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June 3, 2013

Chocolate robots


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Ian Woolf reports on asteroids with moons, and squeezing breast cancer.
At CeBIT 2013 Ian Woolf spoke to Fred Pauling about Telepresence robots,
to Cindy Huang about ThunderDownUnder's robot trophy,
to Dalton Tandulka about digital masks that mirror your facial expressions.
At Eat The Collection Ian Woolf spoke with Chris Bamborough about designing for 3D printers that use chocolate ink.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

3D Chocolate printer photo set
Thunder Down Under robot with Cindy Huang
Breast cancer cells growing in 3D-matrix revert to normal
NASA Radar Reveals Asteroid Has Its Own Moon
Telepresence robot for museums
FIRST Australia
Thunder Down Under robot competition team
CSIRO Face tracking and expression transfer
Supermanoevre
Eat The Collection


June 10, 2013

Magnetic bacteria and chilli


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Ian Woolf reports on rapid aging from fish oil, Podcasting threatened by patents, and paper 3D printers.
Tim Baynes investigates magnetically sensitive animals,
Christine Baker speaks with Lara Farrell about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
Adam Mark explores what makes chilli hot.
presented and produced by Ian Woolf

System for disseminating media content representing episodes in a serialized sequence
US Patent 8112504 B2

DISSEMINATING MEDIA CONTENT REPRESENTING EPISODES Issued Patent - PRIOR ART REQUEST
Help Save Podcasting!
Podcasting Community Faces Patent Troll Threat; EFF Wants to Help
Planet Money: When Patents Hit the Podcast
This American Life: When Patents Attack... Part Two!
A look at the patent on distributing podcasts, and EFF's plan to fight it
Long-term intake of fish oil increases oxidative stress and decreases lifespan in senescence-accelerated mice
Full-colour Paper 3D Printing Competition!
Scoville Scale for chilli

June 17, 2013

Hypercolour vision and soap


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Do GM crops upset pigs? by Ian Woolf
Hypercolour vision by Ian Woolf
Scurvy by Chris Stewart
Soap Science by Ian Woolf
produced and presented by Ian Woolf

A long-term toxicology study on pigs fed a combined genetically modified (GM) soy and GM maize diet( full paper)
A long-term toxicology study on pigs fed a combined genetically modified (GM) soy and GM maize diet (Abstract)
Study questions feeding GM food to farm animals
Debate over GM feed affecting pig's health
GM pig feed and stomach inflammation
expert reaction to new study on GM pig feed and stomach inflammation
GM feeding study in pigs – experts respond
The Humans With Super Human Vision
Ultra Violet Color Glow after Cataract Surgery with Crystalens
Cataract Surgery with Crystalens - My Experience
Ask Slashdot: How to Exploit Post-Cataract Ultraviolet Vision?
Followup: Ultraviolet Vision After Cataract Surgery
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW
Color Blindness
Guy's eye surgery accidentally gives him strange super vision
Making Soap
How to Make Soap from Ashes
Making Lye water
How to Make Natural Soap with Vegetable Oil and Lye

June 24, 2013

We Reveal Crimes and squirrels


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Crowd-funded SETI, brightness, creativity, aliens, and the Final Frontier reported by Ian Woolf.
Review of the film "We Steal Secrets - the story of WikiLeaks" by Ian Woolf
Tim Baynes talks about the wonders of hibernation.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf.


script of my review of "We Steal Secrets"
"We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks" - The annotated movie transcript

Lone Signal
Freedom from constraints: Darkness and dim illumination promote creativity
Looking for an extra boost of creativity? Try dimming the lights
Remains of Star Trek stars, Arthur C. Clarke to be shot into space
The Sunjammer Project
NASA to Launch World's Largest Solar Sail in 2014
Nasa to launch enormous, Arthur C Clarke-inspired solar sail in 2014

WikiLeaks film lacks objectivity says Assange
The strange and consequential case of Bradley Manning, Adrian Lamo and WikiLeaks
Ex-Hacker Adrian Lamo Institutionalized, Diagnosed with Asperger’s
What the NSA Does With the Data It Isn't Allowed to Keep
We Steal Secrets

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