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margin-right: 9px;">AIRCRAFT</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/faa-uav/28536/">FAA clears drones for civilian use</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">August 6, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/faa-uav/28536/pictures">3 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/faa-uav/28536/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/faa-uav.jpg" title="A ScanEagle in service with the US Army (Image: Boeing)" alt="A ScanEagle in service with the US Army (Image: Boeing)"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Despite being constantly in the news, UAVs haven’t been seen much in the skies of the US except in military training areas or by law enforcement agencies. That’s beginning to change, with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announcing that is has issued operating permits for a pair of civilian unmanned aircraft to a company based in Alaska. The two unmanned aircraft are the AeroVironment Puma, which is a hand-launched, battery powered UAV that uses an electro-optical and infrared video camera for surveillance, and the other is the Boeing Insitu ScanEagle; a small, long-endurance craft based on a fish-spotting design. <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/faa-uav/28536/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <!-- FM Content Well Zone Zone --> <!-- <script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.fmpub.net/zone/7980"></script> --> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28344"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/space/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">SPACE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/curiosity-anniversary/28344/">Top 10 milestones of Curiosity's first year on Mars</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">August 6, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/curiosity-anniversary/28344/#comments">1 Comment</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/curiosity-anniversary/28344/pictures">21 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/curiosity-anniversary/28344/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/curiosity-anniversary-1.jpg" title="Artist's impression of the Curiosity landing (Image: NASA)" alt="Artist's impression of the Curiosity landing (Image: NASA)"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Today, NASA paid tribute to its Curiosity rover, which has completed its first year exploring the planet Mars. On August 6, 2012 (August 5, PDT), the unmanned explorer landed on the Red Planet as the start of a two-year mission to seek out areas where life might have once, or could still exist. To commemorate this event, the space agency broadcast reminiscences by Curiosity team members from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. What follows is our own look at the top 10 milestones of Curiosity’s first year. <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/curiosity-anniversary/28344/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28584"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/science/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">SCIENCE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/cultured-beef/28584/">First public tasting of US$330,000 lab-grown burger</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">August 5, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/cultured-beef/28584/#comments">17 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/cultured-beef/28584/pictures">36 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/cultured-beef/28584/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/cultured-beef.JPG" title="The lab-grown burger was served with the usual trappings for presentation purposes" alt="The lab-grown burger was served with the usual trappings for presentation purposes"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> If Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University ever opens a burger bar, you might want to take a close look at the prices before you order. On Monday, at a press conference in London, a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/lab-grown-meat/20625/" target="_blank">burger</a> made by Post and his team was served that cost a cool €250,000 (about US$330,000). The reason? The beef that went into making it never saw a pasture and the people in the white coats who handed it to the chef weren't butchers, but bioengineers. <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/cultured-beef/28584/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28511"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/health/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">HEALTH AND WELLBEING</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/sensor-teeth/28511/">Scientists developing Bluetooth tooth that spies on your oral habits</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">August 3, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/sensor-teeth/28511/#comments">7 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/sensor-teeth/28511/pictures">3 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/sensor-teeth/28511/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/sensor-teeth.PNG" title="The sensor uses an accelerometer to monitor mouth activity" alt="The sensor uses an accelerometer to monitor mouth activity"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Tooth fillings acting as radio receivers may be nothing more than a myth, but scientists at the National Taiwan University are developing an artificial tooth that would send rather than receive transmissions. They’re working on embedding a sensor in a tooth to keep an eye on oral goings on, along with a Bluetooth transmitter to transmit the data and tell your doctor what your mouth's been up to. <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/sensor-teeth/28511/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28540"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/architecture/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">ARCHITECTURE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/bertha-worlds-largest-tunnel-machine-seattle/28540/">World's largest tunneling machine digs in</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">August 1, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/bertha-worlds-largest-tunnel-machine-seattle/28540/#comments">6 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/bertha-worlds-largest-tunnel-machine-seattle/28540/pictures">13 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/bertha-worlds-largest-tunnel-machine-seattle/28540/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/berth-starts-13.png" title="The world’s largest tunnel boring machine is being put to work in Seattle" alt="The world’s largest tunnel boring machine is being put to work in Seattle"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Bertha, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-largest-drilling-machine-bertha/28311/" target="_blank">world’s largest tunnel boring machine</a> (TBM), started digging under Seattle on Tuesday as it chewed through the north wall of the 80-ft (24.3 m) deep trench where it was assembled after being shipped in pieces from its manufacturer in Japan. Designed to bore a 1.7 mi (2.7 km) tunnel for State Route 99 (SR 99) under the Seattle city center to replace the old viaduct, the machine will both dig out soil and lay a concrete tunnel wall as it goes. <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/bertha-worlds-largest-tunnel-machine-seattle/28540/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28517"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/space/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">SPACE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/lunar-laser-communication/28517/">NASA and ESA to communicate with lunar orbiter using lasers</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">July 31, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/lunar-laser-communication/28517/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/lunar-laser-communication/28517/pictures">9 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/lunar-laser-communication/28517/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/lunar-laser-communication.jpg" title="Artist's concept of the LADEE spacecraft (Image: NASA)" alt="Artist's concept of the LADEE spacecraft (Image: NASA)"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Space communications have relied on radio since the first Sputnik in 1957. It’s a mature, reliable technology, but it’s reaching its limits. The amount of data sent has increased exponentially for decades and NASA expects the trend to continue. The current communications systems are reaching their limits, so NASA and ESA are going beyond radio as a solution. As part of this effort, ESA has finished tests of part of a new communications system, in preparations for a demonstration in October in which it will receive a laser data download from a NASA lunar orbiter. <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/lunar-laser-communication/28517/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28512"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/health/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">HEALTH AND WELLBEING</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/sony-surgical-headset/28512/">Sony's head-mounted 3D video display gives surgeons an inside view</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">July 30, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/sony-surgical-headset/28512/#comments">1 Comment</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/sony-surgical-headset/28512/pictures">5 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/sony-surgical-headset/28512/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/sony-surgical-headset.jpg" title="The Sony headset provides surgeons with a 3D image of the inside of the patient" alt="The Sony headset provides surgeons with a 3D image of the inside of the patient"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Having introduced its <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/sony-hmz-t1-hmd-personal-3d-viewer/19674/" target="_blank">HMZ-T1 personal 3D viewer</a> aimed at the home entertainment market in 2011, and updating it in 2012 with the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/sony-hmz-t2-personal-3d-viewer/23927/" target="_blank">HMZ-T2</a>, Sony has ventured into the operating theater for its latest head-mounted display. Unveiled last week in Tokyo, the "head-mount image processing unit" gives surgeons virtual X-ray vision by means of an endoscope feeding images to a pair of head-mounted monitors. This setup allows surgeons to view high definition 3D images from inside the patient while carrying out laparoscopic surgery. <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/sony-surgical-headset/28512/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28478"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/goodthinking/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">GOOD THINKING</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/holovision-life-size-3d-projections/28478/">Holovision aims at life-size 3D projections</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">July 29, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/holovision-life-size-3d-projections/28478/#comments">5 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/holovision-life-size-3d-projections/28478/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/holovision-life-size-3d-projections/28478/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/holovision.jpg" title="The Holovision projector is designed to produce a life-size image of a person" alt="The Holovision projector is designed to produce a life-size image of a person"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Close on the heels of the 21st century complaint of “Where’s my jetpack?” is “Where’s my holographic projector?”. Nothing spells “future” like having a conversation with someone whose life-size image is beamed into the room. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/tactile-holographic-display/12466/" target="_blank">Provision</a> of Chatsworth, California wants to bring that one step closer to reality, with its Holovision life-size holographic projector. The company is currently running a Kickstarter campaign aimed at raising US$950,000 to fund the development of new technology for the projector, with hopes of unveiling it next year. <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/holovision-life-size-3d-projections/28478/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28463"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/space/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">SPACE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/slingatron-space-payload-orbit/28463/">Slingatron to hurl payloads into orbit</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">July 28, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/slingatron-space-payload-orbit/28463/#comments">42 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/slingatron-space-payload-orbit/28463/pictures">11 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/slingatron-space-payload-orbit/28463/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/slingatron.jpg" title="Artist's concept for a slingatron space launcher to hurl payloads into space" alt="Artist's concept for a slingatron space launcher to hurl payloads into space"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> People have been shooting things into space since the 1940s, but in every case this has involved using rockets. This works, but it’s incredibly expensive with the cheapest launch costs hovering around US$2,000 per pound. This is in part because almost every bit of the rocket is either destroyed or rendered unusable once it has put the payload into orbit. Reusable launch vehicles like the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/spacex-grashopper-test/27219/" target="_blank">SpaceX Grasshopper</a> offer one way to bring costs down, but another approach is to dump the rockets altogether and hurl payloads into orbit. That's what HyperV Technologies Corp. of Chantilly, Virginia is hoping to achieve with a “mechanical hypervelocity mass accelerator” called the slingatron. <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/slingatron-space-payload-orbit/28463/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28462"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/military/" style="float: left; margin-right: 9px;">MILITARY</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/los-alamos-nuclear-vault/28462/">Video tour of formerly top secret Cold War nuclear weapons facility released</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">July 28, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/los-alamos-nuclear-vault/28462/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/los-alamos-nuclear-vault/28462/pictures">6 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/los-alamos-nuclear-vault/28462/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/los-alamos-vault.jpg" title="Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the United States' nuclear arsenal was developed" alt="Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the United States' nuclear arsenal was developed"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> A secret of Cold War came to light recently with Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico releasing a video tour of what was once one of the most secret and secure locations in the United States. For decades, Tunnel Vault was used to house nuclear weapon components, but the now declassified facility has now become an artifact of the Dr. Strangelove age. <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/los-alamos-nuclear-vault/28462/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div id="pagination"> <div class="next_prev"> « <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/3/">Prev</a> <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">1</a> <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/2/">2</a> <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/3/">3</a> <span>4</span> <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/5/">5</a> <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/6/">6</a> <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/7/">7</a> <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/8/">8</a> <a href="/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/5/" class="next_pagination">Next </a> » </div> </div> <div class="dotsontop"> <!-- Google Search Box --> <div id="search_form_bottom"> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831212719/http://www.gizmag.com/search/" id="cse-search-box-bottom"> <span class="title">Looking for something? 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