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LET US DWELL on this for a moment. Everyone checks Minority Report for next generation prescience on accurately depicting a possible future world. From gesture interfaces to biometric augmented reality advertising, it has the lot. But no one gave Back to the Future so much as a second glance.
But listen up, we have for you not one but two Back to the Future hits for the price of one.
At end of the first film the Doc came back from the future and the Delorean was no longer powered by plutonium. The car was instead hooked up with Mr Fusion Home Energy Reactor that used a banana to fuel the car.
According to the BBC, biofuel cells in the future could get a kick out of caffeine or vegetable oil. The biofuel cells could potentially power all manner of gadgets by converting bio-matter into energy. Maybe even up to 1.21GW. Okay, we made the last bit up.
The theoretical prototype battery would use mitochondria to turn living cells into energy. A team of boffins turned their not inconsiderable intellect to the idea of using enzymes working in harmony to turn fuel molecules into energy cells.
"Mitochondria can break down a wide variety of fuels," Dr Minteer told the BBC. "That means it can handle fuel mixtures that you might see in, say, an energy drink or a protein shake."
Now, cast your mind back *or forward* to Back to the Future II. Marty McFly gets dressed in future gear and gets given a pair of Nikes with automatic laces. Well Nike has just registered a patent for an automatic lacing system for its trainers.
"Automatic lacing system provides a set of straps that can be automatically opened and closed to switch between a loosened and tightened position of the upper," reads the abstract.
"The article further includes an automatic ankle cinching system that is configured to automatically adjust an ankle portion of the upper."
We laugh in the face of Minority Report. Bring on that flying skateboard. µ
Tuesday two old items. beat by stick here at theINQ, are upon human race again, seeking info , of any possiblilty here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/science/31compute.html?_r=1&hp
Silicon OXIDE Is First & Oxygen Isn't stable nor good conductor with metal
Memresistors, something Hewlitt packard spent plenty of worthless timeoff on. First 5 nm might be help.then ring bus with real magnets. Ahhhh, good 'ole Days.
Probably people whom lost job or been in Sun too long.
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I think the idea usually is to run a car on -used- vegetable oil.
Which is more effective than used gasoline.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Power-Laces-the-Auto-lacing-shoe/
I'm not sure of the price of caffene but a gallon of gas costs less than a gallon of vegetable oil, so you're better off buying petrol and burning it in a generator.
The hoverboard is actually done already. ok ok, atm it only floats mid-air on a platform and cannot sustain weight. but its there.
- Researchers use CPUs to feed GPUs
- IBM shows off sub-10nm carbon nanotube transistors
- Microsoft shows off touchy feely surfaces of the future
- Boffins invent an operating system for cities
- Nike is readying Back to the Future shoes
- IBM and 3M are developing semiconductor adhesives
- Amazon chief fails to deliver rocket to space
- Lightbulbs can be used to broadcast wireless internet
