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Affectionately known as Mr. K, his impact, not only on Nissan and the Japanese car industry, but on the industry worldwide, cannot be overstated.  <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/z-car-yutaka-katayama-105/36216/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="36035"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/biomimicry-global-design-challenge/36035/">Biomimicry Global Design Challenge looks for ways to improve the food system </a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/author/antonio-pasolini/">Antonio Pasolini</a></div> <div class="date">February 11, 2015</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/biomimicry-global-design-challenge/36035/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317012752im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/biomimicry.jpg" title="This year's BGDC tasks entrants with developing a biomimetic design that solves an importa..." alt="This year's BGDC tasks entrants with developing a biomimetic design that solves an importa..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Previously only open to students, this year's challenge from the Biomimicry Institute is open to professionals for the first time. This year, entrants are tasked with tasked with developing a biomimetic design that solves an important food system challenge.  <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/biomimicry-global-design-challenge/36035/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="35753"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/alan-turing-notebook-auction/35753/">Alan Turing's "hidden" manuscript heads to auction</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></div> <div class="date">January 23, 2015</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/alan-turing-notebook-auction/35753/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/alan-turing-notebook-auction/35753/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/alan-turing-notebook-auction/35753/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317012752im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/alan-turing-notebook.jpg" title="In the notebook, Turing reportedly 'works on the foundations of mathematical notation and ..." alt="In the notebook, Turing reportedly 'works on the foundations of mathematical notation and ..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Among his many achievements, British computer science pioneer <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/alan-turing-turns-100/23005/" target="_blank">Alan Turing</a> created one of the first theoretical models of a general-purpose computer, helped develop the concept of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/eugene-goostman-turing-test/32453/" target="_blank">artificial intelligence</a>, and was in charge of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/go/3658/" target="_blank">breaking the German Enigma cypher</a> during World War II. With the recent release of the film <em>The Imitation Game</em>, he's now becoming known to a whole new generation. It's only fitting, therefore, that a rare collection of his scientific notes is about to head to auction.  <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/alan-turing-notebook-auction/35753/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="35099"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/digital-papers-albert-einstein/35099/">Release of collected papers of Albert Einstein give insight into a genius</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/author/colin-jeffrey/">Colin Jeffrey</a></div> <div class="date">December 8, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/digital-papers-albert-einstein/35099/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/digital-papers-albert-einstein/35099/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/digital-papers-albert-einstein/35099/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317012752im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/einstein-papers-4.jpg" title="The collected papers of Albert Einstein's early life are now able to be viewed online" alt="The collected papers of Albert Einstein's early life are now able to be viewed online"/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> The name "Einstein" is synonymous with genius. A cultural icon of the 20th century, the mere mention of his name prompts many to quote his famous mass-energy equivalence formula, E=mc<sup>2</sup>, whilst the photograph of him sticking out his tongue has become an instantly recognizable meme of the digital age. But what do we really know of the man behind the face and that equation; his home life, his dreams, his aspirations? To allow a glimpse into his private world, Princeton University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have now released the collected works from Einstein's early life in digital form online for anyone to read.  <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/digital-papers-albert-einstein/35099/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="34423"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/alan-eustace-world-record-skydive-stratex/34423/">Google exec sets new high-altitude skydiving world record</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></div> <div class="date">October 26, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/alan-eustace-world-record-skydive-stratex/34423/#comments">12 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/alan-eustace-world-record-skydive-stratex/34423/pictures">5 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/alan-eustace-world-record-skydive-stratex/34423/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317012752im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/eustace-jump.jpg" title="Alan Eustace enjoys the view as he ascends to an altitude of 135,890 ft (Photo: Atomic Ent..." alt="Alan Eustace enjoys the view as he ascends to an altitude of 135,890 ft (Photo: Atomic Ent..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Google exec, Alan Eustace, has broken the 128,100-ft (39,045-m) high-altitude skydive record set by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/record-setting-manned-balloon-flight-skydive-red-bull-baumgartner/24553/" target="_blank">Felix Baumgartner</a> in October, 2012 (with much less fanfare). Jumping from a balloon at 135,890 ft (41,419 m) above Roswell, New Mexico, Eustace also set new world records for vertical speed and freefall distance.  <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/alan-eustace-world-record-skydive-stratex/34423/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="34182"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/nobel-nanomicroscopy/34182/">Super-resolved fluorescence microscopy pioneers awarded 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">October 10, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/nobel-nanomicroscopy/34182/pictures">4 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/nobel-nanomicroscopy/34182/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317012752im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/nobel-nanomicroscopy-4.jpg" title="The prize-winning techniques have removed the theoretical limits of optical microscopes (P..." alt="The prize-winning techniques have removed the theoretical limits of optical microscopes (P..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Ever since Antonie van Leeuwenhoek turned his simple microscope on a bit of pond water in the 17th century, optical microscopes have been a key tool for biologists. Unfortunately, they’re rather limited as to the smallness of what they can see – or at least, they <em>were</em>. This year's winners of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/blue-led-2014-nobel-prize-physics/34151/" target="_blank">Nobel</a> Laureates in Chemistry, Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner, changed all that. Their discovery of two methods to bypass the physical limits of optical microscopes led to the creation of the field of nanomicroscopy.  <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/nobel-nanomicroscopy/34182/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="34151"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/blue-led-2014-nobel-prize-physics/34151/">2014 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to inventors of blue LEDs</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">October 7, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/blue-led-2014-nobel-prize-physics/34151/#comments">5 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/blue-led-2014-nobel-prize-physics/34151/pictures">4 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/blue-led-2014-nobel-prize-physics/34151/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317012752im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/nobel-led-4.jpg" title="The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to the inventors of the blue LED, which i..." alt="The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to the inventors of the blue LED, which i..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Thomas Edison may have invented the lightbulb, but he never received the Nobel Prize for it. Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano at the University of Nagoya, and Shuji Nakamura working at Nichia Chemicals in Tokushima, Japan have proven more successful, being awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention of the blue LED, which is the key to modern energy-efficient lighting.  <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/blue-led-2014-nobel-prize-physics/34151/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="33613"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/taj-pabari-tablet-kits-educate/33613/">Fourteen-year-old develops DIY tablet kits to educate and inspire</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/author/nick-lavars/">Nick Lavars</a></div> <div class="date">September 1, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/taj-pabari-tablet-kits-educate/33613/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/taj-pabari-tablet-kits-educate/33613/pictures">4 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20150317012752/http://www.gizmag.com/taj-pabari-tablet-kits-educate/33613/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317012752im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/mechtech_creations-5.JPG" title="Taj Pabari (left) has developed DIY tablet kits designed as educational tools for kids" alt="Taj Pabari (left) has developed DIY tablet kits designed as educational tools for kids"/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Less than one year ago, 14-year-old Taj Pabari was like any other kid, toiling away on a 3D printer at school (ok, maybe not quite like <em>any</em> other kid). An assignment required the class to sandwich two pieces of plastic together, but where some students simply saw air, Pabari envisioned the makings of a new kind of educational toy. Fast-forward some 10 months and he finds himself shortlisted for a Young Innovator of the Year award and pitching his product to potential investors. So what is it that has catapulted Pabari from the classroom to rubbing shoulders with industry leaders in the space of a year? 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