canada have recovered DNA from the bones of a preserved woolly mammoth and have used it to make a living blood protein, according to a CBC article that appeared in the journal Nature Genetics.



Led by biologist Kevin Campbell of the University of Manitoba, the scientists first extracted the DNA for hemoglobin, a blood protein that carries oxygen, from the bones of three mammoths they discovered in the permafrost. They converted this hemoglobin into RNA, which is used to create proteins, and then inserted that RNA into E. coli bacteria. These bacteria thus turned this RNA into the hemoglobin of a living woolly mammoth.

A key reason for this research is that the scientists were interested in discovering how the mammoths survived in the extremely cold conditions of the Arctic, since the ancestor of both mammoths and elephants originally developed in Africa, which had a tropical climate. But the mammoths headed north about 2 million years ago, and hemoglobin has difficulty releasing the oxygen it carries when the temperature is very low. So the scientists were interested in discovering how these mammoths could survive in such a cold environment by looking at their hemoglobin and comparing it to that of modern-day elephants. Through this comparison, they found that there were three chemical changes making it possible for oxygen to be transported to cells at low temperatures.

Their discovery has major implications for the future, beyond just understanding how mammoths survived in the cold. For one thing, this technology might be used to turn the DNA for hemoglobin of any extinct animal into RNA and then into the hemoglobin of a living version of that extinct animal.

But why stop at hemoglobin? If it is possible to use DNA to recreate hemoglobin, maybe it would be possible to convert the DNA that creates other parts of the body for not only the mammoth, but for other extinct species for which paleontologists have discovered bones. Then, if that possibility exists for other body parts and other extinct species, maybe with further development, it might be possible to use the DNA to create egg and sperm cells, and then combine these cells to conceive a baby for an extinct species. Or alternatively, maybe scientists could use cloning technology to create a baby.

The possibilities are endless. Using this ancient DNA, scientists might have the power to bring back previously extinct species, and perhaps these species might thrive in a protected environment. Just think. There could be research parks or zoos devoted to working with these formerly extinct animals to learn more about them, as well as displaying them to an interested public. It would be as if the 1993 film Jurassic Park based on Michael Crichton’s 1990 sci-fi novel has turned from a sci-fi thriller into real life, in which the extinct can come back to life. If it is possible to bring back long- extinct species, perhaps this technology could be used to bring back the recently extinct, so that endangered species have a new way to live forever.

In short, this ability to create a protein for a living woolly mammoth might be just the beginning as scientists go on to create other proteins from the bones of other extinct animals and eventually recreate formerly extinct animals. It would, in effect, be a way to go back into our distant past by bringing back the dead, so they are now among the living. It would also be a great theme for a series of sci-fi films about the return of the living dead—except now it’s no longer science fiction. It has become the science of today.

New Gadget Sony HMZ-T1


Three cheers, for Sony, which shamed all the other TV manufacturers at IFA, Europe’s consumer-tech expo, this year by revealing a 62-foot screen-that’s 750 inches that you won’t even need to clear room for in the lounge. You may well find it changes the way you enjoy films forever. The HMZ-T1 personal 3D Viewer looks like something you’d see in the in the highly unlikely event of “Lawnmower Man 3” being released.

It houses two 0.7-inch, HD OLED panels, angled at 45 degrees. Pop on the headset and they create the illusion that there’s a 750 inch behemoth of a screen placed 20 metres away. It’s like being in a real cinema, but one where you aren’t forced to crane your neck to see past the massive hair of the man in front. You can adjust the screen to suit your vision, and because it’s the only thing you can see, there are no distractions. There’s just you and the movie. And the benfits don’t end there: as it’s your own private cinema, nobody will know what you’re watching.


Needless to say, Sony hasn’t stopped its stupefying assault on the senses with the visuals. With virtual 5.1 surround sound and five sonic modes- audio, standard, cinema, game or stereo- the Personal Viewer not only ensures you see nothing but the movie, it alsomeans you can’t hear anything else either.

The HMZ-T1 really is a rare and wonderful thing. It’s so immersive, it could genuinely change the way we watch and play. While almost certainly too “future” for most folk, you have to salute Sony for taking this far more interesting path to living-room upsizing.

BABIES GIFT BASKET


  • Bibs bottles
  • Baby soap
  • Night light
  • Receiving blanket
  • Socks
  • Pacifier
  • Washcloths


  • Rubber ducky
  • Some underwear
  • Soothing baby CD
  • Little toy
  • Baby spoon
  • Baby frame
  • Baby lotion