Creepy new biotechnology

Researchers have created a new type of solar energy cell that uses the corneas of blowflies as the primary method of gathering light for conversion into electricity.Meanwhile those brilliant eggheads at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - who previously brought us such wonders as the Internet and the Global Positioning System - have developed a new technology that...

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U.S. military developing zombie pigs

Those mad scientists at DARPA (who previously brought us such curiosities as the Internet) are now actively engaged in research to produce semi-undead swine.Yeah you read that right: the Pentagon is working on zombie pigs now.Before you reach for the nearest shotgun or chainsaw though, you should know that there's some practical applications being sought from this. The problem...

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DARPA working on liquid-metal robots

Here's the story at New Scientist Technology Blog.This may not be the best of technological pursuits, going by what we saw in Terminator 2: Judgment Day...

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