New Program Maps Virtual Rat Brain In 3D
Nov 20th, 2008 · The prototype BrainNavigator lets scientists travel through the rat brain — in 3 dimensions — and link the digital maps to pictures of real brain tissue.
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Car Spies Seek Design Elements *
Jun 4th, 2007 · Jim Dunne is a car spy. His work might not be as dangerous as James Bond's, but it is big business. Dunne secretly takes pictures of prototype cars before the public is supposed to see them in showrooms. In the secretive world of the auto industry, a car spy's work is in high demand.
Wolfgang: 'Master of the Music' ****
Apr 9th, 2007 · Wolfgang is an expensive prototype robot capable of human feeling. It was built in the '80s and was programmed with encyclopedic knowledge of the popular music of the era (The Human League, New Order). It recently produced its first album: The Wicked Truth About Loving A Man.
Candidates' Spouses Take on New Roles **
Mar 15th, 2007 · From Judith Nathan to Bill Clinton, the spouses of the contenders for the presidential nomination in both parties bear little resemblance to the prototypical first lady. Michele Norris talks with Ruth Marcus, columnist and editorial board member at The Washington Post.
Hotel Tycoon Eyes Affordable Space Vacations *
Jul 13th, 2006 · Some 300 miles up, an experimental capsule has puffed up and unfolded its solar panels. It's a prototype for a new kind of rental property, funded by an American hotel tycoon.
Samsung Shows Off Flash-Based Laptop 'Disk Drive'
Apr 3rd, 2006 · Samsung has a new laptop prototype that doesn't use a hard-disk drive; it runs on 32 gigabytes of flash memory. Steve Inskeep talks with David Pogue, technology columnist for The New York Times about the device. The flash drive reads data three times faster, and writes data 1.5 times faster, then a regular hard drive. The technology also requires less electricity and takes up less space than the standard disk storage system.
Are Hydrogen Cars Ready for Primetime? *
Jan 14th, 2005 · This week in Detroit, auto giant General Motors unveiled its newest hydrogen car prototype, the Sequel. We take a look at the Sequel and how it measures up to other green cars.
NASA 'Scramjet' Streaks Across Pacific *
Nov 18th, 2004 · NPR's Noah Adams speaks with NPR's Ira Flatow, host of Talk of the Nation Science Friday, about the successful flight of a NASA prototype "scramjet," an unmanned experimental aircraft with a revolutionary new air-breathing engine that achieved a speed of nearly 7,000 mph in a recent test mission over the Pacific Ocean.
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