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How the World’s First Digital Circuit Breaker Could Completely Change Our Powered World

This week the world’s first and only digital circuit breaker was certified for commercial use. The technology, invented by Atom Power, has been listed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the global standard for consumer safety. This new breaker makes power easier to manage and 3000 times faster than the fastest mechanical breaker, marking the most r…
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McDonald’s Japan’s straws: designed to mimic experience of nursing at your mother’s breast

According to McDonald’s Japan founder Den Fujita, the design brief for the company’s straws specified that they pass liquid at a rate comparable to the rate at which breast milk flows to a nursing baby, “the speed that produces the most delicious feeling.” “When humans drink something, the speed that produces the most delicious feeling is the speed at which babies nurse…McDonald’s straws are designed so that when used with a shake, the speed will be the same as that of an infant drinking breast milk.” McDonald’s Japan’s straws are designed to mimic the experience of drinking breast milk ( via Neatorama )

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MIT crafts genetic circuits that remember their work through DNA

It’s easy to find work on gene-based storage ; finding genes that will do any of the heavy lifting is another matter. MIT believes it has a genetic circuit that will finally get to work, and then some. In using recombinase enzymes to alter DNA sequences serving as logic gates, researchers have developed a cellular circuit that not only mimics its silicon cousins, but has its own built-in memory. As the gate activation makes permanent changes to a given DNA sequence, any gate actions stay in memory for up to 90 generations — and will hang around even if the cell’s life is cut short. MIT sees its technique as having ultimate uses for areas where longer-term memory is important, such as environmental sensors, but could also see varying output values helping with digital-to-analog converters and other devices where there’s a need for more precision. While there’s no word on imminent plans for real-world use, the development raises the possibility of processors that could skip the traditional memory cache as they pass info down the family tree. Filed under: Science , Alt Comments Via: SciTechDaily Source: MIT

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MIT crafts genetic circuits that remember their work through DNA