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John P on GeekBeat Episode 706

Robotic Maggots Aim for Your Brain

September 18, 2013 by John P.

Crowd-Sourced News from the Google+ Geeks Community

In honor of the Geeks Community passing the 24,000 member threshold I thought that today we’d gather the top stories being reported by YOU GUYS! Remember, you can join the gang by going to geekbeat.tv/geeks! We’d love to have you.

Carbomorph Enables 3D-Circuit Printing

Andrew Cowley pointed us to a new substance called Carbomorph! It’s a new material that is conductive, piezoresistant, and printable in the latest generation of consumer 3D printers. This could give us the ability to print electronic circuitry and components on commercially available 3D printers.

Robotic Maggots Hunt Brain Tumors

Andrew also brought us news of robotic maggots that can hunt tumors in a patient’s brain, then suck out the dead tissue. That’s a big deal, because an MRI helps doctors see which tissue is OK, but you can’t exactly crawl in one of those machines to do brain surgery while it’s working.

You Can Have Carol Marcus’ Dress

Marilyn Jones found one of the most awesome dresses of all time! This is the Star Trek Dr. Carol Marcus Dress. Who is Dr. Carol Marcus? Well, apparently she’s a hottie to start with. And she’s also the only female character other than Uhura in Star Trek Into Darkness.

Super High-Resolution 3D Printing

Utkarsh Sethi found another cool printing technology. An international team of engineers is using self-assembling block copolymers, a type of material that can spontaneously form ultrafine structures. It should allow much finer, higher resolution fabrication than previously possible.

Classic Transformers Land on Netflix

Jason Wynn pointed out that the original Transformers TV series is now available in the US on Netflix! Now my brother and I can relive the glory days of the ’80s.

Apps That Kill Phone Performance

Phil K. found a cool article about the The 10 Apps That Slow Your Phone Down the Most. At the top of the list you’ll find Vine, consuming a whopping 3.2 GB of cache in a single use.

Two Spocks, One Car Commercial

Artur Bueno shared this funny commercial featuring Mr. Spock. BOTH of them! It’s been around for a while, but it has 7 million views because it’s awesome.

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