Japanese Glasses, Underwater Cities, and Gene Therapy

The latest articles discuss new technology in augmented reality glasses, underwater cities, and an update on gene therapy .

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 -Japanese glasses that can translate the menu.
 Augmented reality glasses that can translate a menu in real time were unveiled at a Japanese gadget fair Monday, with promises they could be ready for visitors to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Some of the features include facial recognition and touch screen capabilities.

-Under Water Cities - will they ever be possible?

Will Under Water Cities ever be possible? The technology already exists to create underwater colonies supporting up to 100 people – the few bunker-like habitats in operation today providing a blueprint. “There are no technological hurdles,” Koblick said. “If you had the money and the need, you could do it today.” Beyond that number, technological advances would be needed to deal with emergency systems, and environmental issues of air supply and humidity. Possibility, down the road we could see this type of technology being used - it least for scientific purposes.

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-When will gene therapy come to the United States?

Though many gene therapies have been tested in patients around the world in hopes of curing hereditary diseases, few governments have approved their sale, and none has been approved in the United States. In Europe, some countries are beginning to approve such treatments to be tested to see its effectiveness. The chart above shows which research companies and institutions are working on such technology. Widespread gene therapy could be coming within the next decade.

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NASA's Ion Thruster Sets World Record and New iMac Desktop

The latest articles discuss NASA's record-breaking Ion thruster which could one day aid astronauts and Apple's new desktop for the iMac.

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-NASA's ion space thruster sets endurance world record.

After a five year test on NASA's latest ion drive of the future set a world record for the longest single space mission. The Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) project completed a continuous test for more than 5 and half years - longer than any other space propulsion system that has ever tested. This type of technology could lead to even deeper missions into space. These thrusters have 10 to 15 times efficiency than the today's chemical thrusters. One day we could these being used by private and government space agencies.

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-Apple announces new iMac desktops.

Apple announces upgrades to its iMac line of desktop of computers. The updates include better processors, new graphics, and next generation WiFi, and faster flash storage. The 21.5-inch iMac now starts with a 2.7GHz, quad-core Intel Core i5 processor and new Iris Pro graphics. Also, this desktop has a 21.5-inch is also available with an i5 processor with up to 3.4GHz and Nvidia GeForce 700 series graphics. They are available now.

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Starship Conference and Capturing Solar Energy

The latest articles discuss the StarShip Conference that is currently going on in Houston, Texas and the possibility of capturing of solar energy.

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-Starship Conference in Houston, Texas this upcoming Weekend.

Engineers and scientists are going to Houston, Texas this week to discuss future space travel. They have descended on this meeting to discuss the possibility of this project to ever happen. The conference which runs through Sunday is hosted by the 100 year spaceship initiative that was funded by the United States Space Department. They seek a development of a vehicle or spacecraft within the next 100 years that could travel to a neighboring star in a reasonable amount of time.

-Capturing Solar Energy that could be used on Earth?
This is an idea of pulling energy out of space and using on Earth is an idea to solve the world's future energy needs. A former NASA scientist, has created a project called " SPS-ALPHA" (Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily Large Phased Array). This idea would need to have thousands of intelligent computers working together in high orbit to capture and transmit the sun rays into energy and microwave beam that energy to Earth. This project could be ready by about 2030 if funding is there and everything else falls in place.

 

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Google's New Company, Orbital Sciences Cargo Launch, Elon Musk's New Project

Today's articles discuss the company that Google has announced that could help the health of humanity and Elon Musk's new plan to have his own automated cars on the road by 2020.

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-New Space Cargo Ship makes first flight.

  

 A space company known has Orbital Sciences launched its first ever cargo ship into space on Wednesday. The craft is expected to reach the International Space Station by Sunday and deliver supplies to the space craft. NASA and Orbital Sciences have a deal to continue for NASA to use their ships in order to deliver supplies to the ISS.

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-Elon Musk's next project: driver-less cars?
Elon Musk has been known for the creation of SpaceX and even the proposed plan of the next generation transportation system, but now he's looking into driver-less car technology. He wants Telsa Motors to begin making a driver-less car from complete scratch. Musk says that 90% of the cars controls would be left to the computer system itself. Has reported a few months ago, experts believe that drive-less cars (to an extent) will be out on the market by 2020.

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-Google announces Calico, a new company that wants to help humanity live longer.
It's goal has a company is to solve some of the world's "biggest problems" such has illness, aging, disease, and ultimately death. Calico ultimate goal is to help everyone, at one time or another, are hurt because of a death of a family member, "“Illness and aging affect all our families. With some longer term, moonshot thinking around healthcare and biotechnology, I believe we can improve millions of lives.”

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Snake Robot to Mars and 'Body on a Chip'

The latest articles discuss an idea of a snake robot on Mars and a how a 'body on a chip' could lead for better drug tests.

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-Snake Robot wants to be sent to Mars by the European Space Agency.
A new type of robot, being developed by the SINTEF Research Institute in Norway are looking into launching a robotic snake type machine up to Mars to help study the red planet. They started the project back in June and plan to have the project done by December. A snake shaped robot could fit into places that have never been seen before because of its shape and could help the world learn even more about Mars. There are still many obstacles for this project to ever become a reality, but the European Space Agency is already planning to launch a project known as ExoMars between 2016-2018, so this project could happen sometime in the next five to tens years.

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-Tiny organs printed in 3-D aim for 'body in a chip' for better drug tests.

Miniature human organs made from 3-D printing could "create a body on a chip" that enables for better drug testing in the future. This idea is being back by the United States Department of Defense. The 2 inch 'body on a chip' would represent a realistic testing ground for how the human body would react to bad sicknesses. This could speed of the drug testing process as instead of testing it on animals such as mice, scientists could test it out on human cells. They have the ability to print solid miniature organs such as livers, hearts, lungs, and blood vessels. In the end, this type of testing could help scientists quickly develop a drug or vaccine for fast moving pandemics or bio-terrorism attacks. 

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Weather Satellite and Smart Phone Health Innovations

The latest articles discuss a long delayed weather satellite is on track for a 2015 launch and how smartphones are contributing to the medical industry.

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-Long delayed space weather satellite on track for 2015 launch.

The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) for short, passed a key review that determines its cost and schedule requirements. The satellite is designed to protect potentially Earth-threatening space weather that could cripple Earth's electrical grids, hobble satellites, and space flight. Originally called Triana, this satellite was first approved in 1998 before being tangled in political battles due to cost. It is finally set to be launched into space in the year 2015.

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-When Smart Phones become a handheld doctor.
Currently, there are apps out on the smart phone market that can actually take care of some medical needs. There are some apps that give you possible sicknesses a person may have. There is now a company called EyeNetra, which will soon can give a person the ability to tell a person what type of glasses they may need. There are also other start up companies that are taking up the same idea by using the smartphone for health matters. Another company called Scanadu, are developing ways to measure a person heart rate, temperature, and blood oxygen levels. A company called Quanttus, are developing ways to measure a person's heart rate and blood pressure. In the future, phones and even your household will hold the tools to help diagnose a problem or advise a person. These are the beginnings stages of this, as start up companies are leading the way toward smart technology medicine.

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Voyager 1 and Lettuce Plants in Space?

Today's articles discuss how Voyager 1 has officially left our solar system and the possibility of growing food such as lettuce in space.

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-Voyager I has left the solar system, NASA announces.
On September, 5th 1977 the Voyager 1 left the Earth. Thirty six years later, NASA officials have announced that the space probe has left our solar system. It has become the farthest man made object ever to fly in our universe. It is now more than 11 billion and half billion miles away from Earth. When would this space craft make it out of our solar system and actually reach another star? It would take more than 40,000 years for Voyager 1 to reach our nearest star. By 2025, Voyager 1 will most likely lose its nuclear fuel and its equipment will shut down. The major governmental space agencies and private industries need to continue to develop the capability of going faster in our solar system. Major ideas have been theorized and some projects are in the beginning stages of testing. Its going to take the funds, dedication, and ideas in order to get humanity into deep space sometime in the next century.

-NASA sending lettuce plants into space.

NASA scientists at the Kennedy Space Center are working on a microwave sized plant system that would allow for plants to grow in space. It is scheduled to go up into space during the SpaceX flight on December 9th, 2013. However, the astronauts will not eat this lettuce. They will let it grow, freeze it, and sending it back to Earth for further testing to make sure it is safe to eat in orbit. Other plants that NASA is looking at testing include radishes, bok choy, and zinnas. Plants that have roots such as carrots can't be grown in space, as of yet. Obviously, growing food in space would be a huge step towards exploring and colonizing in space. The effort and cost it would take to send food by ship would make it impossible to build a base on the moon or fly on a deep space mission to Mars.

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Robonaut and Smartwatch Possible Capabilities?

Today's articles discuss a big step for NASA's Robonaut and the possibility of what the Smartwatch might be able to do in the next generation devices.

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-One big step for robots: "Robonaut" to get legs.
NASA is set to launch Robonaut in their next mission to space using SpaceX spacecraft. It is set to launch sometime in late January 2014. Rob Ambrose who runs the project says that adding legs to this robot will help astronauts around the space station, to take over some tasks within the space craft. Robonaut will be required to do some daunting tasks that astronauts once had to do, but now Robonaut will be there to do it for them. Former astronaut Steve Hawley, a professor of astronomy at Harvard University says that in the future robots will take over tasks for humans that are dangerous or time consuming; ones that don't need human assistance. As robots get more advanced in their nature, they will continue to change society and they way humans live.

-Smartwatch is the next step in "Quantified Self" Life Logging.

As written earlier, Samsung and Qualcomm finally unveiled its Smartwatch. Brad Feld, a venture capitalist from Boulder Colorado says that once these watches continued to get developed, they could bring new innovations. For example, since this watch touches a person's skin it could act like an organ and measure your temperature, pulse, or even record you quality of sleep. These type of devices could help humans more happy lives. This is the the idea of "quantified self". In the not so distant future, these smart devices could be like your own personal doctor recording data that could help a person live a more healthier life.

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Space Launches, Living on the Moon, and Samsung's Smartwatch Unveiled

Today's articles discuss a couple of successful spacecraft launches as well as the official reveal of Samsung's smart watch.

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-Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two completes second power flight.
Billionaire Richard Branson's commercial spacecraft had a successful space flight Thursday. It climbed over 40,000 feet in the air and will soon begin to fly commercially in the next year.  It will cost about $200,000 in order to fly on the plane. All of the objectives were successfully completed, says Virgin Galactic and it was a big step in the right direction for becoming a reality. More than 600 people have already signed up to fly on the space craft.

-NASA Launches Robotic Explorer to Moon.
NASA's latest unmanned robotic explorer successfully launched yesterday. Though it ran into equipment trouble, officials have said not to worry and it is set to get to the moon in about a month. It will study the Moon's atmosphere and the lunar dust that is on the Moon.

-Living on the Moon might be a problem?

One of the biggest problems of creating a colony on the moon is how to create a water source. There have been many reports suggesting that there is some water near the poles of the Moon, but now that may not be the case, new research shows. Research suggests that there is still a possibility of ice mixed with dust on the poles, but ice on the Moon has yet to be confirmed. More testing and observation needs to happen before scientists have an idea if there are traces of water on the Moon. A source of some type water needs to be on the Moon in order for colonizing the Moon. Importing water would be a financial burden and there needs to be a way to get water out of the moon. Until then,  settling on the Moon may run into some roadblocks in the near future.

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-Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch revealed.

Samsung has revealed its long awaited Smartwatch. It is expected to be released later in September. Watch the video below to get a look and feel for Samsung's newest product.

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Unique Planet that Rains Glass and Launching Spacecraft from Virginia

The latest articles discuss an interesting discovery of a planet that rains molten glass and a moon probe  that is launching from Virginia for the first time ever.

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-A blue planet that rains molten glass.

As I wrote yesterday, astronomers often discover new planets outside of our solar system, hinting at what type of planets are out there in our large universe. Discovered in 2005, this blue world (HD189733b) that looks a marble is about 63 light years away from Earth. Does this planet have a chance to harbor life? This world is unfriendly to life because on this planet the atmosphere produces molten glass that rains down on the planet all the time. During the day time, this planet's temperature is at a comfy 1700 degrees Celsius. There is no chance of life ever developing or surviving there. The search continues for a plane that has the conditions to harbor life.

-NASA prepares for first Virginia Coast launch to the moon.

NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to the moon on September 6th. It will be the first time that NASA has ever developed a spacecraft from the state of Virginia. The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment (LADEE)  is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon and gather information on the Moon's atmosphere and lunar dust. It will test the atmosphere of the moon and collect data for a 100 day period.  It will hopefully answer the question about lunar dust that had been electrically charged by sunlight. Was it responsible for the pre-sunrise glow above the lunar horizon detected during several Apollo missions? We will have to wait and see.

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Alien Planets and iPhone Release Date?

The latest articles discuss the search for Alien planets and a possible rumored release date for the next iPhone.

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Astronomers have been discovering other planets for the last 50 years. In the near future it is going to get easier and more efficient to look for alien planets thanks to new technology. For example, the French led Corot spacecraft has outlived its estimated lifespan and continues to study planets in our galaxy. NASA's current project that will look for alien planets and is known as TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite). It is expected to launch in 2017. By the early 2020s, E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope) will be implemented so astronomers can look for planets. In the future, NASA is going to send a telescope called the ATLAST (Advanced Technology Large Aperture Space Telescope) that is 2000 more light sensitive than NASA's Hubble. NASA is planning to launch this spacecraft between 2025 and 2035. Agencies that are looking for planets outside of our solar system are hoping one day find out if there is any type of life forms out there.

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-iPhone might be coming on September 20th.
The next iPhone might be coming September 20th, according to a reports. Sources say that Verizon has restricted it's employees from going on vacation from September 18th-22nd. It could be the September 20th because Apple usually releases it's products on the Friday.

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Nexus Price Drop, China's Mission to the Moon, and Researchers Grow Tissue

The latest articles discuss a price drop in Google's Nexus 4 and a breakthrough in growing brain tissue top today's stories.

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-China plans for an unmanned Moon mission by the end of this year.
China plans to land an unmanned exploratory rover on the moon by the end of 2013. The launching rocket and other components for the Chang’e-3 lunar probe, named after a goddess in Chinese mythology who flew to the moon just a few years ago.

The United States is also sending a unmanned spacecraft to study lunar dust. That is expected to launch early next month.

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-Google's Nexus 4 gets a price cut.
The Nexus phone now costs only $200 for the 8 GB model and $250 for the 16 GB model. That is a $100 reduction of both smartphones. They did this amid the recent price rumors of Apple's new iPhone. The Nexus phone is now very cheap for the market. It runs on Google's newest Android operating system. The only problem with the Nexus is the LTE data speeds are significantly lower than other smartphones of 2013. The rumored Nexus 5 is expected to be up to date with current technology when it comes to LTE data.

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-Researchers grow human brain tissues.

Researchers at the Institute of the Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna, Austria have grown 3-D human brain tissue using stem cells. Why is this such an important finding? This could lead to many new innovations in the near future. The team is working with more lifelike tissue to see how certain diseases occur and develop. Now that the team in Austria would like to use the brain tissue to study disorders such as  autism. Knowing more information about our brains could lead scientists to cures that could help us live longer and healthier lives.

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Astronauts Hibernating, Nissan Driveless Car and Brain Control

The latest articles discuss the announcement by Nissan of there promise of a drive-less car product and a scientist that used his brain to control another guys finger.

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-How Astronauts could hibernate on their voyage to Mars.

A manned trip to Mars would require astronauts to stay in a small condensed space for six to nine months. Astronauts would need a food, sleeping areas, and exercise equipment (to counter bone loss, etc). One day that has been proposed is putting astronauts into a "deep sleep" and making them hibernate while flying to the red planet. Lowering an astronauts body temperature would make them unconscious, so they wouldn't take any type of medicine to make them sleep for a long period of time. The people working with this idea propose that this hibernating technology could be used by the mid 2030s, around the same time when NASA intends to send its first manned mission to Mars.

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-Nissan: We'll have a self-driving car on the roads in 6 years.

The Japanese car company Nissan announced that they are working on drive-less cars and hope to have their product on the market by 2020. In the company's press release they stated, "Nissan Motor Company's willingness to question conventional thinking and to drive progress is what sets us apart. In 2007 I pledged that --- by 2010 --- Nissan would mass market a zero-emission vehicle. Today, the Nissan Leaf is the best-selling electric vehicle in history. Now I am committing to be ready to introduce a new ground-breaking technology, Autonomous Drive, by 2020, and we are on track to realize it." The automaker has one known competitor, Google, has been testing their drive-less cars for the last few years. Expect a shift towards smart vehicles and drive-less cars overtime.

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-Minds that meld? Scientist uses his brain to control a person's finger.

Scientists have said that they have hooked up one person's brain to the internet so it could control a finger of another person. Earlier this month the man running the experiment, Rao sat in his lab with all the equipment on ready for this experiment to happen. On the other side of campus, Stocco had the same equipment on and was connected to the internet. Using this technology, Rao thought about moving his finer and Stocco's hand began to move. The next step in this process is to get it to the point of when two brains can have actual conversations with each other.

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Japan's Smart Rocket, Apple's A7 Chip, Regrowing Human Body Parts

The latest articles discuss Apple's A7 chip that is rumored to be put into the company's new iPhone and how ocean creatures may give us the blueprint to regrow limbs in the near future.

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-Japan's smart rocket, Epsilon is being prepared for a test launch.

Japan's innovative smart rocket is set to launch on August 27th.  The country's space agency (JAXA) announced plans to fire an unmanned rocket to demonstrate how this rocket can do it's own health checks using artificial intelligence. Just like are appliances and phones, experts are not incorporating new technologies into the rocket in order to make it the most innovative and safe rocket there is.

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-Rumors about Apples new A7 Chip heat up.
Fox News Reporter Clayton Morris tweeted yesterday about Apple's new processing chip that is rumored to be in the new iPhone 5. The reports say that the processor runs a lot quicker than the most recent iPhone and iPad. Apple is set to announce the new iPhone sometime next month.

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-How a Sea Squirt could help a human regrow limbs.

Experts are studying a sea squirt, an organism that can regrow any body part. Experts are studying this creature in hopes one day humans will have the ability to regrow body parts using medical technology. This creature has a total of 580 million DNA compared to a humans 3 billion, but about 77% of what is in a sea squirt is actually in us. There is a reason to believe that this organism may hold the key to regenerating body parts in a natural process. Time will only tell as scientists continue to look for the secrets to regrow and reproduce body parts which could greatly lengthen a humans lifespan.

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Private Space Planes and 95 Million in Autonomous Vehicles Sales By 2035?

The latest articles discuss the possibility of private space plans and the sales of autonomous sales could hit 95 million by 2035.

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-Private space plane passes 2nd flight test.
A private space plane took to the skies for the second time ever last Thursday. It passed a critical "captive carry" test that will help pave way for the new vehicle's fee flying debut this fall. The Dream Chaser space plane is  a plane that they hope can one day fly astronauts from Earth to the International Space Station. The Sierra Nevada Corporation is developing this space craft that they hope can one day make space traveling easier. This space craft is still in the development stage and testing will continue.

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-Autonomous vehicles will surpass 95 million by 2035, forecasts Navigant Research.

Fully autonomous cars will begin to appear on the market in the next 5 years, and the predicted growth is reportedly supposed to succeed 95 million in a little over 20 years. As shown above, this graph shows the projected sales of cars per regions in the world. David Alexander, senior research analyst at Navigant Research states, "Fully autonomous vehicles are unlikely to reach the market suddenly. Instead, progressively more capable systems that can assume control of certain aspects of driving will be introduced gradually. The first features will most likely be self-parking, traffic jam assistance, and freeway cruising -- well-defined situations that lend themselves to control by upgraded versions of today's on-board systems."

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Space Warp Drive and New Imagery of a Possible Asteroid Mission

Today's articles focus on space while discussing the possibility of traveling faster in space and a new video of what NASA thinks of a future asteroid space mission.

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-Warp Drive could become a reality with Quantum Physics.

 

I've previously written on this subject, but NASA scientists are working with experiments that one day could give humans the ability to travel faster than the speed of light. A warp drive space craft would look like a football with two large rings. While basic tests have been worked with, there is no proof that a warp drive would actually be achieved. At the first ever Starship Congress, they theorized on what a warp drive spacecraft might do. The spacecraft would be propelled through space by stirring up the cosmic surroundings, causing quantum-level perturbations. The technology produces negative vacuum energy, a key ingredient for an exotic-matter-powered warp-drive engine. If this technology ever came about to its full potential, experts believe that a person could travel the ten times the speed of light. Will this ever be possible? Decades, maybe even centuries until we'll know the answer.

-New video of the possibility of an Asteroid Mission.

Click here to watch the newest video NASA released on this subject.

This video above shows what the future may hold for asteroid exploration. NASA will continue to work on a possible asteroid mission as the agency will continue to devise plans in 2014. This asteroid mission will incorporate advanced solar electric technology as  a power source for the spacecraft. The mission also leverages the agency's progress on the space launch system rocket, Orion spacecraft and other cutting-edge technology developments.

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Global Space Exploration Roadmap, Play Station 4 Release Date

Today's articles discuss NASA's new space exploration plan and information on the Play Station 4 release date.

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-NASA's global plan for space exploration gets an upgrade.
NASA and 11 other space agencies announced today that they are committed to cooperating in deep space exploration. The ultimate goal is to explore to moon, nearby asteroids, and of course the planet Mars. The international space community will work together to mount human and robotic missions to Mars. NASA plans to build on its long experience of the Moon exploration to help private companies and other countries to eventually reach space. However, the main goal for space exploration is the continued "search for life is a central goal of space exploration."

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-PS4 to be released on November 15th, Sony announces.

At the Gamescom conference in Germany, Sony unveiled it's long awaited release date for the next generation console, the Play Station 4. It is set to hit stores in North America on November 15th and in Europe on November 29th. During the holiday season, Sony plans to release the system in 32 countries. The PS4 will cost $399 and there have been already about 1,000,000 pre-orders for this product.  The PS4 comes with live streaming, recording, and of course gaming capabilities. There is also better graphics and even more space that developers can work with to achieve the best game possible.
Sony's console rival, Microsoft has yet to announce their actual release date but says it will come sometime in November 2013. That is the same month that Sony will release the PS4.

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Another Successful SpaceX Test

 The video above shows another successful test for SpaceX. The test that was successful was known as the “divert test”. The rocket flew vertically 250 meters in the air. Then, the rocket moved laterally 100 meters, then moved back to the landing pad. The importance of a reusable rocket is so companies like SpaceX or government agencies like NASA don’t need to remake a rocket for every single mission. This will cut down costs when space travel will become more frequent in the near future.

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Starship Congress Meeting and Artificial Leaf That Creates Energy?

Today's articles discuss the new cheap innovated 45 inch touchscreen made by Microsoft and a possible breakthrough in curing the deadly Ebola virus.

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-Experts meet in Dallas Texas to discuss the challenges of sending humans into deep space.

Scientists from around world will descend on Dallas, Texas to meet and discuss the possibilities of deep space travel. This is the first ever meeting of international proponents for space travel. Speakers will discuss about technological developments that could give a spacecraft have the ability to travel into deep space.

The first day of the conference will discuss about near future projects. That includes continuing developing technologies that one day could send humans into deep space. The second day will discuss "mid future" advances, something that could happen in the next 50 years. That will include discussions on antimatter rockets and populating our solar system. Day three will discuss the idea of warp travel in search for other possible life in our universe and day four will serve as a day to "warp up" the meeting.

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-Microsoft 45-inch touchscreen only costs $150.
A  company called Ubi Interactive is now selling software that can make anything from a wall to a desk a touchable touchscreen. Just hook up Microsoft's Kinect and a projector, then any display will become touchable.  Other technologies Microsoft is working on include an idea of projecting your smartphone on your hand. The smartphone projection would also have touch screen capabilities.  Microsoft's goal is to have these touchable screens everywhere in society -preferably by 2020.                           

-Artificial lead that can covert sunlight into energy?
The idea of converting sun energy into usable energy is closer to reality than one thinks. Harvard Professor Daniel Nocera  has developed an artificial leaf that replicates photosynthesis. Silicon water coats each side of the catalyst - one side produces oxygen and the other produces hydrogen. The challenge with this product  is overcoming the high engineering costs needed for light-harvesting infrastructure to make it commercially scalable. This small piece of technology has potential to solve our energy needs if it overcomes a few more obstacles.

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-New discovery may lead to treatment for the Ebola virus.

A new study that has been recently published in the Cell, experts are now revealing a breakthrough discovery regarding the molecular make up of this deadly virus. Now, researchers have found the protein that causes the virus, which could lead to possible medical treatment. There is a long process, however, as currently no current medical treatment has even been tested.

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What a Mars Colony May Look Like and Samsung's "Cheap" Television

The latest articles discuss Samsung's new television and what a Mars colony may look like.

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-Living and thriving off the red planet.
What would a colony on Mars look like? This article goes into detail on what a colony would use in order to survive. Mars is cold and dry, but there a plenty of resources that could be used to build a colony on. For example, astronauts could get oxygen from Mars by pulling feedstock out of the thin carbon atmosphere to create oxygen and get water from the dirt under their boots. With Mars plentiful carbon dioxide levels and water would make it easy to grow crops and food on the planet.

Powering the red planet would be a more complicated process, says the officials at NASA. They say more efficient fuel cells may be the way to go. When a larger human society begins to thrive on Mars, geothermal power is also a possibility. Since it would be expensive to send expensive metals and minerals back to Earth, they would most only send information back by the means of intellectual property. There are several projects of starting a colony on Mars, which I've written about multiple times.

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-Samsung curved 55 inch OLED television for $9,000.

Samsung introduced its new 55-inch, curved television for $9000, which is about $6000 less cheaper than the similar model the company LG released early this year. One of the unique features of this system is called "Multiview," where two people could watch different shows on the television at the same time. The person would have to wear the special 3-D glasses in order to be able to hear what they are watching. This new television gives viewers a "captivating and vibrant picture that envelops viewers in spectacular color and beauty." Reviews of this new television have been very positive and some say it is the best television currently on the market.

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