[Original post on the Sciblogs The Official Sciblogs Podcast site]
We’re back! And with a minimum of difficulties this week :)
This week, Elf and aimee talk of a new soft motor, ROBOBEES, a teeeeeensy chameleon (squee!), hacking yoghurt, some very ancient art, ROBOBEES, investing in yourself, knitting needles and water bubbles and space, quantum computing for beginners, sequencing genomes on a USB stick-sized device (!!!!) and ROBOBEES.
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New ‘soft’ motor made from artificial muscles
How To Genetically Modify Yogurt
Registry of Standard Biological Parts
Itsy bitsy teeny weeny chameleons
Water bubbles orbiting a knitting needle on the ISS
Making your education investment pay
These Are the Earliest Human Paintings Ever
In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life
Sequencing genomes on a USB stick-sized device, $US900
UPDATE (read after the podcast was recorded): Who Doubts The USB Thumb Drive Sequencer? A Rival
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Other interesting things
Do Patents Really Have Nothing to do With Innovation?
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