Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/10/nextcomputings-radius-portable-workstation-infused-with-sandy/
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PG5, you see, is a synthetic molecule created by Dieter Schlüter and other scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich. With a amass of 200 million hydrogen atoms, it's also the world's largest synthetic molecule, and represents an important next step in the creation of tailor-made molecules that could (and will) deliver targeted medicines into the human body.
Previously, these large synthetic molecules would collapse in on themselves at a certain point in their construction, thereby limiting their size and capabilities. But not PG5.
Using what Klaus Mullen of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany calls an "outrageous trick," the PG5 creators did a number of things that make my plebeian brain hurt:
To synthesise PG5, Schlüter combined standard polymerisation reactions, which assemble small molecules into a long chain or backbone, with reactions from other areas of organic chemistry which attached groups of atoms to the backbone in a radial fashion. Schlüter says that because both techniques are standard, his team's work should encourage other researchers to create synthetic macromolecules that they were previously "not brave enough" to attempt.
Indeed, this tree of life could have an incredible impact in the drug world. Specialized drugs, cancer-fighters perhaps, could be "docked" to PG5, or even "folded" within its behemoth network of bonded parts, and delivered to specific locations or tumors within the body. [New Scientist]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5728955/lazy-sunday-diy-build-a-do-nothing-machine
Instructables member "perry112358" provides the DIY instructions today, using a bit of wood, metal and various workshop tools. Enjoy!
And, yes, the "do nothing" part is actually a misnomer. If you wish, the device serves as a drawing tool called an ellipsograph, should that kind of behavior strike your fancy. [Instructables via MAKE]
What's that oppressive-sounding thing, you ask? Why, ask the President Obama, who has moved forward with plans to give each American an online ID as part of an ambitious—and currently ambiguous—cybersecurity initiative that will be headed up by the U.S. Commerce Department.
Now, before you panic about national ID cards or huge, expanding governments, Commerce Sec. Gary Locke wants to assure everyone that this program won't encompass any of those slippery slope ideas whatsoever.
What it will do, he said, is more akin to providing each U.S. citizen with a single online ID with which to sign into multiple sites, pages and platforms. Confused? Great, because this is governing we're talking about here, and that's the idea.
Officially called the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, the program is expected to solidify over the next few months so hopefully there will be more to report in the spring.
Again, ambiguity is currently the word surrounding this simplified online ID program, which isn't ironic at all and shouldn't be feared by anyone. [CBS News via Engadget]
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